Ynys Môn athletes Cari Hughes and Osian Perrin both experienced a record breaking weekend by setting new Welsh Athletics National Records. On Saturday 15th March, Osian Perrin broke Roger Hackney’s 40-year-old Welsh 5K road record. Perrin crossed the line in 13:34 to claim sixth place in a high quality race. Osian claimed gold for Ynys Môn … More Ynys Môn Athletes Break Welsh National Records
Blwyddyn Newydd Dda – A Happy New Year to all of you. Since the Orkney 2025 Island Games football draw was done, there have been some sides dropping out. We’ve still got both sides committed and training ahead of the Games. Due to the changes, we wanted to provide an update on the current state … More Football Draws – An Update
The football draw for the 2025 Island Games in Orkney has taken place. Earlier in September, a draw took place for all interested islands for the 12 men’s and 12 women’s spots. The numbers in 2025 are reduced due to the limited accommodation available in Orkney. Thankfully, both our men’s and women’s teams were lucky … More Orkney 2025 Football Draws
Alternative Clay EventLocation: Shetland Dates: 5th – 11th July 2025After the disappointing news earlier this year that Orkney decided to withdraw the Clay Shooting from the 2025 Island Games, Shetland have stepped into the breach to offer an alternative clay event, please see the attached proposal from Shetland.As you can imagine this is a very … More Alternative Clay Shooting Event
From iiga.org PLANS FOR YNYS MÔN TO HOST THE 2027 ISLAND GAMES POSTPONED – FAROE ISLANDS READY TO STEP IN The Ynys Môn Island Games Association and the Organising Committee of the Island Games 2027, in conjunction with the Executive Committee (EC) on behalf of the International Island Games Association (IIGA), have agreed that the 2027 Games cannot … More Island Games 2027 – New Hosts
Six weeks ago we were at the end of a fantastic week on Guernsey for the XIX edition of the Island Games. The week was full of action, records, medals and entertainment. Competition was fraught, exciting, competitive but friendly. Ynys Môn took a team of 116 competitors plus officials with the aim of building on … More Guernsey 2023 Review
Ynys Môn finished off their Island Games 2023 experience in style as five medals were won, taking the medal total to 18 – a best ever result at an Island Games. Siblings Iolo and Cari both grabbed gold medals to complete a Hughes double in the 800m athletics events. The men’s 4x100m relay team won … More Best Ever Island Games For Ynys Môn Confirmed On Final Day
The men’s footballers have done it again this evening at a sunny Blanche Pierre Lane. Ynys Môn took on Bermuda in the semi final of the football tournament and won 2-0. The first goal came from Matt Reynolds after a pullback from Liam Morris. The second goal came from Sam Gregson who was there to … More Footballers Delight On Day 5
Osian Perrin stormed to an incredible win in the men’s 5,000m at the athletics stadium. The pack started slow, and after a few laps Osian decided to put his foot on the gas and stretched out to a huge lead. His pace increased as the race went on and the gold was his, and along … More Perrin Strikes Gold On Day 4
It was another fantastic evening at the athletics stadium for Ynys Môn as three more medals were won. Iolo Hughes stormed to success in the men’s 1500m. He won that event at Jersey 2015 and this time round looked even stronger, breaking the Ynys Môn record. Quickly after this, it was his sister’s turn. Cari … More Athletics Team Success Continues On Day 3