Jersey's men win Island Games mountain bike gold
Another medal for archer Perrett
Meanwhile Jersey archer Mollie Perrett won her fifth medal at Orkney 2025.Perrett, along with Fred Crosby and Tony Vardon won bronze in the team recurve head to head. Having lost to Guernsey 6-2 in the semi-finals the trio recovered to beat Shetland 6-0 in the bronze medal play-off. It was a first bronze of the games for Perrett, who has won mixed and women's recurve team head to head knockout gold and women's 1440 recurve gold.She also won a silver in the single 1440 recurve team event. "I didn't think I'd be coming home with anything, so to win gold on the first day and a silver was fantastic," Perrett told BBC Radio Jersey."Winning that gold on the first day definitely helped, it boosted my confidence that maybe I can do this."Having that team around you and seeing that other people are here to support has definitely helped."Perrett's medal came as Jersey's bowlers won their third medal of the games.The island's men's triples side of Josh Band, Kevin Le Long and Michael Rive won silver behind hosts Orkney.
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- The Independent
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