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BBC News
4 hours ago
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'Unassuming' star Nowacki ends with eight Island Games golds
Jersey swimmer Filip Nowacki has ended the Island Games with eight gold medals. The 17-year-old European junior champion twice smashed the Island Games record to win the 200m breaststroke on the final day of taken more than four-and-a-half seconds off the record in the heats Nowacki set another new record of 2:05.89 as he cruised to victory in the finished almost 13 seconds ahead of silver medal-winning teammate Oscar Dodds as he set a new mark almost nine seconds quicker than the old record set by Faroe Islands' Olympian Pal Joensen set in 2015. It was the latest success for the 17-year-old who has the potential to be one of Jersey's finest-ever this month he won two gold medals and a silver at the European Junior Championships as he dominated the breaststroke set a new European junior record in the 200m breaststroke while he also took gold in the 100m breaststroke - breaking the British junior record held by multiple Olympic gold medallist and world record holder Adam came a few months after he won his first senior British medals having been included in the Team GB world class programme for the first time."He comes here, he performs well, but you wouldn't know he's at the level he's at, he sort of just mucks in with everyone," Jersey swim coach Nathan Jegou told BBC Radio Jersey."He's very unassuming, dedicates himself to being the best sportsman he can be and we're proud to have him with us."He's put himself on the map. He's top 10 in the world probably at the moment." That talent has seen him win a total of 11 medals of all colours in the short-course event in Orkney. If he were an island on his own as of Thursday evening Nowacki would be seventh on the medals table lying in-between hosts Orkney and the Isle of despite seven individual golds, he says his best memory has been breaking the Island Games record with his team-mates to win the 4x100m medley relay on Wednesday."I think yesterday's relay really topped it," he said."To win and to break a championship record is truly special, so to be able to stand at the top with the boys that I've trained with in the past is truly amazing."While the 2028 Olympic Games in Los Angeles is the longer term goal for Nowacki, next summer's Commonwealth Games is very much on his radar. With Jersey competing as a nation in their own right in Glasgow, Nowacki will have the chance to race at his first senior international meet against the best swimmers from the British home nations as well countries including Australia, Canada and South Africa."Peak male performance is not until your mid-20s, he's 17, so he's in no rush and we keep trying to tell him that," added Jegou, who has coached Nowacki since he was 11 in Jersey before encouraging him to move to Millfield School last year. "I think coming to these sort of events allows that to happen as well, that's why I think the Commonwealth Games next year will be good."But his coach says the Island Games has been a great first experience of a multi-sport event."Sometimes being an elite sportsman can be hard work, you can be quite isolated, especially in individual sports," Jegou said."So he's here with 15 other Jersey people that he's grown up with pretty much, and he loves that, so as long as he keeps enjoying it, who knows?" Elsewhere Clara Ginnis showed she was the class distance swimmer of these games as she won the women's 800m freestyle by almost six seconds from compatriot Hannah Sterry. She added the 800m title to the 40mm and 1500m freestyle gold medals she had won earlier in the games. Sam Sterry won silver in the men's 400m freestyle while Megan Hansford, Hannah Sterry, Erin Goodbody and Ellie Grant helped Jersey win bronze in the women's 4x100m women medley relay.
BBC News
4 hours ago
- Business
- BBC News
Mission to power ferries and boats with hydrogen power
A Jersey yachtsman hopes to reduce the maritime industry's emissions by using hydrogen power to fuel boats and racer Phil Sharp has used an £347,000 grant from the States of Jersey to develop a hydrogen-powered sailing plan now is for his company, OceansLab, to scale this sustainable technology to larger vessels, including ferries."I have always been keen to push a new clean tech that we can adapt to the marine environment," he said. "This is the moment to try and kick-start the industry to demonstrate technologies that we can embrace for like inter-island ferries but also short sea shipping and longer-term, deep-sea shipping," he said."My goal is to get this technology into real vessels and ships as quickly as possible in order to reduce the detrimental effect we are seeing from the maritime sector."OceanLab uses hydrogen fuel cells and solar said the company was currently trying to commercialise the technology in order to have a "greater environmental impact" and has recently moved into a production centre to start creating and assembling the technology to Sharp also said the company has been visiting schools to teach them about clean energy on the island.
