Sailing away at top

Wednesday 29th June 2011, 2:30PM BST.

Guernsey sailor Andy Bridgman has opened an impressive lead in the Laser radial competition after six of 10 races in the Isle of WIght. (Picture by David Ferguson, 1152060)

RHODES’ footballers have kissed goodbye to NatWest Island Games football for at least six more years.

That was the big negative to emerge from day three of competition in the Isle of Wight, the big positive being that Guernsey continue to sail away from the opposition at the top of the medals table.

Half-a-dozen golds took the Sarnian tally to 20 titles, eight clear of the nearest opposition, Isle of Man.

Jon Marley, the Guernsey Island Games Association team manager, refuses to countenance that topping the medals tally is a certainty, but so far so very good was his reaction to another golden day in which swimming again came good.

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sean

June 29, 2011 at 11:24 pm

Good riddance Rhodes!! Their players have proven before that they are animals and aren’t fit to compete in any Island Games ever again, these people simply disgust me!

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