Gold and record for awesome foursome

GUERNSEY'S awesome foursome capped an amazing meet in the pool by claiming the final swimming gold medal of the 2009 Island Games.

Following their astonishing heroics in the 4x100m medley final, the Sarnian quartet of Ian Hubert, Jonathon Le Noury, Ben Lowndes and Jeremy Osborne led from start to finish in a dominant record-breaking display in the freestyle relay over the same distance.

The Faroes, with the incredible Pal Joensen on the final leg, were regarded by many as favourites, but they were left in Guernsey's wake.

Hubert gave his team the ideal start, with a 52.06 opening leg, which opened up a 0.62sec. gap on the rest of the field.

Le Noury extended it further before Lowndes continued his remarkable gala by giving Osborne a three-second lead as the big man took over for the final leg.

There was no way Joensen was ever going to pull that back and when Osborne stopped the clock at 3-24.87, it slashed four seconds off the previous Games best.

'It's a massive help to have the three guys ahead of me put in that performance. It takes so much pressure off,' Osborne said.