News Release - Monday 11 July
GOLD AND SILVER FOR IDENTICAL TWINS FROM THE CAYMAN ISLANDS NATWEST ISLAND GAMES SHETLAND 2005
Sibling rivalry has taken on a new meaning for two athletes from the Cayman Islands who are competing in the NatWest Island Games in Shetland this week.
Identical twins Carlos and Carl Morgan (18) sprinted alongside each other in the 200 metres final at the NatWest Island Games in Shetland this evening
(11 July 2005), taking Gold and Silver medals respectively.
Harcourt Wason, the Athletics Team Coach for the Cayman Islands Games, said:
'This is a great day for the twins and a very exciting time for the Cayman Islands. In all my time coaching I have never had two siblings competing against each other and to take first and second in their first event is fantastic. Let's hope they can keep this up!.'
The Morgan brothers will also be competing together in the 100m, long jump and javelin events later in the week and they are expecting to compete against each other in every final.
Carlos Morgan said: 'This is brilliant! We are now looking to meet each other in the final of all the other events we are taking part in and we are aiming for nothing less than the gold and silver in every event. It doesn't matter too much who wins.
'I now have my sights set on the Games javelin record which now stands at 59.42m. I have been regularly throwing 58 and 59 metres in training. Last year I threw a personal best of 59.72 metres so I am pretty confident.'
The brothers train together and feel their performances have been picking up all season. Carl has been slightly stronger in the 100m and long jump while Carlos edges ahead in the 200 metres and javelin. Being used to temperatures of 97 degrees, the big climate change they have had to cope with in Scotland certainly hasn't affected the boys' current form in training since arriving in Shetland!
This is a first NatWest Island Games for the boys. However their older brother Neville (20) competed in Guernsey in 2003 in the 100m, long jump and
4 x 100m relay, when the Cayman Islands team won the gold medal and set a new Games record.
There is obviously a warm and very strong bond between the Morgan brothers, but is there any resentment when it comes to the final results? Carl Morgan
said: 'No, it really doesn't matter who wins, we are just sharing our talent.'
They not only share their athletics training sessions and disciplines they are also both studying physical education at Lindsey Wilson in Kentucky.
It was another great day for Shetland and Orkney at the Games today.
Michelle Sandison from Shetland won the gold in the women's 10,000 metres, with Helen Cromarty from Orkney winning Gold in the Shot Put. Faye Richardson (another twin) from Unst, the northern most island of Shetland won Silver in the 100 metres.
In the team events Shetland won Silver in Badminton and in the ISSF Skeet in the Clay Pigeon Shooting competition; with a Bronze coming in Badminton and Indoor Bowls Men's Fours.
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Day 3 Natwest Island Games XI Shetland 2005 Results Overview and Scottish Performances
Athletics
It was a fantastic day for Scotland in the athletics, winning 2 golds and a silver.
In the final of the women's 10,000m, Michelle Sandison took gold for Shetland in 38:19.74. Nikki Neal of Alderney took the silver in 38:27.80 and Aland's Carita Sodergard took the bronze in 39:05.63.
In the final of the women's 100m, Faye Richardson won silver in 12.64 just behind Jenna Gaio of Cayman Islands who took gold in a time of 12.62. Emily Young of Isle of Wight took the bronze in 12.87.
In the women's shot putt, Helen Cromarty of Orkney won gold after throwing 11.76. Louise Kneen took the silver for Isle of Wight with a throw of 10.86. Isle of Wight also took the bronze after Natalie Badham threw 10.41.
Archery
After day 1 of the Single FITA Women's Recurve, Annabel Eltome-Middlemass of Orkney stands 5th with a score of 410, closely followed by Shetland's Morag Hughson in 6th with 409 points. Karen Daw of Jersey leads with 448 points.
In the men's event Jim Eltome-Middlemass of Orkney is top of the leader board with a total score on day 1 of 458. Fellow team members, Ian Brough and David Kennedy finished 11th and 12th respectively with Graham Brough finishing 21st.
Shetland's Keith Lobban finished 3rd with a score of 424. Lindsay Nicol and John Clayton also of Shetland finished 6th and 25th respectively.
