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Sparkle Jewellery - L&C page 18

“A Fantastic Opportunity”

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Shipping News pages 13 & 34

Getting Down and DirtySenior Managers Clean Toilets

Richard Wallis, SAMS

Two senior managers from within the Environment and Natural Resources Division (ENRD) rolled up their sleeves and scrubbed the islands public toilets in an effort to better understand the amount of work that goes into providing a better service. Head of the Environmental Management Division, Ben Sansom and Environmental Risk Manager, Mike Durnford spent the whole day on Friday 17 April, when the biggest cruise ship of the year arrived, vis-iting every public toilet with cleaning equipment and scrubbing brushes. continued on page 4

Celebrating Five Years of G-Unique Designs

Liam Yon, SAMS

This month G-Unique Designs, which specialises in jewellery and accessories, is celebrating fi ve years since its start in 2010. “It certainly feels very invigo-rating,” said Giselle Richards, owner of G-Unique De-signs, “we are very proud to reach this milestone.”Starting in 2010, Giselle envisioned G-Unique design-ing jewellery that St Helena could be proud of, “from a professional standpoint.” Although she always had a

good feeling about the business she, “never imagined it would be this successful.”Giselle started making jewellery, in particular ear-rings, as a hobby. This eventually grew into a, “cottage industry,” where she would create jewellery products in her home and sell them via outlets around the island. “Then I decided to develop it further,” said Giselle, “because my spare bedroom just wasn’t big enough.” She rented a workshop where she would create her jewellery. Giselle then decided that there needed to be, “an actual G-Unique continued on page 3

Environmental Risk Manager, Mike Durnford

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A Precious Bundle of Joy

Kianna Joella Constantine

Anne Clarke, SAMS

Beautiful baby girl Kianna Joella Constantine was born to proud parents Leanne Thomas and Phillip Constan-tine and order brother Kallis on 3 February at 11.30am. Born in Vincent Pallotti Hos-pital in Cape Town, baby Kianna is, "happy, contented and very quiet," said mum-my. Weighing a healthy 6lb 14oz and measuring 51.5cm, Kianna is a delight to her older brother Kallis, who is, "very protective," of his baby sister. Mummy has adjusted well to her new addition to the family, "the second time around is just like the fi rst," she said, "everything is good and I'm very happy to have Kianna with us." Daddy is also overjoyed with the ar-rival of Kianna and is, "very hands on" said mummy.

Jane Durnford, SAMS

Last Friday afternoon, Senior Nursing As-sistant, Cynthia Fowler presented Ryan Back-house and Jason George, owners of Amphibi-ans mobile bar, with a donation of £200, which had been raised by the staff at the General

Hospital over a short period of time, follow-ing the suspected arson attack that destroyed their bar.On Friday the MV Costa Deliziosa was sitting in the harbour and the bar and grill had been set up in the Grand Parade, the business was busy with tourists and island residents buying

drinks and food. Ryan and Jason were both grateful for the generosity and support of the nursing staff.A heartfelt card accompanied the donation that said they, “were all very saddened by the ar-son attack and decided to do a whip-round to help,” get them back on their feet.

Nurses Show Support for Burnt-Out Business

Amphibian’s Ryan Backhouse receiving a donation from Senior Nursing Assistant, Cynthia Fowler

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Outlet.” This is where the G-Unique Boutique and Studio Branch was born. By this time Giselle had turned jewellery mak-ing from a hobby into an established business. In the latter part of 2014 Giselle decided to ex-pand her business by opening a second outlet in The Market, Jamestown. “Recently as you would’ve seen,” explained Giselle, “G-Unique has decided to go one step further and develop into a second branch which is there to cater for people in the Main Street area.”Giselle said that it was not smooth sailing go-ing from a hobby to two successful branches. “There were plenty of challenges,” she said, “particularly when you are doing a business in a creative fi eld, you have to get that balance right between creative designs and making a profi t.” She says when running a business you must always think ahead, “where do we go from here? And how does this fi t in with the G-Unique vision?”Giselle cannot run the business on her own

Celebrating 5 Years of G-Unique

and is very grateful for her team, saying they, “are what actually makes G-Unique such a success.” Keisha Peters and Tysha Anthony are both Jewellery Designers for G-Unique with Mandy and Lydia running the Mainstreet Branch in Jamestown. “The jewellery design-ers are absolutely incredible,” said Giselle, “they bring their own spin on the products. It

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has got to the point now where I just oversee.” G-Unique also has a guiding principle of up-skilling young people and encourages partici-pation in educational programs. This month Keisha (18) will be enrolling on a Jewellery Diploma and Tysha (17) is still carrying out an apprenticeship at the lab in Jamestown whilst still learning skills at G-Unique.G-Unique is not the only jewellery-designing business on island with other local designers also selling handmade jewellery. Although this is the case, Giselle, “welcomes the competi-tion,” saying that it helps to keep G-Unique, “on their toes.”To celebrate its 5th Anniversary, G-Unique has had many special offers during the month of April. These offers range from ‘buy one get one free’ to ‘double reward card stamps’ and ‘free cake Fridays.’Although reaching fi ve years is a fantastic milestone for any local business, Giselle en-visions G-Unique going even further. “One of the things that has defi nitely taken off this year is our export market,” she said, “so we’re in the process of re-designing our website to ca-ter for this.”Giselle hopes G-Unique designs will continue to be successful for years to come and dreams of one day being able to visit the Philadelphia Bead Festival in the USA.

From a Spare Bedroom to Two Successful OutletsG-Unique’s Kerisha, Giselle and Tysha

Mandy Hathway. Photo Supplied

Displays of G-Unique Jewellery

SENTINELCOMMENTJulie Fowler, SAMS

I have one community wish and that would be to have the General Hospital fully staffed. I have been admitted to hospital many times in the last few years here on St Helena, UK and in Chile and I must say that each and every time I was looked after 100%. I remember in the Hos-pital in Chile as we walked along the corridors there was a cleaner with a cloth mop and disin-fectant cleaning as we walked, everything was spotless and we had to wear special clothing as we entered different sections of the hospital, also masks on our faces, everything to protect germs from spreading. Doctors were dressed in white cloaks and special shoes; in every aisle was a hand sanitizer. As we sat to wait in the waiting room a nurse would come and ask if we were okay and if we needed anything, we knew where to fi nd her, she kept reassuring us that everything would be okay. The hospital and the gentleness and compassion shown from the Hospital staff made me feel positive. In Hun-gerford UK we had a village surgery, another welcoming and professional Unit, the Doctor gave me his card and told me if I needed him just call anytime. The service from this surgery was amazing. For the few times I have been in Hospital here on St Helena I have been looked after very well, but that was 6+ years ago, I can tell standards have dropped over the years, from booking a doctor’s appointment, to waiting in the waiting room and also visiting a relative in hospital. I could share my specifi c complaints but it will just add fuel to the fi re. I have been looked after in the pass by Anna Crowie, Anna-bel Clifford, Shara Robinson, Erica Benjamin, The Benjamin’s from Pounceys, the late Shir-ley Anderson, Rosie Mittens, Andrew Dillion, Wendy Herne (I am sure I have left a few out) but these were/are hardworking, dedicated and professional nurses. I do hope the new recruits take a leaf out of these great nurses’ books. If they show the same compassion and dedication for nursing as these individuals do/did they will be on their way to a successful career. The prices of air fares it not a concern, I am grateful knowing that overseas medical treatment will now be hours away, money cannot buy health. Even if we have to pay ourselves, we can go anywhere in the world for medical treatment in a much shorter time. We all know there are so many people in their graves today, because they didn’t have the correct treatment or in time. Have a good weekend Islanders!

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A very Happy 85th Birthday to Uncle Arthur Bizaare

From Dawn,Jim,Pamela,Alex, Gay, Donald and Julian.

THANK YOUDeborah, Jim, Stephen, Ajay and Rico

would like to thank the following people for all the care, help and support they

gave to Deborah - Dr Sotto and staff of the General Hospital, Dr Halls and staff

of Vincent Palotti Hospital, Charmaine & Julian Swain, Rose & Reg Yon and family, Adrian, Verline and Katelyn Leo, Lorraine & Stephen Thomas and family all in Cape Town, Sister Ann and family in the UK,

Jolene, Melinda and their families on Ascension, Maria & Keith Yon and family, Lorraine & Barry Henry, Mandy & Moya,

and Doris and Preston. God Bless You All

Getting Down and Dirty Senior Managers Clean Toilets

“They are not just for tourists,” Mr Durnford said, “they are for island residents as well, so we want to make sure that there is a high stan-dard of service for everybody on the island. This gives us an opportunity to fully appreci-ate the hard work the guys do. What these is-sues are, and once we are better informed we can make better informed decisions.”On the 1 April Sanitary Services were trans-ferred from Public Health to ENRD and the senior managers took the opportunity to fi nd out what diffi culties are faced by the frontline staff when they cleaned the toilets at the Mu-seum, at top of the Ladder, Plantation House, Longwood Avenue and the Tomb. In an interview with The Sentinel last week Mr Durnford explained that Sanitary Services deal with landfi ll operations, domestic and com-mercial waste services, and the cleaning and of public areas and toilets. He says the public will not immediately notice the change in provider

from health to ENRD, however the team itself will see a difference. The fi rst change will be to introduce two landfi ll operators for health and safety reasons, he also wants to ensure that the team have good communications, are provided with emergency fi rst response training and can manage their own human resources. Mr Durn-ford urged the public to be, “conscious of the fact that we’re trying to improve a service [...] give us time and more importantly, be respect-ful for the guys who are doing this hard job.” The two managers were determined to tackle the task with the tools available and quickly discovered they did not have all they needed. “We are just fi nding that with the equipment that we have, we don’t necessarily have all of the right equipment for the jobs,” Mr San-som said continuing, “this is the fi rst time we have been out, and we want to go out with the equipment that we were given, and that we have in stock, so that we can fully appreciate what needs to be done to improve the service.”

