2015 Island Games Explained
2015 Island Games |
Teams: | 24 islands |
Athletes: | 3,000 |
Events: | 14 sports |
Opening: | 27 June 2015 |
Closing: | 3 July 2015 |
Opened By: | William Bailhache |
Stadium: | FB Fields |
Previous: | 2013 |
The XVI Island Games (also known as the 2015 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) was held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015.[1] This was the second time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1997.
The week long event saw around 3,000 competitors from 24 islands[2] take part in 14 sports.[3] The official mascot of the games was a real life infant silverback gorilla named Indigo who lives at Durrell Wildlife Park in Trinity, Jersey.[4]
Participating islands
24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.[5]
Sports
Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport.
- Note: Archery and table tennis make their return to the Island Games. However, gymnastics and squash were dropped from these Games.
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Jersey.com page about the games . 2015-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204143053/http://www.jersey.com/english/sightsandactivities/eventscalendar/Pages/Event.aspx?AttractionID=8585 . 2015-02-04 . dead .
- Web site: Statistics from the official website . 2015-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150204151721/http://www.jersey2015.com/ . 2015-02-04 . dead .
- Web site: The sports section of the official website . 2015-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141225170613/http://www.jersey2015.com/sports . 2014-12-25 . dead .
- Web site: Indigo's page on the Durrell website . 2015-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160527045632/https://www.durrell.org/adopt/gorilla-indigo/ . 2016-05-27 . dead .
- Web site: Participating Islands to Jersey 2015 . 2015-02-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150119175940/http://www.jersey2015.com/the-islands . 2015-01-19 . dead .