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Organisers of the Guernsey 2021 Games welcomed the Executive Committee of the NatWest International Island Games Association to the island during a recent tour of venues including Footes Lane, the Guernsey Tennis Club and the Badminton Halls.
The IIGA were in Guernsey for their annual meeting and to find out more about how plans for the Guernsey 2021 Games are progressing.
Dame Mary Perkins, Chair of the Guernsey 2021 Organising Committee, said: "It was a pleasure to meet up with the IIGA Executive Committee and show them around the Island. Many of the Committee came to the Island for the 2003 Games and have fond memories of the Guernsey Games, and we are working hard to make 2021 just as memorable."
The visiting IIGA members visited a number of venues that will be used in the 2021 Games. In the evening, the group went to the Indoor Bowls Centre where they competed in a friendly tournament under the supervision of members of the Indoor Bowls Association, including World Champion Alison Merrien.
Jorgen Pettersson, the Chairman of the IIGA Executive Committee, said: "As one of the founding member islands of the IIGA, Guernsey has shown great leadership in the overall construction of the Association. When the NatWest International Island Games returns to Guernsey 2021, it will be the third time the island has hosted the world class event our Friendly Games has become. As a role model Guernsey is an inspiration for all the other islands. Right now we are all focusing on Gibraltar [2019] but after the closing ceremony, the stage belongs to Guernsey’.
Pictured top: The group with members from the Indoor Bowls Association after a friendly game of bowls
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