The Cayman Islands won 37 medals and finished fifth overall among 23 competing nations at the Orkney 2025 Island Games in Scotland.
The competition concluded 18 July with Cayman’s 32-member delegation capturing 16 gold, seven silver and 14 bronze medals across swimming, gymnastics, squash and sailing.
Gymnastics results
Karthik Adapa won 11 medals to become Cayman’s most decorated athlete at the games.
On the final day, he secured gold in the men’s individual floor, high bar, parallel bars and rings, plus bronze in the vault.
“This is the best I’ve ever done on the international stage,” Adapa said.
“I’ve been putting in a lot of work into my training for the past year and seeing this sort of payoff has been amazing.”
Meanwhile, Justin Spencer earned bronze in the pommel event.
Gymnastics delivered six gold, three silver and four bronze medals for Cayman.
Swimming results
Cayman swimmers won 16 medals comprising five gold, three silver and eight bronze.
James Allison set a new games record with his time of 1:46.92 in the men’s 200 metre freestyle. Sierrah Broadbelt won gold in the women’s 100m butterfly with a time of 1:00.64.
The swimming events took place at The Pickaquoy Centre in Orkney, Scotland (Photo: Euan Duff)
The mixed 4x50m freestyle relay team of Allison, Daniel Kish, Eva Oldfield and Broadbelt won gold and set a new competition record with their time of 1:37.37.
Will Sellars secured silver in the men’s 100m backstroke with a time of 56.01. Kish won bronze medals in the men’s 200m butterfly and 100m butterfly events.
The men’s 4x50m medley relay team of Allison, Kish, Will Sellars and Jack Clark-Terrell won bronze with a time of 1:43.09. Sellars, Allison, Lev Fahy and Kish won bronze in the 4x100m freestyle relay with a combined time of 3:21.55.
Broadbelt also won silver in the 50m butterfly and bronze in the 100m backstroke.
Squash results
Cayman players won all three medals in the women’s singles squash competition.
Jade Pitcairn defeated compatriot Emma Turnbull three sets to one in the final, with scores of 6-11, 11-6, 11-4, 11-9.
Michaela Janse van Rensburg won bronze by defeating Jersey’s Beth Garton three sets to 1one.
Squash contributed five gold, one silver and one bronze medal to Cayman’s total.
Sailing results
Will Jackson won bronze in the ILCA 6 class, securing Cayman’s only sailing medal.
The games ran from 12 to 18 July and featured 1,660 athletes from 24 island groups competing across 12 sports. Princess Anne officially opened the competition on 12 July.
Cayman competed in swimming, gymnastics, squash, sailing, athletics and badminton. The team did not win medals in athletics or badminton.
Swimming and gymnastics events took place at The Pickaquoy Centre in Orkney.
Cayman’s medal breakdown by sport:
- Swimming: 16 medals (five gold, three silver, eight bronze)
- Gymnastics: 13 medals (six gold, three silver, four bronze)
- Squash: Seven medals (five gold, one silver, one bronze)
- Sailing: One medal (one bronze)
