Gymnastics: Gymnast Daniel Lee starred for Jersey on day three of the Commonwealth Games, putting in a series of superb performances to finish a brilliant 6th in the All-Around final.
Daniel (pictured above and below) got off to a positive start on the pommel horse with 12.45, gaining around half a mark on his qualification score (11.9) from the opening day. Next the 23-year-old took to the rings, where he registered 12.9. On the following rotation Dan moved to the vault, and an impressive 14.15 saw him rise to sit in 6th place at the midway point, a position he would not relinquish. 14 points on the parallel bars, before 13.25 from the judges on the horizontal bar set him up nicely for the final rotation (floor). His routine earnt him a 12.7 and a combined score of 79.45, well up on his qualification total.
Lawn Bowls: Jersey trio Scott Ruderham, Greg Davis and skip Malcolm de Sousa (pictured below) missed out on a place in the semi-finals of the lawn bowls triples, suffering a 16-11 loss to host nation England in this afternoon’s quarter final at Victoria Park. A four in the fourth end had put Jersey 5-4 in front, with the teams then locked at 7-7 at the midway point. The England team of Louis Ridout, Nick Brett and Jamie Chestney opened up a 13-9 lead with three ends to play, and the Jersey triple were unable to pick up enough shots in the closing stages to progress.
A little over an hour later, Jersey and England went head-to-head again, this time in the quarter finals of the pairs. Jersey duo Derek Boswell (lead) and Ross Davis (skip) found themselves 8-0 down after four ends and it was likely to be a long way back from there against an in-form England pairing of Jamie Walker and Sam Tolchard. England ended up 19-6 winners to book their spot in the last four.
Swimming: All seven Jersey swimmers were in action in the pool in the space of just an hour on Sunday morning at the Sandwell Aquatics Centre. Gemma Atherley registered a new Jersey record in the 50m butterfly heats, with a time of 28.51 seconds. Harry Shalamon made it through to the semis of the 50m backstroke.