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I think that the 2026 Liberation Day celebrations in St Peter Port ticked most of the boxes with a new layout of the attractions... but still featuring many of the islanders favourites.

The day was still packed with interest and maybe the most successful part was the way the Crown Pier was devoted to the children's attractions. Also the extended seating area devoted to food stalls (and not forgetting the bars!) on the Albert Pier.

The live music stage and the Vintage Fair were also very, very popular.

I managed to capture quite a lot of what went on during the day and night and there are Galleries online now if you are interested. Just click the link to view my photos:
CLICK TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE 2026 LIBERATION DAY CELEBRATIONS

I've photographed the Corbet Cup and Corbet Shield finals a couple of times over the years.

The 2026 edition of this under 12's football knockout competition reached the finals night yesterday and I popped along to the Corbet Field to photograph some of the action.

I found that here were a couple of stand-out things that made the night so memorable.

First was the unstoppable enthusiasm shown by all the teams and every player. The youngsters exhibited endless energy and passion for the game of football.... and more than a little skill!

Secondly, it was the atmosphere around the ground. The stand was packed with a crowd of family and friends who made plenty of noise supporting their team. This showcased how well Sport brings families and people together to share an experience.

I've just added a couple of photo Galleries to my website if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2026 CORBET CUP & CORBET SHIELD PHOTOS

The 2026 Hillclimb season continued at Le Val des Terres with the Guernsey Motor Cycle & Car Club's event on Bank Holiday Monday.

Once again many of the Classes were hotly contested and this close competition results in fractions of a second being knocked off established records.

However, competitors have to line up a perfect run to get their name in the record book as there are no easy options.

I've uploaded comprehensive coverage of the racing in a new Gallery. Click the link if you would like to view the photos:
CLICK TO VIEW THE LATEST HILLCLIMBING PHOTOS

Well Guernsey FC certainly kept us waiting for the win when they hosted Lancing FC in the final throes of the Southern Combination Premier Division at Victoria Park!

The game finished with a strong score-line of 3-0. But as so often is the case this didn't tell the full story.

Whilst the Green Lions looked the more inventive side for most of the play it required two inspired substitution's with a quarter of an hour left on the clock to record the win!

GFC now have a home game to look forward to in the play-offs.

My Gallery of photos can be viewed by clicking the link:
CLICK TO VIEW GFC v LANCING FC PHOTOS

I've realised that I've missed an update.

One of the biggest events I cover (for number of photos taken) are the Guernsey Dinner Boxing Club's fight nights at St Pierre Park Hotel.

And when the line-up includes 12 Bouts there's no way I'm getting off lightly!

The April 2026 edition filled my disk drive with over 600 photos... and that's with me trying to be really disciplined!

I've been working through the edit (a couple of bouts still to go) but I thought I should at least post a link to the gallery.

Click below and see how the edit is going:
CLICK TO VIEW THE APRIL 2026 DINNER BOXING GALLERIES

The first cycle event on Sunday morning took me way out to Rocquaine for the Guernsey Triathlon Club's Rocquaine Duathlon.

The reward for the early start was a very pleasant work-place with the backdrop of the still sea, sunny and calm.

There is always an inevitable wait whilst the athletes complete the cycle route but I was kept amused by the banter of the recreational cyclists. The usual question is 'why don't you want to take a photo of me?'

Well this might surprise a few of them as I'm going to add a new gallery featuring some random photos. I think an apt title would be something like 'Cyclists & Lycra'!

The Duathlon photos can be viewed by clicking this link:
CLICK TO VIEW THE ROCQUAINE DUATHLON PHOTOS

It was all downhill at the Dos D'ane on Sunday for Round 2 of the GVC Downhill Racing Adventure Cycles Gravity Series.

I've added a new Gallery featuring my photos. Click the link to view them:
CLICK TO VIEW ROUND 2 OF THE 2026 GRAVITY SERIES

The Guernsey Eisteddfod has been a showcase for thousands of people's talents for decades. It has given Islanders an opportunity to develop their creativity and artistic abilities.

Underlying all the many Classes available is a friendly and supportive system of comment and judging on participants entries.

I had the opportunity to photograph some of the 2026 Roller Skating performances at Beau Sejour and I found the skaters to be incredibly supportive to each other, even those chasing the same trophy!

