Guernsey bags third in the Island Games 2025

Guernsey finishes in a hard-fought third place, behind Jersey in second, and the Faroe Islands in first.

Guernsey finished 3rd in the overall medal table, with 20 golds, 19 silvers, and 20 bronzes.

We took the most silverware home from the swimming pool, with a total of 22 medals, eight of which were gold. 

Swimmer Chloe Bown alone took home seven gold medals, four individual and three team, plus two silvers and two bronze.

As well as medals gained, records were broken, with Chloe Bown securing a new Guernsey and Island Games record in the women's 400m individual medley.

On the first day, there was an individual silver for 18-year-old triathlete Hannah Kennedy, whose second-placed finish in her tri-debut helped the women to team gold.

Guernsey's men's took team bronze.

A 20-year Guernsey record was broken on the first day in the triple jump by Vicky Hancock, a leap that also won her a bronze.

On the second day, there was more swimming success, whilst out on the road, Guernsey's women cyclists took silver in the cycling time trial.

The four-strong squad included veteran Andrea Nightingale and they clocked a time of 1 hour 56.52 to trail winners Gibraltar by just under four minutes.

Philip Touzeau got bronze for Guernsey in the men's individual race against the clock, whilst on the athletics fields the team got a brace of bronzes.

Sprinter Abi Galpin, who was dominant in the Guernsey Games two years ago won bronze in the 100m.

Team mate and Games newcomer Amelia Hart equalled that in the 400m.

Out on the archery field there was silver for Zoe Gray in the women's compound event and bronze for Monika Komla in the women's recurve. 

On the third day, more medals flooded in, the women's medley relay team, featuring Bown, got silver in the 4x50m.

Gold success came early in the day for Rose Ogier. The lawn bowler won an individual gold and then teamed up with Julie Williams to take gold in the women's pairs at Kirkwall.

At the athletics track, Nic Ackermann got gold in the 400m hurdles and Victoria Hancock in the long jump.

Chris Bain took silver in the 1500m with a time of 3:56.63.

The men's mountain bike squad worked well together and took team silver.

Guernsey got bronze in the head recurve team archery event. 

On the fourth day, Guernsey's women cyclists swept the board in the road race, with team gold and a sprint win for Pippa Inderwick.

The successful women's swimming team of Chloe Bown, Orla Rabey, Molly Staples and Tatiana Tostevin got gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay in a time of 3.48.73.

Archer Zoe Gray was also on target for gold in the women's compound event.

On the final full day, Chloe Bown added to her medal collection.

Teammates Titianna Tostevin grabbed gold in the 50m backstroke and Orianna Wheeler and Orla Rabey got silver and bronze respectively in the 200m butterfly.

Back on track, Chris Bain got gold in the 5,000m and Rhiannon Dowinton gold in the 100m hurdles.

Guernsey's men's mountain bike team got bronze in the cross country.

There was silver in the archery and a bronze in the sailing team event.

On the fifth and final day Guernsey's men took bronze in the half marathon team award, of them, Sammy Galpin was the highest placed individual runner in fourth.

Guernsey's women were fourth in the team event.

Our final medals of the games went to cyclists Hannah Kennedy and Pippa Inderwick in the women's criterium, they also picked up gold in the team award.

We podiumed in the two women's relays, with a bronze in the 4x100m, in the final athletics event the women won silver in the 4x400m relay.

The final table saw the Faroe Islands win with an impressive 41 gold medals, and Jersey second with 30. 

A breakdown of the events can be found at Island Games Results Orkney 2025.