On the first day of the Single FITA Women's Compound, Shetland's Sara Leith currently lies in 8th with a score of 447. Jane Moore of Isle of Man leads with 557 points.
In the men's event Shetland's Ryan Leith finished 3rd with fellow team mates Billie Finnie, Thomas Worthington and Martin Krusche, finishing 7th, 9th and 12th.
Orkney's Ian Kennedy finished 22nd.
Badminton
After beating Greenland 3-1 in the semi finals of the team event, the strong Shetland team faced Jersey in the final but lost 0-3, picking up the silver.
In the battle for the bronze medal Guernsey beat Greenland 3-1.
Cycling
In an extremely close men's Individual Mountain Bike Criterium final, Andrew Roche of Isle of Man won his second gold of the Games, finishing in a time of 1:00:23 with James Carling of Guernsey taking the silver in 1:00:47.
James Patterson of Jersey took the bronze in 1:01:10.
Shetland's Scott Jamieson finished 6th in a time of 1:01:22. Fellow team mate George Hoseason finished in 15th position.
Football
Shetland's men's team celebrated another victory today after beating Aland 3-1.
Greenland beat Orkney 2-1. The Western Isles also lost their match 1-2 against Guernsey.
In the women's football Shetland lost 0-4 to Isle of Man.
Indoor Bowls
In the men's fours competition, Shetland won their final game, beating Western Islands 16-6.
At the end of the men's fours competition Shetland won bronze with Guernsey taking the gold and Jersey taking the silver. The Isle of Man also won bronze after finishing joint 3rd with Shetland.
Sailboarding
After the first day of the sailboarding competition, Shetland's Graham Nicol is in 2nd place behind Aland's Peter Aalto. Fellow Shetland team mates, Allan Henderson and Gary Tulloch lie 8th and 9th .
Sailing
On the first day of the Laser Radial Rig, Graham Tait and Roger Tait of Shetland stand 3rd and 4th respectively behind David Carter of Jersey and Sara Lane Pantovic of Bermuda.
Andrew Leslie and Neil Brown of Orkney finish the first day of the event in 17th and 18th position respectively.
Shooting
In the ISSF Automatic Ball Trap team event, Shetland narrowed missed out on a medal coming in 4th with a total score of 133 behind Isle of Man who won gold with a total of 155, Sark won silver with 153 and Isle of Wight won bronze with 144.
In the ISSF Skeet team event the Shetland team, John Magnes Laurenson and Karl Scott won silver behind Aland who took the gold. Isle of Man took the bronze.
On the first day of the men's Individual Air Pistol event, Dave Lewis and Kevin Gray of Shetland are top of the leader board, 1st and 2nd respectively. In the women's event, Dianne Garrick of Shetland lies 4th and Louise Robertson in 7th place.
In the men's Individual Air Rifle event, Orkney's Andrew Purchon finished the first day of the event in 7th position with 532 points. Scott Douglas of Jersey leads with 568 points.
Squash
In the play off for 5th and 6th place, Shetland battled against Orkney and in a close game beat them 3-2 to finish 5th overall in the team event.
In the final of the team event, Jersey took the gold beating Guernsey who had to settle for silver. In the play off for bronze Bermuda beat Isle of Man 3-2.
On the first day of the men's singles competition, Orkney's Ian Stout beat Shetland's Neil Petrie 3-0, Orkney's Adam Bews beat Bermuda's Melrindos Caines 3-0 and Adam Stanger of Orkney won his match against Western Islands'
Donald Maciver. Paul Mullan of Shetland lost his match against Gibraltar's Mark Tewkesbury 0-3.
Meanwhile in the women's competition Karen Pottinger of Shetland beat Orkney's Barbara Balcombe 3-0. Team mate Kirsty Clark also won her first match, beating Cath Bremner of Orkney.
Shetland's Jan Leask lost her match against Liz Martin of Bermuda 0-3 and Orkney's Betty Stanger also lost her match against Ronnie Jubb of Jersey 0-3.
