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
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 clears up after heaviest snow in years
- A two-day snowfall brought down trees and power lines, closed the airport and cancelled ferry crossings.
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Alderney arrest sparks a “riot”
- Alderney police station was pelted with stones after officers arrested a suspected drink-driver.
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Building work starts on Guernsey Airport
- Guernsey Airport took two years to build and was budgeted to cost £90,000.
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