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BBC News
16-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Record-breaking swimmers add to Manx medal tally at Island Games
There has been more success for the Isle of Man at the 2025 Island Games, with another new record set in the pool and further medals won in cycling, archery and swimmers secured three of the seven medals up for grabs on Wednesday, the third full day of competition in men's team set a new games record of one minute, 30.93 seconds on their way to victory in the 4x50m freestyle relay, with Joel Watterson securing silver in 200m freestyle, and Alex Turnbull winning bronze the men's 50m also saw four other bronze medals won, taking the Manx contingent's tally to 32 and placing the team fourth in the overall standings. The day's action in the pool at Orkney's Pickaquoy Centre saw the swimmers add to Monday's impressive haul of five the record-breaking swim by the men's team of Zachary Bellhouse, Magnus Kelly, Harry Robinson and Joel Watterson in the freestyle relay marked Robinson's third trip to the top of the podium at the current said while he had previously secured an individual gold, the relay success was "amazing"."We obviously won the gold medal in the medley relay yesterday as well and I did have an individual medal, but it is mainly about the team medals," he said. "It's just amazing to be stood up there with your mates, having just listened to the Manx national anthem and having a good time."After soaking up the atmosphere within the venue, Robinson said it felt "surreal" to be part of it."This is my second international experience and there's always a really good turnout from the Manx fans."And it's just amazing, the noise, the atmosphere was just perfect." On the track outside at the same venue, there was success for Aimee Christian in the 400m a repeat of her performance from the previous games in 2023, she secured bronze in the contest, finishing behind the competitors from the Faroe Islands and Guernsey with a time of 1: told Manx Radio Sport she had put in a "stronger" performance this time round despite the blustery said: "I'm really happy with it, just the wind took it out of us, but I think we all felt the same and it was a good race between the three of us at the end."She said her training and preparations ahead of the Orkney event had seen things "come together" for her, with her times coming down by seven seconds."Everything just massively helps when it all comes together and I think over the past two years it's really clicked," she success was followed by another bronze on the athletics track for the Isle of Perry put in a time of 3:57.6 in the men's 1,500m to finish third behind Jersey and Guernsey, with Manx team-mate Ryan Corrin in 12th place. There was also more success for the island's cyclists, who secured the first Manx medal of the day by taking bronze in the men's team Collins, Mark Horsthuis, Eric Kelly and Ross Thornley took third behind the Channel Islands to Manx Radio Sport afterwards, Kelly said it was "really tough going"."There wasn't much rest on that course, and in the heat as well it was really tough," he said."There were some really fast riders up the front so it was just try and manage your race and not blow up too early."As a team we rode pretty well, so I'm happy with the performance." And Ethan Moore and Aalin George took mixed bronze in the archery compound events, slotting in behind the Faroe Islands and Jersey in the final 2025 Orkney Island Games continue until Friday, with more action involving Manx athletes in archery, athletics, badminton, cycling and golf due to take place on Wednesday. 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.
BBC News
14-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Island Games: Christa Cain smashes record to win gold
Manx athlete Christa Cain has told how she is "absolutely buzzing" to have broken the championship record to win gold at the Island Sunday's women's 10,000m race at the Pickaquoy Centre in Orkney she shaved off around 55 seconds with a time of 35 minutes and 16 Regan Corrin was successful in defending his high jump title at the competition after clearing 1.97 means the Isle of Man sits in second place in the medals table. After surpassing Aland's Ann-Catrin Nordman's record set in 1997, Cain said "I lost track of my laps, so it was just head down and just keep going".The runner, who received a standing ovation from the crowd as she crossed the finish line, said "the noise was something else". "I can't actually believe it, it was phenomenal, the crowd out here were insane, there was really amazing support the whole way around."I couldn't be happier, I'm so proud to represent the Isle of Man at my first games."However, Cain's debut campaign is far from over, she is set to be on the start line of the 5,000m race on Wednesday and the half-marathon on Friday. The first gold of the 2025 multi-sport event for the Isle of Man was claimed by 18-year-old said he was "happy to have won" and to take home a second games gold by defending his title, but was "disappointed" not to have cleared the 2.05m he attempted."My main aim was to challenge the record. I wanted to come and jump high, but I could get there next time I guess."On Sunday, Corrin also made it through to the semi-final of the 100m race and across the week will compete in the long jump, triple jump, 100m and 400m at the Pickaquoy Centre, the home of athletics for the event, Georgia Price secured a silver medal in the triple jump with a distance of with 11.53m, behind Jersey's Zara Asante, who jumped in the day the Isle of Man's first medal of the Orkney Games came in the triathlon when Clara Isaac claimed bronze at the event, which took place around Stromness Isle of Man features in 11 of the 1 sports at the games, which run until 18 July, Monday will see the first cycling, swimming, gymnastics and archery events of the competition. 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.