I've uploaded a few photos of the Roller Skaters. Click this link if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2026 EIDSTEDDFOF ROLLER SKATING

The Guernsey Softball Association's A Team scored an impressive win over the Jersey Softball Association's visiting side at Beau Sejour in the Softball Muratti on Saturday.

The bright and sunny day encouraged a really good crowd of supporters for all the matches and the result was inter-island sport at its best.
Sure it was competitive, but that was mixed with friendship and a shared love of Softball.

I've added the first Gallery of photos featuring the main Muratti game. It will be followed by the B side Muratti and the Upton A. Keep a check on the website if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW THE LATEST SOFTBALL GALLERIES

What an amazing weekend of Sport in Guernsey. But I was burned out by the end.... and I only covered a small part of what was going on.

Starting Friday evening with a Stranger Cup Semi-final at Victoria Park then moving straight on to St Pierre Park Hotel for a very late night photographing 12 Bouts of Dinner Boxing!

Then Saturday..... how about three games of Guernsey Softball Association at Beau Sejour, two Muratti's and an Upton!

In between those games I popped inside for two Inter-insular Guernsey Volleyball games!

And just to top off the weekend, and to make sure I won't emerge from the office whilst I complete the edits, on Sunday I was back at Beausie for another two games of Volleyball.

Submissions had to be turned around quickly for the Guernsey Press and the JEP.... and now the edits have started to be uploaded to my website. Phew...

Here's a link to a couple of Guernsey Volleyball galleries. More to follow:
CLICK TO VIEW THE LATEST VOLLEYBALL GALLERIES

Like everyone who spent time at the GK&MC 2-Day Motocross meeting I left the event covered in dust. In fact I looked like I'd been in a Saharan desert sand storm!

Whilst I was at the track on Saturday morning the strong wind was lifting clouds of dust off the surface even between races!

This eventually resulted in the B Group Class, which had the biggest entry, having a race re-started with riders in-line after a dramatic crash occurred at the first start.

Anyon Robilliard had a spectacular try at flying after launching off a bank. When he landed and rolled onto the track the poor visibility from the dust meant the following riders couldn't see to take avoiding action!

Overall there was a really good entry and a large crowd was entertained to some great racing.

I had to pack all my coverage into just a couple of hours as I had a list of other events but I ended up with a nice full Gallery of photos.

This is a link if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2026 2-DAY MOTOCROSS MEETING

The Guernsey Motor Cycle & Car Club's 2026 Hillclimb season at Le Val des Terres started with a very positive note.

Firstly the day was dry! This is a feature we all hope to carry through the whole season, please!

Secondly, my walk down the pits on the way to signing in was most enjoyable and optimistic as new faces and machinery were spotted... it's always great to see additions to the line-up.

But the best part was noting the return of a few favourites. Charlie and Justin Smith's eye-catching Pillbeam MP43C and the stylish and fast rider Jade Ferbrache were notable returns after taking breaks of 15 years and 2 years from the Sport.

I was only given a couple of hours/runs at the hill before I had to move on to the next job but it was great to be back.

I know that there were a few issues with some of the new timing gear but I'm really pleased that I haven't seen competitors moaning about their loss of times and runs. Too often in the past there have been selfish remarks by people who failed to understand the complexity of the system and the huge commitment of time and resources given freely by all the organisers.

This tolerant attitude is something that would be great to see continue through the season too.

I captured some of the action and there's a new Gallery online if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW THE SEASON'S FIRST HILLCLIMB AT THE 'TERRES

A real quickie post to give you a link to the Guernsey Snooker 2026 Island Semi-finals photo Gallery.

The North Social Club hosted the two games, one downstairs in the main Snooker Hall with the second being played in the very smart upstairs room.

This features two tables and apparently was refurbished and opened about 18 months ago. Its a great addition for local Snooker players. I'm sure I'll be back there again soon.

Click the link to view the full Gallery:
CLICK TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE 2026 ISLAND SNOOKER SEMI-FINALS

I had to make a short detour when I left the GMC&CC Hillclimb at Les Val des Terres on Monday.

Before I headed off to the GFC v Forest Row football at Victoria Park I made the steep climb up Havelet hill towards the Dorset Arms.

I was assigned to photograph the Guernsey Pool Association's A7 Easter Cup competition.