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YOUR LETTERS/OPINIONwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 23 April 2015

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

Government of the people You’ll probably recognise this week’s title as an extract from Abraham Lincoln’s so-called “Gettysburg Address”. He was speak-ing at a memorial service in 1863 at which the fallen soldiers of the Battle of Gettysburg were reburied in a specially consecrated cemetery, and in his 2-minute oration he managed to remind listeners of the birth of a nation, note what the current occasion represented, honour the fallen, exhort the survivors to continue the struggle and fi nished with a prediction that the nation would fl ourish in freedom. Not bad for only ten sentences.But the famous quote, which comes at the end of the address, reads “that we here highly re-solve that .... government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.”, and maybe we could expect a simi-lar resolution applying to St.Helena.Now, to resolve that “government of the peo-ple” will not disappear is just saying that gov-ernment is regarded as essential – anarchy is unacceptable. Pretty well a given, really. But then we come to “by the people”. How are we doing here?Not well, I fear. We are not governed by the people, but by unelected offi cials and by DfID, the purse-holder. Here are a few examples which show that gov-ernment is not “by the people”, which I take to mean by people we have chosen to represent us. The recent draft end-of-life RMS schedule

includes trips to Tristan da Cunha and to the UK – how many of us “people” would have selected these as optimal choices at a time when demand for access to St.Helena will be at an all time high? Unelected offi cials have put that draft together, pandering to those with substantial fi nancial infl uence. I mentioned a few weeks ago about a draft bus timetable that was proposed without any reference to the needs of us “people”, focusing instead on the needs of government and the bigger busi-nesses. No Councillor drafted that. The recent choice of Comair as the air service provider was made, not by elected Councillors, but by SHG’s procurement section and, of course, they will have been infl uenced by fi nancial interests which do not correspond to those of most of us, since we would much prefer to be sure that our luggage won’t be pilfered by dishonest airport staff and that we won’t be mugged at the traffi c lights, and we would much prefer to continue with medevac cases making use of the infrastructure that has been built up over many years in Cape Town. I am sure you can think of your own examples. And ask the Councillors what their role in the decision-making was. I wager that they were simply expected to rubberstamp the drafts if “consultation” (i.e. ask for comments at the last minute) did not lead to actual rioting.What will change as we move into the future? There is an undercurrent of concern that the purse-holding will simply transfer to big in-

vestors, because, as we all know, the more money you spend, the more infl uence you will have, and while the public sector and the rest of the local private sector might retain a sem-blance of infl uence, the man (and woman) in the street and civil society organisations will be left well out of it. The US can’t crow about a better outcome, though, when in order to even stand for President, you have to be pre-pared to spend millions of your own dollars, an option for only a very few.Of course, we could instead have the govern-ment look after us all equitably in a sort of command economy which is much like what has been the major part of St Helena’s his-tory. But there are dangers there too as most authoritarian governments in the world are af-fl icted by rampant corruption, and often resort to violence to retain control. The majority of us would not prefer that I am sure.The examples above show not only that our government is not “by the people” – it is also not “for the people”. Our current status is “Government of the people, by the govern-ment, for the government”, and I can’t say that I would resolve that it should not perish from the earth. Would “Government of the people, by the corporations, for the most of us” be any worse? In any case, a transition is looming, so perhaps we should make our requirements known (before someone in SHG tells us what they are!)

Dear Editor,I thought you might like this to use as a story about children being proud of their St Helenian roots.Attached is a picture of our daughter Ellie Jones (10) and son Ga-briel (5). Their Mum (Karen Leo) and her Grandma (Dot Leo of Halfway) have told them all about Saint Helena. Even though El-lie has never been to the island she always describes herself as a Saint and will not have it she is also half Scouse as I am from Liverpool. Really speaking, she is actually a cockney as she was born in a hospital just about within earshot of the bells of St Mary-le-Bow church.In the picture, with Tower Bridge in the background, Ellie is wear-ing her new Scout uniform on to which she insisted I sew a Saint Helenian fl ag. Gabriel is too young for Beavers but helps me out running Cub Scouts. His baseball cap also has a Saint Helenian fl ag sewn on to it. 16th Bermondsey is a Scout group in South East London. By almost unbelievable coincidence, at 16th Ber-mondsey two other Scouts have direct family connections with Saint Helena.The Saint Helenian fl ags were bought from Amazon.Hope you like the story.Regards,Bryan JonesEllie and Gabriel in London

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NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.sh Thursday 23 April 2015 | THE SENTINEL

The Economic Development Group | Head Office | ESH Business Park | Ladder Hill Tel: +290 22920 | Fax: +290 22166 | Email: [email protected]

With the exci ng progress of St. Helena’s Airport and the announcement of Comair as St. Helena’s air service provider, Enterprise St. Helena (ESH) in partnership with the Air Access Office are seeking Expressions of Interest from suitably experienced individuals or businesses for the opportunity to tender for any of the following business opportuni es:-

Airside Café (Ground floor)

Airside Duty Free Shop (Ground floor)

Landside Retail Unit (Ground floor)

Landside Restaurant (First floor)

Parking Management (Landside)

There will be one scheduled flight per week for the first year of opera on and a 4—5 hour product and service offering will be expected for those arriving and those wai ng for departure. It is an cipated that the number of flights will increase from 2017/18 onwards.

Closing date for expressions of interest will be noon on Thursday 30th April 2015.

Expressions of Interest to Tender

Airport Concession (Enterprise) Opportunities

For further informa on and viewing of the Airport terminal floor plans please contact Mar n George, Private Sector Development Manager, at ESH Office, Ladder Hill Business Park, or via telephone number 22920 or email mar [email protected]

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Anne Clarke, SAMS

Handsome baby boy Dylan Anthony Matt Rich-ards was born to proud family, Justine Thomas, Da-vid Richards, Jenna and Domonic on 27 March at 12.55pm. Weighing a healthy 6lb 9oz, baby Dylan is, "contented and loves his baths," said mummy. Dylan, "eats well, sleeps well," and is, "completely adored by his siblings, Jenna and Domonic." Moth-erhood came natural to mummy and daddy is, "very excited and proud of his little man." Both parents would like to extend their sincere thanks to mid-wives Rosie Mittens and Erika Bowers for the safe delivery of baby Dylan and to all of the family and friends for their support throughout. Also a special thank you to all those that sent wishes, cards and gifts.

St Helena held the island’s annual Queen’s Birthday Party at Plantation House on Satur-day 18 April. HE Governor Mark Capes host-ed the party that saw a diverse spectrum of the public in attendance to mark the occasion. The Queen famously gets to celebrate her birthday twice a year in a tradition that stretch-es back for centuries. Whereas Her Majesty was born on April 21 1926 and she turns 90 this year, her offi cial birthday on June 14.Unfortunately the weather on the day was

damp forcing the party to seek shelter under the marquee. It was a tight fi t but there were no complaints. The Governor gave a speech that focused on the future of the island and ended with a toast to the Queen. For her actual birthday in the UK, the occasion is marked by gun salutes in central London at midday; a 41-gun salute in Hyde Park, a 21-gun salute in Windsor Great Park and a 62-gun salute at the Tower of London. The Queen usu-ally spends her actual birthday privately.

Happy Birthday Your Majesty Happy Birthday Your Majesty Queen Celebrated On IslandQueen Celebrated On Island Richard Wallis, SAMS

Precious MomentsDylan Anthony Matt Richards

Guests at the Queen’s garden party

Governor Capes with MBE’s Edith Timm and Jessica March

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Seeking a Post Box Walks Project Supervisor

The Trust is seeking a dedicated and hard working individual to lead the Post Box Walks project. This project is funded by St Helena Tourism and supported by the St Helena Nature

Conservation Group. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering

the management of all Post Box walks for a period of 1 Year. A job description will be provided upon request.

Salary for the post is set at £7,523 per annum subject to qualifications and experience.

Interested parties should submit a CV and Cover Letter to the Trust headquarters in Jamestown.

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Formal Proposals – MFV ExtractorSMRL has invited Formal Proposals for the Operation of the MFV Extractor within St Helena Island’s 200 EEZ.In order to ensure that the opportunity to gain a return on this public investment is maximised, SMRL have decided to extend the closing date for receipt of formal proposals to Monday 4th May 2015 at 17:00hrs. Proposals must clearly state what the proposer is offering, and what price they are willing to pay in respect of such interest.

For the purpose of clarifi cation, the Company would consider the following arrangements:1. Outright Purchase of Vessel from SMRL2. Majority share purchase (controlling interest) in SMRL3. Chartering / Leasing arrangement with SMRL

For technical information regarding the vessel and a copy of the evaluation criteria to be used, please contact Noleen Herne via email to: [email protected], or Tel: 22470.

Proposals will be evaluated by an independent panel and recommendations presented to the relevant Boards.Formal proposals should be submitted in writing, via hard copy, to Mr Marc Lockley, Head of Procurement, St Helena Government, or via email to: [email protected]

Saint Marine Resources Limitedis a joint funding initiative between theSt Helena Fisheries Corporation andEnterprise St Helena15 April 2015

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Could You Be The Next Mo Farah?St Helena Tourism to Hold Festival of Running in July

St Helena Tourism’s Festival of Running will take place between 8 and 16 July this year. In a change from previous years, the upcom-ing festival will start while the RMS is in har-bour to help maximise participation numbers and, “give visitors a chance to take part,” said Chanelle Marais, Marketing and Communica-tions Manager for Tourism.A major change in this year’s programme will see the 3km, 10km, the half marathon (21km) and the full marathon (42km) events all take place on one day; Saturday 11 July. “This is to bring our event in line with international stan-

dards,” said Ms Marais. “With fl ights being available to St Helena next year, this would be a good opportunity for us to do a practice run.”On Saturday 11 July, island organizations will take charge at water points, with prizes to be awarded to whoever does the best job. Tour-ism is hoping to expand the day into an island event. “We will also be looking at having stalls and music to really bring people to the event,”

said Ms Marais.On Sunday 12 July Tourism are planning, “another very exciting new event,” which still needs to be confi rmed. The Festival of Running will kick off with a launch night on Wednesday 8 July. Persons interested in participating in the full marathon are asked to call the Tourist Offi ce on 22158.

Liam Yon, SAMS

“A Fantastic Opportunity” for FreePAS Post School Scholarship AwardLiam Yon, SAMS

The current Year 13s at Prince Andrew School are busy applying for the PAS Post School Scholarship Award. The award, “is a sponsorship for study beyond sixth form, nor-mally at university level,” said Pamela Law-rence, Head of Sixth Form at PAS. “This spon-sorship covers the cost of student study fees, their travel to and from St Helena, and their keep while they are overseas.”As the award is post-school, only students that successfully complete their year 13 studies are eligible to apply. “Those students need to be successful in their studies,” said Ms Law-rence, “for example getting good grades at their A-Levels to make them eligible for entry at the course of their choice.” Although the award pays for the scholarship, students must give back to the island upon completion of their studies. “Their area of studies that they choose to pursue at university level,” said Ms Lawrence, “needs to be something that, once they’re back, needs to make an input and be of benefi t to St Helena.”Ms Lawrence urges all Year 13 students to ap-ply, though there are only a limited amount of places available. “Everybody might not neces-

sarily get the award, and it is competitive, but you must try.”Students are made aware of this award as early as their Year 9 studies. There are currently a

few former PAS students who, with funding from the Post School Scholarship Award, are carrying out studies in various universities in the UK.

