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Vol. 3, Issue 4 - Price: £1 Th ursday 17 April 2014“serving St Helena and her community worldwide”

SENTINELTHE South Atlantic Media Services, Ltd.

Bark Europa -A Life Under Sail page 12

From the Control Tower - Airport Update page 10 and 11

Jamestown Vision 2020 Document Shelved page 24

On Tuesday two warships of the French Navy, Land-ing Helicopter Dock (LHD) Mistral and Stealth Frigate (FLF) La Fayette call in at St Helena from early morning to late evening. LHD Mistral and FLF La Fayette have been deployed since March and will be on duty until July 2014 for mis-sion “Jeanne d’Arc.” There are 155 offi cers from various professional backgrounds from 18 different nationalities

completing their military, human and naval training. From St Helena the ships will travel west to South America and provide help in the prevention of drug smuggling. During this port visit, meetings and exchanges with the residents of St Helena took place and crew mem-bers toured the historical sites of the island. A military ceremony took place at 3pm at The Tomb, with Governor Mark Capes, Michel Dancoisne-Mar-tineau, Consul-honoraire de France, and senior offi -cers and crew members of both warships.

Richard Wallis, SAMS

One Day French Kiss

Visit of French warships, LHD Mistral and FLF La Fayette

Three page report inside, including pictures from onboard the LHD Mistral

Page 2,3 and 5

French tribute to the life and military career of Napoleon Bonaparte

Page 5

HE Governor Capes inspecting the French troops at a special ceremony held at Napoleon’s tomb on Tuesday

LHD Mistral positioned in James’ Bay on Tuesday

Successful Naval Charm Assault on St Helena by “Jeanne d’Arc” mission

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One Day French Kiss

As more than 800 French sailors made their way off the ships, SAMS reporters wait-ed patiently to meet Public Liaison Offi cer, Caroline Du Cret and English Royal Navy Offi cer, Dominic Tay-lor for a tour of larger; Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD) Mistral.

Welcome Aboard!

Both the Mistral and the La Fayette have been deployed since March and will be continuing until July for the “Jeanne d’Arc” mission. This particular mission is a four month multi dimensional operation where the French Navy’s trained offi cers, as well as foreign offi cers, carry out their fi rst operational deployment. The aim is to make the young offi cers acquire a solid foundation in military leadership and seamanship thanks to the practical in situ nature of the training and the experience of taking responsibilities.

The Mistral, with the La Fayette, makes up part of an am-phibious group who are strategically pre-positioned in the Atlantic Ocean where military operations and Bilateral co-operation actions will be conducted.

To the stern of the Mistral is the ‘Well Deck’ where the military action group that goes

from land to sea will disembark. Launches are de-signed to power in through the back of the ship

and be loaded with trucks, tanks and supplies.

The ‘Well Deck Master’ whose job it is to make sure all goes well with the process said it could be quite diffi cult when there is a big swell.

FreshCrates of St Helena tomatoes, loaded onboard Mistral on Tuesday

A large part of the Mistral is set aside for the onboard hos-pital which is fully equipped with two operational theatres, an MRI scanner and all kinds medical equipment. In addition to the two surgical units, comprehensive tech-

nical platform and 69 medical beds, the onboard medical fa-

cilities can be expanded with additional medical shelters

in the helicopter hang-ers. This can come in very useful when the Mistral is called upon to assist in humanitar-ian crises. The Mistral was recently had to do just that in an evacua-tion of over 400 people from the Lebanon.

Successful Naval Charm Assault on St Helena by “Jeanne d’Arc” mission

Bon Jour!Welcome

Ashore

Caroline & Dominic

Local boats brought the visitors ashore, after a failed attempt to use their own landing craft

Richard Wallis & Sharon Henry, SAMS

Getting up close and personal to the Mistral

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The air component of the Mistral is composed of units from the 5th Combat Helicopter Regi-ment and on the ship they had two ‘Puma’ ma-noeuvre and assault helicopters and two ‘Ga-zelle’ reconnaissance and attack helicopters.” Another helicopter was on fl ights around St Helena.

Access to the fl ight deck is via an elevator that will lift the helicopters from the 2000+ square metre hanger up to the open air. The space available can hold up to 16 heavy helicopters or 32 smaller helicopters.The warship carries all of its aviation fuel in tanks and the fi re safety concerns in the hang-

ers are obvious with hydrants and warning signs evident throughout . Joseph Renjour, who showed us around the helicopters and hanger, said, “a helicopter because of the material that it is made of will fully burn in about two minutes.”

Linked by a ramp to the “Well Deck” is the “Upper Vehicle Hanger” where all the smaller vehicles for missions are stored on the Mistral. The vehicles are armoured including those that look like Jeeps. Surprisingly the amphibious vehicles are also armoured and still manage to stay afl oat as they propel themselves to land so where conventional engines can take over. The Mistral can carry 110 armoured vehicles or 13 main battle tanks stationed on two decks adding up to more than 2,650 square metres dedicated to vehicle storage. She can comfortably house 450 troops in quarters designed for long term deployments.

The La Fayette, was featured in the 1995 James Bond fi lm GoldenEye, as the site for the un-veiling of the Euro-copter Tiger, which is subsequently stolen in the fi lm.

Movie StarLa Fayette

Did U Know...

One of the two Puma helicopters, secured inside the large aircraft hanger

Ready for the sea or land, one of the amphibious, all action vehicles inside

The Bridge was still busy in portcontinued on page 5

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SENTINELCOMMENT

SAMS Contact Details Telephone: 22727 email: [email protected] website: www.sams.sh

Sharon Henry, SAMS

Loiter: is a word that’s had a few of us reach-ing for the dictionary this week. According to Chambers, it means to proceed linger-ingly; to dawdle; to linger or lurk. That’s fair enough but when you’re greeted with an unwelcoming, ‘No Loitering’ sign that was erected in the Castle Gardens on Tuesday, it makes you wonder the purpose of this public park? If you’re after tranquillity, birdsong, shade or a place to pass the time in town, the beauty spot of the Gardens should be the place to go.But what constitutes loitering? Will the war-dens shoo you away after an hour lingering on a park bench reading a book? What is an unacceptable time?Everyone is excitedly awaiting the long weekend of the Easter break and tucking into their fi sh and hot cross buns on Good Friday and Easter eggs on Sunday.I am one of those people who can’t bring myself to buy Easter eggs, as I see them as extortionately overpriced, egg-shaped, hol-low chocolates in pretty packaging. Maybe it’s just me but I can’t bring myself to spend £8 on something, that if you melted it down you’d get a regular bar of chocolate.Don’t get me wrong - I don’t condemn any-one for buying them, but I think you get more for your buck if you just bought one of your usual favourites (mine’s a Lindt at £2.38).Clever commercialism has led us to believe that you must show your appreciation and lavish loved ones with the gift of Easter eggs. This leaves some feeling guilty if they can’t afford to.One parent has told me they’ve spent £16 on their little one’s Easter egg this year- gulp - was it laid by the golden goose?Bah humbug - What’s the Easter equivalent of a Christmas Scrooge? Hope everyone enjoys the long weekend, and don’t eat too much chocolate!

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The St Helena Yacht Club will be holding a General Meeting on

Friday, 9th May 2014 at 4:30pm at the St Helena Yacht Club.

All past and present members are kindly asked to attend, including interested non-members to discuss

the future of the Club.

FOR SALEMobile Kitchen

Custom built mobile kitchen.Consists of grill, Bain Maries, ice container, containers for sauces, sink unit. Unit is to be

attached to the back of a car/truck.

For further details contact Julia/Robert Benjamin on Telephone No. 24259

EXCO REPORTExecutive Council met today, Wednesday 16 April, with two items on the Open Agenda.The fi rst item was the proposal to increase Government Landlord Housing rental by £1 per week, effective from 1 July 2014. It was noted that this will have no impact on IRB and

BIP recipients. Executive Council approved this proposal.The second item sought to reinstate the re-quirement for certain types of development applications to be referred to ExCo for ap-proval. These are generally large scale infra-structure projects that are crucial to the eco-nomic development of the Island. Executive Council agreed that it is important to retain political oversight of such projects and agreed that a directive should be issued to the Chief Planning Offi cer. On the Closed Agenda, the St Helena Mari-time Sector Review from Marine Maven was discussed. The report had made a number of recommendations and these had been consid-ered by the Economic Development Commit-tee. Not all recommendations had been agreed and the report and a press release outlining the agreed actions from SHG will be published soon.On behalf of Legislative Council I would like to wish you all a happy, chocolaty and safe Easter.ExCo16 April 2014

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A very moving ceremony took place at the Tomb on Tuesday 15 April, to mark the life and military career of Napoleon Bonaparte. Between 120 and 150 French sailors and soldiers in full uniform, some bearing arms, lined the perimeter of the Tomb area with the Republic of France fl ag fl ying over the Tomb itself. Prior to the service starting the captains of the naval ships, FS Mis-tral and FS La Fayette, presented HE Governor Capes

to the large assembly of military personnel present.The Mistral Captain, speaking in English,

led the service and in his speech gave a history of Napoleon. Governor

Capes responded to this and ended with some words in French, which was clearly appreciated, judging by the smiles amongst the French con-tingent behind him. The sailors sang, without accompanying music, the British National Anthem, in English, and the French National Anthem, in French. The Captain said in an interview following the service, “You could feel all around this Tomb, it was very moving for all the sol-diers and sailors who were here, and happy to celebrate our dead soldiers and sailors of all times.” The Governor said, “It was absolutely tremen-dous, and will certainly stay in my mind for many years to come.”

