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BBC News
2 days ago
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Double gold in golf adds to Manx medal tally at Island Games
The Isle of Man has secured another 16 medals on the penultimate day of the Island Games, with Manx athletes topping the podium in golf, gymnastics and Thursday Golfer Daryl Callister took gold in the individual event, while the men's team also came first in the competition held at the Orkney Golf Club in was also double gold for swimmer Joel Watterson who was fastest on the night in the 50m butterfly and was part of the victorious 4x100m freestyle relay Amara Brogan secured gold in the women's all around competition, adding to the total of 61 medals, which put the island in fourth position overall going into the final day of action. Callister said preparation for the gold event had been key as the team had "done their homework on the course", and a strong first round had set them up for the to Manx Radio Sport, he said he had then "managed to hang on for dearest life" during the windy conditions in the subsequent rounds to clinch the individual spot went to Manxman Rob Noon, who alongside Callister, Liam Cowin and Chris Kneen also came away with the men's team gold. "I don't think you could ask for a better week to be honest," Callister said. On the final night of action at the 2025 competition in the pool at the Pickaquoy Centre, the swimming squad took their overall haul to an impressive 19 Bellhouse, Magnus Kelly and Harry Robinson joined Watterson at the top of the podium in the 4x100m freestyle and Robinson joined also Chloe Batty and Laura Kinley to claim silver in the mixed 4x50m medley relay competition. The evening also saw Robinson secure bronze in both the 100m backstroke and 50m butterfly events, bringing his personal medal tally at the 2025 games to 10. There was more success for Manx gymnasts after scoring 10 medals on said while she felt her performance on the vault had not been what she had hoped for, she had "managed to pick it up" on the other pieces of equipment, so it "felt great" to take gold in the all around also felt "amazing" to represent the Isle of Man at her first games, she Aine Matthews also collected bronze in the women's contest, while Harry Eyres and Fraser McKenna were awarded second and third places respectively in the men's all around. Elsewhere, 18-year old Regan Corrin claimed silver in the triple jump, and the men's cycling team came in second in the mountain bike cross country badminton, Matthew Nicholson and Jess Li claimed bronze the mixed doubles event, retaining the third place position they secured in up their 2025 campaign, the mixed archery team became bronze medallists in the compound head to head Moore, who contributed to all five medals won by the archery squad, said the results across the week had been "beyond his expectations". Reflecting on the performance, he said: "I'd had couple of disappointing games before, and I've trained as hard as I could. I think it's paid off and I'm ecstatic."As a team we've also been very strong, we've been right in there, right in the mix."The squad were "very much looking forward" to the next games in the Faroe Islands in 2027, he the last day of action Manx athletes will be looking to boost their medal tally in the half marathon, the cycling criterium and the women's football team will play for gold against Bermuda. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
BBC News
2 days ago
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Guernsey's Bown wins more Island Games gold medals
Guernsey's Chloe Bown ended her first Island Games with seven swimming gold teenager won the 100m freestyle and helped Guernsey's women win the 4x100m medley relay to take her tally to gold medals. Having won her individual event by 0.31 seconds she helped Tatiana Tostevin, Orla Rabey and Molly Staples win relay gold in Kirkwall in an Island Games record time. It ended an exceptional games which saw Bown win 200m freestyle and 200m and 400m individual medley gold medals as well as three relay titles. She also won two silver and two bronze medals as Guernsey ended the games with 11 swimming experienced team-mate Tatiana Tostevin ended her games on top of the podium as she won the 50m Sarnian medallists in the pool included Oriana Wheeler and Rabey, who won silver and bronze respectively in the 200m butterfly while Delphine Riley won 800m freestyle bronze. Athletics golds for Guernsey Guernsey won two more athletics gold medals on the penultimate day of Dowinton came first in the 100m hurdles as her personal best time of 14.53 was more than half-a-second quicker than Isle of Wight's silver medallist Sophie Victoria Hancock won bronze in a