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ITV News
21-07-2025
- Sport
- ITV News
Orkney 2025: Jersey and Guernsey shine with 50 golds at the Island Games
The 2025 Orkney Island Games have drawn to a close. It has been a hugely successful week of competition for the Channel Islands, with more than 130 medals won. Athletes from both Bailiwicks broke a total of 12 Island Games' records, with Jersey finishing second in the final medal table, just ahead of Guernsey in third. Meanwhile, Alderney and Sark missed out on any podium places, but showed a huge amount of spirit across the week. Read on for a breakdown of the medals, records, and notable highlights from the Channel Islands. Swimming If the Channel Islands dominated in any category, it was swimming. This is where Jersey and Guernsey made history with 12 Island Games' records broken - Filip Nowacki claimed half of them, as well as helping his team set the fastest time in the Men's 4x100m Medley Relay. All in all, Jersey's super swimmer came away with seven golds. Guernsey's Chloe Bown also broke two records, individually in the Women's 100m Freestyle and collectively in the Women's 4x100m Medley Relay, as she came away with two golds. Guernsey's Tatiana Tostevin ruled the water in the Women's 50m Backstroke, breaking two records, with a fastest time of 28.21 seconds. Athletics Jersey: 6 gold, 6 gold, 1 bronze Guernsey: 5 gold, 3 silver, 7 bronze On the track, Jersey's Ted Chamberlain secured individual golds in the Men's 1500m and 800m events. He also helped win a further gold in the Men's 400m Relay. Fellow Jersey athlete Jessica Troy impressed in the Women's Half Marathon, winning silver and beating her personal best time, despite recovering from an injury. Guernsey found track success thanks to golds from Rhiannon Dowinton in the Women's 100m Hurdles, Darcy Hodgson in the Women's 800m, and Nicolas Ackermann in the Men's 400m Hurdles. Field athletes also brought home a raft of medals: Guernsey's Victoria Hancock won gold for the Women's Long Jump and bronze in the Women's Triple Jump. Jersey's Evan Campbell also secured gold in the Men's Shot Put, and Zara Asante surpassed Hancock to claim the Women's Triple Jump gold medal. Cycling Jersey: 5 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze Guernsey: 3 gold, 3 silver, 3 bronze Onto cycling, where Pippa Inderwick was instrumental in securing all three golds for Guernsey in the Women's Individual Road Race, Team Road Race, and Road Criterium Team Award. She even had time to pick up a bronze in the Women's Individual Town Criterium and a silver in the Time Trial Team Award. Jersey found most success in the team competitions, winning two golds in mountain biking and a further two in Road Team events. Tom Huelin also came out on top in the Men's Individual Road Race to claim another gold. Archery Jersey: 3 gold, 3 silver, 4 bronze Guernsey: 1 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze Zoe Gray was responsible for Guernsey's only archery gold, coming out on top in the Women's Compound Head to Head Knockout. Her sister Lisa Gray and Jason Le Page had a nail-biting decider in the Mixed Recurve Head to Head Team Knockout, narrowly beating Menorca to secure the bronze. Meanwhile, Mollie Perrett won triple gold for Jersey in the Single WA 1440 Women's Recurve and Women's Recurve Head to Head Knockout. With help from Fredrick Crosby, the duo comfortably came out on top in the Mixed Recurve Head to Head Team Knockout in the final against the Shetland Islands. Sark sent two athletes to the Games - Kevin Adams and Elizabeth Norwich - who competed in archery, but fell short of a medal after being knocked by a pair from hosts Orkney. Triathlon Jersey: 2 gold Guernsey: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze Thomas Atkinson had a comfortable seven-minute lead to win the Men's Triathlon with a full time of 01:52:47. He also helped the Jersey Men's Triathlon Team to claim gold, with the Guernsey team picking up bronze in the same event. Meanwhile, Sarnian Hannah Kennedy shone - collecting a silver in the Women's Individual and helping Guernsey to gold in the Women's Triathlon Team event. Lawn Bowls Jersey: 1 gold, 1 silver, 1 bronze Guernsey: 2 gold Guernsey's Rosemary Ogier won four of her five matches in the Women's Singles as she claimed gold. She found similar success alongside Julie Williams as they won the Women's Doubles. For Jersey, Michael Rive won all six of his matches to comfortably pick up the Men's Singles gold, while Josh Band and Kevin Le Long secured a bronze in the Men's Doubles. The trio then came together to collect silver in the Men's Triples. Badminton Guernsey: 1 silver In the Men's Doubles, Guernsey's Alex Tapp and David Trebert beat Menorca to set up the gold medal match against the Faroe Islands. Despite beating a different Faroe Islands' team earlier in the competition, this time Magnus Dal-Christiansen and Rúni Øster came out on top and the Guernsey duo had to settle for silver. Squash Jersey: 2 silver, 2 bronze Jersey's squash players scooped up four medals, with bronze in the mixed Team Event and mixed doubles. There was further doubles success with silvers for Matthew Boote and Antony Harkin in the Men's event, and Amelie Turpin and Beth Garton in the Women's competition. Sailing: Guernsey: 1 bronze Guernsey won a bronze in the Sailing Team Event. Savid Aslett, Monty Desforges, Darragh Lee, and Jessica Watson were able to beat the likes of Gibraltar, the Isle of Man, and Jersey to secure third place. The Isle of Wight took gold, followed by Ynys Môn in silver position. Other events: In Men's Football, defending champions Jersey narrowly fell out of the top three places after being defeated by Bermuda, and then the Isle of Man in the bronze medal game. Meanwhile, Jersey Women's football team came 6th after losing to Ynys Môn. In gymnastics, Harry Lapthorn-Nears came closest with fourth place on the Men's FIG Individual Rings. Alderney competed across several events, including the half marathon, shot put and lawn bowls, but did not come close to any medal positions despite their best efforts.
