Jersey end Island Games with cycling gold medal
Footballers suffer second defeat to finish fourth
Jersey's footballers threw away a 2-1 lead as they lost their bonze medal play-off match 3-2 to the Isle of Man.Having conceded twice late in extra time on Thursday night tom lose 3-2 to Bermuda in the semi-finals Jersey started well on Friday as Sam Nixon put them ahead early on.The Manxmen equalised only for Robert Martins-Figueira to restore the lead once again.But an Isle of Man penalty ensured it was 2-2 at half time before Jersey's opponents got a second-half winner. Jersey's squash players won team bronze, having earlier picked up three doubles medals.The team of Matthew Boote, Beth Garton, Antony Harkin, Amelie Turpin, Susan Turpin and William Turpin came third in the round robin event behind the gold medal-winning Cayman Islands and Orkney who took silver."The outcome has been much better than I expected at the beginning of the week. We've excelled really," Susan Turpin told BBC Radio Jersey"We've really bonded as a team, mixed ages, mixed interests, it's been quite fun."
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