Home advantage could be key to first Sarnian title

GUERNSEY hope that home advantage on Saturday will give them the touch inter-insular title for the first time in the tournament's eight-year history.

The annual event, which sees the men's, women's and mixed teams from each island compete, has been won by Jersey since it first began in 2005 but last year's games were the closest yet with Guernsey winning the women's 3-2, losing the men's 3-1 and the mixed 9-6.

'Touch has been played in Jersey for far longer than it has in Guernsey, but despite that the gap between the two islands has been closing year on year,' said Guernsey Touch chair Katrina Bray.

'Last year's games were incredibly close and it was hard to see which team was going to win until the final whistle. The results could so easily have been the other way.'