IING Day Three: Two nations maintain perfect records

IoM & Jersey remain neck-and-neck at the summit

Both Isle of Man and Jersey maintained their perfect records during day three of the Island Invitational Netball Games in Douglas yesterday (9 November).

Thursday's on-court action got underway with Orkney facing Ynys Mon during the morning with Orkney coming out on top 65-40 to make it back-to-back victories.

The afternoon fixture saw a Channel Islands showdown as unbeaten Jersey faced a Guernsey side still hunting their first result of the tournament.

A ruthless Jersey swept to a commanding 79-28 win - the highest margin of victory so far at the event.

Jersey's Kat Le Riche says the team was happy with lots of different areas of their game:

Meanwhile, the also undefeated hosts, the Isle of Man, rounded off the schedule yesterday evening with a challenging test up against Shetland.

In an entertaining encounter it was the Manx side who would win 66-34 to take the points.

Paige Skillicorn of the Isle of Man squad believes it's all been a good challenge so far to come up against previously unknown opposition to learn from:

Results during Thursday mean both Jersey and Isle of Man sit top of the leaderboard with both having won all three games, with Jersey now leading the way on goal difference.

Four games are scheduled at the NSC today (10 November), with the first at 10am seeing Ynys Mon face Jersey before Guernsey take on Shetland at 2pm.

Isle of Man then come up against a rejuvenated Orkney at 5pm before there's a men's netball contest between Isle of Man and Guernsey at 7.30pm.