Jersey's men win Island Games mountain bike gold

Jersey's mountain bike team have had an excellent Island Games

Jersey's cyclists have added another gold medal to their tally at the 2025 Island Games after winning the team mountain bike cross country title.

The squad of Liam Cadoret, Jay Cracknell, James Dilks, Jacob Mauger and Ben Richards all finished inside the top eight as Jersey's riders dominated the race ahead of Isle of Man and Guernsey.

Mauger won individual silver, finishing almost two minutes behind Shetland's gold medallist Grant Ferguson.

Dilks took bronze 1.14 mins behind Mauger while Cracknell was almost two minutes further back in fourth place.

Jacob Mauger has helped Jersey win some of their eight cycling medals so far at the 2025 Island Games

Richards finished seventh and Cadoret eighth as Jersey won their fourth cycling gold and their second team mountain bike title - the island were team criterium winners on Tuesday.

Jersey are top of the cycling medal table, having won four gold, two silver and two bronze medals.

"I'm super happy," Mauger told BBC Radio Jersey.

"I got a really good start and then just held it from there.

"I knew I was going to be up there, but to get second is just amazing and for the team to all be inside the top 10 is just amazing as well."

Another medal for archer Perrett

Mollie Perrett has won three gold medals as well as silver and bronze at Orkney 2025

Meanwhile, Jersey archer Mollie Perrett won her fifth medal at Orkney 2025.

Perrett, along with Fred Crosby and Tony Vardon, won bronze in the team recurve head to head.

Having lost to Guernsey 6-2 in the semi-finals, the trio recovered to beat Shetland 6-0 in the bronze medal play-off.

It was a first bronze of the Games for Perrett, who has won mixed and women's recurve team head to head knockout gold and women's 1440 recurve gold.

She also won a silver in the single 1440 recurve team event.

"I didn't think I'd be coming home with anything, so to win gold on the first day and a silver was fantastic," Perrett told BBC Radio Jersey.

"Winning that gold on the first day definitely helped, it boosted my confidence that maybe I can do this.

"Having that team around you and seeing that other people are here to support has definitely helped."

Jersey also won silver in the compound head to head team event thanks to Hannah Bridle, Heath Perrett and Francisco Rocha.

The trio were beaten 215-195 by Faroe Islands in the final, having narrowly defeated Isle of Man 220-218 in the semi-finals.

Elsewhere, Jersey's bowlers won their third medal of the Games.

The island's men's triples side of Josh Band, Kevin Le Long and Michael Rive won silver behind hosts Orkney.

Also on the podium were Amelie and Will Turpin, who won bronze in the squash mixed doubles.

The pair defeated Clare Townsend and Thomas Whiteway from the Isle of Man 15-14, 15-11 in the third place play-off, having lost to Orkney pair Aimee Drever and Finlay Scott 15-14, 11-15, 12-15 in the semi-finals.