Team Shetland entered for Gotland 2017
News Release - Wed 26th April 2017
With less than two months till the Opening Ceremony on 24th June 2017, Shetland Island Games Association (SIGA) has now submitted their entry of 129 competitors and officials for this year’s NatWest Island Games in the Swedish island of Gotland.
In recent months, local sports organisations have finalised their team selections for those who will represent Shetland at this year’s Games. Team Shetland will be competing in eleven sports during the Games week – archery, athletics, badminton, cycling, men’s football, golf, gymnastics, shooting, swimming, table tennis and triathlon – with Shetland competitors taking part in over 130 different events.
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Gotland hosted the Games for the first time in 1999, with an estimated 2,100 competitors and officials. The 2015 Games were held in Jersey and were acknowledged as one of the largest Games ever, with around 3,000 participants involved, from 24 competing islands.
Karen Woods, SIGA Chair, commented - “We’ve been discussing plans for Gotland for well over a year now, working towards this date when sports can provide individual entries, that we have now submitted to the Gotland Organising Committee. The Shetland team again includes a mix of youth and experience, and our competitors and coaches will now be working hard on their final preparations for the Games. It’s a busy and exciting few weeks ahead and we’re looking forward to seeing Shetland’s competitors perform at their best, alongside talented sportsmen and women from other islands.”
“We’re grateful to our Team Sponsor, local engineering and fabrication contractor Malakoff Limited, for their continued financial support for the team, and to all those who have supported our fundraising efforts.”
Dougie Stevenson, Managing Director of Malakoff Limited commented – “We’re really pleased to be the Official Sponsor of Team Shetland for a third consecutive NatWest Island Games,
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demonstrating our commitment to Shetland’s best sportsmen and women. We wish all the sports involved the best of luck in Gotland.”
Team Shetland would also like to acknowledge the travel sponsorship received from Northlink Ferries; and financial support also provided by leading independent law firm Harper Macleod LLP.
Click here (PDF 0.4Mb) to see the full 2017 team list
The 2017 NatWest Island Games website is at: www.islandgames2017.com/
