Island Games

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Once again a massive congratulations to the team for achieving team gold for the 4th Island Games in a row. Also, to all of the individual medallists

Day 6  

MEN'S SINGLES:  SILVER MEDAL! 

Garry Dodd won the silver medal after a 4-2 defeat to Greenland's excellent Ivik Nielsen.  Earlier he had beaten Isle of Wight's George Downing 4-1 in the semi-final, while Nielsen had knocked out Jersey's top seed Jordan Wykes on the adjacent table

WOMEN'S SINGLES: BRONZE MEDAL! 

Dawn Morgan almost made a brilliant comeback from 3-0 and 10-8 down against Karlinannguaq Lundblad from Greenland, but eventually  missed out 11-9 in the 7th game.

MEN'S DOUBLES: BRONZE MEDAL!

Garry Dodd & Ben Foss have claimed a bronze medal after the narrowest of defeats in their semi final by the Nielsen brothers from Greenland

WOMEN'S DOUBLES: SILVER MEDAL!

So close for Paula and Dawn in the women’s doubles final. They received silver after losing out to Gotland in the 5th set 6-11. A massive well done to them both. In the morning session they had beaten Kerenza Baker & Katherine Vinas from Isle of Man.

MIXED DOUBLES: BRONZE MEDAL!

Garry Dodd & Dawn Morgan narrowly missed out on their chance in the mixed doubles semi-final, they were defeated 11-9 in the 5th set by Aland’s Marina Donner and Johan Pettersson.

Day 5  

MEN'S SINGLES:

There are a tasty set of quarter finals in store as all 3 remaining Guernsey players progressed with impressive 4-0 victories in the Round of 16. In the Round of 32, Josh Stacey produced an excellent win against Greenland's dangerous Aqqalu Nielsen, coming back from 3-1 down to win 11-9 in the 7th game. Ben Foss was beaten by Joan Bibiloni from Menorca.

WOMEN'S SINGLES:

Dawn Morgan is the sole Guernsey participant left in this event after tough matches for Sam and Daisy Kershaw ended in defeat. Daisy fell at the hands of Jersey's experienced ay Lefebvre, while Sam fought well against Aland's Island Games stalwart Marina Donner. Dawn had a comfortable 4-0 win against Faroese Rakul Mikkjalsdottir.

Earlier, Sam Kershaw beat Shetland's Alison Laurenson 4-0, but Paula Le Ber was knocked out by Rakul Mikkjalsdóttir from Faroe Islands. Dawn Morgan and Daisy Kershaw had received byes to the Round of 16

MEN'S DOUBLES:

Garry Dodd and Ben Foss booked themselves a semi-final spot with a comprehensive win over Cayman's Wayne Alexander and regular Guernsey visitor Leigh Hipkins. In the previous round they inflicted a 3-0 defeat on Jersey's Tyler Gosselin & Jack Mills.

WOMEN'S DOUBLES:

In an all-Guernsey affair, it is Dawn Morgan & Paula Le Ber who progress, with a 3-0 win over the mother-daughter combination on Sam & Daisy Kershaw

MIXED DOUBLES:

Garry Dodd & Dawn Morgan are safely through to the semi finals after a 3-0 win over a Menorcan pair followed by a 3-0 win over A Nielsen & K Lundblad of Greenland. Josh Stacey & Sam Kershaw narrowly lost to Frodi Jensen & Anna Mikkjalsdóttir 3-2 in the quarter finals

Day 4  

It was a successful day in the Singles events this morning as all 8 Guernsey players progressed through their group to the knockout phase.

Garry Dodd, Lawrence Stacey and Ben Foss won their respective groups while Josh Stacey was runner-up after defeat to Antoni Morente of Menorca.

In the Women's, Dawn Morgan topped Group 3, while Paula Le Ber, Sam Kershaw and Daisy Kershaw progressed as runners-up in their groups.

In the Doubles events, Garry Dodd & Ben Foss are safely through to the knockout although Josh and Lawrence Stacey agonisingly went out on points countback, finishing 3rd in their group.  Both Women's pairs qualified, although Paula Le Ber & Dawn Morgan were pushed all the way to deuce in the 5th by the strong Greenland pairing of Lundblad & Serubabelsen P.

Three of the four Mixed Doubles partnerships are still involved, with only Ben Foss & Daisy Kershaw not progressing, again narrowly on countback.

Day 3

Gold for Guernsey! A 4-2 win against the old rivals clinched a 4th consecutive gold medal in the team event, a record now stretching back to 2011. 

Final

Guernsey 4 - 2 Jersey

Tuesday 9th July 2019 10:00

Garry Dodd 3 - 1 Luc Miller

8-11, 11-3, 11-4, 11-8

Lawrence Stacey 0 - 3 Jordan Wykes

7-11, 14-16, 5-11

Garry Dodd 2 - 3 Jordan Wykes

11-8, 9-11, 3-11, 13-11, 7-11

Dawn Morgan 3 - 0 Kay Lefebvre

13-11, 12-10, 11-9

Paula Le Ber / Dawn Morgan 3 - 0 Kay Lefebvre / Irene Bree

11-7, 11-4, 11-8

Dawn Morgan / Garry Dodd 3 - 0 Jordan Wykes / Kay Lefebvre

11-4, 11-6, 11-8

Day 2

Guernsey are into the final!

A quarter final victory over the Isle of Wight and semi-final win over Gotland means that Guernsey will play Jersey for the gold medal tomorrow (Tuesday) morning.

Semi Final

Quarter Final