CHANNEL ISLANDS DOG OF THE YEAR SHOW
The Channel Islands Dog of the Year Show takes place this year on Saturday 17 February. Organised by the Kennel Club of Jersey, this is the ‘Crufts’ show for the Channel Islands. Competitors will also be taking part from Guernsey and the UK. Dogs win places at Pedigree Shows across the Channel Islands during the […]
JERSEY HORSE OF THE YEAR SHOW TO BE BIENNIAL
The next Jersey Horse of the Year Show (JHOYS) will be in 2025. There will be no JHOYS this year. The show started in 2022 and took place again the following year in 2023. JHOYS chairwoman Karen Barette said: ‘Going forward, we are very aware we have a much smaller equine community in Jersey than […]
JOIN THIS WEEKEND’S GREAT GARDEN BIRDWATCH
It’s the annual Great Garden Birdwatch this weekend when Action for Wildlife Jersey invites everyone to spend an hour observing and recording birds. Participants are encouraged to observe and record the birds for 60 minutes, between 8am and 11am on either Saturday 3rdor Sunday 4th February. They are asked to note the variety of birds they […]
EUNE FROUQU’THÉE D’JÈRRIAIS – (A FORKFUL OF JÈRRIAIS)
We continue our series of articles in Jèrriais – Jersey’s own traditional native language. The ‘frouque’ in question is a digging fork, rather than a table fork. An English translation follows. This contribution comes from Andy Le Gresley La chasse ès Frêlons Âsiatiques Y’a deux’-trais ans, j’rêponnis à eune rétchête sus Facebook pouor des nouvieaux […]
THE JERSEY RACE CLUB – RACE DATES 2024
There is no Easter Monday meeting this year, because Easter is so early. Sunday 12 May – The Season Opener – First race 2:30pmSunday 2 June – The Jersey Guineas – First race 2:30pmFriday 14 June – The Warwick Vase – First race 6:30pmFriday 28 June – Mid-Summer Evening Meeting – First race 6:30pmFriday 12 […]
DEEP ENGLAND – DEEP JERSEY ?
By Peter Harris Our guest columnist is Peter Harris (not our Jersey Magistrate of the same name!). He has no close connection with Jersey, but writes about the concept of ‘Deep England’. Most countries have a similar concept, be it La France Profonde, or Alt’ Deutschland, or many other ideas of what constitutes the soul […]
‘HONEST NEV’ – GONE RACING. R.I.P
Neville (‘Nev’ or ‘Honest Nev’) Ahier, who has died aged 88, was a Jersey countryman with a passionate interest in horses and horseracing and sport – especially football. He was a part of what is nowadays an almost extinct breed: an integral part of the Island’s farming and rural community, growing up with horses on […]
HOPE FOR HORSES
By Ruth Le Cocq Over 100 comments supporting a planning application for an equine wellness centre in Trinity have been posted online as Jersey’s equine community unites to try to save horses in pain from travelling off the Island for treatment. And the proposed facility at Les Platons, on the site of an established livery […]
NEW LOOK FOR GRÈVE DE LECQ?
By Ruth Le Cocq The site of the former Seaside Café at Grève de Lecq may become the responsibility of The National Trust of Jersey, if a States proposition to buy the land for £3.6M and gift it to them is approved. The requirement would be for the Trust to use it for environmental, cultural […]
DREAMING TREES TO SHINE AGAIN AT HOWARD DAVIS PARK
By Ruth Le Cocq The tree survivors of Storm Ciaran will be lit up in Howard Davis Park next month with the return of the Dreaming Trees illuminations. Around 30,000 people attended the inaugural event in 2023 which showcased scientific research about the ways in which trees can communicate with each other via a ‘Wood […]