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
[edit]Event | II 1987 |
III | IV | V | VI | VII | VIII 1999 |
IX | X | XI 2005 |
XII | XIII | XIV | XV | XVI | XVII | XVIII 2019 |
XIX 2023 | |
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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
[edit]Top medalists
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No: | Team | No: | Team | |
Singles | 5 | ![]() |
7 3 |
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Pairs | 4 | ![]() |
7 6 |
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Triples and Fours | 3 | ![]() |
4 3 |
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Team | 3 | ![]() |
4 3 |
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Singles
[edit]Year | Games | Host | Event | ||||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | ||||
1987 | II | ![]() |
Men Women |
M Nicoll ![]() J Nicoll ![]() |
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2005 | XI | ![]() |
Men Women |
Paul Ingrouille ![]() Alison Merrien ![]() |
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2023 | XIX | ![]() |
Open | Alison Merrien ![]() |
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Pairs
[edit]Year | Games | Host | Event | ||||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | ||||
1987 | II | ![]() |
Men Women |
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2005 | XI | ![]() |
Men Women |
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2023 | XIX | ![]() |
Open | ![]() |
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Triples
[edit]Year | Games | Host | Event | ||||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | ||||
2023 | XIX | ![]() |
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Fours
[edit]Year | Games | Host | Event | ||||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | Bronze | ||||
2005 | XI | ![]() |
Men Women |
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Team
[edit]Year | Games | Host | Event | |||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
1987 | II | ![]() |
Men Women |
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2005 | XI | ![]() |
Men Women |
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Ten pin bowling
[edit]Top medalists
[edit]Gold Medals | Total Medals | |||
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No: | Team | No: | Team | |
Men's | 4 | ![]() |
9 6 |
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Women's | 6 | ![]() |
11 7 |
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Men's results
[edit]Year | Games | Host | Event | |||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
1999 | VIII | ![]() |
Singles Team |
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2019 | XVIII | ![]() |
Singles Doubles Team Mixed Masters |
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Women's results
[edit]Year | Games | Host | Event | |||
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Gold | Silver | Bronze | ||||
1999 | VIII | ![]() |
Singles Team |
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2019 | XVIII | ![]() |
Singles Doubles Team Mixed Masters |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "International Island Games Association The Sports and Sports By-Laws" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-21.
- ^ a b c d "IIG05 Games Results". BBC.
- ^ "2023 Island Games: Guernsey's Alison Merrien beats husband Ian to win bowls gold". BBC Sport. 13 July 2023.
- ^ NatWest Island Games XVIII Gibraltar 2019