This was a first for me and another Sport's box ticked. I've already photographed Snooker (many times) and Bar Billiards. So I've had to add another Photo Gallery to the website.

Click the link if you want to view a few photos from my short visit:
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2026 GUERNSEY POOL A7 EASTER CUP PHOTOS

This was another event on the long list of Easter 2026 assignments.

The 2026 Badminton Open was the 'starter' on Friday evening.

Badminton is always a challenge to photograph but when it is at the Guernsey Badminton Association LBG Easter Open the difficulty ratchets up a notch!

The 2026 Guernsey Open had an incredible entry meaning that the action on court was literally non-stop. This greatly reduced my access and opportunity to move around to frame my shots!

When those situations occur there is only one option for a photographer and that is to focus, concentrate on what is possible and get to work!

I've just added a Gallery of the photos I managed to capture. I know they could have been better.... but at least I know I did the best I could....

Click this link to view the Gallery:
CLICK YO VIEW THE FIRST OF MANY EASTER JOBS

Easter always seems to herald the time of year when Sports and Social events really start coming up to speed.

This year certainly isn't any different as the Easter 2026 weekend sees me committed to photograph eleven events.

They vary from a GVC Criterium to a Church Craft morning, Motorsport racing to a Music Festival, Badminton to Pool and Football with others in between!

I love being busy and to top that off with so much variety is brilliant.

I've been working on some of the first edits and a new Gallery featuring the GVC Chouet Criterium is now online. Click the link to view the photos:
CLICK TO VIEW THE GVC EASTER CRITERIUM

What a decisive win for GFC against their closest rivals in the Southern Combination Premier Division League.

Guernsey FC left the visiting team from Peacehaven & Telscombe wondering what had just hit them!

The Green Lions put on a dominate show in front of a growing number of supporters at Victoria Park and the ground was buzzing after their 6-0 win.

My coverage of the game became more stressful as each goal was scored as numbers 1 to 5 were all scored and celebrated on the opposite side of the goal to where I was sitting... so no decent pics for me!

Then just as I was about to right off the whole afternoon Cal Le Lacheur knocked in GFC's sixth goal... and I actually got the pics!

The complete Gallery of my photos is now online. Click the link if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW THE GFC v PEACEHAVEN & TELSCOMBE PHOTOS

Photos of the Guernsey Motor Cycle & Car Club's 2-Day Trials meeting are now online.

Due to other assignments on Saturday and Sunday morning I was only able to photograph some of the Sections on Sunday afternoon at L'Ancresse.

After the usual chasing around trying to find the Sections and making sure I had what was needed for my Guernsey Press submissions I set about trying to capture some more of the action.

My admiration goes out to the riders who tackled the steep walls and steps on the unforgiving rock Sections.

I hope my photos do justice to their bravery.

Click the link below to view the Gallery:
CLICK TO VIEW THE 2026 2-DAY TRIALS GALLERY

Helpfully, my first job on Sunday morning wasn't too early as we all lost an hour in bed because of the clock changing to Summer Time.

So it was actually a nice relaxed start to the day as I headed off to photograph the Guernsey Velo Club's Adventure Cycles Enduro Gravity downhill racing at Talbot Valley. This was ROUND 1 of the 2026 Series.

It was a busy morning for the Riders (and the photographer} as the racing was spread over three different courses. After each run there was a climb back up the steep slopes to return to the start-line.

The challenge for me was to try and be on the right course at the time the racing was happening... and then trying to be in the best place for an action shot too! Sometimes it is difficult - even dangerous - to move whilst the track is 'live' so some forward planning and a good recce is always a good idea.

By the time I had to move on to my next job I'd been able to capture some good action shots and they are now online. Click the link if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW ROUND 1 OF THE 2026 GRAVITY ENDURO

It was a double-header of Sports assignments last night. First up was Basketball at 'The Dome' featuring Imperium Comets v Titans Wealth.

After this short visit I headed up to Blanche Pierre Lane on a chilly evening for another quickie at the Priaulx League game, Saints v North.

The hurry was that my photos had to be submitted for the Thursday mornings Guernsey Press Sport.

Once that was sorted I've added a couple of photo Galleries featuring the pics. Click the links if you are interested:
CLICK TO VIEW THE BASKETBALL - COMETS v TITANS
CLICK TO VIEW PRIAULX LEAGUE - SAINTS v NORTH