BBC News
5 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Jersey beaten by Bermuda in dramatic football semi-final
Jersey's men have been beaten in the semi-finals of the Island Games football tournament after conceding twice at the end of extra time to lose 3-2 to Bermuda. Kenny Mills and Jace Donawa scored in a two-minute spell in the final three minutes of extra time to inflict a first Island Games defeat on Jersey in more than a means Jersey will face the Isle of Man for a bronze medal on Friday - the side who had inflicted their last loss on them in 2015. Jersey had been the reigning champions having won gold in 2023 in Guernsey. Jersey start well before Bermuda come back Harrison Moon gave Jersey a 12th-minute lead when he capitalised on a defensive error to fire home. The dominant Channel Islanders felt they should have been 2-0 up 12 minutes later when Tom Goncalves' header appeared to cross the line but was not given by the upped the pressure after the break as Harry Gladdish pulled off a good save from Donawa after an after Bermuda had a goal disallowed as Donawa's shot came back off the bar and Mason Christian put the ball into the net, but the effort was ruled out for an offside in the build up. The Bermuda pressure eventually told when substitute Andrew Armstrong broke through the Jersey defence and slotted past Gladdish into the bottom corner with seven minutes to go. Jersey skipper Karl Hinds just failed to get on the end of a Nathan MacDonald pass with four minutes to go while Gladdish did well to deny the onrushing Joshua Joseph moments later as both sides tried to avoid extra time. Bermuda come back to break Jersey hearts Five minutes into the first period of extra time Gladdish again proved to be Jersey's hero - Ewan Brodie brought down a Bermuda forward in the box - but the Jersey goalkeeper saved Hayden Dill's penalty and his again did well to save after a shot was deflected off Jersey defender Goncalves seven minutes later. But with the first period of time almost at an end Jersey took the lead as Sonny Cassidy rifled home the rebound after Casey Nixon's shot had been saved. Gladdish was again on hand to save his side as Hayden Mills and Amir Dill had chances after the interval, but he could do nothing when Mills lashed into the net in the 117th minute after he Glsddish saved from two minutes later Donawa cut inside onto his right foot, beat a defender and slotted into the bottom corner past the despairing Gladdish.
Yahoo
10 hours ago
- General
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RNLI warning after distress signal traced to bin
A warning has been issued by the Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI) after a distress signal was traced to a bin. RNLI Jersey said the St Catherine's inshore lifeboat investigated the Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) signal on Wednesday afternoon, which was positioned north of La Coupe Point. It said a second signal was picked up from St Helier, before the EPIRB was found in a bin with its GPS antenna cut off, triggering a false alert. The charity said: "Please dispose of EPIRBs responsibly. Remove the battery before discarding the device. It helps prevent unnecessary emergency callouts." More news stories for Jersey Listen to the latest news for Jersey Follow BBC Jersey on X and Facebook. Send your story ideas to More on this story Ferry crew and RNLI respond to alert from yacht Summer beach safety scheme launched by 999 crews Related internet links RNLI Jersey
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10 hours ago
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Jersey's men win Island Games mountain bike gold
Jersey's cyclists have added another gold medal to their tally at the 2025 Island Games after winning team mountain bike cross country gold. The squad of Liam Cadoret, Jay Cracknell, James Dilks, Jacob Mauger and Ben Richards all finished inside the top eight as Jersey's riders dominated the race ahead of Isle of Man and Guernsey. Mauger won individual silver as he finished almost two minutes behind Shetland's gold medallist Grant Ferguson. Dilks took bronze 1:14 behind Mauger while Cracknell was almost two minutes further back in fourth place. Richards finished seventh and Cadoret eighth as Jersey won their fourth cycling gold and their second team mountain bike title - the island were team criterium winners on Tuesday. Jersey are top of the cycling medal table having win four gold, two silver and two bronze medals. 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.
