Sport in Guernsey Inter-insular competitions also take place. see: Guernsey Snooker Two divisions of teams with an Inter Island competition at the end of each season. Guernsey Softball Association see Guernsey Softball Guernsey holds a Guernsey Open Championship annually. Guernsey's Chris Simpson is a world ranked squash player. Guernsey players compete in the Island Games, the Commonwealth Games and from 2017 in the European Team Championships Div 3 Surfing at Vazon beach on Guernsey's west coast has been a popular sport for many years. Johnny Wallbridge coming first in the seniors division of 2015 Magic Seaweed British National Surf Championships. see: http://www.guernseysurfclub.com/ Water
Old Nichol the Nichol. The Old Nichol inspired a number of slum fiction novels. The “evil” reputation of the Old Nichol owed a lot to Arthur Morrison’s fictionalised account of it in "A Child of the Jago", and to sensational articles by Reverend Osborne Jay of Holy Trinity Church, known as Father Jay, on whom Morrison relied for information. The novel became so popular that the "Jago" became an interchangeable name for the Old Nichol. Father Jay also appeared as "Father Ranald" in L. T. Meade's 1895 novel "A Princess of the Gutter", with the "gutter" being the Old Nichol. Old Nichol