Last day at the Guernsey Island games.
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Last day at the Guernsey Island games.

Yesterday the St Helena Football team played their final game when they met with Froya. Froya is a Norwegian Island just off the mainland identical to St Helena in population, the Island of Froya is connected to the Norwegian mainland by an undersea tunnel. The final match was streamed live on Facebook with full coverage…

A big welcome and a grand opening at the Guernsey 2023
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A big welcome and a grand opening at the Guernsey 2023

Grand opening and big welcome here in Guernsey. The sounds of the local bands from the stage and the excitement of getting ready for the opening ceremony surrounded St Peter Port. As the slight rain cleared away the sun shone through, the teams representing the Islands here at the International Island Games in Guernsey congregated…

Team training and progress
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Team training and progress

After a great Voco Hotel Breakfast, the St Helena Football team was heading to the training pitch in Wokingham in Berkshire, Team coach Gary had the team warming up in a much lower-than-expected temperature in their first UK training session. Some team members showed up with their newly bought kit from yesterday’s shopping trip. The…

It’s a long way to Guernsey from St Helena.
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It’s a long way to Guernsey from St Helena.

After departing St Helena, the team finally arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport this morning with tired eyes after a long-haul British Airways flight from Johannesburg. Since Saturday, it’s been calculated that the flying distance covered so far was approximately 8000 miles since leaving St Helena.  Since the teams Saturday’s departure from St Helena, the team…

Dreams to reality as team take off from St Helena
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Dreams to reality as team take off from St Helena

A busier than usual departure today at the St Helena Airport as supporting families and friends all showed up to support and wished good luck to #teamsthelena, who is heading to the NatWest 2023 Island games.  The long journey to the 2023 Guernsey Island games has begun. The Team will join the remaining team members…