2015 Island Games

International multi-sport event April 2022 2015 Island Games 2015 Island Games.png Jersey 24 islands 3,000 14 sports 27 June 2015 3 July 2015 William Bailhache FB Fields 2013 2017 The XVI Island Games (also known as the 2015 NatWest Island Games for sponsorship reasons) were held in Jersey, Channel Islands, from 27 June to 3 July 2015.http://www.jersey.com/english/sightsandactivities/eventscalendar/Pages/Event.aspx?AttractionID=8585 Jersey.com page about the games 2015-02-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204143053/http://www.jersey.com/english/sightsandactivities/eventscalendar/Pages/Event.aspx?AttractionID=8585 2015-02-04 dead This was the second time the island hosted the games, the first being in 1997. The week-long event saw around 3,000 competitors from 24 islandshttp://www.jersey2015.com/ Statistics from the official website 2015-02-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20150204151721/http://www.jersey2015.com/ 2015-02-04 dead take part in 14 sports.http://www.jersey2015.com/sports The sports section of the official website 2015-02-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20141225170613/http://www.jersey2015.com/sports 2014-12-25 dead The official mascot of the games was a real-life infant silverback gorilla named Indigo who lives at Durrell Wildlife Park in Trinity, Jersey.http://www.durrell.org/adopt/gorilla-indigo/ Indigo's page on the Durrell website 2015-02-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20160527045632/https://www.durrell.org/adopt/gorilla-indigo/ 2016-05-27 dead Participating islands 24 island entities of the IIGA, from Europe, South Atlantic and the Caribbean area, competed in these Games.http://www.jersey2015.com/the-islands Participating Islands to Jersey 2015 2015-02-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20150119175940/http://www.jersey2015.com/the-islands 2015-01-19 dead 22em Åland Islands Alderney Bermuda Cayman Islands Falkland Islands Faroe Islands Frøya Gibraltar Gotland Greenland Guernsey Hitra Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey (Host) Menorca Menorca Orkney Rhodes Saaremaa Sark Shetland Islands Saint Helena St. Helena Western Isles Anglesey Ynys Môn Sports thumb|right|110m hurdles men finals at FB Fields on 30 June 2015. Numbers in parentheses indicate the number of medal events contested in each sport. 22em Archery 12 Athletics 42 Badminton 6 Basketball 2 Cycling 20 20px Mountain biking (8) 20px Road (4) 20px Time trial (4) 20px Town centre criterium (4) Football 2 Golf 4 Sailboarding (2) (Sailboarding at the 2015 Island Games) Sailing 3 Shooting 62 Swimming 42 Table tennis 6 Tennis 7 Triathlon 4 Volleyball 20px|Volleyball Beach volleyball (2) (Beach volleyball at the 2015 Island Games) 20px|Volleyball Indoor volleyball (2) (Volleyball at the 2015 Island Games) Note: Archery and table tennis make their return to the Island Games. However, gymnastics and squash were dropped from these Games. Medal table Final medal table JEY flagcountry 50 53 30 yes 34 27 29 28 25 42 18 18 24 17 8 16 Gotland 14 11 8 10 13 12 7 10 3 Saaremaa 7 6 6 6 8 9 6 5 6 5 7 4 5 0 3 Anglesey Ynys Môn 3 9 12 3 6 6 Menorca 2 3 4 Hitra 1 1 2 Sark 1 1 0 Rhodes 1 0 0 0 2 3 Orkney 0 2 0 0 0 1 Saint Helena 0 0 0 Alderney 0 0 0 Frøya Official Medal Table References External links Island Games 2015 Results Category:Multi-sport events in the Channel Islands Island Games Category:Island Games Island Games Island Games Category:International sports competitions hosted by Jersey Island Games Island Games