2023 Island Games: Jersey beat Guernsey to win table tennis team gold

Jordan Wykes' opening win over Ben Foss set the tone for the final

Jersey beat Channel Island rivals Guernsey 4-0 to win table tennis gold at the 2023 Island Games.

The result avenged the 2019 final when Guernsey beat Jersey 4-2 in Gibraltar.

Jordan Wykes beat his Guernsey rival Ben Foss 3-0 in the opening game before Commonwealth Games player Hannah Silcock beat Alice Edwards 3-2.

Luc Miller got a tense 3-2 win over Garry Dodd before Silcock and her sister Kathryn beat eight-time gold medallist Edwards and Dawn Morgan 3-1.

"It's my 16th birthday and I couldn't have asked for a better present.," Hannah Silcock told BBC Channel Islands.

"Going into my first match against Alice I wasn't too sure as I'd never beaten her before and she's a great player.

"But once I won that match we knew anything was possible and we were in good shape to win gold."

Guernsey win first bowls medal in 18 years

Guernsey's women defeat Falkland Islands' men to win open triples gold

Guernsey's women bowlers took Island Games gold in the open triples as they beat the Falkland Islands' men 20-6.

Former world indoor champion Alison Merrien and her teammates Catherine Bonsall and Shirley Petit controlled the final throughout to win in 13 ends.

Jersey and Guernsey's men's triples sides both won bronze medals after coming second in their pools.

The medals are the first in bowls at an island games for 18 years - the sport has not featured since Shetland 2005.

"It's been an amazing trip so far and the team played well so we came away with gold, which is great," Merrien told BBC Channel Islands.

"I felt confidant, I thought if we could start well and settle down we'd have a good chance, and that's what we did, so the plan worked."

Hidrio wins gold for Jersey

Rhys Hidrio carried Jersey's flag at the opening ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Jersey cyclist Rhys Hidrio won gold in the Men's Individual Mountain Bike Criterium.

The Commonwealth Games rider edged out Guernsey rivals James Roe and Bradley Vaudin in a tight finish.

But Roe's silver and Vaudin's bronze helped Guernsey win the team gold with Hidrio and his compatriots having to settle for silver.

Guernsey's women also took silver in their team event.

More archery gold for O'Sullivan

Jersey's gold medallist Lucy O'Sullivan has shot for Great Britain

Jersey's Lucy O'Sullivan has won her third gold medal of the Island Games after helping her island beat Guernsey in the final of the Mixed Compound Head to Head Team Knockout.

The Great Britain international and her teammates - who were top seeds - beat old rivals Guernsey 142-139 to win the final.

Jersey had beaten Orkney in the semi-finals while Guernsey overcame second seeds Isle of Man by a single point to reach guarantee a medal.

Jersey also won bronze in the Mixed Recurve Head to Head Team Knockout after beating Guernsey 6-2.