Final day photos

Below are a selection of photos from a very successful final day of competition for the Isle of Man athletics team, in which no fewer than seven medals were won. All photos are by Gail Griffiths except where indicated.

Daniel Stewart-Clague's opening jump of 12.31 metres gave him 13th place in the Triple Jump final

A tightly bunched group in the early stages of the women's 5000 metres final includes Gemma Astin and Rachael Franklin

It was a close battle for the bronze medal between Rachael and Aiya Abe of the Isle of Wight, before Rachael powered away down the back straight and into the final bend to take a superb third place

No wonder Rachael is happy afterwards...

...these are very impressive lap splits for someone who is a novice at the 5000 metres event

Keith Gerrard (third from right) gets set for the men's 1500 metres final...

...as does Andy Barron (second from right)

The Isle of Wight's Joseph Wade, an extremely good 1500m runner, did his best to hang onto Keith, but the Manxman soon stretched well clear to take the gold medal and a new Island Games record 

Keith celebrates afterwards with his dad Stuart, who was inspired by Keith's 5000m performance to make an impromptu visit to the Isle of Wight for the 1500m race. Well worth the trip I'd say! 

Hannah Riley about to resume battle with Guernsey's Kylie Robilliard on the first leg of the women's 4x100m relay final

The girls didn't quite manage to retain the title they won two years ago, but second was still an excellent performance. Left to right - Harriet Pryke, Hannah Riley, Ciara McDonnell, Sarah Halligan

The lads also ran well to claim the bronze medal in the men's 4x100m relay. Left to right - Michael Haslett, Daniel Stewart-Clague, Tom Riley, Ben Brand

Kevin Loundes leads the Isle of Wight's Thomas Wade and Bermuda's Sean Trott in the early stages of the men's 10,000 metres final. Kev took his third silver medal of the week, behind the Isle of Wight man (photo by the Brands)

Kev chats with Guernsey's Steve Dawes after the race

Martin Malone ran an excellent race to finish in tenth place, and congratulates Minorca's Pedro Pallicer who was eighth 

The three smiling medallists in the women's 5000 metres. Left to right - Bjork Herup Olsen of the Faroes (silver), Louise Perrio of Guernsey (gold) and proud Manxie Rachael Franklin (bronze)

This is the start that Harriet Pryke gave Jersey's Gemma Dawkins on the final leg of the women's 4x400m relay final...

...and here is the gap at the line. Harriet ran an incredible last leg split of 53.8 seconds, and so nearly caught the Jersey girl

No Island Games photo collection would be complete without a picture of Ciara McDonnell looking very happy! This was taken just after the women's 4x400m relay team had claimed the silver medal in a new Isle of Man record time

The men's 4x400 relay team ran superbly to win the silver medal. Left to right - Ryan Fairclough, Ben Brand, Tom Riley, Michael Haslett (photo by the Brands)

A happy Harriet shows off her four medals (photo by the Brands)

The first chapter of the week's success story was written by the Half Marathon runners last Sunday, and the team enjoy some well deserved relaxation at the last night party in Cowes. Left to right - Ed Gumbley, Kevin Loundes, Hannah Howard, Martin Malone, Gail Griffiths




Few people have put more into the Island Games over many years than these two! Geoff Corlett was the Organising Director of the very first Island Games on the Isle of Man in 1985, and did so much in the years that followed to establish the Games as a great international sporting event. Di Shimell is standing down from the athletics management team after this year's Games, having been involved in at least ten of the fourteen Games to date. Two great servants!