Derrie Yon, previously awarded scholarship

Previous Running FestivalPhoto courtesy of ESH

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Harford Primary PTA

would like to thank all those who supported their recent Easter Raffl e

A special thank you to our parents for providing an overwhelming number of prizes!The amount raised from this fund raising initiative was

£1156.00 (one thousand one hundred and fi fty six pounds)

Prize Winner Sheet no Ticket no Chocolate Hamper – Miss Charlotte Williams -Longwood 59 18

Chocolate Shoe Lilly Grace Henry – HTH 71 10 Easter Cake Naomi Leo – Levelwood 4 6 Easter chocolate cake Macadian Crowley – Knollcombes 4 18 Small Chocolate Hamper Marina Piek – The Briars 108 12 Celebration Easter Egg Michael Henry - Ropery Field 71 6 Yorkie Easter Egg Ian and Fiona Smyth – Alarm Forest 52 10 Easter Bunny Cake Lilly Grace Henry – HTH 71 10 Easter Egg Cake Christina Henry - Ropery Field 119 18 Stand of Cup Cakes Max Benjamin – Longwood 60 3 Heart Cake David Richards – Ropery Field 71 15 Diary Milk box of chocolates Candice Thomas – Ruperts Valley 25 1 Chocolate Orange Maple cake Skyla Thomas – LW Hangings 89 10 Chocolate Log Rachel Cornall – Ladder Hill 65 16 Chocolate sandwich cake Sheralee Yon – Ladder Hill 35 7 Chocolate Cherry Cake Delrae Yon – Nr Harlyn 64 5 Chocolate Easter Egg cake Skyler Thomas – LW Hangings 89 10 Square Chocolate Cake Shaun Beard – Ladder Hill 36 10 Tin of Quality Streets Lojanda Voister – Alarm Forest 9 1 Chocolate sandwich Rea Williams – Sandy Bay 46 16 Tin of Quality Streets Bonita Peters – Ladder Hill 59 6 Small Chocolate Hamper Gourange Leo – Levelwood 4 4 Easter Cup Cakes Keeley Yon – Levelwood 13 20 Small Easter Chocolate Bundle Johan Theron – Half Tree Hollow 9 2 Tin of Quality Streets Claire George – Ladder Hill 70 20 Small Easter Chocolate Bundle Reginald Furniss – Ladder Hill 109 19 Small Easter Chocolate Bundle Jonathan Gill – Longwood 67 2 Small Easter Chocolate Bundle Adrian Crowley – Knollcombes 36 14 Chocolate Crunchy Hamper Tara O’Bey – Blue Hill 1 5 Box of Victoria Biscuits Debbie Michaels - Basil Read 55 6 Box of Diary Milk Chocolates Freddie Yon – The Briars 130 3 Box of Diary Milk Chocolates Michelle Clingham – Longwood 69 18 Box of Diary Milk Chocolates Heather George – Levelwood 125 3 Cup Cakes Erik Robbertse – Gordens Post 51 17 Box of Chocolates Thomas Owens - Jamestown 42 6 Cup cakes Lisa Benjamin – Clay Gut 13 10 Cup cakes Matt Yon – The Briars 24 7

Winners were as follows:

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MV Costa Deliziosa Increases Islands Population by HalfDamien O’Bey, SAMS

MV Costa Deliziosa glided gracefully into James Bay at 9am on Friday morning. The rather large cruise vessel brought with it, a total of 2,871 visitors to the island of which 1,963 were passengers, and 908 were crew.Passengers and crew disembarked in a steady stream and many were on pre-booked tours or walking around Jamestown before 11am. The temporary market stall on The Grand Parade was a hub of activity. Stall hold-ers benefi tted from those visitors who had made the as-cent and descent of Jacobs Ladder and were in need of refreshments on completion of the 1,400 step journey.Having a high number of visitors to Jamestown created a number of problems. Traffi c in Jamestown nearly

came to a standstill, as an absence of crowd manage-ment was clearly evident. Tourists also found the

lack of available taxis disappointing and began to stop other vehicles, in search of a lift to other areas

of St Helena. Such a high number of visitors meant that the islands population was increased by nearly a half, and in hindsight it is safe to say that businesses and the island in general was not prepared for such a large infl ux of people.Although, at times, events were somewhat

chaotic, visitors who spoke to The Sentinel commented positively about their visit.

Tourists enjoying the view from Jacobs Ladder A busy wharf on Friday

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Enterprise St Helena seeks Expressions of Interest from Private Sector individuals who would like to be considered for appointment to the Enterprise St Helena Board of Directors and subsidiary Commi ees, namely: Finance, Governance and Audit, Tourism, Business Development and Project Management.

Enterprise St Helena is a statutory arms length organisa on of the St Helena Government, responsible for implemen ng St Helena’s Economic Development policy in accordance with the Sustainable Development Plan (SDP) and the Sustainable Economic Development Plan (SEDP). ESH is governed by a Board of Directors, established by Ordinance.

The Role of Board and Commi ee Members is to contribute to the overall strategic direc on and governance of ESH through effec ve par cipa on at Board and Subcommi ee mee ngs, suppor ng key sector development.

It would be helpful if poten al candidates:

Have experience of the related areas, preferably in the private sector;

Are able to commit me for board mee ngs, commi ee mee ngs, planning sessions and special events

Expressions of Interest, Board/Committee Members, Enterprise St Helena (ESH)

A copy of the full Terms and Reference for Board and subsidiary Commi ees can be collected from the Enterprise St Helena Recep on. Wri en expressions of Interest should be submi ed to the ESH Board Secretary, Natasha Bargo, email [email protected] by Friday 24th April 2015.

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ST HELENA SNIPPETS/NOTICE BOARDwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 23 April 2015

HOUSE FOR RENTFurnished property in Levelwood

Superb quality, fully-furnished accom-modation offering generous-sized rooms

including 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, games room and plenty of storage space.

Available from mid-May.For further information contact tel.

23743 or [email protected]

ax Timeline20 April 2015

Dates for your DiaryInformation required for the year 2014/2015

30 April 2015Employers to submit P7 form (Employer End of Year Return)

30 April 2015Employers to issue P5 or P60 (Employee Certificate of Earnings) to each employee

30 June 2015Annual Self Assessment Tax Returns due (Self Employed, Businesses & Company)

31 July 2015 Annual Self Assessment Tax Returns due (employee’s)

30 September 2015All tax due for the year 2014/2015 should be paid.

Should you require a Tax Return visit the SHG Website

www.sainthelena.gov.sh Or collect one from the

Customer Service Centre or the Income Tax Office.

Income Tax Office Contacts Email: [email protected] (Gillian Knipe)

Email [email protected] (Noleen Phillips) Tel. No. 2287

MCDANIEL’S COMPLEX HAS FOR SALE

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What Will be the Future for Freight?Bidding Ends in April Jane Durnford, SAMS

With the RMS being decommissioned to-wards the end of 2016, St Helena will need freight to be provided by another sea freight service.Bidders have submitted proposed to St Helena Government and the successful applicant will be informed at the end of April.On 27 March a press release from SHG stated the Comair aircraft that will be used to provid-ed air service to St Helena, “has no palletised cargo capability, but a limited amount of cargo can be loaded by hand. But depending on the

number of passengers; this could vary from one tonne to around fi ve tonnes of cargo.”In February 2015 Seafast Group, after sending two representatives to St Helena, submitted a bid to St Helena Government, to provide this sea freight service.The Seafast Group’s global network ships freight internationally and supports services to and from the Falkland Islands. “Whilst the group acknowledge the shipping needs of As-cension Island, it is not part of this tender,” they are, “sympathetic towards the regional needs and this is taken into due consideration.”

The End of 2on MainJane Durnford, SAMS

The doors of the 2on Main, training restau-rant closed for business at the end of March. The announcement that Mantis had secured the contract to turn 1, 2 and 3 Main Street into a hotel development was announced by Niall O’Keeffe, Chief Executive for Economic De-velopment at Enterprise St Helena’s Opportu-

nities Fair on 27 March.The new location for the training restaurant will be Bertrand’s Cottage at Longwood; this is still in the planning stage and should be completed by the end of this fi nancial year, Su-san O’Bey, Deputy Chief Executive Economic Development told The Sentinel.

New Location for Training Restaurant

RMS St Helena soon to be decommisioned

Delicious food served at 2on Main


NOTICE BOARD

CHARGEHANDFORESTRY SILVICULTURE

SECTIONThe Agriculture and Natural Resources Division has a vacancy for a Chargehand within the Forestry Section’s Silviculture team.The Chargehand will be responsible for two Small Machinery Operators and fi ve Forest Workers and the role will also entail the supervision of a variety of manual forestry opera-tions.Salary for the post is at Grade B4 which is £7,523 per annum although the successful ap-plicant without all of the essential qualifi cations and experience may need to start at the training grade.For further details regarding this post, interested persons should contact Miss Myra Young, Forestry Offi cer; on telephone number 24724 or via e-mail at myra-young @enrd.gov.shAn application form and Job Profi le is available from either Scotland Offi ce or Essex House and should be submitted to the Human Resources Manager, ENRD, Essex House or e-mail [email protected] by no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 29 April 2015.

Darren DuncanHead of Agriculture and Natural Resources Division April 2015

The public are advised that delays can be expected on the road

from Black Gate to Woody Ridge commencing with effect from

Wednesday the 22 April for approximately for 4 weeks.

This is to enable trenching and pipe laying works by NGcph.

You are also reminded that the road from Taglate to Rock Rose

remains closed until further notice.

NGcph apologises in advance for any inconvenience caused.

SAMSRADIO 1

102.7MHz, 90.5MHz, 105.1MHz, 105.3MHzAlso Live Streaming via www.sams.sh

CONTACT 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 7am 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 everyday.

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

REWINDSaturday 9.30am. Repeated on Saturday at 6.00pm, Monday at 7.30pm & Wednesday at 12.15pm.

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

IN CONVERSATIONEvery week day at 5:30pm or 7.30pmAnother chance to hear interviews that made the news during last week and also this week.

B&H GOLDBen and Harriet Hathway host 1 hour of all time great tracks. Wednesday 5.30pm. Repeated on ‘2nd Chance Sunday.’

PRIME TIMEJohn Lamdon and Andy Parkinson share their passion for mathematics and classic rock and pop. Every second Thursday 5.30pm. Repeated on ‘2nd Chance Sunday.’

PAS SHOW - ‘News & Views’Mondays after 7pm news & notice board.Replayed Fridays, after 10am news & notice board.

GOSPEL FMEvery Second Thursday 7.30 - 9.30pmPresented by John Moyce, 30 minutes of childrens’ feature followed by 90 mins of gospel music.

