Yep I read that piece too!Gotland was named in the paper as one of the top 10 places to visit... alas, I fear the British Isles are too large to count as an island for the Island Games!
Didn't the Isle of Wight host it, previously?Gotland was named in the paper as one of the top 10 places to visit... alas, I fear the British Isles are too large to count as an island for the Island Games!
Twice... according to the websiteDidn't the Isle of Wight host it, previously?
and the islands that are members and eligible;NatWest Island Games has gone from 700 participants, 15 islands and seven sports to 2500 participants, 24 islands and 14 sports. Now it is Gotland’s turn to host, for the second time. But since 1987 in Guernsey the hosts has been as follows; Faroe Islands, Aland Islands, Isle of Wight, Gibraltar, Jersey, Gotland, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Shetland, Rhodes, Aland Islands, Isle of Wight, Bermuda and Jersey.
The following islands are members of the International Island Games Association: Alderney, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Froya, Gibraltar, Gotland, Guernsey, Greenland, Hitra, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Menorca, Orkney, Rhodes, Saaremaa, St. Helena, Sark, Shetland, Western Isle, Ynys Mon and ?land.