Yahoo
04-03-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Hometown Hero – Molly Digiacomo, Barrington
BARRINGTON, RI (WPRI) — This week's Cardi's Furniture & Mattresses Hometown Sports Hero is Molly DiGiacomo. The Barrington Sophomore repeated her Gold in the 50 Yard Freestyle at the RIIL State Swim Championships then helped the Eagles to two Relay wins, including a Meet record in the 200-Yard IM. Those points helping Barrington clinch its 11-th straight Girls State Swim Title. 'She's a fierce competitor,' said Eagles Head Coach Sandy Gorham. 'We held off that Medley Relay because we knew we were going to be behind in the beginning and we were strong at the back half, and she won her 50 just by a couple of tenths of seconds, so a fierce competitor and a great kid to coach. A lot of fun. She's a terrific girl.' 'I think a lot more was at stake this year because I wanted to come back and defend my 50-title,' DiGiacomo said. 'But I also think I was a lot more relaxed this year because I knew what to expect and the environment and I just knew what was going to happen.' The crown was Barrington's 16th overall continuing the Eagles run as the State's most dominant program. 'We have a really, really united and strong team,' DiGiacomo said. 'And that all comes from Sandy and our Assistant Coach Jerry. We're all a really tight knit team. We practice every day together; we see each other at school. We drive each other to practice and it's just really, really fun that everyone did so great here.' Eagle Freshman Grace Lunardelli and Reese Graveline also won Individual Golds and teamed with DiGiacomo for the Relay Wins, so Barrington will have plenty of talent returning to defend their Title. And despite her success, Coach Gorham believes Molly still have room to grow in the pool. 'Yes, we have a lot of amazing Freshman and a lot of young talent. And we have a lot of 8th graders coming up so I think we can keep this going for a long time,' DiGiacomo said. 'We talked about there's some adjustment in her stroke that I would like to make in the off season, and she can always get better in starts and turns, break outs, so there's always room for improvement,' Gorham said. 'But she's a hard worker and her talent level equals her work ethic, and that's when you've got a really good athlete.' If you have a Hometown Sports Hero you'd like to nominate, email sports@ Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Springfield standouts swim back to State Meet
SALEM, Ohio (WKBN) – Springfield High School will be well-represented with two relays and two individual qualifiers in multiple events at the OHSAA Swimming State Tournament at C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. Sophomore Paige McCombs will participate in the girls' 100-yard Butterfly and 100-yard Breaststroke while classmate Tres Hivley qualified for the girls' 500-yard and 100-yard Backstroke. 'I am so ecstatic to be with my teammates this year and to able to make both relays qualifying for state this year,' Hivley said. 'There is going to be so much energy on the pool deck and I cannot explain how excited I am for this opportunity to swim again.' As a relay team, McCombs and Hivley will be joined by Kalli Pellice and Blythe Hively in the girls' 200-yard Medley Relay and 400-yard Freestyle Relay. 'It's really exciting to have the relays going together and like having all of us get to swim there together,' McCombs said. 'We're really excited for the relay and like what we get to do at states and how we're also working together.' Both Hivley and McCombs qualified for the state tournament as a freshman a year ago and raced during the Friday finals. The State Championship event started on Tuesday with diving events and will run through Saturday, Feb. 22 at the C.T. Branin Natatorium in Canton. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
