The Old Elizabethan Association

August 2008

Guernsey's top athlete and Old Elizabethan Dale Garland was selected for the Great Britain Beijing Olympics Squad.

In what he thought was his last chance for selection, he ran a second slower than he had hoped thanks to the after-effects of a hamstring injury.

Nonetheless, the selctors must have taken into account his recent excellent form, including the European Cup, and named him in the 6 members of the 4 x 400m relay squad.

Being named in the 4x400m relay Garland told BBC Guernsey: "I was gutted, I thought my Olympics chance was over."

Following the recent General Election of People’s Deputies on 23 April 2008, the States chose former Treasury and Resources Minister Lyndon Trott (6722) as the Island’s Chief Minister.

As a trained accountant with a background in the finance industry, 43-year old Lyndon is well placed to deal with the challenges facing the new States. He is particularly concerned about the economic impact of demographic changes and believes the States should be concerned about this now.

TV star is ‘in the right place at the right time’

Sports Broadcasting
by Aaron Scoones

Old Elizabethan Murray Dron (8517) is one of the presenters on the recently-started Setanta Sports News channel.

Until late last year, the 32-year-old was the presenter of Channel TV’s Report Sport.

But he gave all that up, moved to London and after working for ITN, managed to land a plum job presenting on the new 24-hour Setanta Sports News channel.