2021 Island Games

2021 Island Games

Host	Guernsey
Teams participating	24 islands
Athletes participating	3,000
Events	14 sports
Main venue	Footes Lane
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The XIX Island Games (also known as the 2021 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) will be held in Guernsey, Channel Islands in summer 2021. This will be the third time that the island has hosted the games, the first being in 1987, the second in 2003.

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

Host

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.^[1]

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 (?) ()
• Sailing (?) ()
• Shooting (?) ()
• Swimming (?) ()
• Table tennis (?) ()
• Tennis (?) ()
• Triathlon (?) ()
• Volleyball
  • Beach volleyball (?) ()
  • Indoor volleyball (?) ()
• Windsurfing (?) ()

References

1. "Guernsey 2021 organising committee taking shape". Guernsey Press. 22 September 2016.