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BBC News
18-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Family of bakers on a roll as they take four Island Games medals
The family of bakers have been on a roll, taking four medals at the lawn bowls during the 20th International Island Games in of the Rendall family secured two gold and two silver medals across all five events, taking Orkney to the top of the medals table for the bowls and dad Ruth and George Rendall and son and daughter in-law Greg and Isla Rendall all scooped described the result as a "pleasant surprise" and said it was an "honour" to play alongside his family. On Tuesday for the men's pairs Mark Causer and George Rendall won gold. Isla Rendall went home with silver from the women's singles while Ruth Rendall and her first cousin Lizzie McConnachie won silver in the women's pressure was then on Greg Rendall when he competed in the men's triples with Barrie Bruce and Kevin Watters, but he rose to the occasion. "I suppose there is a titch of relief there. I mean overall, I'm just chuffed for everybody, for the whole club," he said. The family regularly play together but often as said: "It's always very good to play with the family. It's always been a bit of rivalry between Isla and Greg and me and Ruth with lunch games and stuff. "But it's an honour to all be playing and it's an even bigger honour to come away with a medal today."Both Isla and her father in-law, George, say the crowds motivated them with about 500 spectators visiting the green every day. They hope a boost to the sport's popularity will be a legacy of the games. "A lot of them didn't know where the bowling green was, so hopefully we will see a few more of them on it once the games is by," said said: "Being at the bowling green compared to what we are used to, it was like centre court at Wimbledon or something. "The shouts and the cheers, it certainly did me a lot of good anyway knowing you have the home crowd behind you. It's just something you can't describe."
BBC News
15-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Ogier wins double gold at bowls for Guernsey
Guernsey bowler Rose Ogier has won two gold medals at the 2025 Island Games in took women's singles gold before teaming up with Julie Williams to win the women's pairs title - upgrading the silver she won at pairs two years ago. Ogier, who has competed at World Championships, Commonwealth Games and European Championships, won four of her five singles group matches to take the title on set difference from Orkney's Isla Rendall. She and Williams also won four of their five pairs games as they again denied Orkney by set difference as Elizabeth McConnachie and Ruth Rendall had to settle for silver. "It's awesome, I'm over the moon," Ogier told BBC Radio Guernsey."I thought I'd fluffed it because I played a pretty poor first set this morning and I only managed to draw in the second set," she said after her only singles loss to Orkney's Isla Rendall. "I thought I'd blown my chances, but luckily I've managed to get it on shot difference, which is a bit of a sneaky way to do it, but that's the rules of the game and I'm absolutely overjoyed."I'm so emotional about it because it is a big deal, it's been a fantastic tournament, everyone's been awesome here and the green's been lovely to play on."
