The Isle of Man produced a brilliant performance to almost upset hosts Gibraltar in the Netball Europe Open Challenge on Saturday.

Having suffered an agonisingly narrow defeat against a Republic of Ireland team ranked 22nd in the world 24 hours earlier, the Manx side delivered another battling display to very nearly upset the home nation.

The Hooded Ram-sponsored team continuously fought back throughout the game to frustrate the hosts before eventually going down by a single goal again, this time by a 42-43 scoreline.

The Isle of Man complete their fixtures with a clash against Israel on Sunday morning which is expected to start at 10am local time (9am Isle of Man).