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’s island-wide police force is established
- Guernsey's island-wide police force took over from a system of local parish constables.
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Guernsey votes for equal age of consent
- Guernsey politicians were unanimous in their support of an equal age of consent when they voted on the issue in March 2010.
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The Book of Ebenezer Le Page is published
- The quintessential book about Guernsey life was first published five years after author GB Edwards' death
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Guernsey emergency services prepare for a disaster
- A four-day exercise involving emergency services from Guernsey and Jersey simulated a collision between a high speed ferry and a cruise ship.
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