The 2023 Natwest International games held in Guernsey as host have been hugely succesful. It was also the best games medal haul for Ynys Mon ever!! As MerseaToJersey, three of us travelled out to Guernsey to once again give our support to Ynys Mon. After the Games Makers welcomed the ferry from Poole, it was off to find our campsite. Only MerseatoJersey could arrange to meet a BBC film crew as they arrived. After meeting them, telling our story and making arrangements to see them later, which we did many times, it was off to stake our claim on the … Continue reading Guernsey 2023 – Natwest International Island Games – The Overview

It has been a very long four years since we all gathered in Gibraltar in 2019. The world as a whole has changed a lot in that time. In all that time I have used sport as my escapism, it’s actually been NFL and the mighty Kansas City Chiefs that have been my saviour. Now it is time for all roads, planes and ferries to head to Guernsey 2023 and watch actual live sport! I’ll be heading out there with my brother Pete and a bloke called Dave. (Pic taken at football during Gotland 2017. Dave, Pete & Rob) What … Continue reading The Buzz of the Games

We’ve looked at the men’s football tournament for Guernsey 2023’s Island Games, and now it’s the turn of the women. This tournament is easier to predict in that all sides have competed before and there are a few games where the sides have not met before. Group Stage Ten sides are entering the tournament this year. Group A features three-time winners Aland and they are down to win every game based on previous head-to-head records. Bermuda and Jersey have never met; both have pretty similar records in women’s football, so we’ve notched that up as a draw. Hitra are currently … Continue reading Women’s Football – Statistical Preview