weekend.

A power failure in the Vesey Street area of Devonshire meant that Saturday night's meeting had to be held up for an hour and a half.

The lights went out after only the first heat -- making for a very long night for those taking part.

When racing did get underway again the ponies must have been fearing another black-out as race times continued to drop.

Four animals moved on to a faster time bar, while a few others have only one leg out.

Jandy's Desert Storm (Francis DeSilva) was one of those to improve, along with Final Explosion (Arthur Hurst), Rocket Ride (Bobby DeGraffe) and GV Colonel Spence (Inwood Stables).

There were seven double winners including Tuxedo's Bow Tie (Eddie Roque), Tuxedo's Prince (Aaron Sims), El Dreamer (Dal Vasconcelos), Jandy's Desert Storm, Gold Mate (Joe Correira) and L/A Erma Time (David Lopes).

Eddie Roque was the leading driver on the night with four wins. He had two victories with Tuxedo's Bow Tie, including one in the feature race.

The other two winners of the International Fixed Odds Ltd races were Jandy's Desert Storm and Vieda's Laser Beam (Arthur Hurst).

Nick DeCosta drove Grand Shady to the fastest time of the night, covering the half mile in 1:06.1. That time matches Tuxedo Bow Tie's of last week as the swiftest of the season so far.

This week's programme takes place on Friday with post time at 7.00 p.m.

For harness racing updates, call 291-RACE.

TROUDE'S FOURSOME IN FRONT GLF Froude's foursome in front Charles River Country Club from Newton Centre in Massachusetts are the early pace-setters in this year's annual Goodwill Golf Tournament which got underway yesterday at four of Bermuda's courses.

Playing at Belmont, considered the least demanding of the four tracks, Charles River, led by pro Andy Froude, returned a net 56 -- 14-under-par.

Their nearest challengers at the end of a wet morning were Winchester CC, from Winchester, Massachusetts, Bellewood GC from North Coventry, Pennsylvania, and Meadow Brook GC from Reading, Massachusetts. They all posted scores of net 58.

Charles River also share the gross lead with Spring Lake GC of Spring Lake, New Jersey. They each turned in scores of 62.

Defending net champions, Westchester Hills from New Jersey, led by professional Kevin Morris, started with a 62 at Port Royal.

The best of Bermuda's teams were Riddell's Bay and Ocean View, both returning net 61s.

Riddell's Bay, led by Darron Swan, began at Belmont, while Ocean View, led by Bermuda's top pro Dwayne Pearman, started at Mid Ocean Club.

Full scores, see Scoreboard, Page 14 JONES SNATCHES DOUBLE PP Jones snatches double Sam Jones excelled at the Island Satellite Systems Open Youth Table Tennis tournament at CedarBridge on Saturday, winning two titles. The 12-year-old won the 12-and-under tournament by defeating Desmond White 2-0, 2-0, conceding a high of just 11 points against his opponent.

His toughest match came in the first round of the 15-and-under division when he edged Kyle Smith 21-14, 18-21, 21-19. Then he breezed to the championship final by conceding a maximum of 14 points.

Jones also defeated Nathan Darrell 2-0 and Kyle James by the same score. James had a second shot at Jones by winning the losers bracket but Jones won the title 21-19, 21-12 with a strong attacking game and solid defence. Keith Caines won the 19-and-under title the hard way by being sent to the losers' bracket when he lost 21-14, 14-21 and 23-25 to Shilo Payne.

Caines then defeated Stephan Lee, Saki Tuzo, Nathan Darrell and James Matthews all by 2-0 scores to earn another crack at Payne.

Caines gained his revenge by defeating 16-year-old Payne 21-14, 21-15, 21-16, to climax a fine comeback. Island Satellite Systems will sponsor the next BTTA youth tournament at CedarBridge on February 10.