A leisure centre's future is causing concern among sports clubs, with netball and squash representatives warning that any loss of facilities could have a major impact.
Guernsey's Beau Sejour leisure centre is in a "persistent operating deficit" and a "solution has not been defined", a sustainability report said.
Naomi Szmierek, of the Guernsey Netball ****** ociation, said netball was already struggling with a lack of court ****** e and said the sport was not meeting demand across junior, community and island programmes.
Martin Watts, treasurer of Guernsey Squash and Racquetball ****** ociation, said Beau Sejour was "crucial" because it was now the only venue on the island where squash could be played.
The leisure centre is in a persistent deficit, says a report [BBC]

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A "near miss" between a passenger ship and a cruise ship tender took place last weekend, Guernsey Ports has said.
Harbour master James Way said a tender had departed despite red signals being in place on Sunday at about 17:00 BST.
Tender 14 from the cruise ship AIDAsol crossed in front of the San Pawl ferry, which carries up to 310 foot passengers between Guernsey and Jersey.
Way said while the boats had passed each other "at relatively close range", there had been "no immediate danger or impact on passenger or vessel safety" and the incident has been discussed with the cruise operator.
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Guernsey FC maintained their unbeaten start to their Southern Combination Premier Division season as they twice came from a goal down to draw 2-2 at Crawley Down Gatwick.
The hosts took a seventh-minute lead when Will Harley curled past Seb Sheppard after some neat passing following a counter-attack down the right.
James Laws went close to doubling the lead 25 minutes later before Will Fazakerley and Callum Le Lacheur had chances for the Green Lions as they went into the break a goal down.
But the visitors levelled six minutes after the break as Sam Murray nodded on Charlton Gauvain's cross from the right and Jamie Dodd was able to bundle the ball home at the far post.
The hosts were back in front just four minutes later as Archie Drillot's weak back-pass was picked up by Harley and substitute Callum Kilkenny finished well moments after coming on.

#minutes

Guernsey FC progressed through the FA Vase first qualifying round after a 1-0 win at Newhaven.
Charlton Gauvain put the Green Lions ahead in the 10th minute as he rounded the goalkeeper and finished well.
Goalkeeper Josh Addison kept his side in front at the break thanks to a number of decent saves.
Sam Murray saw an early second-half effort saved while Gauvain had a chance cleared off the line as Guernsey upped the tempo.
The Green Lions were again grateful to Addison as he saved a free kick with 10 minutes to go.

#gauvain #green #newhaven

Josh Addison's penalty save helped Guernsey FC start the season with two wins from two games.
The Green Lions won 1-0 at East Grinstead Town in their first away match of the season.
The victory means the islanders are one of just four Southern Combination Premier Division teams to win their first two games of the season so far after a 3-0 win against Pagham on Saturday.
Will Fazakerley scored his second goal in as many games when he gave Guernsey a 14th minute lead from the penalty spot after Charlton Gauvain was brought down.
But East Grinstead had the chance to level from 12 yards just three minutes later when Jacques Cauvain fouled Ollie Starkey in the box.

#lions

England bowler Katherine Rednall won the women's singles final to secure her first Commonwealth Games gold medal.
The seven-time world indoor champion, who took the bronze medal at the 2018 Games, won a tight first set 8-6 against Guernsey's Ali Merrien.
Rednall, 30, then took an early lead in the second set and stretched her advantage to 8-3 to secure the win.
Following Sam Tolchard's victory on Tuesday, it marks the first time that both the men's and women's singles ***** les have been won by an England athlete at the same Games.
Meanwhile, England men's pair Nick Brett and Jamie Walker took Northern Ireland to a tie-breaker after coming back from 4-2 down in the second set, but the quality of their opponents shone through as they had to settle for a silver.

#singles #medal #time

Katherine Rednall beat Guernsey's Alison Merrien 2-0 to win women's bowls singles gold at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
Rednall became just the third English woman to win a Commonwealth Games ***** le as Merrien claimed Guernsey's first and only medal at Glasgow 2026.
The victory means England have won three of the four bowls gold medals after Sam Tolchard won men's singles and details Amy Pharaoh and Sian Honnor won women's pairs.
Seven-time World Indoor Bowls Championship singles champion Rednall made her intentions clear as she hit the jack with her very first bowl and took a 3-0 lead in the first end.
But Merrien responded with three shots in the next end in what became a close set.

#commonwealth #Gold

England will have the chance to add two more gold medals to their haul on the final day of the bowls competition at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on Sunday.
The men's pairs team of Nick Brett and Jamie Walker comfortably came through their semi-final 2-0 against Canada to set up a meeting with Northern Ireland's Adam McKeown and Gary Kelly.
In the women's singles, Katherine Rednall from Suffolk was taken to a tie-break by Shae Wilson of Norfolk Island before winning a nailbiting final end.
Rednall, the daughter of former England international John, will face Ali Merrien of Guernsey at the SEC Centre.
"The Commonwealth Games is the pinnacle for us as bowlers," said Rednall. "To represent my country, pull on the England shirt is fantastic and I am so happy to bring back a medal for Team England."

#england #final #games #nick

Bowler Alison Merrien has guaranteed Guernsey's first medal of the 2026 Commonwealth Games after reaching the women's singles final.
Guernsey's reigning World Bowls Indoor Championships winner beat Malaysia's Emma Firyana Saroji 2-0 in their semi-final in Glasgow.
Merrien impressed against the 2018 Commonwealth Games pairs gold medallist and 2015 World Champion of Champions as she won the opening set 11-1 in five ends after three consecutive three-shot ends.
The second set was a tighter affair until Merrien took four shots in the fifth end to move into a 6-4 lead.
Saroji pulled a shot back in the sixth end but Merrien won the seventh and final end by three shots to win the set 8-5.

