2005 Island Games
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The 2005 Island Games were the 11th Island Games
, and were held in Shetland, Scotland
, from July 9 to July 15, 2005.
Island Games
The Island Games are an international multi-sports event organized by the International Island Games Association.- History :The Island Games began in 1985 as the Inter-Island Games, as part of the Isle of Man International Year of Sport, and were intended to be a one-off sporting celebration only...
, and were held in Shetland, Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
, from July 9 to July 15, 2005.
Medal table
1 | Guernsey | 40 | 38 | 29 | 107 |
2 | Isle of Man | 34 | 35 | 23 | 92 |
3 | Jersey | 33 | 28 | 32 | 93 |
4 | Bermuda | 16 | 16 | 14 | 46 |
5 | Faroe Islands | 14 | 11 | 20 | 45 |
6 | Gotland | 12 | 6 | 12 | 30 |
7 | Shetland Islands | 10 | 14 | 22 | 46 |
8 | Cayman Islands | 7 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
9 | Gibraltar | 7 | 5 | 4 | 16 |
10 | Isle of Wight | 4 | 6 | 14 | 24 |
11 | Ynys Môn/Anglesey Anglesey Anglesey , also known by its Welsh name Ynys Môn , is an island and, as Isle of Anglesey, a county off the north west coast of Wales... |
4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
12 | Åland Islands | 3 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
13 | Saaremaa Saaremaa Saaremaa is the largest island in Estonia, measuring 2,673 km². The main island of Saare County, it is located in the Baltic Sea, south of Hiiumaa island, and belongs to the West Estonian Archipelago... |
3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
14 | Rhodes | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 |
15 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | |
16 | Sark | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
17 | Greenland | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
18 | Outer Hebrides | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
19 | Alderney | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
20 | Falkland Islands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Frøya, Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Hitra | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Prince Edward Island | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Saint Helena | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sports
The 14 sports chosen for the games were:- ArcheryArcheryArchery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...
- Athletics
- BadmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
- CyclingCyclingCycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
- FootballFootball at the Island GamesFootball has been a regular event since 1989 at the Island Games, the biennial multi-sports event for island nations, territories and dependencies...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- GymnasticsGymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
- Indoor bowlsBowlsBowls is a sport in which the objective is to roll slightly asymmetric balls so that they stop close to a smaller "jack" or "kitty". It is played on a pitch which may be flat or convex or uneven...
- SailingSailingSailing is the propulsion of a vehicle and the control of its movement with large foils called sails. By changing the rigging, rudder, and sometimes the keel or centre board, a sailor manages the force of the wind on the sails in order to move the boat relative to its surrounding medium and...
- ShootingShootingShooting is the act or process of firing rifles, shotguns or other projectile weapons such as bows or crossbows. Even the firing of artillery, rockets and missiles can be called shooting. A person who specializes in shooting is a marksman...
- SquashSquash (sport)Squash is a high-speed racquet sport played by two players in a four-walled court with a small, hollow rubber ball...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- Table tennisTable tennisTable tennis, also known as ping-pong, is a sport in which two or four players hit a lightweight, hollow ball back and forth using table tennis rackets. The game takes place on a hard table divided by a net...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...