The visiting teams are all supposed to be arriving by air today but the fog means nothing is moving,’ she said.
‘We had fog at this event last year, and teams were stuck here for two days afterwards – my main fear is that if the UK teams are delayed for too long before they even get here they may decide it’s not worth coming over at all, especially if they think they won’t be able to get away again.’On one previous occasion the Guernsey squads were delayed soNelson was able to reschedule their matches for later in the day – but that was just the one team.With two teams each expected from Essex and Weston Park plus an U11 team from Turnford, Nelson is currently working on ‘Plan B’ for Sunday’s English Challenge tournament.’I can do nothing about the fog but keep my fingers crossed it will clear in time,’ she said.’Meanwhile I’m working on various ways of changing schedules and reorganising matches – I hope we can, at least, get a shortened tournament going tomorrow.’Teams: Saturday: Jersey White (U12): Emma Carré, Jenna Murphy, Alex Austin (captain), Amy Dingle, Charise Renouf, Eleanor Humphrey, Kirsten McArthur (vice-captain) and Nicole Goddard.Jersey Red (U12): Kerri Jarvie, Emma Clyde-Smith (captain), Kirsty White, Cordelia Overland (vice-captain), Elianne Riant, Jordanna Wherry, Abbie Cummins, Stephanie Le Ruez and Iona Richardson.Jersey (U11): Lucy Crossman (vice-captain), Lisa Luce (captain), Emily Habin, Louise Pearce, Megan Hamilton, Christelle Favre, Laura Harris, Lauren Rimeur, Imogen Pickering and Charlotte Trigg.Sunday: English Challenge, Jersey U11: Lauren Barnes (captain), Ellis Hervé, Octavia bell, Megan Hamilton (vice-captain), Charlotte Trigg, Eve Taylor Cox, Joanne Lee, Alice Godfrey and Katharina Cole.Youth teams taking part in the English Challenge are Weston Park (two), Turnford U11, Essex (two) and Jersey’s St Ouen, St Clement, St Lawrence, Convent and Academicals.
