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by Ryan Smart Joe Chadwick roars as he crosses the line in the 100 metres (Credit: David Parody) Guernsey athlete Joe Chadwick took home the gold medal from the showpiece event of the week at Gibraltar’s Lathbury Sports Complex – the 100 metres. Chadwick’s official time across the line was a personal best of 10.82. He won his heat and his semi final before finishing ahead of Cayman Islands’ Jeavhon Jackson and Tyler Johnson of Jersey in the final. Speeds were up in general in the final, the wind level standing at just +0.5, but Chadwick was still delighted with…

by George Hodgson Aland won the men’s beach volleyball gold   Åland’s duo of Aldis Jaundzeikars and Verneri Veteriö won in straight sets to take the gold in the men’s beach volleyball final at the Island Games.Winning both sets 21-18, the pair sealed Åland’s eighth gold medal of the games in front of their jubilant supporters on a boiling hot evening at Camp Bay, Gibraltar. Prior to the men’s final it was Gotland who were crowned winners in the women’s, meaning the double was on for the Swedish Island.Jaundzeikars and Veteriö had other ideas though and they gatecrashed the party…

Gotland won the  gold medal  in Ten Pin Bowling Women’s Team Event at the Kings Bowl Bowling Alley. The team from Åland took the silver medal and the bronze medal went to Bermuda.

by Jason Hamburger  The defeated Gibraltarians applaud the spectators (Pic: Eric Rowbottom) Adam Cassaglia rued his team’s offensive play and decision making as Gibraltar were narrowly beaten 64-60 by Saaremaa in a fervent atmosphere at the Tercentenary Hall. The home side were trailing for most of the Island Games semi-final and just couldn’t peg their opponents back. The coach thought his side’s attack was ‘stagnant when moving forward’ and their decision making and shot selection was ‘bad’.    Gibraltar now have to lift themselves for a third place play-off match against Guernsey as they aim to secure a medal for…

by George Hodgson Cayman Islands in action in Thursday’s Semi-Final (Pic: Eric Rowbottom) On the final day of competition in the 2019 NatWest Island Games in Gibraltar, the Cayman Islands will aim to retain their men’s basketball crown from 2017. Having made it five wins out of five with a crushing display against Guernsey in Thursday’s Semi-Final, Saaremaa now stand in their way of back-to-back gold medals. Cayman ran out 103-66 winners in the last four stage, showing extraordinary levels of fitness and flair. Coming into the competition as hot favourites, Cayman’s De’Andre Simpson admitted he and his team mates…

By Ryan Smart From left to right: Jake Kelly, Anthony Brindle, Christian Navas and Julian Jervis after the men’s squash doubles final (Credit: William Gracia) The Cayman Islands pair of Jake Kelly and Julian Jervis spoke of their pride after capturing one of their island’s eight Games gold medals by winning the men’s doubles squash final.Kelly and Jervis beat the Gibraltar pairing of Anthony Brindle – who is seeded second in the singles tournament – and Christian Navas 15-13, 15-11. After a closely contested first set, the second was slightly more straightforward in terms of the score although equally as…

by George Hodgson Jamie Sercombe talks to George Hodgson following their QF win over Jersey Team Gibraltar’s Jamie Sercombe is confident of making the Men’s Basketball Final after a crushing quarter-final win over Jersey. With the scoreline finishing 78-35 to the hosts, it was a comfortable passage into the last four where they will face Saaremaa. Both have won every game up until this stage, but one perfect record will be ruined come Thursday evening. Gibraltar progressed through the groups with ease, beating Menorca and Gotland convincingly. And after seeing off Jersey, Sercombe is now focused on progressing into Friday’s…

by Jason Hamburger It was a glorious victory for Becky Storrie who struck gold in the women’s Cycling time trial. The Isle of Man athlete rode to victory in 46 minutes and 10 seconds, beating the Jersey cyclist Florence Cox by just a second.It was a remarkable turn of events for Storrie, 20, who wasn’t in the original squad and only got the call on Saturday to join up with the Island Games squad.   She said: ”I am incredibly grateful to be here, I wasn’t very well last year so even just competing anywhere was a long shot.”I got…

by Ryan Smart The Isle of Man’s Rachael Franklin won the gold medal in the women’s 1,500 metres to put her island into an outright medal table lead. Franklin’s time of 4:31.06 was more than six seconds ahead of silver medallist Rebekka Fugle, of the Faroe Islands, at the Lathbury Sports Complex at the Island Games in Gibraltar. Mabel Lewis of the Isle of Wight came third. Speaking immediately after her victory, Franklin said: “After getting silver in 2017 it made me work a lot harder and I really was hungry for winning gold. “I’m super happy.”     Franklin…

By George Hodgson Shetland Island’s Seumas Mackay was ‘buzzing’ to seal consecutive Island Games’ gold medals in the men’s 800m athletics. Mackay, who broke the Shetland record at the 2017 Island Games (1.53.32), topped that again this year, clocking in a time of 1:53.18 – a full two seconds ahead of runner-up David Mullarkey, from the Isle of Man. It was Shetland’s track athlete who finished fastest in his heat on Sunday and he backed it up with a devastating performance in the final to retain his crown. To add the icing on the cake, it was the first gold…