POT LUCKSunday 3 May and repeated following Thursday 7.30pm, where Stedson Francis plays a mixture of middle of the road easy listening music, interspersed with local and international history.

THE CHART SHOWWednesday 10.30am Presented by Helen Wallis and John Woollacott. Catch up on the latest chart music. Repeated Wednesday 8.30pm, Thursday 12.15pm and Saturday 1.00pm.

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

Weekly Weather

Max Temp 24.1 C Min Temp 18.1 C Total Rainfall 7.2mmMean Temp 20.2 CTotal Sunshine 43.7hrs

Week ending 19 April 2015Provided by the Met Offi ce, Bottom Woods

15www.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 23 April 2015

NOTICE BOARD

DIVING ESSENTIALS

DISCOUNT VOUCHER

5% Redeemable at all

Rose & Crown Outlets

ENDS 30 APRIL 2015 Terms and Conditions apply

HP Terms available First 3 months interest free

Available at all Rose & Crown Outlets

ALL ON SALE AT THE HIVE

The Rose & Crown, Jamestown (T: 22427)The Hive, Jamestown (T: 22427) Maisies Hardware, Longwood (T: 24462) Longwood Supermarket (T: 24679)

E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.roseandcrown.sh

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Food Allergies are a hot subject around the world at the moment for consumers as well

as hospitality and food business owner/managers.

Sue White the Food Safety Trainer who is on Island will be running a workshop on Tuesday 19th May 2015 from 4-6pm.

Come along to the St Helena Hospitality Up-Skilling Facility and find out about food allergies and food intolerances

and what your responsibility is concerning guests who may visit your establishment.

Food Allergy Awareness Workshop

To register to a end please contact the St Helena Up-Skilling Facility, No 2 Main Street on 22110 by Friday 15th May 2015.


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SCHOOL PAGEwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 23 April 2015

The Final Countdown!Students at PAS Prepare for Those All-Important Exams

Jordan Stevens, Deolandre de Jager & Niza Yon, PAS

Exam time has come around again with the fi rst exams fast approaching. Some year 11 students have already started their exams and are under immense pressure to do their best. This a very stressful time and many stu-dents feel anxious about their performance in exams. “GCSEs are really stressful; I always have to worry about if I’m going to get the right grades to get into Sixth Form,” said one concerned student. Sophie George of Year 12 said, “These exams are really important as I want to complete A levels and go to univer-

sity.” Year 13 student, David Clarke, echoed these sentiments: ”I hoping to study engi-neering and become a qualifi ed civil engineer. Good grades are crucial.” So the fi rst step is revision. The most common method of revision is to read from a textbook. Other students revise by making colourful notes, fact fi les and fl ash cards but this is only a small percentage. It is proven that these are more effective methods of revision as they re-quire the student to think rather than just being ‘fed’ information. It is clear that some children are unsure of how to revise effectively. One

student said: “I try to revise but I don’t usually remember much.” From talking to students, this is a very common problem for those who are revising, so here are a few of our top tips to help you stay calm and do your best.

Top Tips For Revision:• Mnemonics/ acrostics: This method is often used to remember a sequence or an order of something such as the reactivity series in science. This involves making up catchy rhymes or acrostic poems to re-member a list or order of events to make them more memorable.

• Quizzes: This is a technique which is ideal for group revision. This involves a group of people asking each other ques-tions about a topic.

• Revision cards/ Flash Cards: This is a popular technique for remembering for-mulas and defi nitions of key terms. Write the term on one side of the card then fl ip the card and write the defi nition or formula on the opposite side. To use the card, keep the side containing the answer face down and try to remember the meaning or for-mula then fl ip the card over to check if you are correct.

• Fact fi les: This method entails creating a summarised version of the topics you are studying by creating a bulleted list of key points that you need to remember.

• Spider diagrams/Flowchart: This method involves choosing a topic and writing all that you know about it in a giv-en amount of time. After you have done this, use a textbook to write down what you have missed.

• Look, cover, write and check: This in-volves reading from a textbook, covering up the information and writing what you remember.

Top Tips For Parents:• Be considerate towards your child while they are revising. If they feel as though their workload is too heavy then you can help by allowing them to do fewer chores.

• Make sure your child has a quiet study-ing environment; avoid playing loud mu-sic during their revision that could disrupt them.

• Ensure everyone in the household re-spects your child’s revision time- if your child has siblings, make sure they don’t cause any unnecessary disruptions.

• Get involved- encourage your child to revise by joining in and helping them. For example, you could ask them questions about a topic they are studying

• Ensure that your child eats healthily and get loads of rest – especially the night be-fore the exams.

• It’s okay to feel a little nervous- you are ap-proaching one of the most import stages of your life so its normal to feel a little stressed, but try not to get over-stressed- this is un-healthy.• If you feel over stressed, tell your parents or teachers- they will help you to fi nd techniques to help you manage your stress.• Ensure that you exercise: this could include running, walking, swimming or a sport such as football or cricket. Many people fi nd exer-cising a brilliant method for coping with stress so as well as keeping fi t; you will be left feel-ing cooler and calmer than before.• Eat healthily: it is recommended to have a balanced diet during the examination period. It is also recommended that you eat fi ve por-tions of fruit and vegetables each day which can be fresh, frozen, dried or even a fruit juice. As well as this, it is important that you kick off the day with a good breakfast and stay hydrat-ed throughout the day. Eating healthily could greatly improve your performance in exams.• Make sure you rest well during the examina-tion period to ensure you are fresh and ready to do your best.• Make revision enjoyable- use techniques and methods of revision that appeal to you.• Have a balance between revision and your social life- being happy is just as important as revising so ensure that you spend some time with your friends.• Study with your peers- you can learn a lot from the people around you so it sometimes helps to study as a group instead of always revising alone. • Plan your revision: make a revision time-table to plan the times that you are going to study each topic. This helps you to stay organ-ised and revise effectively.• Don’t revise endlessly: Divide an hour’s revision into 20 minute chunks with short breaks in between.

Stay Cool!

Photos supplied


LIFESTYLE & CULTURE

Sparkle Jewellery - Cara JoshuaBeing a Wife and Mother with a Full Time Job, Cara Joshua Still Finds Time in Her Busy Day to Make JewelleryJane Durnford, SAMS

Cara Joshua works for Enterprise St Hel-ena (ESH) as a business start-up coordinator, and once she comes home from work, there is a house to maintain, children’s homework to supervise and meals to prepare. Cara started making Jewellery whilst she was on Ascension Island in 2007; she was given a jewellery kit, which a friend had bought from the UK for her birthday. With no formal training, just research and a desire to make jewellery, Cara started creating.The collection is called Sparkle, the name was appropriate to use as most of her pieces includes Swarovski crystals, and the way they are cut creates a ‘sparkle’. The time needed to make a piece of jewellery varies from piece to piece, as it depends on what kind of piece, technique and style is used. A delicate piece like a necklace that has crimping can be time-consuming and takes longer than a single strand for a pair of earrings. If time al-lows she works about two hours in an evening, if there are events coming up, she will take a day’s leave to boost her items for selling. Cara has noticed that her style has changed over time and inspiration comes in many forms, for

example a dress she sees someone wearing in the street.Jewellery pieces can be made to order and there is no chance of wearing the same style and colour, as she tends not to make more of the same style and colour, un-less the customer requests it. If she has the beads and colours she can do special orders for customers in their choice of colours and style. Some of her pieces have been sent to Ascension Island and these have been popular amongst the ladies. Cara has to constantly be aware of where the RMS is and being on top of her game, so she does not run short of supplies. As with any-thing creative, jewellery making can be thera-peutic and Cara has a workstation set up in her home with all her supplies close to hand for inspirations fl ows. Cara stocks Sterling Silver necklaces com-plete with pendants and fashion rings, pieces

are made in either fashion silver or gunmetal and are sold in a presentation box or organza bag. She believes competition on the island is healthy between other jewellery designers and she feels that her designs are different to oth-ers. When asked about her jewellery plans for the future, she says to, “watch this space,” as she is still researching the equipment needed.Sparkle can be bought from Warrens Depart-ment store, a small selection is stocked in the Museum and St Helena Art & Crafts Associa-tion. Cara can be contacted via her Facebook page ‘Sparkle designs’ or at home on email: [email protected]

Handmade Jewellery

Sparkle

on St Helena Island

Cara Joshua, Cleughs Plain, Tel: 24626

Email: [email protected]

A variety of Cara’s hand-made Jewellery

19www.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 23 April 2015

TIME OUT

SENTINEL REBOOT - Local news from this time last year

When councillors announced that the Highways Authority would be putting legal ‘No Parking’ signs in the Castle Gardens, few would say that this was a bad idea, but the inclusion of the “No Loitering” signs has come in for some ridicule from the public and tourists.

The ‘MFV Extractor’ safely arrived in James’ Bay at 5.30pm on Saturday 19th April after a week’s journey from Hout Bay, South Africa. The excitement for the families and friends of the crew was evident when they travelled out to meet the Extractor on the Gannet Three.

Athletics: St Paul’s Primary (SPP) won the annual Primary Schools’ Athletics cup yes-terday, on Francis Plain, making this two in a row. Pilling (PPS) and Harford (HPS) followed.

Famous Birthdays23 Apr - 29 Apr

John Cena (38)Wrestler - 23 Apr

Kelly Clarkson (33)Singer - 24 AprAl Pacino (75)Actor - 25 Apr

Channing Tatum (35)Actor - 26 Apr

Jessica Alba (34)Actress - 28 Apr

DID YOU KNOW...On February 10, 1355 in Oxford, England, Wal-ter Spryngeheuse and Roger de Chesterfi eld, two students at Oxford University, got in an argument with tavern owner John Croidon over the quality of the drinks he was serving. In the end, drinks were thrown in the face of Croidon, after which the two students attacked him. Soon the fi ght spread, with local townspeople on one side and Oxford students on the other, including the students assaulting the mayor of Oxford, John de Bereford. The riot lasted two days, leaving 63 students and about 30 locals dead and many more injured. For the next 470 years, the mayor of Oxford and its councilors had to march through the streets of Oxford on February 10th each year with bare heads, as well as give one penny annu-ally for each of the students killed. This fi nally ended in 1825 when the mayor refused to do the penance.

PEOPLE ... Great Places I’ve

Visited

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. Alcatraz

2. Grand Canyon

3.Pearl Harbour

Cara Joshua

BREAKHUMOUR

“Harry,” whined Mary, to her husband of 20 years. “What should I do?! I’m not ready for old age! I’m only 40 years old but I look and feel like I’m over 55! My face is all wrinkly, my back is bent over, and my hair is all thinned out.”“Well,” said Harry after looking her up and down, “There is one thing about you that still works as good as new.”“Oh Harry!” said Mary sitting down next to her husband, “you always know just what to say! What are you referring to?”“Never mind” said Harry looking down.“C’mon Harry, please tell me what you were referring to.”“Mary, please don’t make me.”“Harry I insist.”“Well I was going to remark about how your eyesight seems to be working just fi ne!”

