UD CHIO were left with a night off from official duties because their would-be opponents had withdrawn from the league. But instead of taking it easy, the club and players decided to have a Sunday fun day with a UD Chio team taking on a side made up of their former players. Players from the [...]
FRIDAY’S matches in the John Lowe Team Handicap competition produced two giant-killings and five last-gasp wins. In the Trophy, Ourplace Naturals’ Nathan hit a 180 during the first of the shock results as his team dispatched Target Army 5-2. Sundowners also beat an upper league team in Toscales Tornados in a close match that ended [...]
THE Toddys Gold Label KO Cup second round threw up the usual plethora of shocks, and Division One leaders Summerland Superstars are out. They suffered their second straight 2nd-round knockout as they lost at home to Second Division Toscales A-team. They were not the only top-flight side to crash out. Trap Door were humbled by [...]
THE highlight of the pool season is here as the Oasis Fm Pool League locks horns with the Scottish touring party this weekend. It is the fourth contest in what is turning into a tremendous annual competition. The Scottish squad have won the first three events, but last year’s contest went down to the very [...]
ANDRES Garcia Tebar got his Tenerife managerial campaign off to a flyer, just, on Sunday. His charges returned from the mainland with a rare away win and some much needed confidence. But don’t be fooled. All the age-old problems remain. Tenerife fought like beavers to get this win after nearly throwing away a vital three [...]
By Val Sainsbury BLINK and you’ll miss her! Never has this old saying been more appropriate, than when Ivet Lalova flies past you on the running track. The 27-year-old Bulgarian beauty holds the distinguished title of being the world’s fastest white woman EVER over 100 metres, and the 10th fastest of all time. Just think [...]
A LONG while ago, on the third match week, Division 1 teams accumulated 12 maximums between them. That record was blown out of the window on Week 27 as no fewer than 15 180s were recorded! Those hitting the old lipstick were: Bubbles (Phoenix), Pete (The Pub), Ian (Titans), Mitch x 2/London (Xtreme), JZ (X-Men), [...]
CD TENERIFE axed manager Antonio Calderon immediately after Sunday’s dreadful 3-2 home defeat by Sporting Gijon. It followed their less-than-exciting 1-1 draw on lowly Vecindario’s synthetic pitch the previous week, and his departure will have come as no surprise to the thousands of fans who have been behind the team all season at the Heliodoro [...]
THE five-woman rowing team, who set out from La Gomera in the world’s toughest ocean-rowing race, have broken two world records. Their fund-raising, 3,000-mile journey across the Atlantic Ocean to Barbados took 45 days, 15 hours and 26 minutes, setting a double world record. They were the first five-woman team to row any ocean in [...]
THE top four sides in Division One all won last Tuesday, and the title should be contested between them. Champions Palms Bar showed their resilience as they fought back from the brink of defeat to win at home against Atlantis Sharks. The Adeje lads played some fine pool to take an early 3-1 lead and, [...]
