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Jersey end Island Games with cycling gold medal
Jersey end Island Games with cycling gold medal

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time6 days ago

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Jersey end Island Games with cycling gold medal

Jersey cyclist Jacob Mauger capped off an excellent 2025 Island Games as he won bronze in the men's criterium and helped the island win team - who won two mountain bike team golds and was second in the cross country - was third in a sprint finish around the streets of means Jersey finish second on the medals table behind Faroe Islands with 30 gold, 25 silver and 20 bronze medals, one place ahead of Channel Island rivals gold medal winner Aaron Genestar Sanchez finished just ahead of Isle of Man's Tyler Hannay with Mauger a second behind. Meanwhile Mauger's Jersey teammate Tom Huelin was just behind him in fourth while Ollie Cadin was seventh and Sam Nisbet eighth as they all finished in the leading Jersey results meant they were the top team ahead of silver medallists Isle of Man and isle of Wight who won bronze. "I didn't really expect it, but mountain biking yesterday must have done the legs some good," Mauger told BBC Radio Jersey."It's probably up there with one of the best weeks."It was a lot of fun with the team, a really good atmospheres, the Jersey team is amazing." 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 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 Manxmen equalised only for Robert Martins-Figueira to restore the lead once 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 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."

Nowacki wins seventh gold medal at 2025 Island Games
Nowacki wins seventh gold medal at 2025 Island Games

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time16-07-2025

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Nowacki wins seventh gold medal at 2025 Island Games

Jersey swimming star Filip Nowacki took his gold medal tally to seven at the 2025 Island Games. The 17-year-old Team GB swimmer - who recently won two titles at the European Junior Championships - again proved to be the class athlete in Orkney as he broke two more records. Nowacki beat the 100m individual medley record as he took gold from Isle of Man's Harry Robinson as Jersey teammate Isaac Dodds was was third. He also got an individual gold in the 50m butterfly before helping the 4x100m medley relay team set a new Island Games record as Sam Sterry, Isaac Thompson and Dodds helped him claim gold. Nowacki also added a bronze to his collection in the 4x50m mixed medley relay alongside Dodds, Elizabeth Grant and Megan Hansford. Jersey won two more gold medals in the pool as Thompson beat teammate Oscar Dodds to gold in the men's 200m backstroke while Hansford and Elsa Dodds won silver and bronze in the women's 200m backstroke. Glara Ginnis won the women's 400m freestyle while Sterry won silver in the men's 800m freestyle. Double gold for Jersey's cyclists Jersey's men celebrated team road race gold as Tom Huelin took the individual title. Huelin outsprinted a five-rider lead pack around Orkney as he held off Menorca's silver medallist Roberto Ledesma Estevez and Isle of Man's Tyler Hannay who won bronze. Jersey's remaining three riders were all in the chasing group which finished 16 seconds behind the medallists - Ollie Cadin leading it in sixth place, Jack Rebours one spot further back in seventh and Sam Nisbet in ninth. Huelin's gold was Jersey's first individual cycling title at the 2025 Island Games, having won the mountain bike team criterium gold on Tuesday. Archer Perrett strikes gold again Jersey archer Mollie Perrett won her third gold medal of the games as she took the women's recurve head to head knockout title. Perrett thrashed Guernsey's Monika Komla 6-0 to add to her individual and team knockout recurve titles she won earlier in the week. Meanwhile Jersey's Hannah Bridle won bronze in the women's compound head to head. Having lost 134-129 to Guernsey's Zoe Gray in the semi-finals Bridle defeated Jersey teammate Angela Perrett 130-121 in the third-place play-off. Jamie Oldham won his second silver medal of the games as he was second in the 200m. The sprinter was 0.19 seconds behind Menorca's Sebastia Pons Triay in Kirkwall. It was the second time he had finished behind the Spaniard, who also claimed the 100m title on Monday. And there were three squash doubles medals for Jersey pairs. Matthew Boote and Antony Harkin won men's doubles silver while Beth Garton and Amelie Turpin came second in the women's doubles. Turpin them teamed up with William Turpin to win mixed doubles bronze.

Nowacki wins seventh gold medal at 2025 Island Games
Nowacki wins seventh gold medal at 2025 Island Games

BBC News

time16-07-2025

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  • BBC News

Nowacki wins seventh gold medal at 2025 Island Games

Jersey swimming star Filip Nowacki took his gold medal tally to seven at the 2025 Island 17-year-old Team GB swimmer - who recently won two titles at the European Junior Championships - again proved to be the class athlete in Orkney as he broke two more beat the 100m individual medley record as he took gold from Isle of Man's Harry Robinson as Jersey teammate Isaac Dodds was was also got an individual gold in the 50m butterfly before helping the 4x100m medley relay team set a new Island Games record as Sam Sterry, Isaac Thompson and Dodds helped him claim also added a bronze to his collection in the 4x50m mixed medley relay alongside Dodds, Elizabeth Grant and Megan won two more gold medals in the pool as Thompson beat teammate Oscar Dodds to gold in the men's 200m backstroke while Hansford and Elsa Dodds won silver and bronze in the women's 200m backstroke. Glara Ginnis won the women's 400m freestyle while Sterry won silver in the men's 800m freestyle. Double gold for Jersey's cyclists Jersey's men celebrated team road race gold as Tom Huelin took the individual title. Huelin outsprinted a five-rider lead pack around Orkney as he held off Menorca's silver medallist Roberto Ledesma Estevez and Isle of Man's Tyler Hannay who won remaining three riders were all in the chasing group which finished 16 seconds behind the medallists - Ollie Cadin leading it in sixth place, Jack Rebours one spot further back in seventh and Sam Nisbet in ninth. Huelin's gold was Jersey's first individual cycling title at the 2025 Island Games, having won the mountain bike team criterium gold on Tuesday. Archer Perrett strikes gold again Jersey archer Mollie Perrett won her third gold medal of the games as she took the women's recurve head to head knockout title. Perrett thrashed Guernsey's Monika Komla 6-0 to add to her individual and team knockout recurve titles she won earlier in the Jersey's Hannah Bridle won bronze in the women's compound head to head. Having lost 134-129 to Guernsey's Zoe Gray in the semi-finals Bridle defeated Jersey teammate Angela Perrett 130-121 in the third-place play-off. Jamie Oldham won his second silver medal of the games as he was second in the 200m. The sprinter was 0.19 seconds behind Menorca's Sebastia Pons Triay in was the second time he had finished behind the Spaniard, who also claimed the 100m title on there were three squash doubles medals for Jersey Boote and Antony Harkin won men's doubles silver while Beth Garton and Amelie Turpin came second in the women's them teamed up with William Turpin to win mixed doubles bronze.

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