Campbell wins Island Games shot put gold for Jersey

Evan Campbell upgraded the bronze medal he won two years ago for gold in 2025

Jersey's Evan Campbell has won shot put gold for Jersey at the 2025 Island Games.

Campbell threw a distance of 14.29m to finish 0.29m ahead of Orkney's Calum Elder, and while Saaremaa's Rauno Liitmae won bronze with 12.87.

It was an upgrade on the bronze medal that Campbell won in the event two years ago in Guernsey.

"As there's been no discus at these games that cuts out a few of the throws as a lot of people come over and do the discus and the shot put," Campbell told BBC Radio Jersey.

"I think my throw today would have been bronze again in Guernsey, so it was a bit of an easier field.

"But I still had to step up and handle the pressure."

On the track, Jersey's George Rice won silver in the 10,000m.

Rice was the best of the rest, finishing more than two minutes behind Isle of Man's Corrin Leeming, who set a new Games record of 29 mins 56.11 secs.

In the men's 100m, the team won silver and bronze as Jamie Oldham held off new Jersey record holder Steven Mackay in a race won by Menorca's Sebastia Pons Triay.

The pair had finished fourth and sixth respectively at the previous Island Games.

Four archery medals for Jersey

Jersey archer Mollie Perrett won gold in the Single WA 1440 Women's Recurve event.

Perrett was 40 points clear of Falkland Islands' Louise Clarke, with Guernsey's Monika Komla a further four points back.

It was one of four archery medals won by Jersey as Perrett and her teammates Frederick Crosby, Darren Jones and Tony Vardon took team silver.

Angela Perrett won an individual Single WA 1440 Women's Compound bronze medal, and she and teammates Hannah Bridle, Francisco Rocha and Heath Perrett took team bronze.