Left, Capt Serge Borbarier (La Fayette) and Capt Francois-Xavier Polderman (Mistral) with Governor Mark Capes

Enjoying a beer at the Consulate

A moving and dignifi ed ceremony at The Tomb

One Day French Kiss Successful Naval Charm Assault on St Helena by “Jeanne d’Arc” mission continued from page 3

Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS

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OPINION/NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.sh Th ursday 17 April 2014 THE SENTINEL

Poker An occasional questioning prod at the political firegrate By Stuart Moors

Public Transport – Private Issue

I’m not one that goes in generally for con-spiracy theories and I don’t tend to read too much into an issue just because I don’t know the details, but the recent commission of Mr George Watson to undertake a Public Trans-port Review has left me with a whole load of questions.Firstly, why was the engagement undertaken at all?It seems to me that if the 2012 review was in-adequate, then it should have been re-executed or supplemented with additional review ma-terial. Simply starting again from scratch is something we should have got rid of a long time ago. Seems I was wrong! (Reminds me of the idea that you keep asking for Doctors’ second opinions until you get the diagnosis you were looking for)Secondly, why was the engagement com-missioned without the Councillors’ consent or even knowledge? I cannot believe anyone would argue that the review is not a policy is-sue, so the Councillors should have been com-missioning it – not the Administration.But even given that the Administration haven’t yet learned what their role is, why were the Councillors not involved? Why were they not even informed? How can our Councillors do their jobs effectively if important details are withheld from them?Next, you have got to start wondering about corruption when a visitor (on holiday – not business) just suddenly gets handed a £5000 job for two week’s work. And I have to say that my eyebrows raised signifi cantly when I read Darrin’s editorial wherein it was stated

that Mr Watson is the father of the Capital Pro-gramme Manager, Sarah Troman. Whatever happened to open competition for such assignments? Is it likely that Mr Watson is the only person in the world that could have done this work? Or does the saving of the cost of another RMS trip trump all other consider-ations, so that we will, in future, simply en-gage any passing visitor that can, apparently, do a job that needs doing (whether related to someone on island or not!)?Then, of course, we have to question whether Mr Watson was anyway the right person for the job. The fact that he has a background in Public Transport in the UK does not lead in-exorably to the conclusion that he knows the fi rst thing about Public Transport in a spread out village in the middle of the ocean, with

just over 4000 inhabitants and exorbitant fuel costs, but which is going to have tourism de-mands put on it that no-one in the UK has a clue about.But I leave the biggest question till last. What sort of review can produce any useful informa-tion if the major stakeholders and information sources are not canvassed? The Public Trans-port is, and will be, for local citizens and for visiting tourists – which of these bodies of people were asked a single question? None.I thought we’d got over this secrecy. OK, I can sympathise still with those poor paranoids who feel that the Press is evil and shouldn’t be told a thing, but to keep Councillors unin-formed is unacceptable. This is not the open-ness and transparency that I thought might be a pleasant future to muse about.

Buses waiting at the Grand Parade for the 4 O’clock rush hour

10th APRIL 2014CHRISTOPHER PAUL BENJAMIN (35) of Half Tree Hollow pleaded guilty to pos-session of a shot gun without a licence. The Court stated that given “the clear public need to discourage the unlawful possession and use of fi rearms the courts will treat any offence against the provisions of the Firearms Ordi-nance as serious”. “Save for minor infringe-ments which may be and are properly dealt

with summarily, offences against these pro-visions will almost invariably merit terms of custody, even on a plea of guilty and in the case of an offender with no previous record”. The Court was however persuaded that this was such a minor infringement. It had been but an oversight by Mr Benjamin in not renewing his licence for the short period of two months. Mr Benjamin was therefore fi ned £150.00 with £15.00 costs.11th APRIL 2014MICKAEL PER OLSSON (51) of Near White Horse, Jamestown pleaded guilty to failing to comply with a notice under the In-come Tax Ordinance. On the application of Mr Olsson, sentence was adjourned for one week

in order to allow Mr Olsson to obtain quali-fi ed legal advice and representation from the Public Solicitor. This application was granted due to Mr Olsson having three recent similar convictions, such that the Court was now required to give consideration to a sentence of imprisonment.

St HelenaMagistratesCourt Report

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LETTERS/NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL Th ursday 17 April 2014

The St Helena Fire & Rescue Service has vacancies for Fire Fighters. Reporting to the Deputy Fire Chief (DFC), the main duties of the post involves:

Responding to emergency and sea-rescue call outs:

1. Professional ability and effi ciency at incidents of all types 2. Responsible for maintenance of all Fire and Sea Rescue equipment and ensure it is in a state of readiness. Inspect and test as approprate. 3. To achieve and maintain a standard of physical fi tness in accordance with the Service Physical Training Program 4. Assist with educating SHG, Private Sector & the Public on Fire Safety issues (presentations, demonstrations, etc) 5. Capability in the prevention of and the protection from fi re 6. Carry out inspection and maintenance of fi re hydrants and extinguishers 7. Preparation of reports and correspondence as appropriate

For further details regarding other duties of the post, interested persons can contact Mr. Alan Thomas, the Deputy Fire Chief on telephone number 23344, or e-mail dfc.fi [email protected]. Salary for the post is graded at Grade D, commencing at £8154 per annum, however a successful applicant without the qualifi cations and experience detailed in the job profi le may be required to serve in a training grade.

Application Forms are available from the Human Resources and Police Directorates and should be submitted through Directors, where applicable to the Administration Offi cer, Jacqueline Robinson at Ogborn House or e-mail administration.offi [email protected] by no later than 4pm on Friday 25 April 2014. Mr. Trevor BottingDirector of Police, 08 April 2014

St Helena Fire and Rescue ServiceFire Service Headquarters, Ladder Hill

PUBLIC NOTICE FIRE FIGHTER VACANCIES

Dear Editor

My name is Cedric Alfred Chippendale and I am living in South Africa. I am trying to redis-cover my roots. I believe that my grandfather, James Alfred Chippendale, was a Saint and left his beloved Island to live in South Africa. I suspect this move happened around the turn of the last century. I am eager to fi nd out more about my family. I am curious to fi nd out if there is anyone among your readership that can provide me with any additional information concerning my grand-father (James Alfred Chippendale) or the re-maining Chippendales who may be still resid-ing on St. Helena Island.

My e-mail address is [email protected],I will truly appreciate your help in this area,Best Wishes,

The Reverend Cedric Alfred ChippendaleMACE; Th.M.

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Dear Editor

I intended to write this letter many weeks ago but we have had quite a few things to deal with

since our return to the UK.My husband John and I spent a wonderful few weeks on the island during December and January. It was a long-awaited fi rst visit for me especially - an opportunity to see the sights and hopefully fi nd some of my father’s family. Our stay there surpassed all expectations. My father, a Timm, left St Helena in 1945 and died in 2003 in the UK. His parents and grandpar-ents were also Saints. We met many family members from the Timm and Yon lines, from a fi rst cousin to several second cousins and beyond. Everyone was so kind and made us both very welcome, as well as the Tourist Of-fi ce staff who helped resolve a few problems. Some relatives and friends we made went out of their way to take us out, show us around, spend time with us - a wonderful, heartwarm-ing experience. We tried to visit as many rela-tives as possible, but unfortunately could not include everyone this time. Our apologies for that but we intend to visit again and hope that we can meet more of you. If any family mem-bers wish to contact us, I will give my email address to the newspaper. Thank you to every-one we met - you are all in our thoughts. An unforgettable experience!

Janet and John Suffi eld

Dear Editor I think both reports in your paper on the former Governor’s launch were correct. As Mr. Essex pointed out, the “ Cairo” lifeboat was initially used for that purpose. Over time it was left to deteriorate, and eventually bought. It was repaired and re-named “Scotia” - and again used as the Governor’s launch. J.E.Packer who worked on Ascension Island, visitiing St. Helena again in 1968 describes “ the smart white launch “ Scotia” for island offi cials and dignitaries, the longboats with lanterns hang-ing from poles, the ancient creaking wooden barges that used to serve the British navy in Ascension before 1922. I remembered them from my last visit ( 1962)and thought that their days were numbered even then, now 6 years later they looked just the same. There was also the motor launch “ Wideawake” in the anchor-age; it had belonged to the guano company on Ascension in the mid 1920’s and was named after the island’s great colonies of sooty terns or “wideawakes”. History is fascinating! Yours sincerely, Barbara B. George

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WORLDNEWS

SNIPPETSNapoleon’s ring and hair stolen from Mount Martha housePolice are chasing a thief who stole French military leader Napoleon Bonaparte’s ring, hair, snuff box and a ribbon inscribed by Napoleon himself in 1815 from a house in Melbourne’s south-east.Victoria Police spokeswoman Belinda Batty said the offender or offenders broke into the bathroom of the Nepean Highway house in Mount Martha about 11.20pm on Thursday.Security guards rushed to the historical homestead, called the Briars, about 11.30pm after the alarm went off, and noticed that the blinds had been removed from the outside of the bathroom.It appeared that the burglars, once inside, had jemmied open cabinets before stealing the priceless artefacts.www.theage.com.au

Many missing as S Korea ferry sinksAlmost 300 people remain unaccounted for after a ferry carrying 459 people capsized and sank off South Korea.The ferry, carrying mainly school students, was travelling from the port of Incheon, in the north-west, to the southern resort island of Jeju. A major rescue effort is underway, involving dozens of ships and helicopters. Those brought to safety were taken to a near-by island.Three people are now said to have died and at least 13 others have been hurt.South Korean offi cials had earlier said that 368 people had been plucked to safety, but later said there had been a counting error.www.bbc.co.uk

US Airways Apologises Over Pornographic TweetThe airline says it “deeply regrets” the mis-take which caused the image to be sent out to its 400,000 followers.The picture, which showed a woman posing with a model airplane, was posted as part of an apology to a customer who had com-plained about a delayed fl ight.It remained on the airline’s Twitter feed for around an hour before it was removed, al-lowing enough time for the image to go viral.In a statement the airline said an investiga-tion had found the photo was initially posted on its Twitter feed by another user.It said it had captured the tweet to fl ag it as inappropriate, but then accidently included it in a response to a customer. The airline said: “We deeply regret the mis-take and we are currently reviewing our pro-cesses to prevent such errors in the future.”www.skynews.com

Printech RelocatesConstruction Works Underway

Work has begun on a new custom designed print shop below the CCC at Ladder Hill. In 2010, the current Chief Executive Offi cer for Printech, Ed Thorpe, and the owners, Ian and Sue Fitzgerald, recognised the need to move from the present location at Scotts Mill, Nr Harpers.“The damp conditions at Scott’s Mill damages electronic equipment and causes problems when printing,” said Mr Thorpe. “The current prem-ises is also split between two buildings, with the paper store on one side and the machinery on the next so we sometimes have to run across in

the rain”.Several locations were considered such as Donkey Plain, the ex Half Tree Hollow fi rst school and a site adjacent to the Rock Club, before deciding on Ladder Hill. “The advan-tages of the site is the dry climate, proximity to the main road and to Jamestown and a more reliable electricity supply on feeder one. The new print shop has been custom designed and is large enough to accommodate future expan-sion and upgrade of equipment.” On the 26th March, Barry Henry and his team started on the new Printech building with a goal of completing on the 31 March 2015. “We need to gear up for when the airport is opera-tional,” said Mr Thorpe.”

