2015 Island Games

2015 Island Games

Host	Jersey
Teams	24 islands
Athletes	3,000
Events	14 sports
Opening	27 June 2015
Closing	3 July 2015
Opened by	William Bailhache
Main venue	FB Fields
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The XVI Island Games (also known as the 2015 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) were held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015. ^[1] This was the second time the island 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]

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

Sports

110m hurdles men finals at FB Fields on 30 June 2015.

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

•   Archery (12) ( details )
•   Athletics (42) ( details )
•   Badminton (6) ( details )
•   Basketball (2) ( details )
•   Cycling (20) ( details )
  • Mountain biking (8)
  • Road (4)
  • Time trial (4)
  • Town centre criterium (4)
•   Football (2) ( details )
•   Golf (4) ( details )
• Sailboarding (2) ( details )
•   Sailing (3) ( details )
•   Shooting (62) ( details )
•   Swimming (42) ( details )
•   Table tennis (6) ( details )
•   Tennis (7) ( details )
•   Triathlon (4) ( details )
• Volleyball
  • Beach volleyball (2) ( details )
  • Indoor volleyball (2) ( details )

• Note: Archery and table tennis make their return to the Island Games. However, gymnastics and squash were dropped from these Games.

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Jersey)

Final medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Jersey*	50	53	30	133
2	Isle of Man	34	27	29	90
3	Guernsey	28	25	42	95
4	Faroe Islands	18	18	24	60
5	Gotland	17	8	16	41
6	Cayman Islands	14	11	8	33
7	Isle of Wight	10	13	12	35
8	Saare County	7	10	3	20
9	Western Isles	7	6	6	19
10	Shetland	6	8	9	23
11	Gibraltar	6	5	6	17
12	Bermuda	5	7	4	16
13	Ynys Môn	5	0	3	8
14	Åland	3	9	12	24
15	Menorca	3	6	6	15
16	Hitra Municipality	2	3	4	9
17	Sark	1	1	2	4
18	Rhodes	1	1	0	2
19	Greenland	1	0	0	1
20	Orkney	0	2	3	5
21	Falkland Islands	0	2	0	2
22	Saint Helena	0	0	1	1
23	Alderney	0	0	0	0
	Frøya	0	0	0	0
Totals (24 entries)		218	215	220	653

Source: ^[6]

References

1. "Jersey.com page about the games". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
2. "Statistics from the official website". Archived from the original on 4 February 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
3. "The sports section of the official website". Archived from the original on 25 December 2014. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
4. "Indigo's page on the Durrell website". Archived from the original on 27 May 2016. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
5. "Participating Islands to Jersey 2015". Archived from the original on 19 January 2015. Retrieved 4 February 2015.
6. Official Medal Table

External links

• Island Games 2015
• Results