Further details following a historic win for the Guernsey Island team on away soil in the annual Inter Insular match v Jersey
The scores on the doors; * denotes opening break
James Jeanne * 6,980 Trevor Gallienne 5,990
Jersey captain and singles champion James showed maturity and made a sensible decision to take the opening break when they won the toss for order of opening breaks.
His match winning score of 6,980 was inspirational, however Trevor's equally superb reply of 5,990 was to proved very important later on, when aggregate scores were needed.
Alan Le Blond 2,150 Andrew Rundle * 5,960
Andy broke down early on his opening break and seemed slow to adjust to the pace of the table.
Alan took an early and deserved lead until Andy adjusted his play and settled down to produce an excellent winning performance.
Graeme Le Monnier * 3,240 Bob Chapple 7,020
Graeme will be disappointed to have lost this one, as he was flowing and unlucky to leave two balls up in potable positions when breaking. Bob's experience showed as he got the break back and carved out an uncatchable lead, being the only Guernsey player on the night to win against the break.
Alan Phillips 530 Ian Champion * 6,160
Champs' long wait for a win in this fixture well and truly came to an end, when he finally hit the form he shows on a weekly basis in Guernsey. This win put Guernsey 3-1 up with a good aggregate score lead, however the atmosphere was electric and Jersey were not out of it yet.
Mick Eouzan * 9,780 Mat Ogier 180
There was little Mat could do in this game, as Mick took advantage of his opening break to bang in a superb score and give Jersey a fighting chance going into the final frame.
Dennis Helleur 3,940 Paul Dyer *
3,710
It was left up to the experienced Jersey veteran Dennis to save the day for the home team.
Diddi was under pressure, but he managed to reverse that by putting in a decent opener of over 3,000.
The game was on a knife edge for a while, but Dennis could not stay on the table long enough to win by the 2,600 required, although Dennis drew the match level at 3-3.
Guernsey winning the Inter Insular by 29,020 points to Jerseys' 26,620
In the Channel Islands Individual Final it was Guernsey's Trevor Gallienne who beat the Jersey Champion, to win his tenth C.I. Singles title, however everyone knows that the young Jersey captain James Jeanne has still his best years ahead of him, and it is only a matter of time before he gets his name on that trophy.
All the Guernsey players and supporters would like to thank their Jersey hosts for their hospitality and for the choice of venue. Also their sportsmanship in defeat.
We are sure they will be eager to gain revenge in Guernsey next year and we are lucky that the trophy did not go onto Weymouth on the Condor Ferry as nearly happened when a certain player who shall remain nameless
(guess who)
suggested that we should leave it on the seat to see how many times it could cross the Channel