Anne Clarke, SAMS

Dust panelling put up to prevent dust from blowing into ESH Offi ces

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Unless you are a regular visitor to the airport site, it is always an amazing sight to see how the project progresses between visits. Construction of the Combined Building that will house the control tower is 70% complete. “We are on schedule and on target,” said Building Project Manager, Derek Alexander who is oversee-ing the works. “We are getting ready for the structural steel for the control tower to arrive in May.”The circular control tower overlooks the apron, taxi slab, the Dry Gut fi ll, and will rise 18.5 metres from the ground, having three fl oors in total. The third fl oor structural slab is ready to be laid to receive the structural steel elements.Under the combined building roof will also be the fi re tenders, a gymnasium, offi ces, teller services, control systems and runway lighting controls. It has a

View from the Control TowerAircraft Control and Passenger Terminal Buildings ProgressingSharon Henry, SAMS

Building Project Manager, Derek Alexander

Construction on the Combined Building and works underway to complete the Control Tower

Passenger Terminal Building site on left and Passenger Terminal Building site on left and Combined Building on the right (opposite page), overlooking apron and runway.Combined Building on the right (opposite page), overlooking apron and runway.

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footprint of 1,100 sq m.There is a team of 87 working on the site, 25% are Saints, working 12 hour days. I asked Derek how much of a challenge it is to keep on track. “One of the biggest, is the logistics and making sure the sequence comes at the right time.“As we go with the construction sequence, all the disciplines; mechanical, electrical and plumbers, everybody keeps up with the construction pro-gramme, and they make 100% sure all their services are installed at the right time.”The separate terminal building will receive the passengers after they touch down with its footprint of 2,200 sq m. There is a plethora of structural rein-forced columns. The terminal will have an open viewing deck and restaurant on the fi rst fl oor with a pagoda roof overlooking the runway and apron.All water for the airport project is drawn from purpose built reservoirs. “We have more than suffi cient water,” said Derek and the site makes up to 2300 bricks a day, 250,000 are needed in total.Derek said the combined building should be snagged and handed over, by November, the terminal building following in February next year.

Electricians, Anthony “Bo” Thomas and Denzil Fowler

Reinforced steel columns create the frame for the Combined Building and Passenger Terminal as seen from level of the Control Tower

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The Dutch tall ship, Bark Europa, weighs 750 tonnes, yet has achieved a top speed of 13.5 knots using just the wind and sails for propul-sion. That’s on a good day! However, a lack of wind meant a later arrival at St Helena, and just a one day visit for the 36 onboard.Freelance journalist and crew member, Gjalt de Jong, who hails from Friesland, the largest of the 12 Dutch provinces, gave me a guided tour.Onboard the 56 metre vessel, two things struck me most: the mass of ropes that arrowed down from the overhead rigging, all coiled and teth-ered at tie-off points on the deck, and the cool-ing air-conditioning below decks.Apart from the crew cabins, Europa felt sur-prisingly spacious. There were recreation spaces that doubled as dining areas, and quite a large, comfortable library/chart room at the

stern of the vessel.Captain Klaas Gaastra, had just brought Eu-ropa back from one of her regular adventure trips to Antarctica, where she had spent three weeks exploring the coastal regions of the Earth’s most southern continent. The vessel is on her way back to Holland for a scheduled major maintenance visit.Europa sails a combination of world voyages each year, which although varied, always in-cluding Antarctica. Passengers book for the sea going adventure, learning to sail the vessel

Bark Europa

as part of the experience. The one month trip from Ascen-sion Island on 19 April, up to the Azores, is fully booked at £1,728 each, sharing a 6 berth cabin. The three week Antarctica voyages at the end of this year, sailing from Ushuaia, Argen-tina, are advertised at 6,150Euros (£5,074) or 7,350Euros (£6,064) each sharing a two berth cabin.

A decent sized galley where the two cooks worked from. Assistant cook,

Swedish born, Nilla Janssons, was pleased to be taking on supplies

of fresh fruit and vegetables from St Helena.

A very high-tech wheel house, with satellite navigation equipment

The library and chart room, known as the ‘quiet room,’ at the back of the ship

Darrin Henry, SAMS

Bark Europa anchored in James’ Bay on Friday 11 April

Gjalt de Jong, sailor/journalist

Ropes everywhere

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SAMSRADIO 1

102.7MHz, 90.5MHz, 105.1MHz, 105.3MHzAlso Live Streaming via www.sams.shCONTACT THE SHOWTo reach the Radio 1 team, call 22727, or email: [email protected]. You can also contact us via our Facebook page - just visit the SAMS website, www.sams.sh, click the Facebook link at the top right of every page.

St Helena News: Monday to Fridays at7am, 10am, 12noon, 5pm, 7pm & 10pmalso at 3am & 5am Tuesday to Saturday.Saturday news: 8am & 12noonMonday to Friday

SUNRISE 7 to 10amLive music, entertainment, discussion, interviews and trivia. includes: 7am: St Helena News12.00pm: St Helena News, public service announce-ments and notice board.Repeated at midnight every Mon-Fri.

SATURDAY CHART BUSTERSA compilation of top chart hits, both new and old.

2nd CHANCE SUNDAY9.00am - Selection of recorded interviews and pro-grammes from the week, mixed with easy listening sounds for a chilled out Sunday.

SANCTUS RUCKUSThursday 7.30 - 9pmPresented by Gareth Drabble, 90 minutes of the best modern Christian music being made today.

THE CHART SHOWWednesday 10.30am Presented by Helen Wallis and John Woollacott. Catch up on the latest chart music. Repeated Wednesday 9.00pm, Thursday 12.15pm and Saturday 1.00pm

There will be no Focal Point programme this week

BBC WORLD SERVICE NEWS24/7 on our 2nd radio channel. 100.7 MHz and 88.1MHz

REWINDSaturday 9.30am. Rewind takes you back to years gone by featuring a different year every week, focussing on the music and stories that made it memorable.Repeated on Saturday at 6.00pm, Monday at 7.30pm & Wednesday at 12.15pm.

MUD ON THE TIRESEach week this show turns the musical spotlight on the wonderful world of country music. Join Darrin Henry as he discovers more about the singers and bands, the inside stories and of course, the best coun-try sounds around today.Sunday: 11am and 7pm. Tuesday 7.30pm & 11.30pm, Thursday 10.15am, Friday 5.30pm.

EASTER PROGRAMMINGGood Friday and Easter Sunday will feature Easter messages from the Clergy. We will also have special interviews throughout the holiday period.

BOAT ACCIDENTSteps Taken for Safety on the Wharf

It is now over fi ve weeks since the accident on the wharf, on the 7 March, when a rope sling snapped whilst the boat that was being lowered into the water. The accident saw the boat land heavily, incurring major damage and a serious injury to one of the two people who were on the boat at the time.Financial Secretary, Colin Owen, responsible for wharf operations, said, “We no longer have rope slings, we are using nylon ones.” He went on to say that there had been a number of dis-cussions with operators and fi shermen and no-body now will travel in a boat when it is being lowered into the water by sling.“I think that when an accident happens that results in serious injury, people do look again at what we have got [Safety Standards],” said

Mr Owen. He believes that SHG are always criticised about bringing absolute rules and regulations from the UK and applying them. “I don’t think that we need to be doing that, but we need to take a sensible approach. So it’s a good time to refresh and look at everything that we are doing on the wharf.”Other changes on the wharf will be that the SHG crane operator will have absolute au-thority, as to the suitability of the ropes and slings. Safety cones will be placed around the crane when in opera-tion and possi-ble painted ‘no parking zones’ in future.


