JERSEY athletes continue to shine in Orkney tightening the gap with the Faroe Islands at the top of the medal table after Day Four of competition.
Medals in Swimming, Athletics, Squash, Cycling, and Archery contributed to Jersey’s rise in the table.
Swimming
Another fantastic day in the pool brought a wonderful story to fruition.
The Dodds family stole the spotlight on Day Three of the Orkney 2025 Island Games swimming competition, with Isaac, Oscar, and Elsa all earning podium finishes, a remarkable achievement for the siblings.
Isaac Dodds won bronze in the Men’s 100m Individual Medley alongside the unstoppable Filip Nowacki. Nowacki broke yet another Island Games record in the race, securing his sixth gold of the week.
Nowacki has proven how relentless he is, his second gold of the night came in the Men’s 50m Butterfly. No record this time, but yet another top prize for the young swimmer.
Oscar Dodds won silver in the Men’s 200m Backstroke, a fantastic swim alongside teammate and gold medalist Isaac Thompson. The pair proved to be a level above the field with 0.1 seconds between their times, and a four second lead on third place.
Elsa Dodds, similar to her older brother, earned her podium finish in the 200m Backstroke. Dodds competed alongside Megan Hansford who acquired a silver medal with yet another remarkable performance.
Clara Ginnis’ success in the pool continued with another gold medal. Just a day after smashing the 1500m Freestyle, Ginnis proved her ability to compete in a number of events. She took gold in the 400m Freestyle ahead of talented Guernsey pair Orla Rabey and Delphine Riley. Jersey’s Hannah Sterry narrowly missed out in fourth.
Continuing on the family theme, Samuel Sterry earned his third medal of this year’s games in the 800m Freestyle. An excellent eight minute and nine second swim secured Sterry a comfortable silver. His brother, Thomas, was also pipped to the bronze medal. The Sterry family were just seconds away from replicating the Dodds’ impressive family feat.
Archery
Mollie Perrett is proving to be an unstoppable force in the Recurve Archery competitions at this year’s Orkney Island Games.
Mollie Perrett won four successive Head-to-Head matches to strive for gold in the Women’s Recurve Head-to-Head Knockout competition. A feat never achieved by a female Jersey athlete.
Perrett began with a 6-0 victory over Orkney’s Rosanne Copland. Advancing to the Quarter Finals she met the talented Kirsty Lewis from the Falkland Islands. Standing up to the challenge Perrett prevailed 6-4 in a tight match-up.
Perrett faced the eventual bronze medal winner Duna Anne Rocha Martos from Menorca in the Semi-Final. Perrett continued to convey her composure beating her opponent 6-2.
In the Final, Perrett went arrow-to-arrow with Guernsey’s Monika Komla. Perrett’s opponent showed her ability in the Single WA 1440 Women’s Recurve on Monday, winning the bronze medal, making for a great Final match-up.
Perrett did not succumb to the pressure of the rivalry; she did quite the opposite. Perrett one 6 straight games to put her opponent to bed securing her second individual gold of the games, and her third overall.
Guernsey’s Zoe Gray prevailed in the Women’s Compound Head-to-Head Knockout winning gold, her second medal of the Games. Gray beat Jersey’s Hannah Bridle 134-129 to advance to the Final, where she met Faroe’s Anja Eydnudottir.
Gray was triumphant in the Final winning 137-132 to earn Guernsey another gold medal.
Eydnudottir also toppled a Jersey athlete in the Semi-Final in Angela Perrett, meaning the bronze medal play-off was a guaranteed medal for Jersey.
Bridle took home the bronze medal with a 131-120 win over Perrett senior.
Cycling
Jersey acquired two more highest honors in the Men’s Road Race.
Tom Heulin was the star of the show managing to top a field of 46 racers to take home the gold medal. After narrowly missing out on a podium finish in the Time Trial earlier in the week, Heulin made sure he walked away with the plaudits this time out.
Jersey also won the Men’s Road Race Team Award. Four excellent races, boasting four of the top nine races, meant Jersey toppled the 11 challenging teams to take home the top prize.
Ollie Cadin finished in sixth place with team captain, Jack Rebours, travelling close behind in seventh. Samuel Nisbet completed the top-class Jersey races finishing in ninth place.
Rebours was ecstatic with the team’s performance: “Firstly, it’s incredible for Tom to win the individual gold, and for us to follow up with team gold and everyone in the top ten is unreal.”
