Rare defeats for Guernsey

GUERNSEY suffered rare defeats in both the Green Trophy and the Aggregate as Jersey claimed those inter-insular table tennis honours at the weekend.

This last occurred in 1985, but perspective must be taken as both losses were incurred on the outcome of just a few matches.

The overall aggregate score was 62-48 in Jersey's favour and just seven matches were the difference between Guernsey retaining the trophy and Jersey's success.

The Green Trophy ended as a 6-4 victory for Jersey and their team comprising Grzegorz Frankowski, Marcin Jurkiewicz and Craig Gascoyne.

Jersey took the lead courtesy of Gascoyne's 3-1 win over Phil Ogier and this was followed by Frankowski's four-game win over Scott Romeril.