The stars of Sark’s Sheep Racing weekend began their preparation for the big event recently by loosing their winter woolly jumpers. The fourteen ewes that will run in the races were sheared by their owner Dave Scott who, with Ross Henry, not only shears all of the sheep on Sark but those on Guernsey too. The racing ewes are just over a year old and by the middle of July…

On the same day canoeist Steve Cole had a close encounter of the fishy kind just offshore. He was fishing for mackerel from his kayak with his specially designed mini fishing rod when he caught a big pollock. From a larger boat this wouldn’t be a problem but, as Steve explained, landing a fish this size in a canoe wasn’t straightforward. “At one point I had the fish flapping around…

Creux Harbour has been busy recently as work continues to repair the roof of the shelter. The shelter was completed in 1905 and was financed by a donation from Edmund Hale. At that time Creux was the only harbour and the boat service was more erratic so having somewhere for passengers to shelter was essential. Little work has been done on the building in recent times and the roof was…

On Saturday 26th May the Hall was packed for a sell out concert by the island’s choral group, Sark Singers, conducted and accompanied by Kevin Adams. The thirty-six strong choir began their programme with a medley of fifteen Beetles classics followed by Unchained Melody. Kira Coombes and Angie Dedman gave wonderful solo performances in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Pie Jesu followed by a rousing rendition by the whole choir of the…

Sark’s junior hockey players excelled again this year in the RG Falla Guernsey Primary School Outreach Hockey Tournament. Last year’s Sark team won the competition and this year, despite being the first experience of Astroturf for some of the players, the Sark team came joint first. With the encouragement of a good crowd of Sark supporters the team won three of their four group qualifiers, drawing the fourth that went…

This year’s Scarecrow Competition has a regal theme and a record number of entries. The competition was judged by the Reverend Gill Nicholls who said she found it very difficult to choose a winner out of the seventeen entries. She and husband Colin made a very handsome scarecrow of Henry VIII, now standing outside St Peter’s Church, although this wasn’t entered into the competition. That may be just as well…

The jubilee celebrations continued on Monday afternoon with a street party in the Avenue for Sark’s children and older residents. Harpist Autumn Curtis Summer and various street entertainers added to the party atmosphere and the clouds that had threatened rain all morning cleared to give brilliant sunshine. Events moved to a marquee at la Colinette in the evening with a bar, buffet and live music all night including local favourites,…

The jubilee weekend got off to a patriotic start here when Sark School held a royal garden party on Friday 31st May. The children invited their families to the school for the afternoon where they sang their own jubilee-inspired song followed by a speech by Craig Guille thanking the Queen for her sixty years as monarch. The children sang the National Anthem and were then all presented with their commemorative…

Seigneur Michael Beaumont honoured fourteen members of Sark’s emergency services on Monday 4th June when they were presented with Diamond Jubilee Medals at a ceremony at the Island Hall. All have been serving members for at least five years. Ten medals were awarded to the Fire and Rescue Service. They went to Simon Adams, David Curtis, Nicholas Dewe, Rowan Gill, John Hunt, Robert Knight, James Martin, Bernard Southern, Paul Williams…