The Grand Aggregate remains the last of the “big three” individual competitions to elude marksmen from both Channel Islands.

The closest any individual from either island has come to winning the Gold Cross is Guernsey’s Nick Mace, who earned his post-nominal letters after winning the 2008 Silver Cross. Mace held a two-point lead going into the final shoot, as he had done for much of the week, but dropped three points in the Prince of Wales to finish level on points with Nigel Ball and David Calvert. Ball stole the Grand Aggregate honours at the death by virtue of his superior V count, while Mace dropped to second ahead of Calvert.

Peter Jory has come close on two occasions. In 2001, Peter led after four days until a lowly 70 ex 75 in the St George’s saw him drop ten places, from which he recovered to finish in fourth. In 2009, Peter had built up a two-point lead by the end of day five, having dropped only two points over eight shoots, before losing 6 points in Queen’s I to effectively end his Grand Aggregate challenge.

Thirty Guernseymen have finished in the top fifty of the Grand Aggregate a total of 108 times. As of 2025, Nick Mace has the most top fifty appearances (15).

The first Guernseyman to finish in the top fifty of the Grand Aggregate was E Machon, who finished 39th in 1884, while the most recent new entrant to the top fifty was Adam Jory when he finished 18th in 2002.

Don Bisset has the record for the most years between his first and last top fifty finish (53), his first coming in 1911 and his ninth in 1964.