Gayle Lindsay led the charge for Bermuda in the Island Games Half-Marathon in Orkney yesterday, battling windy conditions to finish sixth in the women’s race in a time of 1hr 25min 22sec.

She missed the bronze medal placing by 84 seconds, having picked her way through the race field on a testing four-lap course on the Scottish archipelago.

In the men’s race, Sean Trott was the best-placed Bermuda athlete, finishing nineteenth in 1:17:41, followed by compatriot Philip Woollins, 31st in 1:23:40.

For Lindsay, who won the Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby for the third time in May, it was her swan song for the island, now that she has relocated to Britain after 12 years.

The runners were seeded on the start line, with Lindsay on the third row.

“I found myself towards the back and settled into my own pace. Each lap I was moving through the field,” she said. “The wind seemed to pick up during the race; I was definitely battling it.”

Each lap included a tough hill. Lindsay took it in her stride, but admitted she struggled on the downhill portions.

There were 22 finishers in the half-marathon, representing 12 islands. The race was won in 1:17:24 by Christa Cain, the Isle of Man runner, who took gold in the 5,000 metres and 10,000 earlier this week.

Lindsay finished fifth in the longer track race on Sunday, which she felt was disappointing in light of a five-mile personal best of 29:30 she ran a few weeks ago.

This was Lindsay’s third Island Games. Her fifth-place finish in the 10,000 matched her previous best placing, which came in the 800 final at Gotland in 2017.

Although now living in Britain, Lindsay said she is keeping in touch with friends and the running community in Bermuda.

In the men’s half-marathon race, Trott, who also won at the 2025 Bermuda Half-Marathon Derby, was hoping to hang in with the second group, but admitted the race field was very strong.

He said: “It is always strong. And it was windy.”

However, he was happy to have competed. “I like to come [to the Games] for the experience,” he said.

The race was won by Corrin Leeming, of Isle of Man, in 1:07:44. There were 35 finishers, representing 14 islands.

Trott was satisfied with his showing in Monday’s 10,000 race, where he was fifth.

This was his fourth games, having won double bronze in the half-marathon and 10,000 in the Isle of Wight Games in 2011.

Making his debut this year in the competition was Woollins. After the half-marathon, he said: “It was never going to be a quick course. I got in with a good group and caught a few people.”

He has had an interesting week, having been misguided to run an extra lap in the 10,000 race. In the half-marathon, he stayed strong and compared it to a “personal-best effort” taking into account the conditions. His actual best time is 1:19.

He was feeling a little sad about not being able to make it back to Bermuda time for wife Emma Palmer-Woollins’s birthday today.

Trott and Woollins were tenth out of 12 in the half-marathon men’s team event.