Jersey netball player makes Commonwealth Games history

She may not be representing Jersey in the Gold Coast, but Guthrie has made her island proud after beating New Zealand in a tense match. The centre played a vital part in helping Team GB beat the Silver Ferns 54-45, the first time ever in Commonwealth Games history. The English Roses are now through to the semi-finals.

 

What a feeling.

have beaten for the first time in Commonwealth Games HISTORY

They now go through to the semi finals undefeated. #TeamAndCountry#GC2018Netballpic.twitter.com/9Nwt0ssF0P

— Team England (@TeamEngland) April 11, 2018

Elsewhere, Jersey fullbore shooter, Barry Le Cheminant is keeping his cool in the Gold Coast, finishing the first day of the individual event just three target shots behind the leader.

The 53-year-old, who made his first Commonwealth Games debut in Australia in 1982, was hoping to repeat the success he had in the last Commonwealth Games in 2014, when he led the individual event for the first two days.

But he finished the first day of the competition – which involved shots over 300, 500 and 600 yard distances – in 6^th place with a score of 105 and 12v bulls. That’s just three v-bulls, which is a shot in the small centre circle of the target, behind Australia’s Jim Bailey who is leading the competition.

Fellow Jersey fullbore shooter David Le Quesne, who shot with Le Cheminant in the pairs competition, is currently 18^th out of 33, with a score of 103 and 10v bulls.

Le Cheminant and Le Quesne still have two more days of competition, shooting over distances of 300 to 1000 yards to be in with a chance of a medal.

In badminton, men’s double Matthew Bignell and Alex Hutchings narrowly won their match 23-21 and 21-19 against Uganda. They now face Sri Lanka in the next round tomorrow.

 

Well done to Elise from Jersey putting up good fight against @ChloeBirch95 in the singles, playing in her 1st Com games. Remember helping coach her when she was a very young girl.. Great achievement to make it to such a prestigious event #TeamJersey#friendlygamespic.twitter.com/B9QXrgGA10

— Nathan Robertson OLY (@Nath_Robertson) April 11, 2018

After being knocked out of the women’s doubles event with a 2-0 loss to Northern Ireland with team mate Emily Temple-Redshaw, Jersey’s Elise Dixon had a tough match against England’s Chloe Birth in the singles event. Dixon lost 2-21 and 5-21, but will now compete in the mixed doubles with Jersey’s Alex Hutchings. 

Jersey has been knocked out of the bowls after a run of defeats in the last day of the group stages. Malcolm De Sousa, who reached the quarter finals in the men’s triples event, sadly didn’t repeat that success in the singles competition. Despite being the first to put points on the scoreboard, De Sousa lost 16-21 to Papa New Guinea’s Matu Bazo.

Pictured: Jersey’s women’s triple won their match against Namibia, but lost their final match against New Zealand. (CWAJ)

Jersey women’s pair Rachel MacDonald and Chrissie Grimes struggled against Sandra Bailie and Catherine Beattie from Northern Ireland. They lost their fourth match 27-8, finishing bottom of their group.

The women’s triple also had a difficult match against group leader New Zealand. After a win against Namibia, the Jersey women weren’t able to keep up with the kiwis and lost their final match 8-24, putting them third in their group.

Lead photo by England Netball.