Ynys Môn’s men team face a crunch group decider when they take on Jersey in the Huws Gray Inter-Island Games at Llangefni Town tomorrow night (Tuesday, 7.30pm). Both sides made it two wins apiece in Group A of the 10-team men’s football competition today, Anglesey seeing off Orkney 3-1, while Jersey walloped the Western Isles 7-0. Ynys Môn women narrowly lost their second group game 3-2 against Hitra, but still stand a decent chance of making the semi-finals of the six-island female tournament. The Welsh island’s men continued their strong start to the competition at Gwalchmai, where Jay Gibbs put...
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