2023 Island Games

The XIX Island Games (also known as the 2023 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) were to have been held in Guernsey, Channel Islands in 2021 however due to the COVID-19 pandemic the games have been postponed.[1][2] This occasion will be the third time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1987, the second in 2003.

2023 Island Games

Host	Guernsey
Teams participating	24 islands
Athletes participating	3,000
Events	14 sports
Main venue	Footes Lane

When rescheduled, the week long event will see around 3,000 competitors from 24 islands take part in 14 sports.

Host

The Faroe Islands were initially chosen to host the games but pulled out of doing so in early 2015.[3] In July 2016 the Island Games AGM unanimously decided to award the games to Guernsey.[4]

The Guernsey organising committee chair is Dame Mary Perkins, supported by Peter Vidamour as sports director and Ian Damarell as Finance Director. The International Island Games Association (IIGA) advisor is Eric Legg.[5]

Participating islands

It is likely that 24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area will compete in these Games.

•  Åland Islands
•  Alderney
•  Bermuda
•  Cayman Islands
•  Falkland Islands
•  Faroe Islands
•  Frøya
•  Gibraltar
•  Gotland
•  Greenland
•  Guernsey (Host)
•  Hitra
•  Isle of Man
•  Isle of Wight
•  Jersey
• Menorca
•  Orkney
•  Rhodes
•  Saaremaa
•  Sark
•  Shetland Islands
• St. Helena
•  Western Isles
• Ynys Môn

Sports

The sports selection is expected to follow the same itinerary as the 2015 Island Games however the included sports may change.

Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.

• Archery (?) ()
• Athletics (?) ()
• Badminton (?) ()
• Basketball (?) ()
• Cycling (?) ()
  • Mountain biking (?)
  • Road (?)
  • Time trial (?)
  • Town centre criterium (?)
• Football (?) ()
• Golf (?) ()
• Indoor Bowls (?) ()
• Sailing (?) ()
  • Windsurfing (?) ()
• Shooting (?) ()
• Swimming (?) ()
• Table tennis (?) ()
• Tennis (?) ()
• Triathlon (?) ()
• Volleyball
  • Beach volleyball (?) ()
  • Indoor volleyball (?) ()

References

1. "Guernsey 2021 NatWest International Island Games latest casualty of Covid-19". Guernsey 2021. 26 September 2020.
2. "2021 Island Games Postponed To 2023". 9 December 2020.
3. "Guernsey to host the 2021 Island Games". International Island Games Association. 7 July 2016.
4. "Island Games: Guernsey to bid to host 2021 event". BBC. 4 August 2015.
5. "Guernsey 2021 organising committee taking shape". Guernsey Press. 22 September 2016.