you can t play football. or, you can t do that. some harsh comments as well along the way. but i think being here today and doing what i love doing, representing the island and the country, i think i proved them wrong. tesni has some special supporters in the crowd today. hello. do you mind if ijust come sit with you? peter and rita thomas travelled all the way to guernseyjust for one day to watch their granddaughter take on the home team. we came this morning - on the ferry and after the game we are going back on the ferry. it s unbelievable really that she was chosen . and she was really chuffed - that she could come to guernsey and play for our little island. very, very proud. she s worked so hard. with the score at 2 2, tesni is brought off the subs bench. quite emotional. i was battling some big emotions coming on that pitch that day. come on! just knowing that i had them there,
they fell in love with us. and now, as you can see, dressed in all this stuff, we re part of the team. it is overwhelming for us because this is the first time that 6020 participated in international games. everybody cheers everybody else on. we call it the friendly. games and it really has. everybody here has a good time. zoe clements attending her first island games. what an honor to do the water ceremony. this just feels like one big family reunion. we ve got so many communities from so far away, but they ve all got one thing in common, which is to do their absolute sporting best for their islands. i ve played davis cup for bermuda. i ve traveled around the world, but the island games, with all the islands coming together, the energy is great. one island s success will contribute to another island s success. that s what it s all about. welcome to guernsey.
to the islands to stand in so that when they come in, they re in the right orderfor the parade. 0h, what s that? that sjersey, isn t it? yeah. everything must run like clockwork. well, the media, we re putting up on the walkway so that you get a bit of a better view over there. so behind the wall, on the raised bit. yeah. and then they get brought over here where the attaches will get the flags and get their placards. the games have happily combined the entrepreneurial flair of the olympics with the enthusiastic dedication of the true amateur. the island games began with just 700 athletes. tojoin, an island must have a population of less than 120,000. over a0 years, the event has just kept on growing. it all began in douglas, isle of man. they realised in 1985 that they should provide better
across the island, jacqui bowles is on a mission. i ve been here for a week and i ve set myself a quest to get a photo of myself with every island competing in the games, all 24. and i literally have st helena to get my 24. so i ve come to a football match. with just a couple of hours left before herferry home, jacqui s tracked down the missing team as they played their last game. now, we didn t know what to expect. we came into the unknown. so we only have six teams in a league and no international competition here. and that s probably if they come to the island, the navy or something
in a way that they might not have if they were just focusing on the main global stuff, that you ve got your olympics, you ve got your commonwealth games, you ve got the world championships. charmaine s positive attitude shines brightly. for alderney s young athletes, it s infectious. we want to try and develop athletics on the island, and i wanted to get more people involved. so we ve got a young lady who s running for us today who started running two years ago. 19 year old emma etheridge was persuaded to run the half marathon at the very last minute. i think it was yesterday. last night, i did the 1500, did ok, but a friend gave me a lift back to town. and was like, you know, why don t you give the half a go?