COFFEE

CRAZY MAZEFind your way through this ‘Crazy Maze.’ Enter through the gap at the bottom left and work your way through to the exit at the top right. Good Luck!

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www.connect.co.shCONNECT SAINT HELENA LTD IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE

LAUNCH OF OUR WEBSITE

The website has been designed with our customers in mind. It contains information that we think is both relevant and interesting. From basic details about our services and charges, to up to date information on project progress. The website is easy to navigate and the content includes answers to frequently asked questions, latest news and information, downloadable forms and content, billing information and what to do if you are having trouble paying a bill. We will also post notices about planned service outages.

Created in partnership with Envision-IT Computer Support Services, the website has been carefully developed to be user-friendly. We have also looked to the future and made the site responsive which means it can adapt viewing automatically on mobile devices.

So, have a look at the site and let us have your feedback. If there is anything else you would like to see on the site please let us know and we will be happy to consider your suggestions.

The website can also be accessed at www.connectsainthelena.com or view website updates on www.facebook.com.

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High Knoll Fort Open Day.

Saint Helena National Trust, supported by ESH and SHG

invite you to High Knoll Fort for an evening of Entertainment, Food and Drink.

Saturday 25th April High Knoll Fort 5pm till late

Speeches at 6.30pm Come and see what has been done, and what is planned for High

Knoll, and be proud of your heritage.

Adventure CruisesAdventure CruisesSmall Cruise Liners Visit IslandSmall Cruise Liners Visit Island

Alongside the MV Costa Deliziosa which arrived on Friday last week, residents in Jamestown may also have seen a smaller ship, the MV Plancius, which came in the same day. The Plancius, a considerably smaller vessel, stayed on St Helena for three days, arriving on Friday and leaving on Sunday. Although

smaller than the RMS, with a maximum pas-senger capacity of 116, the Plancius offers a different type of cruise experience. Marketed to the adventurer, the Plancius came from Tristan Da Cunha, where it had not managed to disembark due to a virus on the island. Formerly a Dutch deep sea research vessel, the Plancius now offers an exploratory educa-tional travel programme, and spends as much

time ashore as possible. It regularly frequents the poles, and other places which larger cruise liners struggle to access. Similar in size and purpose to the Plancius, the MV Ortelius also spent the weekend in James Bay, arriving on Saturday and leaving a day later. Named after Dutch cartographer Abra-ham Ortelius, she also offers cruises to remote and unusual locations.

August Graham, SAMS

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CHURCH NOTICESwww.sams.sh Thursday 23 April 2015 | THE SENTINEL

WILL BE HAVING A MORNING SERVICE AT THEIR JAMESTOWN HALL ON SUNDAY 26TH APRIL AT

11AM. ALL ARE WELCOME. If you would like to know more about this then please contact Lt. Coral Yon on telephone nos

22703/24358. Take care and God bless.

FaithMattersFather Clive Duncan

Seventh Day AdventistSaturday 25 April9:15- 10:40am- Sabbath School11:00- 12:00- Divine Service2:00- 3:00pm - Youth ProgrammeMonday 27 April7:00 - 8:00pm - Bible Study (Home of Pam and Lionel Joshua) Cleugh’s PlainWednesday 29 April7:30- 8:30pm- Prayer Meeting in Jamestown ChurchALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND Further contact: Paul Millin, Tel: 22267

What is time? God created time and is one of his greatest gifts he has given us. We cannot do with out it. It is a very precious commodity and should be used in a way that it is not wasted. Time that is lost cannot be replaced. We do hear from time to time people saying 'if only I had more time' or 'I need more time to do this'. Undoubtedly there are occasions when we feel the same due to other pressures that there isn't enough time in a day to accom-plish everything that we have planned. However, we have all been given the same amount of time in a day. How we manage it is entirely in our hands. We have the power to make decisions on how to make that time work for us that has been given freely to us. There are those who can manage their time without any sign of problems. On the other hand there are others who never seem to have enough of it. One reason is that we all use time in a different way. God has not given this precious commodity to us without calling us to give an account of what we achieved. Like all his other gifts he has given, one day we will stand before God to give our account how we managed them and in particular how we invested our time. We have only to look to Jesus how he man-aged his and to try and follow His way.

DIOCESE OF SAINT HELENAThe Cathedral Parish of St Paul Sunday 26 April 3 Sunday of Easter8.00 a.m. Eucharist, Cathedral11.00 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St Andrew11.15 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St Helena & The Cross7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival, St MarkThursday 30 April 10.00 a.m. Mass, ArabiaSunday 3 May 4 Sunday of Easter8.00 a.m. Eucharist, Cathedral10.00 a.m.Sung Eucharist, Cathedral3.30 p.m. Sung Eucharist, St PeterThe Parish of St James Sunday 26 April 3 Sunday of Easter9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist/St George’s Day Parade, St James7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival, St MarkWednesday 29 April 7.30 a.m. Eucharist, St JamesThursday 30 April 7.00 p.m. Mass with Healing, St JohnSunday 3 May 4 Sunday of Easter9.30 a.m. Sung Eucharist, St James3.30 p.m. Eucharist, St JohnParish of St MatthewSunday 26 April 3 Sunday of Easter7.00 p.m. Patronal Festival, St MarkTuesday 28 April 7.00 p.m. Eucharist, St MarkSunday 3 May 4 Sunday of Easter8.00 a.m. Eucharist, St Matthew11.00 a.m. Eucharist, Barnabas Pledges7.00 p.m. Sung Eucharist, St Matthew

BAPTIST NOTICES Saturday 25 AprilPrayer meeting, 7:00 am, Sandy Bay ChapelOpen Air Service, 10:00 am, The CanisterSunday 26 AprilChurch Services:Family Worship Services, incl. the Lords Ta-ble:Sandy Bay Chapel, 8:45 am (leader: Nick Williams; preacher: Stedson Pe-ters)Head O'Wain Chapel, 10:45 am(leader & preacher: Vincent March)Jamestown Chapel, 6:00 pm (leader: Gareth Drabble; preacher: Arthur Beckett)Other activities:Sunday School, 10:00 am, Baptist Manse, JamestownPrayer Meeting, 5:00 pm, Jamestown School-roomTuesday 28 AprilBible Study & Refreshments, 7:00 pm Jamestown Schoolroom (Led by Pastor)Wednesday 29 AprilBible Study, 7:30 pm, Deadwood(Led by Hazel) Home of Winnie ThomasThursday 30 AprilBible Study, 5:30 pm, Sandy Bay Chapel(Led by Pastor)Bible Study, 7:30 pm, Blue Hill Community Centre (Led by Pastor)

BAHA’I FAITHwww.sthelenabahai.org

BAHA’I CENTREGumwoods

DEVOTIONAL MEETINGTHURSDAY EVENINGS

at 8pm.ALL ARE WELCOME

For info. Telephone 24525“Pray for strength. It will be given to you, no

matter how diffi cult the conditions.”Abdu’l-Baha

Ladder Hill Gun SiteThe two large 6 inch Mark VII* coastal de-fence guns and associated structures within the compound of Ladder Hill Fort are of histori-cal signifi cance and should be made accessible safely to visitors. They are a natural draw to tourists despite the locked gate and rocky de-tour. The complex, which dates back to 1903 includes the command centre (the rather plain blockwork structure midway between the two guns) and underground magazines (am-

Ed Baldwin, Letter

munition stores) beside each gun, which are complete with mechanical shell hoists. One magazine was upgraded for storage of quarry explosives a few years ago, but I understand is now disused but no longer all original. The other (W) magazine is used by the Fire Service for training and is prone to fl ooding when the nearby HTH septic tank overfl ows.Requirements to prepare the site for visitors:Safety fencing along the cliff between the guns and continuing inland to East and West.Guardrails or chains around the actual gun platforms.Three new chequerplate “bridges” on the gun platformsRepair and reroofi ng of the Command Centre for use as an interpretation centre.Upgrading of one of the magazines to house displays.The Museum has an extensive collection of

artefacts and accessories relating to these guns and there are many stories to tell. Some dis-plays can be devised in such a way that they can be viewed at all times without the need for staff on site.The immediate surrounding area and approach road need a little tidying, Connect’s pole stock needs a new home, but apart from that, there you have it. Not a hugely expensive project at all.General Comments:If new buildings are contemplated for the greater site, they should be sensitively sited and be stone of brick fi nished to fi t in with the existing buildings. Designs could refl ect Ve-randah Quarters, which are also part of the fort complex.Creating new openings in the road wall should be avoided as these would compromise the overall appearance of the fort.

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“All We’re Doing is Burying Money”EMD Hopes to Export Waste Products to International Market

Following their return from an exposure visit to the UK and South Africa, a group have brought home experience and expertise to ap-ply to their jobs on St Helena. The leader of the group, Environmental Risk Manager Mike Durnford, told The Sentinel the visit was, “pri-marily aimed at seeking new ideas for recy-cling and greener waste management for St Helena.” Mr Durnford was keen to highlight the value in the waste, which on St Helena is simply dumped at the landfi ll site. This has been realised worldwide and materials are often recycled and sold for reuse. A tonne of recycled offi ce paper, Mr Durnford said, can be sold to a third party for about £230, and for every tonne of aluminium cans, companies are willing to pay approximately £700. “All we’re doing is burying money, because if we had the correct machinery [...] we could process these recyclables, we could signifi cantly increase the life of the landfi ll site by burying a lot less waste, we could potentially export the non-hazardous wastes off island [...] because it’s a marketable product,” Mr Durnford said.A container to South Africa currently costs £3,000 and can be fi lled with £12,000 of aluminium cans, leaving £9,000 after trans-port costs have been accounted for. Through this process, Mr Durnford believes the initial costs for the machinery can be offset within

August Graham, SAMS

5-10 years. He appreciates other procurement may be more important, however added that the return on the investment means it can start generating revenue for Government.Recycling is not only fi nancially benefi cial for the island, it also contributes to minimising St Helena’s environmental impact. It can in-crease the lifespan of the landfi ll site from fi ve to twenty fi ve years, if action is taken immedi-ately to, “procure sensibly,” and, “buy the cor-rect machinery” Mr Durnford told The Sen-tinel. The benefi t can also be felt in people’s

homes, through, for instance, crushing glass to make sand for construction. The exposure visit training, provided through the Chartered Institute of Waste Management, saw Mr Durnford and the team visit a compa-ny which uses recycled plastics to make street bins and furniture. The company’s Olym-pic Street Bins particularly impressed Mr Durnford. These were designed for the 2012 Olympics and were placed across the City of Westminster. The bin is designed to collect general waste in one end, a dry recyclable such as glass in the other and in the middle there is a space for cigarette disposal. It is a, “really good way” of disposing litter and ciga-rette ends Mr Durnford said, adding that the Environmental Management Division have al-ready ordered six bins for Jamestown and are hoping to buy a further 24 receptacles for the island. He says there is a space for companies who wish to sponsor the bin, to get their name printed on the side.The exposure visit team, which consisted of representatives from SHAPE and SHG, re-turned to the island on 30 March.