Rebours continued: “We had this down as our strongest event, and we more than backed that up today. I couldn’t be prouder of the team.”
Squash
Three well-deserved medals in squash reward Jersey’s hard work.
Mixed Doubles pair Will and Amelie Turpin proved the power of the sibling bond, as they powered to the bronze medal with an excellent straight-sets victory in the third-place play-off against the Isle of Man’s Thomas Whiteway and Clare Townsend.
In a close first set, the Jersey duo clinched a nail-biter 15-14, before sealing the win with a slightly more comfortable 15-11 second set.
Elsewhere, both Jersey’s men’s and women’s pairs competed in their respective double’s finals. After failing to reach a final in the singles event, both pairs guaranteed themselves a medal with their performances.
The men’s pair of Antony Harkin and Matt Boote came through the quarter-finals in straight sets, 15-8, 15-9 over Bermuda, before a thrilling 2-1 victory in the semi-finals over Guernsey pair Janick Radford and Jack Turvey, Harkin getting revenge for his singles defeat to Radford.
Harkin and Boote met the impressive Cayman pairing of Julian Jervis and Cameron Stafford in the final. The Cayman Islands squash domination was continued as the Jersey pair were beaten 2-0 by the better team, giving Cayman their fourth squash gold.
Nonetheless a silver medal for the pair is an excellent result, especially considering the lack of experience in the doubles format. Harkin mentioned that he hadn’t played doubles on a full court since the Gotland 2019 Island Games.
The third medal came in the Women’s Doubles from Beth Garton and Amelie Turpin. An excellent run to the final was once again halted by the quality of the Cayman Islands’ competitors.
Turpin and Garton secured a silver medal after losing the final 2-0, a fantastic achievement for the talented pairing.
Athletics
Despite fantastic performances across the board, it was the rapid Jamie Oldham that secured Jersey’s only medal in last night’s athletics.
Oldham continued to rip up the track with his blistering pace, he and Tyler Johnson competed in the Men’s 200m Final last night.
A fleet-footed Oldham brought home a second silver medal in the sprint events with an emphatic 21.71 seconds. Oldham was beaten by the same Sebastia Pons Triay, who cleared the pack just as he did in the 100m sprint.
Johnson was unfortunate to miss out on a podium finish, running a superb race his efforts managed a very respectable fourth place.
1500m gold medalist made easy work of his 800m heat yesterday, clocking the fastest time from all three heats. Chamberlain’s calm and collected energy radiates in his running, he will be a shoe in for Friday’s 800m Final.
Jersey’s all-rounder Evan Campbell put in a valiant effort in the Men’s Long Jump, but his jump of 6.44m was only enough to place fifth.
Lawn Bowls
Jersey’s men’s triples team of Josh Band, Kevin Le Long and Michael Rive completed a successful day four of the Orkney Games sitting second in the round robin group table.
The Jersey trip completed three wins, a draw, and a defeat from their opening five games.
They completed a comfortable victory over Shetland Islands 17-3, which was backed up by equally impressive wins, 19-5 over Channel Island rivals Guernsey, whose team consisted of Christopher Dyer, John Rihoy and Stephen Williams, and 14-4 win over Falkland Islands.
Jersey’s draw came against Bermuda, an unlikely upset which has slightly stunted their hopes at gold.
Their one defeat, however, came against the strong home trio from Orkney, who got the better of them 15-10 and sit second in the table, with two wins from two games so far heading into day five.
Jersey has already won two medals in the lawn bowls, thanks to Michael Rive’s superb singles gold medal performance and Le Long and Band’s comeback for bronze in the pairs.
Sailing
Jersey’s sailors continue to plough away in the northern waters.
A talented contingent of sailors is making it difficult for Jersey’s best to make a breakthrough. Kai Surcouf remains in mid-table with just two races remaining, he will hope to improve on his current 12th place.
Similarly, Morgan Surcouf sits in 14th, his best result came in race two with a brilliant fifth place in the ILCA 7.
It is a similar story in the ILCA 6, Justin and Tyler Horton have remained quite consistent in mid-table. Justin remains in 12th place with a Net 69. Tyler follows with a Net 87 in 16th.
A number of events are taking place today on the penultimate day of the Games, keep up to date with the closely contested medal table here: Island Games Results Orkney 2025
