Bowls at the Island Games

Last updated July 19, 2023

Bowls have been part of the Island Games events on three occasions since their introduction in 1987. If the host nation chooses to include bowls as an event, they have the option of one of indoor bowls, outdoor bowls or ten pin bowling.^[1]

Events

Event		II 1987	III	VIII 1999	XI 2005	XII	XVIII 2019	XIX 2023
Indoor bowls
	Singles	X	No bowls events held		X	No bowls events held		X
	Pairs	X			X			X
	Triples							X
	Fours				X
	Team	X			X
Ten pin bowling
	Singles			X			X
	Team			X			X

Indoor bowls

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Singles	5	Guernsey	7 3	Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Shetland
Pairs	4	Guernsey	7 6	Guernsey Jersey
Triples and Fours	3	Guernsey	4 3	Guernsey Jersey
Team	3	Guernsey	4 3	Guernsey Jersey Isle of Man

Singles

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	M Nicoll Guernsey J Nicoll Guernsey	Guernsey Isle of Man	Shetland Jersey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Paul Ingrouille Guernsey Alison Merrien Guernsey ^[2]	Isle of Man Isle of Wight	Jersey Isle of Man	Shetland Shetland
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Alison Merrien Guernsey ^[3]	Guernsey	Bermuda	Jersey

Pairs

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	Guernsey Guernsey	Jersey Jersey	Shetland Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey Shetland	Isle of Man Guernsey ^[2]	Jersey Alderney	Shetland Jersey
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Guernsey	Guernsey	Jersey	Jersey

Triples

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Guernsey	Falkland Islands	Jersey	Guernsey

Fours

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey Guernsey ^[2]	Jersey Isle of Wight	Isle of Man Jersey	Shetland Shetland

Team

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	Guernsey Jersey	Jersey Guernsey	Isle of Man Isle of Man
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey Guernsey ^[2]	Isle of Man Shetland	Jersey Isle of Wight

Ten pin bowling

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's	4	Åland Islands	9 6	Åland Bermuda
Women's	6	Gotland	11 7	Gotland Åland Islands

Men's results

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII	Gotland	Singles Team	Gotland Gotland	Åland IOM	Åland Guernsey
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar ^[4]	Singles Doubles Team Mixed Masters	Gotland Åland Åland Åland Åland	Bermuda Åland Bermuda Bermuda Bermuda	Åland Bermuda Gotland Åland Bermuda

Women's results

Year	Games	Host	Event
Year	Games	Host	Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII	Gotland	Singles Team	Gotland Gotland	Gotland Åland	Gotland Jersey
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Singles Doubles Team Mixed Masters	Gotland Gotland Gotland Åland Gotland	Åland Åland Åland Bermuda Åland	Gotland Gotland Bermuda Åland Gotland

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References

1 2 "International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-21.
1 2 3 4 "IIG05 Games Results". BBC.
↑ "2023 Island Games: Guernsey's Alison Merrien beats husband Ian to win bowls gold". 13 July 2023.
↑ NatWest Island Games XVIII Gibraltar 2019

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[sports-1] 1 2 "International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-21.

[Gsy3-2] 1 2 3 4 "IIG05 Games Results". BBC.

[3] "2023 Island Games: Guernsey's Alison Merrien beats husband Ian to win bowls gold". 13 July 2023.

[4] NatWest Island Games XVIII Gibraltar 2019

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Bowls at the Island Games

Contents

Events

Indoor bowls

Top medalists

Singles

Pairs

Triples

Fours

Team

Ten pin bowling

Top medalists

Men's results

Women's results

Related Research Articles

References