International Island Games Association
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The International Island Games Association (IGA) is an organization the sole purpose of which is to organise the Island Games, a friendly biennial athletic competition between teams from several islands. The IGA liaises with the member island associations and with sponsors of the games. It investigates whether islands wanting to join fit the membership criteria. Any further addition since Menorca joined in 2005 will now require changes to the constitution.The IGA was founded in the Isle of Man in 1985. Its members currently are:
Åland
- Image:Flag of Alderney.svg Alderney
- Image:Flag of Bermuda.svg Bermuda
- Image:Flag of the Cayman Islands.svg Cayman Islands
- Image:Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg Falkland Islands
- Image:Flag of the Faroe Islands (bordered).svg Faroe Islands
- Image:Froya games flag.gif Frøya
- Image:Flag of Gibraltar (bordered).svg Gibraltar
- Image:Gotland games flag.gif Gotland
- Image:Flag of Greenland (bordered).svg Greenland
- Image:Flag of Guernsey (bordered).svg Guernsey
- Image:Hitra crest flag.png Hitra
- Image:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man
- Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Isle of Wight
- Image:Flag of Jersey (bordered).svg Jersey
- Image:Es-ib-mi.gif Menorca
- Image:Orkney games flag.gif Orkney
- Image:Flag of Prince Edward Island.svg Prince Edward Island
- Image:Flag of Greece.svg Rhodes
- Image:Flag of Estonia.svg Saaremaa
- Image:Flag of Sark.svg Sark
- Image:Shetland flag.png Shetland Islands
- Image:Flag of Saint Helena.svg St. Helena
- Image:Western isles.gif Western Isles
- Image:Flag of Wales (bordered).svg Ynys Mon
[edit] Game venues
- 1985 Isle of Man
- 1987 Guernsey
- 1989 Faroe Islands
- 1991 Åland
- 1993 Isle of Wight
- 1995 Gibraltar
- 1997 Jersey
- 1999 Gotland
- 2001 Isle of Man
- 2003 Guernsey
- 2005 Shetland
- 2007 will be Rhodes
- 2009 will be Åland
- 2011 will be Isle of Wight
[edit] Sports
The host country chooses between 12 and 14 different sports for their games from this list:
- Archery
- Athletics
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Bowls
- Cycling
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Judo
- Sailing
- Shooting
- Squash
- Swimming
- Table Tennis
- Tennis
- Triathlon
- Volleyball
