The new evidence was enough to finally arrest Ross and he went on trial at the High Court in Glasgow in May 2008.
Mr Rice said he was hoping to bring home another medal."I went to Guernsey and that was a great games and I imagine it will be quite similar," he said.
"I'm looking forward to the camaraderie getting all the islands together and just the overall atmosphere is really good."Jersey's women's football side were also heading to the games in July.They have been drawn in a group with Bermuda, the Shetland Islands and the Isle of Wight.
Their manager Chad Morris said his team was currently training "full on three times a week"."You couldn't ask for more from the players who are just buying into everything that the coaches do," he said.
"It's going to be a good test, tough group, but really looking forward to it."
Mr Morris said there were "mad logistics" in terms of getting the whole team to Orkney."I had a beautiful old oak tree, that's gone. I've a soft spot for bats and used to love watch them flying around the oak tree in the evening, they've gone."
The road crosses the south Wales coalfields, a national park and twists mightily close to people's homes, especially in Merthyr where the final section of roadworks were done.John grows his own fruit and vegetables but after three years of construction work next to his house he said he has had to "restart the garden from scratch" due to the dirt and dust.
"I'm left picking up the pieces," said the former microbiologist. "It has been extremely stressful for a lot of years."He said the stress started when after years of reassurances that the new road would not take any of his land, those behind the project changed their mind and wanted to knock down part of his house.