Alan Cross to quit as Jersey Commonwealth Games chief

Jersey never won a medal under Cross’ involvement, with the island losing three bronze-medal matches in bowls and one in badminton.

“I would have loved to have a medal, any colour would have done,” he said.

“I think we’ve got to work more closely with our member sports and look at development programmes for our best athletes and see how we can help them.

“We have to work with the sports to improve the standard and set up good development plans.

“Equipment is key as well. For example, we know that our targets for full-bore shooting are not the same size as at the Commonwealth Games, so we look at trying to help shooting improve their facilities.

“These people who go to a Games need experience of the identical facilities.

“We need to work with the Education, Sport and Culture department, the sports foundations and the sports themselves to try and help them with their development plans and improve the quality of coaching in the island.”