Teenager Sienna Mosquera shot 65 to break the Stromness Golf Club female course record and jump to the top of the leaderboard at the Island Games yesterday.

Mosquera broke the 17-year record of Shona Croy, from Orkney, who shot 68 in 2008, by recording a score of three under for her round. Her exploits mean she is tied for the lead in the women’s individual event with Emma Lindman, from Åland, with two rounds to play.

After she completed her round, Mosquera told The Royal Gazette of her joy at becoming the best female player at the course.

“It was pretty amazing because going into the tournament I wasn't thinking about my score or what I was going to shoot,” she said.

“I was just focusing on my game. When I finished, I saw that everyone was watching and my team-mates came up to me and said, ‘you broke the course record’.

“I had no idea what I had even shot at that point. It was just so cool and I was happy with how supportive my team-mates were. I really felt comfortable with my game the entire day and that really helped me shoot a better score.

“As I broke the course record, they’re going to put my name on the wall in the clubhouse, with the previous holders.”

After struggling with her game on Monday, the tournament’s joint leader spoke of the changes she made to turn things around in the second round.

“After the round on Monday, where I shot an 82, I practised my putting for an hour,” she said.

“That’s what I really struggled with, so I worked on that and I felt confident. Coming into today’s play, there was a huge difference as I made six birdies which really helped.”

The young golfer is on course to emulate Laura Robinson (2005 and 2007) and Ebonie Cox (2023), as Bermuda’s female golfers to win gold since the female individual event was added to the Games in 1997.

She heads back to Orkney Golf Club today before finishing off back at Stromness tomorrow.

“I’m just thinking about playing a strong game for the next two days,” Mosquera said.

“I have a plan and my dad is my caddie, so he’s helping me out. I want to keep my game consistent for now and play like I did today.

“My shots were good on Monday. It was just a few things that didn’t work, but I feel good about Wednesday.”

Meanwhile, Jake Brislane clocked 3min 59.63sec to finish fifth in the men’s 1,500 metres final. The runner endured a difficult time on the track where he was almost tripped by a fellow competitor.

The two-times Carifta Games medal-winner was third going into the last lap but ran out of steam in the end to miss out on a medal.

Brislane will be hoping for better fortunes when he returns to action tomorrow, this time around for the 5,000 final.

Bermuda’s football teams qualified for the semi-finals when they topped their respective pools at the end of the group stage yesterday. The women won all their three matches to top group B while the men picked up a win and a draw to accumulate four points in group C.

Jahni Simmons scored both goals in Bermuda's 2-0 win over Shetland for Naquita Robinson’s side to record a third straight win.

Mason Christian and Jakeem Jennings were on target for Bermuda Under-23 as they drew 2-2 with Ynys Môn. John Barry Nusum’s team trailed 2-1 at half-time and were behind until Jennings secured a point in stoppage time.

Football takes a break today before the competition moves to the semi-finals tomorrow and finals on Friday.