JERSEY retained the U14/15 athletics inter-insular trophy in Guernsey by a decisive 42-point margin with the final score Jersey 294, Guernsey 252.

A dominant performance by the U15 sections ensured Jersey’s victory, with the impressive Jamie Stevenson breaking the Jersey and inter-insular discus record with an excellent throw of 41.03m.

In all, four competition records were broken, the other three by Guernsey athletes.

Jamie’s team-mates in the U15 section were equally dominant with only Guernsey’s Matthew Loveridge spoiling their winning streak and winning both the 800 and 1,500m races.

Peter Rothwell produced two personal best performances in gaining second place.

Rory Forrest had a splendid day winning the 100m and 400m and placing second in the long jump.

Brother Calum won the hurdles and was pushed to a good time, in windy conditions, by team mate Dominic Robson.

Blake Kennedy gained a PB of 5.13m in the long jump and the other PBs in this section both came from Luke Le Sueur who won the 200m in 25.5 seconds and recorded 12.33m in the shot putt, just 30 cm behind Jamie Stevenson’s winning putt, and for such good results Luke collected the shield on behalf of his team.

The U15 girls also won their age-group, only Guernsey’s Dara Hubert taking a win, in the 1,500m to record a time of 5.47.9.

Sophie Twinam won the long jump and high jump, but was depirived of the hat-trick by Jennie Harrop who took first place in the hurdles.

Rebecca Duquemin followed Sophie with two wins and a second place, with the strange combination of the 100m, discus and shot.

She will, perhaps, be looking at multi-event competitions in the future.

Personal bests in this section came from Charlotte Bowman in the shot putt who won the event with 8.87m and young Ruth Stilwell in the 1,500m with 6 min 15.8 sec.

Outstanding results from the U14 girls came from Gemma Dawkins, who did the sprint double, while Jenna Murphy, who won the high jump, placed second in the long jump with a new Jersey Y7 record of 4.75m and ran a brave 800m – not her distance – for the benefit of the team.

Also running in the middle distance races were other girls from Yr 7, which means that they have another year in this section.

They were Eleanor Humphrey, Vanessa Giacopelli and Nicola Milner, all of whom gave a good account of themselves.

Emma Wilton gained two excellent second places in the shot putt and discus behind Guernsey’s impressive young thrower Amy Cresswell.

Another PB came from the multi-talented Amy Dingle who recorded 4.61m in the long jump – inside the old Jersey record – and competed in the 200m, high jump and relay.

A Jersey win depended on the final event, the relay – and Guernsey had to break the competition record to beat Jersey and win the section.

The boys’ U14 section was another close competition with the lead changing hands after almost every event.

Guernsey eventually emerged as winners with their dominance in the middle distance races and throws.

Jersey’s Michael Weir was really the athlete of the match though, as he was the only competitor to win all three individual events, the 100m, 400m and long jump.

Ciaran Cooper won the high jump with a new PB of 1.60m and Chris Mourant came away with two new PBs, in the triple jump with 9.96m and the long jump with 4.65m.

The 800m was an exciting race with Guernsey’s Daniel Carré breaking the competition record and all three athletes behind improving their own PBs.

Jamie Sewrey recorded a time of 2.21.2, a massive five second improvement on his previous best – and he went on to run a fine 1,500m race.

All the Jersey athletes performed well and the minor placing were important in accumulating a score to out-point Guernsey for the trophy again.