Environmental Risk Manager, Mike Durnford

McDonalds Lunch – no polystyreneServing food in cardboard boxes, such as at McDonalds in the UK, has many advantages. Firstly card-board is biodegradable, so is much easier to use, but the Styrofoam box-es on St Helena also have the ability to melt into the food.Mutli waste bin with cigarette disposal

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Jamestown Parking Improvements Recommendations to be Implemented by August 2015 Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS

The recommendations for improving park-ing throughout the town and permits for resi-dents were discussed by the Environment and Natural Resources Committee in an open meeting on 16 April. Two options for pay-parking were considered: The fi rst was to only introduce charges on the Grand Parade and Main Street, the other was to extend them to the whole of Jamestown. Both options require a traffi c warden, park-

ing meters and monitoring, and will have to be self-funding. It was thought supplementary appropriation may be needed to start the pro-gramme when the Roads Manager revealed what approximate set-up costs and revenues might be. The committee preferred to extend the charges to Jamestown and the time line for implement-ing the new system is scheduled for August 2015. Parking fees will vary depending on dis-tance from Main Street and the Grand Parade. The fi ner details are still to be worked through as more information is needed and the Roads Manager will be looking to see what markings

will need improving. Also agreed within the improved parking sys-tem was the necessity for Jamestown residents to have permits for their vehicles. Details of how many permits each household can have and how much it will cost is still to be worked out. The parking review agreed that the Duke of Edinburgh Playground should be a designated car park with the recommended works costing approximately £46,000. However the disused playground was a former graveyard and St Helena Government will have to be certain there are no remains left.

An Environmental Disaster Waiting to HappenMoD Invest Seven Million to Remove Oil and Explosives from Wreck of the Darkdale

The UK Ministry of Defence, in association with SHG, have announced they are going to spend £6.87 million to salvage the 5,000 cubic metres of oil which is still slowly seeping out of the hull of the ship. “It’s a potential pollu-tion incident waiting to happen,” Marine Con-servation Offi cer Elizabeth Clingham told The Sentinel, “if you’re a diver and you go out that way you can actually smell the oil on the wa-ter.” Although Mrs Clingham believes that the Darkdale is currently safe for divers, she high-lighted that there was a risk of the ship blow-ing its tanks, something which could cause immeasurable damage to the island’s marine environment. Because it is a British ship the Ministry of De-fence will be footing the impressive £7m bill for the operations. “The MoD have a respon-sibility for all of their vessels and all historic wrecks to make sure that they’re made safe,” Head of the Environmental Management Divi-

sion Ben Sansom told The Sentinel, “so this particular wreck was put back on to their list of operations. Since then there has been evidence gathered to work out what is there [...] what can be done, how it can be done and when it can be done.” The MoD team will include a group of Royal Navy divers who will clear the ammunition

around the wreck so as to make it safe for con-tractors Swire Salvage to empty the oil. The team will be supported by three ships which will depart from South Africa on 25 June. Most of the work will be carried out from the Pacifi c Diligence, a large offshore vessel which will be supported by an oil tanker to carry the oil and a smaller offshore vessel to assist with tasks such as laying moorings for the tanker. “We will have a shadowing role while they’re here so that we can learn from experts in the fi eld,” Mrs Clingham said. EMD also hope that they will be able to provide local help and expertise to assist the MoD team in their op-erations. Mrs Clingham was delighted with the opportunity saying they, “don’t have the luxu-ry of being able to specialise in one particular area, so we need to be a jack of all trades and this will just add to our portfolio.” Mr Sansom was also happy highlighting the possibilities of research at those depths and also saying, “it’s great news that it’s happening and we’re looking forward to working with the MoD and providing any local support we can.”

August Graham, SAMS

Unexploded ordinance laying on the wreck

Sports divers 40m belowexploring the Darkdale

Photos courtesy of Mark Stevenson

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Frabea's Frabea's Cleaning & Gardening Cleaning & Gardening

ServiceServiceHas a vacancy for a full time cleaner.

The ideal applicant must be hardworking, honest and

reliable with the ability to drive.

For further information please contact Beatie on 24691.

Date: Monday, 27th April 2015 Time: 7pm

Venue: Yacht Club

All are welcome, current, old and new member or any interested persons.

. The St. Helena Dive Club committee would like to take this opportunity to feedback on the progress on various

issues raised at our AGM.

If any member or stakeholder has and specific item that they would like to add to our agenda please contact Larry Thomas (chairperson) by Sunday 26th April on telephone

24567 Follow our updates or contact us on our page!

Friday 8th May 2015, Starting at 7:30pm At Prince Andrew School

Saint Sizzer Food on will be sale Also Tuck Shop Available

Tickets: £3 - Adults £1 -15 years and under Tickets can be purchased from New Horizons

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WORLD NEWS SNIPPETSwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 23 April 2015

After the Pope’s comments last week con-demning the Armenian massacre of 1915 as genocide, US President Barack Obama has refused to join the pontiff in his defi ni-tion. Obama had originally pledged to ac-knowledge the genocide, however due to opposition from the State Department he has backed down.Elsewhere a lump of congealed fat and household waste, dubbed a, “10-tonne fat-berg,” in British media, was removed from a sewer in Chelsea. The operation was report-ed to cost Thames Water £400,000. It has also been announced that the BBC will air unseen Top Gear footage starring Jeremy Clarkson who was recently fi red from the successful show after allegedly punching a producer. In New Zealand the Prime Minister John Key apologised this week for pulling a wait-ress’s hair claiming it was, “a bit of banter.”

Crossbow Killing in SpainA pupil from the Instituto Joan Fuster school in Barcelona has been arrested after he alleg-edly shot and killed a teacher at the school with a crossbow. The 13 year old, who made the weapon at home, may not face charges because the age of criminal responsibility in Spain is 14, the BBC reports. Accounts have emerged in media that the killed teacher was protecting a colleague dur-ing a confrontation in which four others were wounded, but not badly hurt. Police spokespeople could not confi rm wheth-er the teacher, who only joined the school recently, was killed by the crossbow or by a knife that the boy was also carrying. Spanish media has reported that the pupil had spent a week talking about killing all his teach-ers, however his schoolmates had dismissed the threats as a joke.BBC

Xenophobic Killings in SAThe recent spate of xenophobic killings in South Africa was catapulted into internation-al headlines as photographer James Oatway captured the brutal murder of an immigrant in Johannesburg’s Alexandra Township. Emmanuel Sithole, a Mozambican, pleaded for mercy while being bludgeoned with a wrench and stabbed with knives by four South African men in broad daylight. “They wanted one thing and that was to kill Emmanuel,” the photographer told CNN, “They wanted his blood and nothing was go-ing to stop them from doing that.” Oatway’s photographs, some of which he took as close as four metres from the attack, appeared on the front page of South Africa’s Sunday Times. Oatway, and fellow journalist Beauregard Tromp, took Sithole to hospital where he later passed away.CNN

“Europe’s border politics show a complete disregard for human life,” Italian author Igiaba Scego has written this week after 800 migrants were thought to have died on a boat off the coast of Libya. UK Prime Minister David Cameron blamed “appalling human traffi ckers,” for the catastrophe, describing it as a, “dark day,” for Europe. “Bodies were seen fl oating in the water, and rescuers said that some remained trapped in-side,” the New York Times reported. The Italian Coast Guard were coordinat-ing the rescue efforts of 17 vessels, includ-ing merchant ships, around 70 miles off the Libyan coast.Since the start of the Arab Spring, the Euro-pean Union (EU) has been experiencing an infl ux of migrants, often travelling in poor conditions on crowded boat. These migrants are fl eeing from confl ict in their home coun-tries.Italy has borne much of the burden of launching rescue missions for ships that have sunk in the sea, however its successful Mare Nostrum programme ended in Novem-ber and is being replaced by a joint European project. On 13 April, before the most recent tragedy, the New York Times reported that 10,165 migrants had already been rescued in the fi rst three months of 2015, however April has seen a spike in numbers.Carlotta Sami, a spokeswoman for the Unit-ed Nations refugee agency was quoted by AFP as saying this could become, “the worst massacre ever seen in the Mediterranean.” She was joined in her strong statements by Maltese PM Joseph Muscat who said that if Europe did not act to prevent future trag-edies, “history will judge it very badly.” An online petition which called upon the

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Sun newspaper to fi re columnist Katie Hop-kins reached 190,000 signatures after she said gunships should be used to stop migrants from crossing the Mediterranean. The Guardian reported that the EU has been, “reduced to impotent handwringing,” over what it called the Mediterranean refugee cri-sis. EU countries registered a total of 626,000 asylum applications last year, with one quarter of the countries receiving three quarters of the applications.This latest tragedy will be used to argue for the reintroduction of the Mare Nostrum pro-gramme. Igiaba Scego also used the opportu-nity to criticise European immigration policy, saying that when her parents arrived from Somalia in the 1970s there was considerably more freedom of movement. “It is more fi tting

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to speak of a manslaughter than a tragedy, especially after parts of the EU decided to stop Mare Nostrum. This was a clear choice where our continent decided to fortify its borders and show a complete disregard for human life.”Writing in the Guardian Hakim Bello, him-self an immigrant who fl ed to Europe from Libya, said that, “no one gets on those dead-ly ships to Italy unless it’s a last resort.” He said on the boat he came across in, “people were shouting that they couldn’t breathe, so the men in charge of the boat went down and started beating them.” He also referred to the crossing as, “the deadliest border in the world.”The Guardian/Al Jazeera/New York Times/Dagens Nyheter/CNN/BBC

“This is no tragedy, it is manslaughter”

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Date: Sunday, 3rd May 2015 Time: 8am at the Wharf Steps

Destination: Lemon Valley (Sea conditions permitting)

This invitation is open to all club members

and their guests. This outing was originally scheduled for the 29th of March but was cancelled due to poor sea conditions.

For members interested in coming on this new date please resubmit your detaisl to either Michielle Yon (Tel 23677) or Elizabeth Clingham (Tel 23538) by the 28th April so that boating and catering arrangements can be made in

advance. Follow our updates or contact us on our page!

