This year the island has been entered in the Champion of Champions category alongside four UK towns.

BBC: Herm aims for fourth gold medal in Britain in Bloom

Australia helped the International side's cause -- antipodean Adam Scott and South Africa's Ernie Els earned a point with a two and one victory over Hunter Mahan and Sean O'Hair then Robert Allenby combined with Fiji's Vijay Singh to defeat the champion pairing of Lucas Glover and Stewart Cink (US and British Open champions respectively).

CNN: United States hold slim lead at Presidents Cup

Russia's strength in depth - with six players in the WTA top 20 - proved decisive, with the champions able to retain the trophy in the absence of star names such as Maria Sharapova and Olympic champion Elena Dementieva.

BBC: Russia cruise to Fed Cup defence