We are the champions! Entire island awarded gold medal

Wednesday 09 September 2020

You might not realise it, but you are in fact now a gold medalist.

Indeed, everyone on the island's a winner according to the Jersey Humane Society, who have just collectively awarded the people of Jersey.

The award for “personal courage in the performance of acts of humanity” was given to the island as a whole as a way of acknowledging the acts of humanity carried out on the island during the covid-19 pandemic.

Pictured: The Jersey Humane Society's rare gold medal has only been given out twice before.

“The numbers involved would make it difficult if not impossible to recognise individual acts of selflessness, and no matter how careful the Committee was, there is no doubt that many really deserving acts would go unrecognised," the Society explained.

As physically giving the award to the island as a whole would probably be a tad too ambitious, the Bailiff, Timothy Le Cocq, will be accepting the award on behalf of the island. 

The presentation date is yet to be decided.

Pictured: Bailiff Timothy Le Cocq will be accepting the award on islanders' behalf. 

It is only the third gold medal to be awarded in the Society’s 155-year history.

The honour was previously imparted to Philip Ahier, who rescued a soldier from drowning in 1865, and William Bottomly, who was awarded his after twice rescuing crews of vessels in distress.