#merrien #final #games

Two goals in second-half stoppage time helped Guernsey FC beat Pagham 3-0 in their opening game of the season
The beaten Southern Combination Premier Division play-off finalists had the better of the early chances and took the lead after 32 minutes.
Will Fazakerley converted a penalty after the striker was fouled in the area.
Fazakerley and Sam Murray went close for the islanders early in the second half.
But it was Pagham who thought they should have had equalised in the 84th minute through Kaleem Haytham.

#half #guernsey

Alastair Chalmers missed out on the chance to win Guernsey's first medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The reigning British champion, 26, came sixth in the 400m hurdles in Glasgow.
It meant he could not add to the bronze medal he won in the event four years ago.
Chalmers stumbled over a hurdle with around 200m to go as he challenged for the lead and lost ground he could never make up as he finished in 50.24 seconds .
The race was won by Nigeria's Ezekiel Nathaniel in 48.47 seconds as England's Jake Minshull took silver and Jamaica's ******* inie Wilson bronze.

#commonwealth #glasgow

Guernsey bowlers Jason Greenslade and Ian Merrien kept their medals hopes alive at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with a 2-0 win over Malta.
The island duo moved to the top of their group on shots difference after defeating Troy Lorimer and Shaun Parnis in their fourth match.
Unbeaten rivals Malaysia - who they face in their final game on Saturday - have a game in hand in Guernsey's men's pair but face a tough test against Wales later on Friday.
The Guernsey pair recovered from a 5-0 deficit after the first two ends against Malta to win the first set 6-5 in Glasgow.
They then took a 5-0 lead in the second set which they did not relinquish as they went on to win 9-3.

#guernsey #merrien

Guernsey bowlers Jason Greenslade and Ian Merrien kept their medals hopes alive at the 2026 Commonwealth Games with a 2-0 win over Malta.
The island duo moved to the top of their group on shots difference after defeating Troy Lorimer and Shaun Parnis in their fourth match.
Unbeaten rivals Malaysia - who they face in their final game on Saturday - have a game in hand in Guernsey's men's pair but face a tough test against Wales later on Friday.
The Guernsey pair recovered from a 5-0 deficit after the first two ends against Malta to win the first set 6-5 in Glasgow.
They then took a 5-0 lead in the second set which they did not relinquish as they went on to win 9-3.

#guernsey #face #greenslade

Tatiana Tostevin broke her second Guernsey swimming record at the 2026 Commonwealth Games.
The 23-year-old, racing at her third Commonwealth Games, became the first Guernsey woman to break the 27-second mark in the 50m freestyle.
She clocked 26.95 seconds as she came third in her heat at Glasgow 2026 and 27th overall to add to her 50m backstroke record.
Fellow islander Tallulah-Mae Rautenbach finished one place behind her in the same heat and also broke the old island best as she swam 27.03 to end 29th.
Emma Bourgaize was first in her heat in a time of 27.50 and was 38th fastest.

#second #first

Guernsey boxer Tommy Teers saw his Commonwealth Games debut end in defeat.
The 28-year-old bantamweight - who juggles his boxing training with working as a carpenter - lost on a split decision to Eriu Temakau of Kiribati.
Teers had a point deducted for a low blow in the opening round before improving in the second.
But Temakau won the third round and took the decision 3-1.
"Surprisingly, I feel good - a split decision loss, I think the point deducted away from me in the first round kind of edged it his way, which is boxing, these things happen," Teers told BBC Guernsey.

#teers #split

Husband and wife Ian and Alison Merrien will lead out Guernsey at the 2026 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony.
The pair both made their debuts at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, with Alison going on to win a number of World Indoor ***** les.
The pair have returned to the Commonwealth Games this year, having last represented Guernsey in 2010.
This will be their fifth games, having also competed in 1998, 2002 and 2006 - the latter year of which Alison reached the quarter-finals of the women's singles.
This year, Ian will partner Jason Greenslade in the men's pairs while Alison will compete in both the women's singles and pairs events.

#pairs

Guernsey bowlers Rose Ogier and Alison Merrien got Guernsey's 2026 Commonwealth Games off to a good start as they won their opening match 2-0.
The duo beat the Isle of Man's Caroline Whitehead and Paula Garrett 5-1, 3-2 in their first women's pair's game in Glasgow.
"It's always nice to get one under your belt, it gives you confidence for the next one and we'll see what happens next," Merrien told BBC Radio Guernsey.
"We weren't sure what to expect, obviously they're good players in their own right.
"You've just got to go out and play your own game and we managed to play quite well today and come away with the win."

#merrien #next #rose #alison

Manchester United face a fierce battle with their major rivals, and AFC Bournemouth, to secure Alex Scott as the Red Devils focus on 22-year-old midfielder as their new priority target, according to a transfer expert.
Having enjoyed a superb season in which he helped propel Bournemouth into Europe for the first time in the club’s 127-year history, Scott is a man in demand this summer. Every member of England’s elite has expressed interest in the Guernsey native, though the Cherries are adamant he will not be leaving the south coast.
Source: Sofascore
Scott’s current deal expires in 2028. Talks are ongoing over a contract extension, which will include a release clause – a similar approach to the one taken with Antoine ****** yo last year.
There is a determination at the Vitality Stadium to have clarity on the player’s future as a matter of urgency. The club does not want uncertainty to carry into August and the start of the new Premier League season.