Messenger Solomon & Company (St Helena) Plc

has a vacancy for a

Within the Secretariat Department

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For further information, including the Company’s

attractive benefits package, please contact

Marilyn Johnson, Senior Secretary

on telephone number: 22380 or via email address:

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Design Issues Delay Replacement Spire on St James’ ChurchSteel Structure Spire Still Awaits Planning ApprovalFerdie Gunnell, SAMS

The Sentinel reported on 15 January that a project would shortly commence to construct a steel spire on St James Church to replace the porous red stone structure which was deemed unsafe and dismantled in 1980. At the open Highways Authority meeting on 15 April a member revealed, “there could be a long drawn-out process in planning,” due to engi-neering design issues.

Within an overall project costing £50,000 the church’s third spire will be erected in stages, Church Warden, Ivy Ellick, told The Sentinel.

Contractor, Adrian Duncan, said some struc-tural work is also needed for protecting the historic bell and clock. Planning approval was not in place and it was later revealed that representations about the proposed spire should be made to the Chief Planning Offi cer.Scaffolding in front of the Church has been in place for three months, cordoning off fi ve car parks including three used by the police. The Police were provided with fi ve other spaces in front of the cordon but in the meeting their representatives expressed concern about not being able to use all, suggesting a risk assess-ment is carried out. The meeting heard that members of the public are frustrated about the delay in work and re-instatement of parking spaces. It was asserted that the contractor should make the public aware of what is happening with the project.

The inner working of the clock in the spire

The bell in the clock tower

St Helena Hotel Development Ltd will be holding a Public Consultation at No.3 Main Street on Friday 1st May 2015 from 1pm - 4pm. This Public Consultation will provide an onsite update on the Hotel development project with detailed plans for comment and feedback as part of the detailed planning process.

This is an opportunity for all who are interested to have a walk through the buildings to get a feel of how the Hotel will look and operate via the detailed designs that will be on display, along with other information relating to the project, including the Heritage Impact Assessment.

We look forward to seeing you.

Anthony M. ThomasCommunications Liaison OfficerSt Helena Hotel Development Ltd.

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SS City of Cairo Treasure£34m Recovered from World’s Second-Deepest Ocean

The BBC reported on 14 April that under-water salvagers, Deep Ocean Search, contract-ed by the UK government, recovered a £34m trove of silver coins in the deepest salvage operation in history, from SS City of Cairo which was torpedoed 480 miles south of St Helena and sank to 5,150m. The 100 tonnes of silver rupees have now been melted down in the UK and sold, with the undisclosed sum

Ferdie Gunnell, SAMS divided between the treasury – which techni-cally owns the coins – and the salvagers, who took a percentage of the sale. The salvage was completed in September 2013.The Sentinel covered the “Torpedoing of City of Cairo” story in its 13 November 2014 edi-tion, marking the 72nd anniversary of the Brit-ish passenger ship sinking by German U-boat, U-68, commanded by Capitan Karl-Fredrich Merten on 6 November 1942. The ship left Bombay, India on 1 October with 302 people onboard, bringing families back to Britain and also carried 7,422 tonnes of general cargo, in-cluding pig iron, timber, wool, cotton manga-

nese ore and 2,000 boxes of silver coins. She departed Cape Town on 1 November.Captain Merten sunk 27 allied merchant ships with a combined tonnage of 170,151 including the 8,145 tonnes Darkdale off James Bay on 22 October 1941. First was the 5,302 tonnes British steamer SS Silverbelle on 22 Septem-ber 1941 and last was 6 November 1942, the 8,034 tonnes City of Cairo. On 19 Novem-ber SS Clan Alpine enroute from Cape Town picked up three of Cairo’s boats 50 miles from St Helena. That afternoon she landed 150 per-sons – 62 European passengers, 22 European and 64 Asian crew, and 2 dead seamen.

Creative St Helena, Keeps St Helena Buzzing

Director of Creative St Helena, Pa-mela Murray, was pleased to announce the opening of an area at Kingshurst Community Centre that will be used as an art studio. The room became of-fi cially operational on 21 April. “It’s basically a blank room with a large bench,” said Ms Murray. “Anyone who needs some space and fancies do-

Damien O’Bey, SAMS

ing a bit of art can book and use it.” The studio also lends itself to other art forms like photography. Creative St Helena is also launching a weekly art house cinema night, to help with raising funds for St Helena’s participation in the Jersey Arts Trust’s Artists’ Lock-in. “What we’re trying to do with fi lm nights is to try and show slightly more unusual fi lms,” explained Pamela. “We don’t want to be showing fi lms that will also be shown on TV.” Entry for the monthly fi lm nights will be free however Creative St Helena will be looking to collect donations to help with fundraising.Lastly Creative St Helena has begun seek-ing contributions for inclusion in the second volume of ‘Speaking Saint’. The book con-tains a variety of poems and stories, short and long, fi ction and non-fi ction, with some written in Saint Dialog. There were 23 con-tributors for the fi rst volume and it is hoped that there will be more submissions this time.

Merten, centre, with Merten, centre, with survivors on the HMS Belfastsurvivors on the HMS Belfast

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SENTINEL SPORTwww.sams.sh Thursday 23 April 2015 | THE SENTINEL

Ascension CRICKETCatherine Leo, Ascension Island

Two Boats Mix, all out for 132 runs after 29 overs. Batting: Marc Holland 21, Sam Arms 23 and Clayton Vanguard 28Bowling: Myles Henry - 5/30 (7), Darren Bedwell 2/34 (5) Cardie Green 2/14 (4)

V.C Titans, 137 runs for the loss of 2 wickets after 13.2 overs.Batting: Myles Henry 65 n.o, Dale Josias 17 n.o and Darrell Henry 13Bowling: Richard Constantine 1/33 (3), Ste-fan Hunt 1/18 (3) Performance points: 3 Myles Henry, 2 Matthew Andrews 1 Clayton Vanguard.

V.C Titans were the winners with 3 points.

Traveller’s Sharks, 158 runs all out after 28.1 oversBatting: Jason Peters 21, Jaie Jaie Buckley 16 and Alvin Henry 14Bowling: Mario Anthony - 4/22 (6), Mario Williams 2/32 (7) Ashley Lawrence 2/36 (4.1)Ascension Vigilantes, 163 for the loss of 8 wickets after 30 oversBatting: Errol Thomas 52 n.o, Ashley Law-rence 21 and David Beard 16Bowling: Geordie Peters - 3/51 runs from 6 overs, Simeon Coleman - 2/22 runs from 7 oversPerformance points: 3 Errol Thomas, 2 Damon Bowers, 1 Jason Peters

Ascension Vigilantes were the winners with 3 points.

Next Weekend Fixtures Saturday 25th April Traveller’s Sharks V G.T Allrounders 12:30 Sunday 26th April V.C Titans V Ascension Vigillanties 12:30

Cricket Results Weekend 18-19 April 2014

Saturday 18th AprilTwo Boats Mix vs V.C Titans

Two Boats opened the batting and were able to put up 132 runs. The fi rst wicket went in the third over when Alex was caught by Darren, bowled Myles. Marc, also opening batsman should also have been caught, what looked to be a comfortable catch for Johnson was dropped when he collided with Darren going for the same. There was a steady drain on Two Boats wickets, Myles having a good day and credited with fi ve. When Richie C took to the crease his teammates reminisced about a time in the past when he hit six sixes in one over, today he faced two balls, striking the second for Johnson to produce a terrifi c one-handed catch. Clayton V was the surprise of the day, running up 28 runs, drawing applause from the stands and frustrating the opposing side. Nov-ice cricketer, Benjy, celebrated hitting a four with an emphatic wave of the bat in the air, but his showboating was brought to an abrupt end when he was caught by wicketkeeper, Matthew, also having a good game. With just TG and Mikey left batting, there was hope for a greater score when Mikey’s fi rst strike pro-duced a six, but this was also short-lived when he was bowled by Darren to end the innings. Two Boats managed to take just two wickets of the Titans, they were sloppy in the fi eld and dropped catches. Myles continued in his good form and scored an impressive 65 not out, but the game was over in the 14th over – perhaps the Two Boats team missed the vocals of BBC, but seemed to have given up quite early and had no defense against the Titans.

Sunday 19th AprilTraveller’s Sharks vs Ascension Vigilantes

Chay Sharkie and Ryan were the opening batsmen for the Sharks this week and the fi rst ball was hit for a six by Sharkie. But on the third ball, disaster when he was called LBW. There was outrage over the decision – speak-ing with Sharkie he described the ball as com-ing of his shoe and the Umpire could not have predicted where it was going, but at the end of the day the decision stuck. Jaie once again spent a while at the wicket, but again frustrat-ing his team with his tactics of blocking rather than striking to get the run-rate up. Frustrated would be too tame a word to describe what Robbie thought of his run-out when Jaie chose to run on a shot easily collected in the fi eld. Ja-son would go on to reach the highest score for his side. It seemed Damon may have been on to something after cracking a six, but this was swiftly followed by his wicket being taken.

Compared to previous games, the Sharks went on to put on a horrifi c performance in the fi eld. Both opening batsmen for the Vigi-lantes should have been caught for ducks but both were dropped. Sharkie’s frustration from the fi rst innings ran over and his actions cost his team runs, the ball being thrown around wildly and with no accuracy. Others in the team were sloppy and though teammates tried to calm the situation this was not going to be their day. Despite this they managed to take a number of wickets. Errol again carried his team through, taking to the crease in the tenth over and staying to the end. More infuriation for Robbie when going for a catch he collided with Geordie. Damon covered a lot of ground and had his work cut out for him, he took two good catches and when put on as a bowler his fi rst ball took the wicket of Neil. The Sharks managed to slow the run rate, only eight runs were awarded to four overs (26 to 29) and with the Vigilantes playing a man short, it did make for an interesting end to the match – but in the end the Vigilantes triumphed and deserved the win.