Crane offl oading containers at the wharf

Damage to boat incurred in incident at the wharf on 7 March

Financial Secretary, Colin Owen

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LIFESTYLE & CULTUREwww.sams.sh Th ursday 17 April 2014 THE SENTINEL

On the 22nd April the world recognises In-ternational Mother Earth Day (IMED), a day to stop and reaffi rm collective responsibility to promote harmony with nature. The planet is under threat from climate change, unsus-tainable exploitation of natural resources and other man-made problems.The 2014 theme is ‘Green Cities’, encompass-ing three key elements: green buildings, en-ergy and transportation. Green buildings (also known as green con-struction or sustainable building) refers to a structure and process that is environmentally responsible and resource-effi cient throughout a building’s life-cycle. The nearest compari-son on St Helena at present would be that of a roof catching rain water and using it to water the garden. Energy effi ciency, is the goal to reduce the

amount of energy required to provide products and services. There are very few attempts on island that displays energy effi ciency. Simon Green, owner of Bubble View Cottage (Senti-nel 12 July 2014), has fashioned his own solar powered system that helps supply his house with electricity. Connect St Helena, uses the initiative of solar panels and covered their of-fi ce premies roof in order to be supplied with energy. Through simple effi ciency and design improvements to buildings, St Helena could help reduce emissions. Transportation on St Helena is a major contrib-uting factor. This is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions worldwide, three quarters of which comes directly from road vehicles. On an island that has a population of roughly 4000 people, there are approximately 2700 licensed vehicles on the island as of the end of the fi nancial year 2012/13. The Public Transport System (PTS) is inadequate and very few people use Ja-cob’s Ladder or Ladder Hill road as means of

walking into Jamestown. Ladder Hill road is a ‘No Cycle’ area and donkeys are a thing of the past. There are other aspects of IMED, green cities that relate to St Helena. Take a second and imagine Jamestown without trees! Imagine there was no Castle Gardens, no beautiful cluster of trees in Market Street ,or, no trees and fl owers when looking out of the win-dow at the General Hospital. Accord-ing to photographs taken in Jamestown years ago, it is evident due to building or other developments that quite a per-centage of trees that are not only heri-tage but also shade from the sun, have been reduced over the years.There are a few notable areas in James-town that once graced the surroundings with magnifi cent trees. Examples are those that were in Upper Jamestown, opposite the barracks, and the Ban-

yan tree in Napoleon Street. “Trees are im-portant to the community,” said Nick Thorpe, enthusiast in the work of mother nature. The few remaining trees we seek shade under in Jamestown on a hot sunny day, “were planted by Governor Dallas in the 1800’s,” said Nick. There are an abundance of things that can be done to promote IMED 2014. Here are just a few:• get educated! (educate yourself on global warming. Save precious resources like w- ater, air, food and soil.• recycle (in every shape and form)• choose vegetarian or go green totally (live stock are responsible for more greenhouse gas emissions than transport)• use compact fl uorescent bulbs (can save 300lbs of carbon dioxide a year)• use public transport system when adequate• walk or cycle to work• switch off lights when leaving the room

Anne Clarke, SAMS

International Mother Earth Day

Trees lined the streets in upper Jamestown

A large tree situated at the current AVES centre in Jamestown

A tree stood in upper Jamestown, opposite the Barracks Square

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TIME OUTwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL Th ursday 17 April 2014

BREAKHUMOUR

“I was fl ying into Boston last week and when I went to fi nd my lug-gage, it seemed to be missing. So I went to the airlines customer service center to fi nd out how to locate it. So the clerk asks me “Sir, can you describe your suitcase?” So I tell her, “it’s a hot pink suitcase shaped like a star”. She looks up and asks “Okay, and is there anything distinctive about your bag?”

Two inexperienced hunters went hunting in the woods. Before long they got lost. “Don’t worry,” said the fi rst hunter, “I heard that when you’re lost you should fi re three shots in the air that someone should hear you.” They fi red three shots in the air and waited a half hour. They tried again another three and nothing happened. Finally they decided they will try it once more. “This better work,” said the second hunter nervously. “These are our last arrows!”

SENTINEL REBOOT - Local news from last year

Nine hundred and forty passengers off the visiting tourist ship, MS Amsterdam, came ashore on Monday (15 April), greeted by warm sunshine and clear skies.

The fi rst of 92 passengers to disembark from the RMS St Helena made the short walk from the new customs building, across the moat via the newly installed footbridge, a little after 16:15 on Sunday 14 April. The ship had anchored nearly two hours earlier at 14:30.

On Saturday 13 April the Ladies Fundraising Group held a tea party for approximately 300 of the island’s senior citizens. Instead of the ruckus of sporting activities, the hum of chitchat fi lled Prince Andrew School’s main hall as St Helena’s elderly enjoyed a spot of tea.

Cricket: Scott Crowie’s three wickets, catch and magical unbeaten innings of 85 helped Longwood end St Pauls’ unbeaten T20 district run, on a rather gloomy Saturday afternoon (13 March) at Francis Plain.

Famous Birthdays17 Apr - 23 Apr

Victoria Beckham (40)Singer/Designer - 17 Apr

Kate Hudson (35)Actress - 19 Apr

Shemar Moore (44)Actor - 20 Apr

Queen Elizabeth II (88)Actor - 21 AprJohn Cena (37)

Wrestler - 23 Apr

DID YOU KNOW...• Facebook, Skype and Twitter are all banned in China.

• About 95% of people text things they could never say in person.

• The Titanic was the fi rst ship to use the SOS signal.

• In Poole, ‘Pound World’ went out of business be cause of a store across the road called ’99p Stores’, which was selling the same products but for just 1 penny cheaper!

• About 8,000 Americans are injured by musical instruments each year.

• The French language has seventeen different words for ‘surrender’.

• Nearly three percent of the ice in Antarctic glaciers is penguin urine.

COFFEE

CRAZY MAZEFind your way through this ‘Crazy Maze.’ Enter through the gap on the left and exit through the gap on the right. Good Luck!

PEOPLE Rock Artists

If you would like to take part, we need a good picture of you (which we can do) and your top 3 - it could be your top 3 movies, songs, books or cars. It could be your top 3 places on St Helena, or top 3 achievements. The more interesting the better chance of being chosen, as we will only print 1 per week! Email: [email protected] with subject heading, top 3.

1. Johnny Lang2. Throwing Cooper

3. Joe Cocker

Kimberly Francis,Half Tree Hollow

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SCHOOL PAGEwww.sams.sh Th ursday 17 April 2014 THE SENTINEL

This Week’s School Page was Contributed by Harford Primary

Whilst working on formal letter writing, Year 5/6 wrote

letters to the Headteacher about their opinions on the topic

of school uniforms.Here are the results of some

of their letters.


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NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.sh Th ursday 17 April 2014 THE SENTINEL

ST HELENA SPCCA INCIDENT NOTICEBOARD

THIS……

SHOULD NEVER HAPPEN

Yet again, 8 more sheep have been mauled, mutilated and killed by roaming dogs.

This creates a huge welfare issue on St Helena

It creates a real loss of income for local farmers averagely £300 per sheep – more if a ewe is in lamb.

If sheep survive the trauma, veterinary treatment time and costs can be high

The suffering of sheep to die slowly in this way is immense

Restrained dogs with no exercise become very frustratedand unhappy

When let loose they can become uncontrollable

Collie breed dogs have an instinct to round up sheep but an untrained dog may attackLoose dogs that run together hunt as pack animals

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NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL Th ursday 17 April 2014

� It is an offence on St Helena to allow a dog to roam unattended (Animals Trespass Ordinance, up to £500 + costs fine)

HOW CAN WE PREVENT THIS?

�� Dogs need daily exercise

otherwise pent up energy will become destructive

� Dogs need basic training preferably from puppyhood to walk / run obediently with their owners.

� Dogs need regular daily feeding and access to fresh water at all times

� Dogs need companionship, interaction and play with their owners

� Dogs need regular worming and flea treatments to stay comfortable and healthy

� Male castrated (cut) dogs do not feel the same need to roam as an uncut dog

� Report straying dogs to St Helena Police on 22626. Loose dogs on roads may also cause accidents and become injured or killed.

Please contact SPCA 22999 or Warden Julie Balchin 23969 for advice or to report animal need or neglect.

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REGISTRY OF LANDS, ST HELENA18th April 2014

Public Right of Way- Alarm Forest No.1

NOTICE is hereby given of an application by Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins of Bryant’s Beacon, Alarm Forest, for

registration of a public pedestrian right of way over parcels in the Alarm Forest Registration Section namely (1) Parcel 247 registered in the name of the Raymond Keith Benjamin of Nr Two Gun Saddle (2) Parcel 15 registered in the name of David

Anthony Benjamin of Two Gun Saddle, (3) Parcel 354 registered in the name of Joyce Margaret Benjamin of Two

Gun Saddle, (4) Parcel 353 registered in the name of Raymond Keith Benjamin of Nr Two Gun Saddle, (5) Parcels 294, 358 and 291 registered in the name of the Crown and (6) Parcels

110 and 252 registered in the names of Keith Thomas Hopkins and said Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins of

Bryant’s Beacon. Such application is made by virtue of a claim that this right of way (1) subsisted at the time of fi rst

registration of said parcels under Section 28 of the Registered Land Ordinance and (2) has been used in such

a manner to fulfi l the requirements of long user by the public such as to have been dedicated and accepted as a public right of way at Common Law. A copy of the application and a plan

of the said lands affected are available for inspection at The Land Registry, Essex House, Jamestown, during

normal offi ce hours. Any interested person who wishes to make representations to the Registrar of Lands in respect of this application should do so within 3 calendar months of

the date of publication of this notice.

JOHN A. MACRITCHIE, REGISTRAR OF LANDS



NOTICE is hereby given of an application by Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins of Bryant’s Beacon, Alarm Forest, for

registration of a public pedestrian right of way over parcels in the Alarm Forest Registration Section namely (1) Parcel 138 registered in the name of Anthony Percival Joshua of Bea-

con Hill (2) Parcel 139 registered in the name of Paul Simon Young of Nr White Wall, (3) Parcels 122 and 304 registered in the name of the Crown, (4) Parcel 111 registered in the

names of Martin John Williams and John Martin Williams of Willow Cottage East, (5) Parcel 26 registered in the name of Roger Thomas Williams of Willow Cottage East

(6) Parcel 288 registered in the name of Solomon & Com-pany of Registered Offi ce St Nicholas House, Surrey and (7) Parcel 150 registered in the name of Simon John Francis of Ropery Field. Such application is made by virtue of a claim

that this right of way (1) subsisted at the time of fi rst registration of said parcels under Section 28 of the Registered

Land Ordinance and (2) has been used in such a manner to fulfi l the requirements of long user by the public such as to have been dedicated and accepted as a public right of way

at Common Law. A copy of the application and a plan of the said lands affected are available for inspection at The Land Registry, Essex House, Jamestown, during normal offi ce

hours. Any interested person who wishes to make representa-tions to the Registrar of Lands in respect of this application

should do so within 3 calendar months of the date of publication of this notice.




