2023 Island Games: Lucy O'Sullivan wins fourth archery gold medal

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

Jersey archer Lucy O'Sullivan won her fourth gold medal of the 2023 Island Games as she took the women's compound knockout title.

The Great Britain international beat Jersey team-mate Angela Perrett 121-101 in the final after overcoming Guernsey's Zoe Gray in the last four.

Guernsey's Gray beat Isle of Man's Aaalin George 135-117 to take bronze.

Jersey's Mollie Perrett lost 6-4 to Gotland's Rebekka Gannholm in the recurve final to take silver.

Guernsey's Chantelle Bearder beat team-mate Lisa Gray to win bronze in the recurve as Channel Island women dominated the medals.

In the men's compound Jersey's Francisco Rocha beat Guernsey's Mike Marquand 124-121 to win bronze while Guernsey's Jason Le Page lost to Bermuda's Bernard Wade in the bronze medal play-off in recurve.

For O'Sullivan it was another gold medal having won two team titles with Jersey and the individual compound title.

"The games have been a little bit stressful, there;s been quite a lot of pressure that I've put on myself to perform at these games," O'Sullivan told BBC Channel Islands.

"It's quite a high level of competition so every day you have to keep going.

"We're battling in quite tough conditions which I haven't been practising in, but we keep going."

Silcock wins second table tennis gold

Hannah Silcock is making her Island Games debut for Jersey

Jersey's Hannah Silcock won her first-ever table tennis singles gold medal, to add to the team gold she won earlier in the week.

The 16-year-old Commonwealth Games player beat Aland's top seed Silver Marina Donner 4-1 in the final, having defeated Isle of Man's Katherine Vinas 4-0 in the semi-finals.

Guernsey's eight-time gold medallist Alice Edwards took bronze after losing 4-1 to Donner in the semi-finals as she returned to the Island Games for the first time since 2015.

"It's amazing. Just turning 16 and my first Island Games going up against someone who's won it many years before," Silcock told BBC Channel Islands

"I had nerves going into it, but as soon as I started getting into the momentum the crowd and the Jersey supporters were all behind me and it just felt amazing."

Meanwhile Silcock's Jersey teammate Jordan Wykes was beaten 4-2 in the men's singles final by Gotland's top seed Max Hedbom to take home a silver medal.

Jersey's Luc Miller got a bronze after losing 4-0 to Hedbom in the semi-finals.