time of 15.56 seconds. For Hancock it was a third medal at Orkney 2025 after winning long jump gold and breaking the Guernsey triple jump record to win bronze on Sunday. "I wasn't really expecting it. I was aiming for it, so I'm really proud of myself for just getting down there and getting my last medal," said Hancock, who also won bronze two years ago."The last couple of medals that I got were a bit of a surprise, so having got bronze last time in hurdles it was what I was aiming for this time."Meanwhile Chris Bain won the men's 5,000m in 15:13.55 - just under two seconds in front of Bermuda's Jake Brislane and Julian Gregersen came third for the Faroe Islands. There was more success for Guernsey's archers as they won silver in the recurve head to head team knockout. Lisa Gray, Monika Komla and Jason Le Page were just edged out by Faroe Islands in the final as they lost Sarnians had beaten Channel Island rivals Jersey 6-2 in the Guernsey's mountain bikers won team cross country bronze. The team of Seth Davey, Mark Ferbrache, Mark Le Page, Peter Sargent and Charlie Tourtel were third behind gold medallists jersey and second-placed Isle of Man. Davey was Guernsey's highest finisher in 11th place as Le Page was 12th and Tourtal came 13th.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Isle of Man's Island Games medal tally rises to 45
Another 13 medals were added to team Isle of Man's tally at the Island Games in Orkney, with almost half being being picked up in the pool on day four of the action. Medals were also secured in archery, cycling, badminton and athletics, bringing the total medal haul to 45 and putting the Manx team in fourth position overall. The island's swimmers added to their collection by clinching first place in the 4x50m mixed medley relay, narrowly beating the Faroe Islands into second place. Meanwhile, Christa Cain secured her second gold in two events at the games by fending off Orkney's Anna Tait to top the podium in the 5,000m event in Kirkwall. Cain said she "ran hard" when she secured the top spot in the 10,000m on Sunday, and "wasn't planning on running such a hard race again". But, after hearing the "roar of the home crowd for Anna", she decided to use it as "ammunition. "Luckily I had a bit of speed up my sleeve to push on through," she added. Crossing the finish line in 16 minutes and 43 seconds, the runner said her results so far had been "absolutely crazy, I can't believe it". Following her success on the track, the Manx athlete said she was "excited" to pull on her road shoes for Friday's half-marathon in Stromness - an event that she has more experience in. She said the "support and the camaraderie" among the squad at her debut games had been "phenomenal". The "really strong men and women's teams" would be "giving it their best shot" on the final day of the competition, she said. Adding to the high jump gold he secured at the start of the week, Regan Corrin claimed silver during Wednesday's long jump final. Recording a distance of 7.29m, he told Manx Radio Sport he was "dead happy" with the result after he had "cramped up" in the second round so had not been sure if he would be able to continue. The 18-year-old said the atmosphere at the Pickaquoy Centre has been "amazing". "You can feel the support, the adrenaline it gives you is mental. It gives you an extra gear that you didn't think you had," he said. In the pool, Manx swimmers were regulars on the podium on Wednesday, with Harry Robinson adding silver in the 100m individual medley and the 50m butterfly to his record-breaking achievements the previous day. Teammate Joel Watterson finished a whisker behind in the latter contest to take third place, as well as scoring second position in the 100m freestyle. Laura Kinley took silver in the 100m breaststroke contest, before being joined by Libby Curphey and Watterson and Robinson to make up the triumphant 4x50m mixed medley relay team. It was three bronze medals in three days for Manx archer Ethan Moore when he took third spot in the men's compound head to head knockout event. In cycling Tyler Hannay picked up a bronze medal in the individual road race contest, with the men's team also securing third place on the podium. On the badminton courts in Kirkwall's Pickaquoy Centre, Jessica Li and Alex Buck became singles bronze medallists , taking team Isle of Man's total on the forth day of action to 13. Thursday's penultimate day of action sees the Manx football teams compete in the semi-finals of the competition, and the golf, swimming and sailing teams will wrap up their campaigns. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X. More on this story Record-breaking swimmers add to Manx medal tally Manx athletes break records at Orkney Island Games Cain smashes record to win gold at Island Games 'Running for my adopted home at games feels right' Island Games fever takes hold in transformed Orkney Manx gymnast to be games' youngest competitor at 13 Dad and daughter 'rooting for each other' at games Footballers 'determined' to go for gold at games Team 'ready to make Isle of Man proud' at games Related internet links Orkney Island Games 2025