NOTICE is hereby given of an application by Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins of Bryant’s Beacon, Alarm Forest, for registration of a public pedestrian right of way over parcels in the Alarm Forest Registration Section namely (1) Parcel 355 registered in the names of Nicholas Theodore George and Zoe Marie George of Napoleon Street and (2) Parcel and 360 regis-tered in the name of the Crown. Such application is made by virtue of a claim that this right of way (1) subsisted at the time of fi rst registration of said parcels under Section 28 of the Registered Land Ordinance and (2) has been used in such a manner to fulfi l the requirements of long user by the public such as to have been dedicated and accepted as a public right of way at Com-

mon Law. A copy of the application and a plan of the said lands affected are available for inspection at The Land Registry, Essex House, Jamestown, during normal offi ce hours. Any interested person who wishes to make representations to the Registrar

of Lands in respect of this application should do so within 3 calendar months of the date of publication of this notice.




NOTICE is hereby given of an application by Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins of Bryant’s Beacon, Alarm Forest, for registration of a public pedestrian right of way over parcels in the Alarm Forest Registration Section namely (1) Parcel 64

registered in the name of the Crown and (2) Parcel 312 registered in the name of Harry Bazett Legg of Alarm House. Such application is made by virtue of a claim that this right of way (1) subsisted at the time of fi rst registration of said parcels

under Section 28 of the Registered Land Ordinance and (2) has been used in such a manner to fulfi l the requirements of long user by the public such as to have been dedicated and accepted as a public right of way at Common Law. A copy of the

application and a plan of the said lands affected are available for inspection at The Land Registry, Essex House, Jamestown, during normal offi ce hours. Any interested person who wishes to make representations to the Registrar of Lands in respect

of this application should do so within 3 calendar months of the date of publication of this notice.



NOTICE BOARD

Complaints Procedure, Economic Devel-opment and Same Sex Marriages, formed Councillor’s, Leslie Baldwin, Christine Scipio O’Dean and Gavin Ellick’s agenda for Sandy Bay’s constituency meeting on Wednesday evening, 9 April. The 14 attendees came very informed and also had their own agenda. The importance was stressed of completing SHG’s complaint forms for directorates to ac-tion and reply to. These are on the SHG web-site and held at the Customer Services Centre. Mr Baldwin said, “Nothing will get done un-less you put it on paper.” “Do we need a hotel and where should it be built?” People wanted to know why this was asked now; they understood that agreements already exists between SHG with Protea and Mantis hotels. It was explained that they man-age hotels rather than construct them. A locally fi nanced hotel is being considered. The Same Sex Marriages idea received nega-tive response. Some felt that this was not a high priority. It was not pursued. Other issues raised included:Sandy Bay would like 12 councillors at their constituency meetings; councillors thought this was workable but will have to confi rm. The arrangement for the fi rst eight appoint-ments at Half Tree Hollow Clinics, for Sandy Bay residents so they coincide with public transport, is not working. Publicity for meet-ings, and communications such as councillors’ answers to constituency questions, should be improved. The meeting started at 19.30pm and concluded at 21.15pm.



NOTICE is hereby given of an application by Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins of Bryant’s Beacon, Alarm Forest, for registration of a public pedestrian right of way over parcels in the Alarm Forest Registration Section namely Parcel 299 registered in the name of the Crown. Such application is made by virtue of a claim that this right of way (1) subsisted at the time of fi rst registration of said parcels under Section 28 of the Registered Land Ordinance and

(2) has been used in such a manner to fulfi l the requirements of long user by the public such as to have been dedicated and accepted as a public right of way at Common Law. A copy of the application and a plan of the said lands affected are available for inspection at The Land Registry, Essex House, Jamestown, during normal offi ce hours. Any interested person who

wishes to make representations to the Registrar of Lands in respect of this application should do so within 3 calendar months of the date of publication of this notice.


REGISTRY OF LANDS, ST HELENA

18th April 2014Public Right of Way- Alarm Forest No.6

NOTICE is hereby given of an application by Margaret Anne Catherine Hopkins of Bryant’s Beacon, Alarm Forest, for registration of a public pedestrian right of way over parcels in the Alarm Forest Registration Section namely Parcel 202 registered in the name of the Crown. Such application is made by virtue of a claim that this right of way (1) subsisted at the time of fi rst registration of said parcels under Section 28 of the Registered Land Ordinance and

(2) has been used in such a manner to fulfi l the requirements of long user by the public such as to have been dedicated and accepted as a public right of way at Common Law. A copy of the application and a plan of the said lands affected are available for inspection at The Land Registry, Essex House, Jamestown, during normal offi ce hours. Any interested person who

wishes to make representations to the Registrar of Lands in respect of this application should do so within 3 calendar months of the date of publication of this notice.


Sandy-BayConstituencyMeetingUndecided about hotel 22 months to airport openingFerdie Gunnell, SAMS

Due to a decision from the Highways Author-ity, new signs have been placed in the Castle Gar-dens that will see the gar-dens became a no parking zone. In addition, a “No Loitering” sign has been placed to try and counter the vandalism that occurs, mainly on the weekends. Councillor Wilson Duncan said that the signs are an at-tempt to “try and make the gardens more accessible and friendly for the local people.” The ‘No Loiter-ing’ sign, which is near enough to the entrance of the gardens, is clear to see, although the other, ‘no parking’ signs, are not prominent and can be eas-ily missed by a driver.

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FFamily Fun Afternoon

In Aid of St Helena Girl Guide Association

Don’t forget to save Friday 2nd May 2014 forFamily Bingo @ Jamestown Community Centre

Face PaintingBouncy Castle

What’s in store:

Starting at 2 pm at the Mule Yard Entrance fee: £1 for Adults

50p for Kids with free entrance on the Bouncy Castle

Scavenger Hunt

Lucky Dips

…..and Lots lots More

Come and join in the fun!

Tea & Cake Stall

Fowler’s Candy

Line Dancing

Saturday 26th april

.... All this plus more in store, so

come along and join in with the fun


NOTICE BOARD

Course Title Date Time

Customer Care 1: What is customer service & who are my customers? 30th April 2014 10am to 12noon

Customer Care 2: What do customers expect & what standards should I work to? 30th April 2014 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Professional Knife Skills 01st May 2014 10am to 12noon

Rice & Pasta Dishes for Caterers 01st May 2014 1.30pm to 3.30pm

EVENING. Customer Care 1: What is customer service & who are my customers? 05th May 2014 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Making more profit from food 1: Costing & selling prices & profit 06th May 2014 10am to 12noon

Making more profit from food 2: Managing waste, purchasing and your menu 06th May 2014 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Modern Dietary Requirements Theory 07th May 2014 10am to 12noon

EVENING. Silver Service Waiting Skills 07th May 2014 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Modern Dietary Requirements Practical 08th May 2014 10am to 12noon

Fish Cookery for Caterers 08th May 2014 1.30pm to 3.30pm

EVENING. Customer Care 2: What do customers expect & what standards should I work to? 12th May 2014 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Complaints Handling 1: Why Complaints are important and how to listen to our customers 13th May 2014 10am to 12noon

EVENING. Make more profit from food 1: Costing & selling prices & profit 13th May 2014 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Complaints Handling 2: Dealing with complaints 14th May 2014 10am to 12noon

EVENING. Sushi Workshop 14th May 2014 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Cold Presentation for Caterers 15th May 2014 10am to 12noon

Making and working with Puff Pastry 15th May 2014 1.30pm to 3.30pm

EVENING. Make more profit from food 2: Managing waste, purchasing and your menu 19th May 2014 5.00pm to 7.00pm

Wine knowledge for beginners 20th May 2014 10am to 12noon

Sushi workshop 22nd May 2014 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Understanding body language 26th May 2014 1.30pm to 3.30pm

Hospitality Up-Skilling Project Training Courses available April / May 2014

For details on the courses and to book a space please contact 2onMain on telephone 22110.

Spaces are limited so please book early. Courses are free of charge .

VACANCYELECTRICIAN

The Property Division has a vacancy for an Electrician who will be responsible for carrying out wiring, maintenance of

electrical installations and associated equipment and assisting with testing and inspections of electrical installation

within SHG buildings.

The salary for the Electrician is at Grade C commencing at £6,479 per annum and the successful candidate must hold or be

prepared to obtain a St Helena Wireman’s license. For further details regarding this post, interested persons should

contact Mr Anders Bowers, Senior Superintendent (Installation) on telephone number 22054 (e-mail [email protected])

Application forms and Job profi les are available from ANRD, Scotland and should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager,

ENRD, Scotland or e-mail [email protected] by no later than 4:00 pm on Friday 2 May 2014.

Mr Derek HenryDeputy Director, Environment and Natural Resources Directorate 14 April 2014

PUBLICNOTICE

The Agriculture and Natural Resources Division has a vacancy for a Silvicutlure Offi cer. The successful candidate will report to the Forestry Offi cer and will be responsible for the implementation and management of the Forestry

Section’s Silviculture Programme in pursuance of effective forest plantation establishment and maintenance.

Salary for the post is at Grade E, commencing at £10275 per annum however the successful applicant without the qualifi cations and experience detailed in the job profi le

may be required to serve in a training grade.For further details regarding this post, interested persons should contact Miss Myra Young, Forestry Offi cer; on

telephone number 24724 (e-mail [email protected]).Application forms and Job profi les are available from

ANRD, Scotland and should be submitted to the Human Re-sources Manager, ENRD, Scotland or e-mail [email protected] by no later than 4:00 pm on Friday 2 May 2014.

