AS Team Jersey, Guernsey and Sark wind down from their exertions on the boat back home this afternoon, the Channel Islanders can look back with considerable pride at their achievements in the Isle of Wight.

FOUR more gold medals, in sports as diverse as archery, squash, swimming and shooting, have taken Team Jersey from fifth to third in the medals table.

TEAM JERSEY almost doubled their medals tally on the third day of competition in the NatWest Island Games yesterday.

TEAM Jersey more than doubled their medal total on day two of the NatWest Island Games yesterday, but still dropped a place to fifth in the table.

The Rhodes football team have been banned from the next two Island Games as a result of their abusive behaviour in a match against Jersey last night.

It is day 3 of the The Natwest Island Games in the Isle of Wight and Jersey is currently fifth  on the medal table.

JERSEY’S sports stars were aiming for the top at the NatWest Island Games yesterday – including high-jump gold medallist Simon Phelan.

ONE silver and two bronze medals in yesterday’s Town Criterium helped lift the spirits of a cycling team rocked by an injury to Chris Spence in a first corner 12-bike accident.

AS sports fans eager to attend the London Olympic Games attempt to secure tickets, Jersey is turning its eyes towards another international sporting event which might be relatively small scale but is nevertheless of great significance.

MORE than 200 Jersey athletes swapped one island for another yesterday when they travelled to the Natwest Island Games in the Isle of Wight.