Island Echo is taking a look at the Isle of Wight teams participating in each sport at this year’s Island Games in Orkney, which get underway on Saturday 12th July
The Isle of Wight is taking a team of 16 athletes to the Island Games in Orkney this month – competing in a total of 12 events.
Our Island Athletics team will be hoping to improve on their 7th place in the medals table in Guernsey in 2019, when we came behind Guernsey, Saaremaa, Isle of Man, Jersey, Ynys Mon and the Faroe Islands.
The last time we competed – at the Guernsey Island Games in 2023 – our athletes picked up a total of 6 medals: 3 gold, 3 silver. Our gold medallists were: Nick Percy (discus), Andy Frost (hammer) and Charlie Metcalfe, Holly Newton and Carly Scoble (team half-marathon). Daniel Eckersley (3000m steeplechase), Amy Kellard (10000m) and Charlie Melcalfe (individual half-marathon) all came home with silver medals.
Of the Guernsey medallists, only Carly Scoble, Daniel Eckersley and Amy Kellard will be returning at this year’s Island Games.
Team Isle of Wight:
Skyler Brown – shot put
Eden Canning – 100m hurdles
Eddie Chambers – 800m
Charlie Button – high jump
Daniel Eckersley – 5000m, 10000m, half-marathon
Bethany Howarth – half marathon
Dave Hunt – half marathon
Amy Kelland – 5000m, 10000m
Sophie Hogton – 100m hurdles
Sophie McCallum – 100m
Archie Pearson – 800m, 1500m
Jacob Patey – 110n hurdles, 400m hurdles
Noah Patey 400m hurdles
Carly Scoble – half marathon
Holly Whitter – javelin, shot put
Ellen Williams – 5000m
All track and field events will be held at the at Pickaquoy Centre in Kirkwall, apart from the half marathon, which will be run along the roads of the Islands’ capital.
Athletics events start on Sunday 13th July, finishing on Friday 18th July.