Mr Darren DuncanHead of Agriculture & Natural Resources Division

14 April 2014

PUBLICNOTICE

VACANCYSILVILCULTURE OFFICER

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ST HELENA SNIPPETSwww.sams.sh Th ursday 17 April 2014 THE SENTINEL

St Helena Plover High on ListWire Birds listed 31st on the world’s 100 Most Unique and Endangered ‘Edge’ Birds

The St Helena Plover known locally as the Wire Bird has been listed 31st on the list of the world’s 100 most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (Edge) species.Scientists from the Zoological Society of Lon-don (ZSL) and Yale University assessed the world’s 9,993 bird species according to their evolutionary distinctiveness and global extinc-tion risk, to produce the list of the world’s 100 most unique and endangered birds. Top of the list is the Giant Ibis with only 230 pairs esti-mated to remain in the wild.The St Helena National Trust (SHNT) have just fi nished a three-year project monitor-ing and researching the plover. “We are well aware of the situation with the wire bird,” said the SHNT’s Wire Bird Project Co-ordinator, Kevin George. “We have tried to take steps to increase numbers, to get them off the endan-gered list.” This included cat-trapping to deal with cats, the main predator of the wire bird.The last annual census of the wire bird, count-ed 373 adult birds in January, a fall of 61 from

the previous year. However, Kevin is encouraged with the num-bers, “If we continue to do what we are doing, we can at least maintain the population as it stands. We’ve maintained an above average

fi gure.” The average bird population numbers stands at 362 for the period 1998 to 2014.“The project has sadly come to a close,” said Kevin, “but SHNT are hoping to keep it alive for at least seven months of each year.”

Sharon Henry, SAMS

Adult wire bird with two juveniles

Picture from SHNT

KICKED TO THE KERBJamestown Vision 2020 Document Shelved

The ill fated ‘Jamestown Vision 2020 Doc-ument’ that came in for major criticisms last year has been, “shelved,” according to Enter-prise St Helena Deputy Chief Economic Ex-ecutive Director, Susan O’Bey. Some believe that the paving work that ESH is doing in Jamestown is related to the ‘Vision’ document. Mrs O’Bey was quick to correct that misconception saying that the ‘Jamestown Pavement Project’ is not a part of the Vision 2020 as, “it comes from a Tourism Develop-ment Project from 2011,” that was instigated before ESH was created. “There was never a link. I can understand why people might have this perception that, ‘it looks as though 2020 planning is going ahead,’ but to be quite frank, what was outlined in that [Vision 2020] plan is actually going to take signifi cant sums of money, and we don’t have that kind of funding,” said Mrs O’Bey. After the backlash of public opinion concern-ing the ‘Vision’ document, ESH have repriori-tised and have refocused on preparations for

Air Access. “It’s nice to have visions and it is always good to have an idea about what the end product is going to look like. But at the moment, we need to be getting our basic build-ing blocks in place,” said Mrs O’Bey citing hotels, tourism services, walks and taxi servic-es as well as all support sectors like farming

and fi shing. With a reprioritising at ESH how high does the Vision 2020 document rate? According to Mrs O’Bey, “It hasn’t made it onto the prior-ity list at this point.” One of the new priorities for ESH she said were, “developing the local product and helping local businesses to grow.”


Jamestown graphic from the Vision 2020 document now on hold

SusanO’Bey

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Every year on April 22, over a billion people in 190 countries take ac on for Earth Day. The theme for Earth Day 2014 is Green Ci es.

Community Forests Team from the Na onal Trust will have a stall outside of the Canister on

Tuesday 22 April 2014. 11:00 am to 2:00 pm

Bring them your waste! They will be se ng theirselves the challenge of filling a wheelie bin full of kitchen waste to raise awareness of how important recycling waste is for a healthy, sustainable environment. Save up your peelings and tea bags over the Easter weekend and bring it down to help get one of the essen al raw materials that is needed for the project. Tea bags into trees!

The Community Forests Team will have displays, showing you how they make their compost with top ps for making your own. They will also be bringing some of the finished product so that everyone can pot-on an Ebony seedling, to show why compos ng is key to the success of restoring St Helena’s endemic forests.

They will also be reusing all sorts of ‘waste’ to make imagina ve new cra s and items. Come on down and join in with crea ve ways to be er care for our precious Earth!

YES PLEASE NO THANKS Raw vegetable peelings Cooked food

Tea bags Meat, fish or bones

Coffee grinds

For more informa on about Earth Day please visit: www.earthday.org


NOTICE BOARD

Sure South Atlantic Ltd would like to advise allcustomers that if they are experiencing anyproblems with receiving international calls tol h l h bplease report this to telephone number 22222 oremail [email protected] the following

details:

• Date and time call made• Service Provider• Telephone number call made from in UK or

R t f th W ldRest of the World• Telephone number call made to in St Helena

It should be noted that to ensure connectivity inyto the Island via our Service Providers, all calls

from other Service Providers must be routed viaBT or Ibasis.

APPLICATIONS FOR DEVELOPMENT PERMISSION

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that an application has been received in respect of the following proposals:

1. Proposed Installation of Electricity Pole adjacent to the property of Barn View, Longwood.2. Proposed re-building of Garage/Car port and Utility Room, adjacent to the property of Mr Patrick Benjamin, Southerns. 3. Proposed change of use of Offi ce/Store to Bistro type restaurant and establishment of cleaning material retail outlet, Business Units, Ladder Hill. 4. Proposed Wireless IT link between the old Customs and new Customs Buildings, the Wharf, Jamestown.5. Proposed Shed at St Marks Hall, Longwood.

Copies of the applications and plans may be inspected at the Planning and Building Section, Essex House, Main Street, Jamestown, Monday to Friday, from 8.30 am to 4 pm.

Any person who wishes to make representations on the above applications should make them in writing within

14 days to the Chief Planning Offi cer, Land Development Control Authority, Essex House, Main Street, Jamestown.

Alfred V IsaacPlanning Offi cer Email: [email protected] DATED THIS 17th DAY OF APRIL 2014


NOTICE BOARD

Watch Keeperwithin the Bulk Fuel Installation at Ruperts Valley

Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc has a Vacancy for a

Salary will start at £7,063 per annum, depending on qualifications and experience.

Solomons offers an attractive Staff Benefits package which includes free home-to-duty transport, a Pension Scheme, Annual, Sick,

Maternity, and Paternity Leave, Training & Further Education Incentives Discount on Purchases and much more.

For further information, please contact James Crook, Bulk Fuel Installation Manager, on Tel no. 22332

or via email address: [email protected]

Application forms may be collected from Solomons Reception Desk, in their Main

Office Building, Jamestown, and should be completed and returned to the Human Resources Manager,

Solomons Office, Jamestown, By 22 April 2014

Job Purpose:

To undertake shift work at the Bulk Fuel Installation. This will include regular checks of the Bulk Fuel Installation Complex and in addition to perform a range of maintenance/ cleaning duties as and when necessary.

Duties will include:

• Transferring of fuel between tanks

• Taking tank dips and reading meters

• Preparing all apparatus before and on arrival of fuel tanker

• Assisting with the delivery of fuel from the tanker and restoring apparatus after fuel has been unloaded.

Job Requirements:

Applicants must be in possession of a valid drivers licence.

Special Conditions:

The successful applicant will be required to work unsociable hours, including weekends and public holidays. Web: www.solomons-sthelena.com

Th e Roads Section of the Environ-ment & Natural Resources Directorate would like to advise the public that repair work on the road from Hutts Gate to Longwood Gate will be car-ried out from Monday 28 April 2014

for a period of approximately six weeks.

To enable repairs to be done the following closures of the road will be necessary.

Mondays, Tuesdays, Th ursdays, Fridays -9.00 -9.30 Convoy working (Traffi c fl ow in one direction at a time -delays of around 5 minutes)9.30 -12.00 ROAD CLOSED12.00 -13.00 Convoy working (Traffi c fl ow in one direction at a time -delays of around 5 minutes)13.00 -15.00 ROAD CLOSED

On Saturdays the above arrangements will apply except that the midday convoy working will run from 12.00 to 13.30 and the road will reopen at 15.30

Th e road is open outside the above times and all day on Wednesdays and Sundays.

Access for Emergency Services will be maintained at all times. Members of the community are advised that all request s for emergency services must be through Police Headquarters.Th e Roads Section would like to thank the Public in advance for their continued cooperation and support and trust that this upcoming work can be completed within good time.


CHURCH PAGE

“One man considers one day more sacred than another; another man considers every day alike. Each one should be fully convinced in his own mind. He who regards one day as special, does so to the Lord.” (Romans 14:5-6a)

I love studying and comparing the various tra-ditions within Christendom. Comparing them with what? Well, with each other, but especially holding them up to the light of God’s Word (the Bible). What about this season? You may be of-fended, but I will tell you. In the New Testament (when the Church under the New Covenant came into being) there is no instruction to observe any anniversary. Easter, however, is linked to the Passover, which God did instruct ancient Israel to observe every year, so of all the “religious hol-idays” Easter, as an event in the calendar, has the

FaithMattersPastor Graeme Beckett

BAHA’I FAITHwww.sthelenabahai.org

BAHA’I CENTREGumwoods

DEVOTIONAL MEETINGTHURSDAY EVENINGS

AT 8pm.ALL ARE WELCOME

For info. Telephone 24525“God who sees all hearts knows how far our lives are the fulfi lment of our words” Abdu’l- Baha

best claim to legitimacy – more so than Christ-mas. The diffi culty is that it is mixed with some pagan observations, and even the word “Easter” is probably pagan in origin. Some refer to the ancient Saxon “great mother goddess” Eostre (with variations), which in turn may be linked to the ancient Greek fertility goddess Astarte, who was celebrated around the Spring Equinox, more or less the same time as our Easter. It is believed the bunnies and eggs relate to fertility symbols of these pagan religions.

