6th March 1960
Guernsey players set darts record
A team of eight Guernsey darts players set a new world record for scoring 1,000,001 in a game lasting 23 hours and two minutes. They beat the previous record by four hours and 48 minutes. That landmark score had been set by a team from Bristol University just a week before.
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Other events that occured in March
Guernsey adopts Sterling currency
- Guernsey switched from the French Franc to Pounds Sterling in 1921.
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BBC Radio Guernsey takes to the air
- The BBC's local station was the first radio station specifically aimed at Guernsey.
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First ever broadcast of Puffin’s Pla(i)ce
- Puffin's Pla(i)ce was a children's slot on Channel Television
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Condor Liberation enters service
- The £50m trimaran, Condor Liberation, entered service between Guernsey and Poole in 2015.
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