Filip Nowacki’s performances so far would put him seventh on the medals table if he were his own island
Jersey swimming star Filip Nowacki took his gold medal tally to seven at the 2025 Island Games.
The 17-year-old Team GB swimmer – who recently won two titles at the European Junior Championships – again proved to be the class athlete in Orkney as he broke two more records.
Nowacki beat the 100m individual medley record as he took gold from Isle of Man’s Harry Robinson as Jersey teammate Isaac Dodds was was third.
He also got an individual gold in the 50m butterfly before helping the 4x100m medley relay team set a new Island Games record as Sam Sterry, Isaac Thompson and Dodds helped him claim gold.
Nowacki also added a bronze to his collection in the 4x50m mixed medley relay alongside Dodds, Elizabeth Grant and Megan Hansford.
Jersey won two more gold medals in the pool as Thompson beat teammate Oscar Dodds to gold in the men’s 200m backstroke while Hansford and Elsa Dodds won silver and bronze in the women’s 200m backstroke.
Glara Ginnis won the women’s 400m freestyle while Sterry won silver in the men’s 800m freestyle.
Double gold for Jersey’s cyclists
Tom Huelin added two road race golds to the team time trial silver he won on Tuesday
Jersey’s men celebrated team road race gold as Tom Huelin took the individual title.
Huelin outsprinted a five-rider lead pack around Orkney as he held off Menorca’s silver medallist Roberto Ledesma Estevez and Isle of Man’s Tyler Hannay who won bronze.
Jersey’s remaining three riders were all in the chasing group which finished 16 seconds behind the medallists – Ollie Cadin leading it in sixth place, Jack Rebours one spot further back in seventh and Sam Nisbet in ninth.
Huelin’s gold was Jersey’s first individual cycling title at the 2025 Island Games, having won the mountain bike team criterium gold on Tuesday.
Archer Perrett strikes gold again
Mollie Perrett has been Jersey’s top archer at the 2025 Island Games
Jersey archer Mollie Perrett won her third gold medal of the games as she took the women’s recurve head to head knockout title.
Perrett thrashed Guernsey’s Monika Komla 6-0 to add to her individual and team knockout recurve titles she won earlier in the week.
Meanwhile Jersey’s Hannah Bridle won bronze in the women’s compound head to head.
Having lost 134-129 to Guernsey’s Zoe Gray in the semi-finals Bridle defeated Jersey teammate Angela Perrett 130-121 in the third-place play-off.
Jamie Oldham has won silver medals in both the sprint events
Jamie Oldham won his second silver medal of the games as he was second in the 200m.
The sprinter was 0.19 seconds behind Menorca’s Sebastia Pons Triay in Kirkwall.
It was the second time he had finished behind the Spaniard, who also claimed the 100m title on Monday.
And there were three squash doubles medals for Jersey pairs.
Matthew Boote and Antony Harkin won men’s doubles silver while Beth Garton and Amelie Turpin came second in the women’s doubles.
Turpin them teamed up with William Turpin to win mixed doubles bronze.
