2019 Games

Between 500 to 1,000 volunteers will most likely be needed for the organising and running of the 2019 NatWest International Island Games XVIII on the Rock. The Gibraltar Island Games Association is initiating a campaign calling for volunteers to sign up to help make the games a success just like they did in the 1995 Sunshine Games and help the organisers “create a legacy”. President of the association, Linda Alvarez, says volunteers – or games makers as they will be known – “are integral to the success of every Island Games” and will be needed to help the organising committee…

Following the recent announcement that Gibraltar will host the 2019 Island Games I can now confirm that the Games Master Contract has been signed by the Gibraltar Island Games Association (GIGA) and the International Island Games Association (IIGA). The Contract was initially signed by Linda Alvarez, President of GIGA; Reagan Lima, Vice Chairman of the Gibraltar Island Games Organising Committee and Ernest Gomez, Chief Secretary, Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar. It was then sent to the Shetland Islands where it was signed on Sunday 22 November 2015 by IIGA Vice Chairman James Johnston and Chairman Jorgen Pettersson. “We are pleased…

The International Island Games Association (IIGA) are pleased to report that Gibraltar are going to be the hosts of the 2019 NatWest International Island Games. The Gibraltar Island Games Association (GIGA) supported by HM Government of Gibraltar have worked extremely hard over the past few months to prove to the other Member Islands that they will be able to host the Games. At the 2015 Annual General Meeting of the IIGA, held during the recent NatWest International Island Games in Jersey, it was reported that the proposed hosts for the 2019 Games had encountered problems and that they would not be…