Saturdays Results

Sundays Results

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SENTINEL SPORTwww.sams.shTHE SENTINEL | Thursday 23 April 2015

PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ATHLETICSATHLETICS

The islands three primary schools, Pilling, St Pauls and Harford, came together on Wednesday to contest the 2015 primary school athletics day.Winners of the Key Stage 1 sector was St Pauls Primary school, who were presented with the Lawrence cup, presented by the St Helenian Lawrence family. Various members of the fami-ly have represented the school in sporting events over the years. Annika Lawrence, currently a student in her fi nal year at St Pauls Primary, pre-sented the trophy.Although numbers of spectators were noticeably less than previous years the event was still really well supported, students relished the support given by parents and cheerleaders.They day concluded with the relay races and re-sults were announced. Key Stage 1 winners were St Pauls with 46 points, followed by pilling with 38 and then Harford with 31. Key Stage 2 win-ners were Harford with 129, hot on their tails were St Pauls with 120, followed by Pilling with 93 points. When the totals of the different key stages were combined St Pauls were crowned overall champions on 166 points in second on 160 was Harford and third was Pilling with 131points.Athlete of the day for years 1-2 was shared by Carla O’Conner from St Pauls and Blaize Bald-win from Pilling. Years 3-4 athlete’s of the day were; Matthew Owen from Harford, and Leah Bedwell from St Pauls. Years 5-6 athletes of the day were; Hannah Hickling from Harford and Aiden Yon-Stevens from Pilling. Aiden was also awarded the Rocco Cup for his outstanding per-formance on the day Headteacher at Harford Primary, Carlean Crow-ie commented, “It was great to see how much our athletes have improved in both fi eld and track events. The talent on display was amazing. The day has been a huge success.”


St Pauls Primary St Pauls Primary Crowned 2015 Athletics Crowned 2015 Athletics

ChampionsChampions

Aiden Yon-Stevens , winner of the Aiden Yon-Stevens , winner of the Rocco Cup following an outstanding Rocco Cup following an outstanding

perfomance at the Primary School perfomance at the Primary School Athletics day Athletics day

Annika Lawrence after presenting the Annika Lawrence after presenting the Lawrence CupLawrence Cup

Katie Williams crosses Katie Williams crosses the line for Pillingthe line for Pilling

Nicus DeJager celebrates his Nicus DeJager celebrates his silver medalsilver medal

Laila Clarke wins gold in the

80 m Sprint

Brooke Yon lunges Brooke Yon lunges for the Finish Linefor the Finish Line

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SENTINEL SPORTwww.sams.sh Thursday 23 April 2015 | THE SENTINEL

Snooker: Ronnie O’Sullivan could pay the price for playing with no shoes in his World Championship opener against qualifi er Craig Steadman.It had all begun so easily for ‘the Rocket’ who went close to a maximum break in the opening frame, potting 13 reds and blacks, but then suf-fered discomfort four frames later.The world No 2, who suffered a broken ankle towards the end of last year, appeared in pain due to his footwear and opted to remove his shoes, briefl y playing in his socks.He subsequently borrowed a pair of shoes from tournament director Mike Ganley and put them on, but the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association may well probe his conduct and consider whether it constitutes a breach of its rules about members’ dress code, which could see them dishing out a fi ne.Sky Sports NewsBoxing: Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pac-quiao will fi nally share a ring in just over week but an actual contract to stage the richest bout in history at the MGM Grand still has not been signed.A row between the rival promoters has resulted in no tickets being printed for the showdown between the world’s two best pound-for-pound fi ghters on May 2.Tickets for closed-circuit viewing at the MGM Hotels have also yet to go on sale.Sky Sports NewsFootball: After what was deemed a, “fl at per-formance,” by Bayern Munich in the fi rst leg of the Champions League quarter fi nal against Porto, Bayern came back in style with a 6-1 victory to bring the aggregate to 7-4. Accord-ing to Barney Ronay in the Guardian, Porto were undone by, “Bayern’s ruthless exposing of weakness on the fl anks.” Guardiola won plaudits from both Ronay and Zonal Mark-ing’s Michael Cox who said that, “the rest of Europe should be terrifi ed,” of the team which had adapted perfectly to come back in the sec-ond leg.Cox said that the Bayern team had showed good fl exibility, moving from its usual pass-ing game to a style which relied more on width and crossing. However despite this the team still managed to move the ball around on the ground, with one of the goals being the result of 26 passes, a record for this season’s Champions League. Barney Ronay: “We were very bad in the fi rst half,’ Porto’s Manager Julen Lopete-gui said. He was wrong though. Porto were not quite as good as that.” Sky Sports News

GOLF NEWSGOLF NEWSSt Helena Golf Club Report Weekend 18-19 April 2014

Contributed by Rodney Buckley

Saturday 18th –Two Team Texas Scramble. Stableford for-mat.Winners – Larry Legg & Brian Fowler – 43 Points.Runners-up – KJ & Gavin Crowie – 43 Points (decided on count-back).Two Ball winners – KJ & Gavin on 7th par 3. Ten competitors on very wet afternoon – consideration was given to hiring airport fl ood lights to see them home.Sunday19th -18 Hole Stroke Play. Played to Furrows. (Furrows are a line defi ned “narrower course” within the main golf course-designed to encourage straight driving – not for the likes of me).Winner – Larry Legg 6 over par 74.Runner-up – Ray Yon also 6 over par 74 decided on count-back.Third place –Tony Green 8 over par 76 on count-back with Foxey.Two Ball winners- Lawson Henry 7th par 3, Larry Legg 14th par 3, Foxey 16th par 3 & Leon Crowie x 2 – 7th par 3 & 18th par 4. 17 players took part on a sunny afternoon & many thanks expressed to Lawson Henry for sponsoring the prizes.Fixtures this weekend. Saturday 18 Hole Tombstone & Sun-day 18 Hole Monthly Medal. Members please note fi xtures for May & June are in the process of being revised. May to coincide with the May long weekend holiday & the open to come forward in June to accommodate six regular playing members who would otherwise be offshore for the open. Enjoy-Always keep our words soft and sweet, just in case we have to eat them.

Seafast Sails Off With Queen’s AwardInternational Trade Award for Enterprise

Seafast have been announced today (22/04/15) as having won, the Queens Award for Enterprise, in the category of International Trade. Even more pleasing, is the fact Seafast were the only Company based in the County of Suffolk, to have been granted a Queen’s Award this year. David J Halliday, Seafast Chief Executive, stated, “Since 2008 Seafast have received a number of Logistics Industry spe-cifi c awards, which has been pleasing. That said, none compare with the fact The Queen’s

Award is across all UK based Industry Sectors, and therefore we have not been measured only against our Industry Peers, but rather a much wider range of Organisations. It is by a con-siderable margin, our most treasured Award recognition to date.” Seafast business focus is upon providing bespoke Global Logistics solutions, for Customers in emerging, remote and diffi cult to serve Regions, including Brit-ish Overseas Territories.

Seafast Chief Executive, Seafast Chief Executive, David J HallidayDavid J Halliday

Seafast, Press Release

Proposed Seafast vessel for St Helena

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continued from back pagereplaced skipper Darrell Leo at the top of the order for the shorter format, and he too looked to be in menacing form. The pair combined to devastating effect and had brought up the teams 100 within 11 overs.On his way to an innings of 50, Henry struck fi ve 4’s and a 6. Although Lions had attempted to block off his main scoring shot, the lofted straight drive, Henry showed that he is not a one trick pony and scored runs in other ar-eas, before perishing, caught Alex Langham, bowled Scott Crowie with the score on 103.Coleman, although riding his luck at times, compiled 52 runs. He too found the bound-ary regularly, cracking six 4’s and a solitary 6 before his stumps were sent fl ying by Lions’ paceman Phillip Stroud.The launching pad had been set for Allstarz to go on and set a total in excess of 200, how-ever, credit must go to Lions who remained

CRICKET RESULTSSaturday 18 April 2015Levelwood Allstarz J/Town Barracudas

152/6Damien O’Bey, 50Gavin George 3/27 (4)

158/5Ross Henry, 47David Franics, 2/22 (4)

CRICKET FIXTURESSaturday 25 April 2015 - 9.00am

Sandy Bay Pirates vs Western Warriors

1.00pm

St Matthews Lions vs HTH DolphinsSunday 26 April 2015 - 9.00am

Levelwood Allstarz vs J/Town Barracudas

Sunday 19 April 2015

St Matthews Lions HTH Dolphins115Danie Klienhans 25Tris Moyce 2/33 (4)

119/4Scott Crowie, 30Ross Leo 3/23 (4)

St Matthews Lions Levelwood Allstarz166/4Greg Coleman, 52Greg Coleman, 2/14 (4)

170/4Scott Crowie, 108*Ross Leo 1/26 (4)

focused and produced an outstanding bowling and fi elding display to stem the fl ow of runs. Dane ‘Sixes’ Leo, missed out on an opportu-nity to cash in on Allstarz’ good start and per-ished, bowled Ross Leo, for a meagre 2 runs. A dogged innings from Darrell Leo (25*) and a quick fi re 14* from Stefun Leo saw Allstarz to 166, which was still a competitive total.Unlike the Allstarz opening partnership, Nick Stevens and Alistair Buckley could only man-age 5 runs between them, and when Chris Dawson was dismissed for a duck, and Phillip Stroud 4, Lions found themselves in a peril-ous position of 30 for 4 after 6. For Allstarz, Colemans spectacular opening bowling spell produced 2 wickets for just 14 runs.When Michael Bedwell strode to the crease to partner Crowie, the match looked all but over for Lions, however if any of those who had gathered to watch the match had decided to leave early, they would have missed what has

to be the most exciting display of cricket that has been produced this season.Both Crowie and Bedwell started patiently, de-fending the good balls and punishing the bad ones up until the 13th over. This approach was not a match winning one and the pair realised this. It was imperative that the duo scored runs of every single delivery. Crowie seemed to kick into another gear and went about dismantling Allstarz’ bowling at-tack. The left hander began to fi nd the bound-ary with regularity. Although he survived a number of close calls, his stroke play remained classy, but was simply destructive. His spec-tacular unbeaten innings of 108 contained eleven 4’s and seven 6’s, and with Bedwell chipping in with a well played 25* Lions sur-passed Allstarz total with 3 balls to spare.Congratulations St Matthews Lions!

Greg Coleman struck 52 runs before Greg Coleman struck 52 runs before having his stumps scattered by Phillip having his stumps scattered by Phillip

Stroud on Sunday.Stroud on Sunday.

Colemans Innings Colemans Innings Contained six 4’s and one 6Contained six 4’s and one 6

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Ross Leo attempts to run out Greg Ross Leo attempts to run out Greg Coleman at the non-strikers endColeman at the non-strikers end

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Scott Crowie produced a top class un-beaten innings of 108 as St Matthews Lions surpassed Levelwood Allstarz’ 166 in Sundays T20 cricket fi nal on Sunday afternoon.AllStarz had booked their place in the fi nal after emerging victorious in a closely fought semi fi nal match against Jamestown Barracudas the day before. Lions earned their spot in the fi nal with a comfortable semi fi nal victory over HTH DolphinsAfter early morning showers on Sunday, The T20 cricket fi nal at Fran-cis Plain began in perfect weather conditions. The start to Allstarz’ in-nings was equally as bright as the sun that had made its way out from behind the rain clouds.Allstarz’ mercurial opener Ross Henry had continued his run of good form and began to attack Lions bowlers from the off. Greg Coleman

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