International Island Games Association
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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
Alderney
Bermuda
Cayman Islands
Falkland Islands
Faroe Islands
Frøya
Gibraltar
Gotland
Greenland
Guernsey
Hitra
Isle of Man
Isle of Wight
Jersey
Menorca
Orkney
Prince Edward Island
Rhodes
Saaremaa
Sark
Shetland Islands
St. Helena
Western Isles
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
