The Isle of Wight has finished the NatWest Island Games in 5th place in the medals table with 15 gold medals.
Our competitors gained a total of 38 podium places: 15 gold, 15 silver and 8 bronze. 23 of these medals were won by our shooting aquad: 9 gold, 10 silver and 4 bronze.
On the 6th day of competition, we took 4 medals: 2 gold, a silver and a bronze.
Shelley Sprack won the Isle of Wight’s 9th shooting gold medal in the ISSF 10m Air Pistol. Shelley scored 222.5, ahead of Jersey’s Sarah Chalker (219.9) in silver medal position and the Isle of Man’s Kathryn Holden (197.6), who took bronze.
Shelley has now amassed 1 gold and 4 silver medals in all shooting competitions.
Charlie Metcalfe, Holly Newton and Carly Scoble took gold in the half marathon team event ahead of the Isle of Man and the Western Isles. The trio’s triumph is the 3rd gold medal for our Athletics squad.
The Isle of Wight’s Charlie Metcalfe also took silver in the Individual Half Marathon in a time of 1:22:58, 43 seconds behind the Isle of Man’s Rachael Franklin in gold medal position.
The Isle of Wight’s men’s football team have taken bronze by beating Bermuda 2-1 in the 3rd-place play off. Both Isle of Wight goals came courtesy of Joe Craig.
Sadly, the men’s basketball team just missed out on a podium place, losing 74-43 to the Cayman Islands in the Bronze Medal Match.
Final medals table for the 2023 NatWest Island Games below:
The population of Guernsey compared to the population of the Isle of Wight
and Guernsey walked all over us.
Which means what? By your standards, India should be the second best at every sport in the world, yet I can’t name their sporting achievements?
Well done to all the competitors that took part. Congratulations to the medal winners, and to the others, competing is what sport is all about. I hope you all enjoyed the experience.