They added one gold, three silver and three bronze medals plus a third place swimming trophy to their collection on the Italian isle.

That moved Jersey up to an overall 17 medals (4G, 5S, 8B) and three trophies – an improvement on last year’s tally.

Despite having a small team of 29 athletes they secured seventh place overall which was announced as the Jeux des Iles came to an entertaining close at the Palestro Stadium in Cagliari.

• Full report in today’s JEP