Live Updates: NatWest Island Games Day #1

[Updated] The 2013 NatWest Island Games are underway today [July 14], with athletes from 22 different islands taking part in over a dozen sports across the island.

Bermuda has 7 medals thus far:

1. Cycling: Nicole Mitchell won gold in the women’s individual road race
2. Cycling:Karen Bordage won silver in the women’s individual road race
3. Cycling: Women’s cycling team won gold in the team event
4. Triathlon: Laurie Orchard won bronze in the women’s triathlon
5. Triathlon: Women’s triathlon team won silver in the team event
6. Gymnastics: Women’s gymnastics team won silver in the team event
7. Shooting: Bermuda won silver in the 50m Prone Smallbore Rifle team event

View all our Island Games coverage here & updates below:

Update July 15: The 7th Bermuda medal has been confirmed, with Carl Reid and Ross Roberts combining to win the silver in the 50m Prone Smallbore Rifle team event,

Update 11.40pm: In basketball action, Bermuda defeated Saaremaa 58 – 51. These are the sole two teams competing in basketball in these Games.

Update 10.22pm: As of this writing, the official medal table shows Bermuda in 1st place with 6 medals

Update 10.02pm: The Bermuda men’s football team has defeated Greenland 3-0. Goal scorers were Domico Coddington [10 min], Antwan Russell [51st min, penalty] and Zeiko Lewis [58th min].

Update 9.14pm: The Bermuda football team is now up 2-0 against Greenland, with the second goal coming from a penalty.

Update 8.46pm: The football games are underway, with both Bermuda teams taking on Greenland. The Bermuda women’s team romped to a 5-1 victory, and as of this writing the men’s game is still in progress with Bermuda up 1-0.

Update 3.40pm: In some of the pre-final action around the island….the Bermuda women’s volleyball team defeated Hitra, and will take on Saaremaa tomorrow, while the Bermuda’s Beach Volleyball duo of David Gazzard and Yves Charbonneau defeated the Faroe Islands in straight sets 21-13, 21-14 and the tennis team is through to the semi-finals.

MEDALS: The Shooting Olympic Skeet Team competition has concluded, with the Faroe Islands winning gold, Åland taking silver and the Cayman Islands winning bronze. Bermuda placed 5th.

BERMUDA MEDALS: The Bermuda women’s gymnastics team [Gabby Vincent, Tabytha Hofheins, Sydney Mason, Zantae Dill, Danielle Wall & Sadia Wilson] won silver in the team event, with Isle of Man taking the gold and Faroe Islands winning the bronze.

BERMUDA MEDALS: Bermuda’s female triathletes have taken us up to 5 medals, with Laura Norman, Martina Olcheski-Bell and Laurie Orchard winning silver in the team triathlon. Bermuda now has 2 golds, 2 silvers and 1 bronze

Update 2.39pm: Another photo of Bermuda’s Laurie Orchard who won a bronze in the women’s triathlon.

BERMUDA MEDALS: Bermuda’s Laurie Orchard takes our medal tally up to four, claiming a bronze in the women’s triathlon. Kerry MacPhee of the Western Isles took gold and Lynsey Henderson of the Shetland Islands takes the silver. All three medalists are pictured below. Also in the field was Bermuda’s Martina Olcheski-Bell who placed 8th and Laura Norman who recorded a DNF.

MEDALS: The men’s triathlon medals have been confirmed: Bobby Oag of Orkney won the Gold, Gudmundur Joensen of the Faroe Islands takes silver and Peter Fenwick of the Shetland Islands takes bronze. All three medalists are pictured below.

Tucker Murphy — who represented Bermuda in the Winter Olympics — was the top Bermudian male triathlete in 6th place. Bermuda’s Jonathan Herring was 17th, Kent Richardson was 23rd, Adam Hopkin was 27th, Geoff Smith was 33rd, and Timothy Goodyer was 37th.

Update 12.56pm: Video below shows “Hail to Bermuda” being played as Bermuda’s Nicole Mitchell receives her gold medal in cycling.

Update 12.24pm: The gold medal winning Bermuda women’s cycling team have received their medals

Update 12.13pm: As of this time, Guernsey leads with 4 medals, Bermuda has 3, Isle of Man and Jersey have 1, while the Faroe Islands has 1.

Update 12.07pm: Results for Bermuda’s male cyclists:

• 13th Shannon Lawrence
• 15th Johan Vivier
• 19th Geri Mewett
• 20th Dominique Mayho
• 23rd Darren Glasford

MEDALS: Men’s Individual Road Race Tobyn Horton of Guernsey takes gold, Torkil Veyhe of Faroe Islands takes silver, Andrew Roche of the Isle of Man takes bronze. The video of the finish of the men’s race is below.

MEDALS: In the men’s team cycling Guernsey takes gold, Isle of Man takes silver, Jersey takes bronze.

BERMUDA MEDALS: Make that 2 golds for Bermuda as the women’s cycling team also won the gold medal in the team event. Guernsey won silver, and Jersey won bronze.

BERMUDA MEDALS: Nicole Mitchell [pictured above] and Karen Bordage captured Bermuda’s first two Medals of the NatWest Island Games 2013. Mitchell powered her way to a Gold Medal in the Women’s Individual Road Race, while Bordage finished second picking up the Silver Medal. The video below shows the start of the race.

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