Some contend that even by celebrating this sea-son we are somehow indulging in some form of idolatrous worship. I don’t believe so. What about indulging in a chocolate easter egg? Are you committing a pagan act by dressing up as a bunny in an Easter parade? Again, I don’t be-lieve so, unless or course you are consciously ac-knowledging a pagan deity. Why do I say this? The Apostle Paul (see the verse quoted above) concedes that some Christians may want to ob-serve days or seasons as sacred or holy. The Tri-umphal Entry, Crucifi xion and Resurrection of Jesus is certainly something to celebrate, since Jesus, the Son of God, purchased our redemption in those fateful few days in Jerusalem. I think an annual celebration is not enough! – but I will take what I can get. As for the pagan “baggage” that comes with it, we know there are no other gods, and besides, chocolate is chocolate! Bless you.

Activities at the Army this weekend

Good Friday 18th AprilService at the HTH Hall at 10am. Coffee and Buns following service.

Sunday 20th April – Easter Sunday 6am Sunrise service near top of Jacob’s ladder11am Family service at HTH Hall. All are welcome.If you would like to know more about The Sal-vation Army’s activities, contact Lt. Coral Yon on telephone nos 22703/24358.

Seventh Day AdventistSaturday 19th April9:15- 10:40am- Sabbath School11:00- 12:00- Divine Service2:00- 3:00pm - Pathfi nder programmeMonday 21st AprilBible Study at home of Pam and Lionel Joshua.Wednesday 23rdApril7:30- 8:30pm- Prayer Meeting in ChurchThursday 24th April7:00pm- Bible Study at home of Arnold & Sandra CrowieALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND Further contact: Brian Joshua, Tel: 24507Jamestown church will close on Saturday 12th April - But normal services will take place at Blue Hill Community Centre.

DIOCESE OF SAINT HELENAThe Cathedral Parish of St Paul Thursday 17 April Maundy Thursday 10.00 a.m. Chrism Mass, Cathedral7.00 p.m. Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Vigil, CathedralFriday 18 April Good Friday12 Noon - 1.00 p.m. Matins and Devotion, Cathedral1.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. Liturgy and Veneration, CathedralSaturday 19 April Holy Saturday7.30pm Easter Vigil & First Mass of Easter Cathedral

Sunday 20 April, Easter Sunday8.00 a.m. Eucharist Cathedral9.00am Sung Eucharist St Peter11.00am Sung Eucharist St Andrew11.15am Sung Eucharist St Helena & The Cross Thursday 24 April 10.00 a.m Mass St Swithin

Sunday 27 April, Low Sunday8.00 a.m. Eucharist Cathedral10.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist Cathedral11.15am Sung Eucharist St Helena and The Cross7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival/50th Anniversary St Mark

The Parish of St James, Thursday 17 April, Maundy Thursday 7.00pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Vigil St JamesFriday 18 April, Good Friday12- 2pm Liturgy and Veneration St James

Should Christians observe Easter?

Sunday 20 April, Easter Sunday6.00 a.m. Vigil/Mass St John9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist St James

Tuesday 22 April 7.30 a.m. Eucharist St James

Wednesday 23 April 7.30 a.m. Eucharist St James

Thursday 24 April, 7.00pm Mass with Healing St JamesFriday 25 April 7.30am Liturgy and Veneration St JamesSunday 27 April Low Sunday 9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist and St George’s Day Parade St James7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival/50th Anniversary St MarkParish of St Matthew, Thursday 17 April Maundy Thursday 7pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper and Vigil St MarkFriday 18 April, Good Friday12 Noon - 2.00 p.m. Liturgy and Veneration St Mark5pm Stations of the Cross St Matthew

Sunday 20 April, Easter Sunday6am Vigil/Mass St Mark9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist St Matthew11.00 a.m.Eucharist Woody Ridge Tuesday 22 April 7.00 p.m. Eucharist St Mark

Sunday 27 April, Low Sunday 7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival/50th Anniversary St Mark

BAPTIST CHURCHFriday 18th April (Good Friday)1) 8am Easter Service, Sandy Bay Chapel2) 9.30am Easter Service, Head O’Wain Chapel 3) 11am Easter Service, Jamestown ChapelThe Sermon will be delivered by Pastor Graeme at all servicesSaturday 19th April, 3pmGOCOM Meeting at Knollcombes ChapelSunday 20th April (Easter Sunday)1) 8.45am, Morning Service, Sandy Bay Chapel2) 10.45am Morning Service,Head O’Wain Chapel 3) 6pm, Evening Service, Jamestown ChapelThe Sermon will be delivered by Pastor Graeme at all services10am Sunday School, Baptist Manse5pm, Prayer Meeting, J/town SchoolroomTuesday 22nd April5pm, Bible Studies Cape Villa7.30pm, Bible Studies, J/town SchoolroomThursday 24th April5.30pm Bible Studies, Sandy Bay Chapel7.30pm Bible Studies, B/Hill Comm. CentreFor more info contact Pastor Graeme BeckettEmail: [email protected]. 22388


ST HELENA SNIPPETS

A young female Pallid Harrier lands on St Helena for the fi rst timeFirst Time for EverythingThis was spotted on Thursday, 27 Febru-ary, by the Wirebird team on an exercise at Man and Horse; the team consisted of Kevin George, Dennis Leo, Alex Benjamin, Albert Bennett and Marayka Henry. It was viewed in the distance and through binoculars, landing for a few minutes approximately 150 metres from us and then fl ew away. It was seen by a number of people over the weekend including Alan Thomas and his son while out checking cattle at Deadwood. We spotted it again on Monday, 3 March, at Deadwood and later in the afternoon, my daughter, Demi, and I were able to get close enough for some pictures, but the weather was terrible. I revisited the area on Tuesday afternoon and spotted it, but it was disturbed and fl ew away so I was unable to get any close up pictures. On Wednesday the 5th of March there was no sign of the bird and no further reports were received so it must have continued on its journey.

Information on the Pallid Harrier.Pallid Harrier - Circus macrourus.The length averages 40-48 cm with a wing span of 95–120 cm. In fl ight its long wings are held in a shallow V. The male is whitish grey above and white below, with narrow black

wingtips. The female is brown above with white upper tail coverts and the simi-lar juveniles are often called “ringtails”. Underneath it is buff streaked with brown and narrow-winged. Birds fl y at one to nine metres above the ground when hunt-ing, fl ying higher on migration, feeding off small mammals, lizards and birds.The global population is estimated at 9,000-15,000 pairs, breeding in grassland and forest up to 2,000 m. It is found in the steppes of Asiatic Russia, Kazakhstan and north-west China, with small populations found in Azerbaijan, Romania, Turkey and Ukraine. The species is mi-gratory, wintering in sub-Saharan Africa or south-east Asia includ-ing Namibia and South Africa so this bird could have easily been blown off course to St Helena. They leave their breed-ing grounds between August and November and return in March and April, migrating singly or females and juveniles form parties of 10-15.

Kevin George, SHNT

Baldwin and Ellick to Attend Overseas ConferencesCouncillors Leslie Baldwin and Gavin Ellick will be representing St Helena at conferences in the UK, announced a SHG press release dated 8 April.Councillor Baldwin leaves on Friday 16 May to attend the 44th British Isles and Mediterranean Region Annual Conference (BIMR), hosted by the Wales Branch of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, in Cardiff from 27-30 May.The theme is ‘Equality of Access to Democracy’ and Councillor Baldwin will attend sessions, including the Campaign for Women in Public Life and Engagement of Young Citizens in the Democratic Process.Following the conference, Councillor Baldwin will attend the 63rd Westminster Seminar and Workshop, held in London from 16-26 June. Councillor Ellick will join him who departs St Helena on Thursday 5 June.The Seminar and Workshop will explore Parlia-mentary democracy. Topics include, Holding the Executive to Account and the relationship between Parliament and the Media.Councillors Baldwin and Ellick will returnin July.

Picture by Kevin George Pallid Harrier

Councillor,Gavin Ellick

Councillor,Les Baldwin

WEEKLY WEATHERThe full moon this week has illuminated the night sky and we wit-nessed the natural phenomenon of a ‘Blood Moon,’ that set on dawn’s horizon glowing, a brilliant orange/red. The colour was caused by volcanic ash in the atmosphere from recent eruptions. Here are the weather readings from the Met Station at Bottom Woods and ANRD at Scotland for the past week.

Bottom Woods ScotlandMin temp 15.5C 15.5CMax temp 24.5C 23.0CTotal sunshine 37.7 hours 27.4 hoursTotal rainfall 2.6mm 3.8mm


ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARD

Mobile Banking April 2014

Bank of St Helena would like to advise the public that Mobile Banking will take place again as of Tuesday , 22 April 2014 in the following areas:

Cashiers Office at ANRD Scotland Tuesday, 22 April, 09:30 - 12:30pm HTH Supermarket Thursday, 24 April , 09:30 - 13:00pm

Longwood Supermarket Friday, 25 April 09.30 - 14:30pm

Save yourself the trip into Jamestown, have all your bills paid, make a withdrawal or a deposit, request the balance of your account, set up your standing order, submit your remittance requests,

you can even open a new account. SStatement Prints are also available

All of this and much more from your nearest Mobile Banking Station..