BBC News
3 days ago
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Isle of Man increases medal tally to 45 at Island Games 2025
Another 13 medals were added to team Isle of Man's tally at the Island Games in Orkney, with almost half being being picked up in the pool on day four of the were also secured in archery, cycling, badminton and athletics, bringing the total medal haul to 45 and putting the Manx team in fourth position island's swimmers added to their collection by clinching first place in the 4x50m mixed medley relay, narrowly beating the Faroe Islands into second Christa Cain secured her second gold in two events at the games by fending off Orkney's Anna Tait to top the podium in the 5,000m event in Kirkwall. Cain said she "ran hard" when she secured the top spot in the 10,000m on Sunday, and "wasn't planning on running such a hard race again".But, after hearing the "roar of the home crowd for Anna", she decided to use it as "ammunition."Luckily I had a bit of speed up my sleeve to push on through," she added. Crossing the finish line in 16 minutes and 43 seconds, the runner said her results so far had been "absolutely crazy, I can't believe it".Following her success on the track, the Manx athlete said she was "excited" to pull on her road shoes for Friday's half-marathon in Stromness - an event that she has more experience said the "support and the camaraderie" among the squad at her debut games had been "phenomenal".The "really strong men and women's teams" would be "giving it their best shot" on the final day of the competition, she to the high jump gold he secured at the start of the week, Regan Corrin claimed silver during Wednesday's long jump a distance of 7.29m, he told Manx Radio Sport he was "dead happy" with the result after he had "cramped up" in the second round so had not been sure if he would be able to continue. The 18-year-old said the atmosphere at the Pickaquoy Centre has been "amazing"."You can feel the support, the adrenaline it gives you is mental. It gives you an extra gear that you didn't think you had," he the pool, Manx swimmers were regulars on the podium on Wednesday, with Harry Robinson adding silver in the 100m individual medley and the 50m butterfly to his record-breaking achievements the previous Joel Watterson finished a whisker behind in the latter contest to take third place, as well as scoring second position in the 100m Kinley took silver in the 100m breaststroke contest, before being joined by Libby Curphey and Watterson and Robinson to make up the triumphant 4x50m mixed medley relay team. It was three bronze medals in three days for Manx archer Ethan Moore when he took third spot in the men's compound head to head knockout cycling Tyler Hannay picked up a bronze medal in the individual road race contest, with the men's team also securing third place on the the badminton courts in Kirkwall's Pickaquoy Centre, Jessica Li and Alex Buck became singles bronze medallists , taking team Isle of Man's total on the forth day of action to penultimate day of action sees the Manx football teams compete in the semi-finals of the competition, and the golf, swimming and sailing teams will wrap up their campaigns. Read more stories from the Isle of Man on the BBC, watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer and follow BBC Isle of Man on Facebook and X.
Yahoo
4 days ago
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Hancock wins Island Games long jump gold for Guernsey
Vicky Hancock retained the long jump gold medal she won in Guernsey in 2023 [BBC] Guernsey's Vicky Hancock has won her second Island Games medal as she leapt to victory in the long jump. Hancock - who broke the island triple jump record in winning bronze on Sunday - recorded a distance of 5.31m to retain the title she won on home soil two years ago. Advertisement She was one of three Guernsey medallists on the third night of athletics in Kirkwall as Nic Ackermann won men's 400m hurdles gold and Darcey Hodgson took silver in the women's event. "I was hoping to do well and I have done well, so I'm really happy," Hancock told BBC Radio Guernsey "The first time I did it there was a big crowd and everyone I knew was here, so having a celebration there were lots of cheers. "There's fewer cheers but it's still lovely to be here and there's a big crowd and a good competitive atmosphere."
