We've been so focussed on other events that it wasn't until Katherine Williams sent us a note that we even realised that the Island Games were on...

"Henry - kind of some cool results from the Isle of Man for the July 7-13 Island Games for competitors in 14 sports from 22 small-island countries. I pulled the tri results from Sunday's race off their website, the start of which was witnessed by the Earl and Countess of Wessex (Edward and Sophie) as they spent a day going around Douglas, watching the sports and presenting some medals. There were 47 finishers in the men's race, proving that triathlon is alive, well and competitive in some very little-known places (triathlon-wise)."

The men's race was won by Paul Clements (Jersey) in 2:00:25 with James Amy (Jersey) second in 2:01:25 and Chris Volley (Isle-Wight) third in 2:03:59. For the women, Melissa Messervy (Jersey) won in 2:18:37 with Natasha Abels (Jersey) second in 2:25:38 and Samantha Kemp (Jersey) third in 2:27:27.