H e a d O f f i c e : M a r k e t S t r e e t · J a m e s t o w n · S t . H e l e n a · S o u t h A t l a n t i c · S T H L 1 Z Z Tel: +290 2390 · Fax: +290 2553 · e-mail: [email protected] · web: www.sainthelenabank.com

Established and regulated in St. Helena under the Financial Services Ordinance, 2008 the Company Ordinance, 2004 and the Company Regulations, 2004

MFV Extractor Arriving this Weekend

The fi shing vessel, MFV Extractor, is expected to sail into James Bay sometime on Saturday. At the time of going to press, she was 807 nautical miles away and making good speed of 9.5 knots. The vessel was issued a Safety Certifi cation on Thursday, 10 April, and immediately proceeded to undertake sea trials outside of Hout Bay Harbour, under Chief Skipper, Waylon Thomas. She left last Saturday.Owners, Saint Marine Resources Ltd, have said, based on the vessel’s progress, it is estimated to arrive at some point on Saturday, 19 April.

Picture by Saint Marine Resources Ltd


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Ascension FOOTBALLThree identical long range balls from the right wing resulted in goals from VC Milan by Bryan (OG credited to Two Boats Goal Keep-er, Johnny Stroud), Shavarn and Kingy and another strike from Super Sub, Dominic Au-gustus, saw Milan win the match 4 – 0 but the score line fl atters the men in red as Two Boats held out for long periods of the match. Andy Mackay gave another class performance at the back for United, marshalling his team in the hunt for goals, but three some might call fl uke cross come shots put the game out of reach be-fore Dominic sealed the win with his 4th of the season all coming from the substitutes bench.

Once again Inbetweeners started the match quickly by scoring fi rst; Mycle Dook grabbing a screamer on the edge of the box as Interserve were punished by their casual approach to the match. But, like in all their games this season, Inbetweeners began to fade and lose shape, with the likes of Peaches dominating the middle of the park and Shonray causing havoc when he was on the ball, Inbetweeners had their work cut out. Interserve were also giving a debut to Shaun ‘Chow’ Stevens at Right Back who coped despite his lack of ex-perience. Inbetweeners did their best to go toe to toe with Interserve but eventually Interserve were run away winners with Gus Williams grabbing two and Shonray netting four and completing yet another hat trick, taking him to the top of the goal scoring table with 10 goals in 4 matches.

Two Boats United 0 vs 4 VC MilanMOM: Andy MacKay, Two Boats United

Mario Anthony, Ascension Island

MCR fi ght back from behind to keep their 100% unbeaten record.This weekend’s highly anticipated match lived up to the hype, with both teams going all out for the win. But as it was when they fi rst met, Raiders took the lead after a mistake by the MCR goal keeper allowing the ball to slip under his foot when attempting to clear under pressure from Dewy, but eventually MCR were run away winners. Raiders began the match with intent not giving MCR time to settle on the ball with Julian Fuller having 3 at-tempts on goal in the opening 5 minutes. MCR

Inbetweeners 1 vs 6 Interserve UtdMOM: Mario ‘Peaches’ Williams, Interserve

MCR 4 vs 1 RaidersMOM: Mark MacKay, MCR soon got into their stride however, with tough

tackling taking place in the midfi eld from both sides which saw the half ended with not a lot between the two. Raiders started quickly again in the 2nd half with a somewhat lucky goal with the MCR goal keeper at fault. But the match turned on its head when Martin Bagley handled in his own area giving a spot kick to the sky blues, which they converted and used to spur themselves on to the victory despite Raiders hitting the post and their goal keeper Kelly pulling off several point blank saves. MCR also had in their team Dwayne Benjamin who has been posted to Ascension with RAF for the next few weeks, he also got himself on the score sheet with a fl ick at the near post.

Two Boats United

The Combined Building and Terminal at the airport will be cladded with local stone. A ‘sample wall’ demonstrates differ-ent cladding techniques. The thin fl at dry pack cladding was chosen (top right on picture). The stone cladding will be done by a team of Saints using local stone taken from the runway cut. Work is starting in the next two weeks.

OFF THE WALL

Sharon Henry, SAMS

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Football: Only 15% of English Premier League clubs are providing suffi cient wheel-chair space for disabled people, according to a report that details shortcomings at top-fl ight stadia.A survey revealed that only Swansea, Cardiff and Southampton provided enough space for spectators in wheelchairs.The number of wheelchair spaces a stadium should provide is based on its capacity. Newly constructed grounds that have a capacity be-tween 20,000 and 40,000 must have a mini-mum 150 wheelchair spaces, rising by three for every 1,000 seats above the 20,000 thresh-old. If the stadium has a capacity of more than 40,000, at least 210 wheelchair spaces should be made available. www.theguardian.com

Boxing: Veteran Manny Pacquiao reclaimed the WBO welterweight title with a unanimous points decision victory over Timothy Bradley in Las VegasTwo judges scored the fi ght 116-112 for Pac-quiao, while a third saw it as a 118-110 win for the Filipino. In their previous fi ght, Bradley was awarded a split decision victory that many felt Pacquiao had won clearly. www.sportinglife.com

London Marathon: Mo Farah’s marathon de-but proved a step too far as he trailed home in eighth place, outside the British record he had targeted, in London on Sunday.The 31-year-old had made no secret this race was the toughest test of his career and he was never in contention, suffering in the last quar-ter of the race as the step up to 26.2 miles told.Kenyan world record holder Wilson Kipsang took the Virgin Money London Marathon title in an unoffi cial time of two hours four minutes and 29 seconds, a course record, with Farah coming home almost four minutes back.www.sportinglife.com

Golf: Bubba Watson was quick to play down his achievement of winning a second Masters title in three years.Watson beat Jordan Spieth and Sweden’s Jo-nas Blixt by three shots after a closing 69 at Augusta National, becoming the 17th player to win more than one green jacket.That list features the likes of Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer, Gary Player, Nick Faldo, Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson, but Watson was not about to accept the label of an elite player.“No, no,” the 35-year-old left-hander said. “Again, I just got lucky enough to have two green jackets. I’m just trying to keep my tour card every year and if people say that I’m a good player, that’s great.”www.sportinglife.com

Only one competition was played over the weekend. On Sunday 13 April we had 14 play-ers take part in an 18 hole, par 3 stroke play. Players were awarded half their normal handi-cap for this competition. Weather conditions were dry, no wind, so perfect for golf.Four players returned scores of 62, they were: Brain (Billy J) Fowler, Brian (Peachy) Cole-man, Jeffrey (Foxy) Stevens and veteran Cecil (Gigs) Thomas.After a count-back Billy J took fi rst place, Peachy 2nd and the two musketeers were joint third. Joan Thomas took the top spot for the

ladies on 65. Prizes were also awarded to the following other players: Eric Roberts on 63; Club Treasurer, Stuart Moors 64 playing his fi rst Par 3; Lawson Henry 64; Gerald George 65; Deon De-Jager 66.Three players holed out in two to share the ball pool, they were Foxy who had two two’s, so did Deon and Lawson also had a two.A big thank you to John (JJ) Joshua for spon-soring all the prizes for this competition once again. Next weekend being Easter no competi-tions have been scheduled.Enjoy the week, stay safe and keep swinging!

GOLF NEWSSt Helena Golf Club Report Week ending 6 April 2014

Contributed by Lawson Henry

Ladies winner on Sunday was Joan Thomas

Jamestown Rifl e Club

Pat Henry, Chairman JTRC

SHOOTINGNEWS

In good spirit our team shooters representing St Helena in 2014 Commonwealth Games continued to train and work together with the bare minimum ammo stock that we have. Last Thursday Chelsea Benjamin practiced with Eley high velocity ammo from old stock, mea-suring her time of 20 shots to 20 minutes on a 10 ring card. Although her accuracy and good grouping had no consistency it was a good opportunity to practice sights adjustment ele-ments, her shooting was well within the time frame and 44 rounds was allocated for this ses-sion.Saturday, Patrick Young was in practice with

a 10 and 5 ring card and scored 182.2 and 96.2 On Tuesday he was limited to 20 rounds and scored 94.3 and 96.5. Madolyn Andrews shot 92.5 and 95.4, Jordie Andrews practiced his standing position and is progressing well. We were also joined by Kayleigh Harris, Co-lin Knipe and Adam ‘Titch’ Fowler who is on holiday from Ascension Island. Adam shot for the fi rst time off the sand bag with the Mar-tini rifl e and scored 85.1 and 85.2. Despite the limitations we enjoyed the night.

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DISTRICT CRICKET RESULTSSaturday 12 April 2014 - semi-fi nalsHalf Tree Hollow Longwood

102Simon Henry 25Carlyn Yon, 4/23

177/4Andrew Yon, 58Austin Fowler, 2/37St Paul’s Levelwood

131/7Delroy Leo, 51Gareth Johnson, 3/24

137/8Dax Richards, 40Delroy Leo, 2/22

CRICKET FIXTURESNo cricket this Easter Weekend

Sunday 13 April 2014 - district fi nalSt Paul’s Half Tree Hollow

72 all outAndrew Yon, 41Scott Crowie, 5/15

155/5Ajay Bennett, 56Carlyn Yon, 2/46

Phillip Stroud batting for Half Tree Hollow

Thundercat, Penny Bowers

Christine Caswell serving for Serve-ivors

Gareth Johnson, bowling for St Paul’s

St Paul’s Tyrell Ellick, in the fi eld

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VOLLEYBALL KNOCKOUT RESULTSSemi-Finals – Sunday 13th April

Ballsy Ladies - 2 Volley Diggers (17-25) (21-25) LOM: Kaylee Young of Volley Diggers Thundercats 2 - 0 Serve-ivors(25-15) (25-18)LOM: Barbara Harris of Serve-ivors

VOLLEYBALL KNOCKOUT FIXTURESNo Game Easter Sunday - 20th AprilWomen’s Sports Association invites all members to attend the ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING7pm Tuesday, 6th May, Jamestown Community CentreAgenda items: Member fee revision, Sport tournaments for 2014/2015, Election of the Executive Committee.

District Champions,St Paul’s

St Paul’s wicket keeper, David Reynolds, watches as another set of stumps go fl ying

Ladies leap high to challenge for the Gold

DIGGERS & CATS MAKE THE FINAL

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