Island Games 2023

[Sindo 1,830]

22 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Gozo (add them to list of flags we’re missing @Sindo) won their first ever medal at the Island Games yesterday. Lara Calleja won silver in the women’s individual trap event.

this has been added!

 

21 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Iroquois Confederation is another entity that comes up from time to time and doesn’t have a flag. 

This has been added as well:

 

21 hours ago, Olympian1010 said:

Gotland‘s is missing as well.

We already had this (code: GOT), but is this the correct flag? I see the Island Games is using a different one, I am not sure which is the correct one.

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9 minutes ago, Sindo said:

We already had this (code: GOT), but is this the correct flag? I see the Island Games is using a different one, I am not sure which is the correct one.

I think the one used by the Island Games is the flag they are using now.

[Olympian1010 8,297]

I was reading through some of the articles on the official website, which are mostly written by students from their junior reporter program, when I came across this sentence.

 

”Malta, albeit more than 1200 miles away in the Med…”

 

Is that actually something people say? I’ve never read/heard that in British media before 

[Grassmarket 4,296]

13 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

I was reading through some of the articles on the official website, which are mostly written by students from their junior reporter program, when I came across this sentence.

 

”Malta, albeit more than 1200 miles away in the Med…”

 

Is that actually something people say? I’ve never read/heard that in British media before 

Sure, in the Med, very normal phrase.  Across the herring pond is archaic though.

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 still without a medal heading into the last day 

[wamel042 23]

Anyone knows what the restrictions are to participate as an island. Gozo is participating for the time and Rhodes did not since several editions?

 

For example: why Menorca and not Mallorca and/or Ibiza?

 

Any island welcome? Seems not, because the number of islands participating has been steady since years.

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1 hour ago, wamel042 said:

Anyone knows what the restrictions are to participate as an island. Gozo is participating for the time and Rhodes did not since several editions?

 

For example: why Menorca and not Mallorca and/or Ibiza?

 

Any island welcome? Seems not, because the number of islands participating has been steady since years.

IIGA has a membership limit of 24. Gozo was recently voted in as a new member (replacing Prince Edward Island perhaps, but that’s a little unclear to me). 
 

There’s also a maximum population requirement new members must satisfy among other things. 

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2 hours ago, wamel042 said:

Anyone knows what the restrictions are to participate as an island. Gozo is participating for the time and Rhodes did not since several editions?

 

For example: why Menorca and not Mallorca and/or Ibiza?

 

Any island welcome? Seems not, because the number of islands participating has been steady since years.

I’m guessing it’s down to the enthusiasm of volunteers & the desire of the Island to be recognized. I remember when I was in  a few years ago I saw the men’s cycling team out practicing every day same time so….

 

Edited July 14, 2023 by Grassmarket