GUERNSEY have been seeded for next year’s NatWest Island Games and as a result cannot meet Jersey in the group stage.

CLAIMS that the 2010 Island Games in the Isle of Wight are under threat have been rubbished as no more than an internal spat triggering a knee-jerk reaction.

RUN-OFFS as late as next May are on the cards to determine final selection for Guernsey’s 2011 Island Games track and field team.

JOSH GOSSELIN has claimed his maiden UK win to give his confidence a major boost ahead of the Commonwealth Games.

THE Island Games is not something you can simply give up, said the man at the top of the bank which will back the island at the next two NatWest Island games.

THE Island Games simply cannot grow any more, says International Island Games Association chairman Jorgen Pettersson.

BOWLS, judo and squash could get the chop for good as the Island Games looks to cap the number of its sports.

THE Team Guernsey spirit is the envy of other islands, was the message from GIGA chairwoman Denise Fawcett as the Aland Games 2009 came to a close on Saturday.

FROM a thousand miles or so away from the action it is as clear as the Aland summer skies this week that, viewed as an entity, Guernsey’s team has exceeded expectations.

Guernsey 5, Isle of Man 0 THEIR best performance of the tournament came a day too late, but at least Guernsey ended their Island Games on a high yesterday after.