Bowls at the Island Games

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]

Indoor bowls were part of the 1987 and 2005 Games, whilst ten-pin bowling was part of the 1999 Games and is on the list of prospective events for the 2019 Games. To date, no outdoor bowls competition has been held at an Island Games.

Medals are awarded in both individual and team competitions, with varying number of medal events between the games. Each island to submit one competitor/team for each medal event.[1]

Events

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Event II
1987
III IV V VI VII VIII
1999
IX X XI
2005
XII XIII XIV XV XVI XVII 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

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Top medalists

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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

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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

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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

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

Fours

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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

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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

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Top medalists

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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

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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

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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

References

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