Swimming
In the women's events Jennifer Salmon won gold for Guernsey in the 50m breaststroke final in 36.09, closely followed by Sarah Jane Smith of Jersey who won silver in 36.17 and Clare Grundy of the Isle of Wight winning the bronze in 36.22. Shetland's Andrea Strachan came in 6th in 36.65.
In the men's competition Thomas Hollingsworth of Guernsey won gold in the 50m backstroke final in a time of 26.39, with Simon Le Couillard winning silver for Jersey in 26.82 and Alexis Militus of Jersey winning bronze in 27.51. David Henderson of Shetland came in 6th in 28.63.
Ryan Leask narrowly missed out on a bronze medal in the final of the 200m butterfly, coming in fourth in a time of 2:15.63. Simon Couillard won gold for Jersey in a time of 2:00.07, closely followed by Thomas Hollingsworth of Guernsey winning silver and Ian Powell of Guernsey winning bronze in 2:02.03.
Jonathan Le Noury of Guernsey took the gold in the 1500m freestyle (HDW) final in a time of 16:01.39. Andrass Thomsen of Faroe Islands took silver in a time of 16:21.75 and Jersey's Stuart Black took the bronze in 16:35.51.
Shetland's Ryan Leask came in 7th in a time of 17:36.47.
In the final of the men's 4x50m medley relay, Jersey took gold in a time of 1:46.17. Guernsey took the silver in 1:47.17 and Isle of Man won the bronze in 1:50.15. The team from Shetland came in 5th in a time of 1:55.89.
Table Tennis
After a fantastic start to the competition, Shetland's table tennis team lost to Gotland 1-6. In the second round, against Guernsey the team also lost 2-5.
In a close match Orkney lost to Aland 3-4 and also lost to Jersey 2-5.
Volleyball
In the men's volleyball, Faroe Islands beat Shetland 3-0. Orkney lost 0-3 to Greenland and then lost to Aland 0-3. They also lost their final game of the day against Gotland 0-3.
In the women's event Shetland lost to Jersey 0-3.
After the second day of competition the medal table stands as follows:
1. Isle of Man 12 gold, 6 silver, 7 bronze. Total = 25
2. Jersey 9 gold, 8 silver, 6 bronze. Total = 22
3. Guernsey 7 gold, 6 silver, 9 bronze. Total = 22
6. Shetland 2 gold, 4 silver, 4 bronze. Total = 9
13. Orkney 1 gold, 1 bronze. Total = 2
Editor's Notes:
The NatWest Island Games XI, Shetland 2005, 9 - 15 July. Shetland is the first Scottish member island to host the games; and with a population of approximately 23,000 it is the smallest island population ever to host this large-scale event.
NatWest Island Games XI, Shetland 2005: http://www.shetland2005.info/ NatWest Island Games XI, Shetland 2005, event results website http//www.shetlandresults2005.com NatWest Island Games and the IGA: http://www.Islandgames.net/
The 24 member islands of the International Island Games Association are:
Aland, Alderney, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Froya, Gibraltar, Gotland, Greenland, Guernsey, Hitra, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Orkney, Prince Edward Island, Rhodes, Saaremaa, Sark, Shetland, St. Helena, Western Isles, Ynys Mon.
Sports for the NatWest Island Games XI, Shetland 2005: 15 different team and individual sports have been chosen from a list of 18 set down by the IGA:
Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Bowls, Cycling, Football, Golf, Gymnastics, Sailboarding, Sailing, Shooting, Squash, Swimming, Table Tennis and Volleyball.
Shetland
The Shetland Islands are situated 200 miles North of Aberdeen and 225 miles West of Bergen. Made up of a diverse group of over 100 islands, bordered by jagged cliffs and bleached white beaches, Shetland is ruled by water. The mainland of Shetland is approximately 70 miles in length and 35 miles wide, with a population of around 23,000. http://www.visitshetland.com
Funding Partners
Shetland Islands Council, Shetland Charitable Trust, EventScotland and sportscotland
Sponsors and Supporters
NatWest is the official sponsor to the IGA and the NatWest Island Games. The NatWest Island Games XI, Shetland 2005, is the fourth Games that NatWest has sponsored.
A large number of Shetland businesses are also supporting the games.
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