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14 hours ago
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Half-marathon IOM magic on Island Games' final day
Manx athletes are celebrating at the Island Games after claiming 19 medals on the final day of action, including gold in both the men's and women's half-marathons. Christa Cain dominated the 13.1m (21.1km) road race to take her third victory in three races while Corrin Leeming won the men's race. Gymnast Amara Brogan also secured gold in Orkney to take the Isle of Man's medal haul to 80 and fourth place in the overall standings. There was heartbreak for the Manx women's football team, however, with them losing to Bermuda on penalties after their opponents equalised late in extra-time. Cain, who won the 10,000m and 5,000m events earlier in the week, said the "half-marathon is my bag so I was looking forward to this one, I'm much more comfortable on the road". Finishing more than six minutes clear of Jersey's Jess Troy, Cain said she had "a great time out there and the crowd were really supportive, so that helped get me round". She said the support from back home had also been a "big help - my family have been messaging me flat out because it's not been so easy for supporters to travel". Cain added: "I really can't wait to get back and give everyone a big hug." Cain also added a bronze medal in the women's team half-marathon category, alongside Dawn Atherton and Emily Mylchreest. Securing his second gold of the games by posting a time of one hour and seven minutes, Leeming said the course had been "really hard" because "it's literally all up or down, so it wasn't the fastest of days". He said he had been nervous before the race but gold had always been his goal. "I wanted it quite badly today," Leeming said, "so it's really nice to get there." As for his immediate plans, he said they would include "quite a bit of sleeping, because I'm quite tired and quite sore!" In gymnastics, Brogan topped the podium in the beam event, with Lacey Jackson coming a close second. Fraser McKenna takes home a silver from the parallel bars contest, while Harry Eyres claimed second spot in the high bar category and a bronze in the floor event. In vaulting, Elise Pease was awarded bronze, as was Aine Matthews on the asymmetric bars, which means the gymnastics squad flies home with 22 medals. Manager of the women's football team Wayne Lisy said he "really thought the team had done it" when Milly Dawson put the team 1-0 up in the second half of extra-time. He said losing on penalties had been "hard to take". But he said the squad, who very nearly missed out on the contest after being picked as third reserve in the initial draw, deserved their silver medal. While the result was not what the team had set out for, captain Becky Corkish said "the girls dug deep and left everything out on that pitch". "I couldn't be prouder of them," she added. The men's football team picked up a bronze medal, beating Jersey 3-2 after a last-minute penalty in their third place play-off. Elsewhere, cyclist Tyler Hannay added a silver medal to his collection in the town centre criterium, which means he takes home six medals - two of each colour from his first Island Games. The men's team were also awarded silver at the event held in Kirkwall. In badminton, Kim Clague missed out on claiming gold in the women's doubles for the sixth consecutive time when she and her partner Jess Li lost in the final to their opponents from the Faroe Islands. On the athletics track, Samuel Perry claimed silver in the 800m to add to the 1,500m bronze he secured on Tuesday. He was also part of the 4x400m relay team that came third on the last day of the contest, alongside team-mates Ben Sinclair and brothers Regan and Ryan Corrin. Manx runners also claimed bronze in the men's 4x100m event to take the number of medals won by the athletics squad to 15 across the week. While the Isle of Man matched the final team position achieved in Guernsey in 2023, Manx athletes picked up an 17 extra medals in Orkney, which only hosted 12 sports compared to 14 two years ago. The Games will end with a closing ceremony at The Pickaquoy Centre, which played host to five of the 12 sports, later on Friday. The next Island Games will be held in the Faroe Islands in 2027. 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 Double gold in golf adds to Manx games medal tally Isle of Man's Island Games medal tally rises to 45 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
15 hours ago
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Half-marathon joy for Team Isle of Man on Island Games' final day
Manx athletes are celebrating at the Island Games after claiming 19 medals on the final day of action, including gold in both the men's and women's Cain dominated the 13.1m (21.1km) road race to take her third victory in three races while Corrin Leeming won the men's Amara Brogan also secured gold in Orkney to take the Isle of Man's medal haul to 80 and fourth place in the overall was heartbreak for the Manx women's football team, however, with them losing to Bermuda on penalties after their opponents equalised late in extra-time. Cain, who won the 10,000m and 5,000m events earlier in the week, said the "half-marathon is my bag so I was looking forward to this one, I'm much more comfortable on the road".Finishing more than six minutes clear of Jersey's Jess Troy, Cain said she had "a great time out there and the crowd were really supportive, so that helped get me round".She said the support from back home had also been a "big help - my family have been messaging me flat out because it's not been so easy for supporters to travel".Cain added: "I really can't wait to get back and give everyone a big hug."Cain also added a bronze medal in the women's team half-marathon category, alongside Dawn Atherton and Emily Mylchreest. Securing his second gold of the games by posting a time of one hour and seven minutes, Leeming said the course had been "really hard" because "it's literally all up or down, so it wasn't the fastest of days".He said he had been nervous before the race but gold had always been his goal."I wanted it quite badly today," Leeming said, "so it's really nice to get there."As for his immediate plans, he said they would include "quite a bit of sleeping, because I'm quite tired and quite sore!" In gymnastics, Brogan topped the podium in the beam event, with Lacey Jackson coming a close McKenna takes home a silver from the parallel bars contest, while Harry Eyres claimed second spot in the high bar category and a bronze in the floor vaulting, Elise Pease was awarded bronze, as was Aine Matthews on the asymmetric bars, which means the gymnastics squad flies home with 22 medals. Manager of the women's football team Wayne Lisy said he "really thought the team had done it" when Milly Dawson put the team 1-0 up in the second half of said losing on penalties had been "hard to take".But he said the squad, who very nearly missed out on the contest after being picked as third reserve in the initial draw, deserved their silver the result was not what the team had set out for, captain Becky Corkish said "the girls dug deep and left everything out on that pitch". "I couldn't be prouder of them," she men's football team picked up a bronze medal, beating Jersey 3-2 after a last-minute penalty in their third place play-off. Elsewhere, cyclist Tyler Hannay added a silver medal to his collection in the town centre criterium, which means he takes home six medals - two of each colour from his first Island Games. The men's team were also awarded silver at the event held in badminton, Kim Clague missed out on claiming gold in the women's doubles for the sixth consecutive time when she and her partner Jess Li lost in the final to their opponents from the Faroe the athletics track, Samuel Perry claimed silver in the 800m to add to the 1,500m bronze he secured on was also part of the 4x400m relay team that came third on the last day of the contest, alongside team-mates Ben Sinclair and brothers Regan and Ryan runners also claimed bronze in the men's 4x100m event to take the number of medals won by the athletics squad to 15 across the the Isle of Man matched the final team position achieved in Guernsey in 2023, Manx athletes picked up an 17 extra medals in Orkney, which only hosted 12 sports compared to 14 two years Games will end with a closing ceremony at The Pickaquoy Centre, which played host to five of the 12 sports, later on next Island Games will be held in the Faroe Islands in 2027. 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.
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4 days ago
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Manx athletes break records on day two of Orkney Island Games
The Isle of Man scored a haul of 21 medals in the second day of action at the Island Games, breaking records in the pool and on the track along the takes the island's overall medal tally to 25 as Manx gymnasts, cyclists, archers, and the badminton team also secured podium places in swimming, it was double gold for Harry Robinson who broke the games record in the 50m backstroke event, and was also part of the record-breaking 50m medley relay Corrin Leeming became the first athlete to break the 30-minute barrier in the 10,000m at the event with a time of 29 minutes 56 seconds to clinch gold and set a new championship record. Speaking to Manx Radio Sport, Leeming, who broke the record set by Janne Holmén in 2009 by seven seconds, said he had been worried about the weather as "you're not expecting it to be hot" in said it meant the race at the at the Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall had been "hard" but modestly described the result as being "OK in the end".Leeming's win followed on from Christa Cain's smashing of the women's record in the same event the previous day.A total of five medals were secured in the nearby pool at the centre by Manx swimmers on Kinley, the island's flag bearer at the opening ceremony, took silver in the 50m breaststroke, meanwhile it was third spot on the podium for Alex Turnbull in the 100m breaststroke and Lauren Dennett in the 200m freestyle races. In Gymnastics, a sport not included since the Gotland games in 2017, the Manx squad made a sensational return securing 10 Harry Eyres, from Andreas, achieved a hat-trick of individual awards, taking gold in the high bar, silver in the floor and bronze in the vault events. He said it had felt "amazing" to compete and represent the Isle of Man, adding: "I love it, it's what we train for."Additional silver medals for the gymnastics squad went to Ewan McIlraith in the rings, and Fraser McKenna and Amara Brogan in the vault female team also also took second spot on the podium in the four-piece event at Stromness bronze medals were awarded to Leon Martin in the parallel bars and Aine Matthews and Elise Pease in the asymmetric bars. At his first games, Tyler Hannay was 2 minutes, 44 seconds clear of second place Colin Tester from Gibraltar in the individual time trial, which took in some of Orkney's as "the Ramsey tram", he said the event was "long, tough and really windy", adding: "I had to grit my teeth and push."Hannay said he was "really chuffed" to also be part of the men's team in the event that picked up gold on the day "because we're sharing that together"."At these sort of games you're able to dig quite deep, because you feel you're doing it for people back at home who were supporting us," he added. Two of the medals for the Isle of Man team on the second day of action were locked in by Manx the 1440 round, the compound team took second place, with a further bronze medal achieved by Ethan in badminton the island's team took home a bronze medal after beating Menorca in the third place competition, which runs until Friday, has welcomed participants from 24 nations from around the world to compete in 12 sports. 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.
