Team Guernsey ended this year’s Island Games in third place on the medals table with 20 Gold, 19 Silver, and 20 Bronze.
The Faroe Islands topped the table all week, amassing 41 Gold, 31 Silver, and 23 Bronze by Friday afternoon.
Jersey came second with 30 Gold, 25 Silver, and 19 Bronze.
Guernsey were just ahead of the Isle of Man who came in fourth with 19 Gold medals.
They amassed 26 Silver and 33 Bronze to secure 78 medals in total compared to Guernsey’s 59 but the medals table is based on Gold medals putting Guernsey one place ahead.
Alderney and Sark’s teams did not win any medals this summer but both island’s achieved some impressive results in Orkney over the past week.
Sark’s pair were by far the smallest team – with Kevin Adams and Elizabeth Norwich representing their home in archery.
Alderney’s six strong team was the second smallest at the Orkney Games.
Alderney competed in athletics and lawn bowls.
Guernsey had entered the athletics, lawn bowls, swimming, cycling, archery, triathlon, badminton, sailing, golf, gymnastics and squash.
The Sarnians secured medals in eight sports – with swimming and athletics the island’s most successful events.
