A free public shuttle bus is now operating from Midtown Coach Park (Bay 40) to the Garrison Gym (corners of Europa Rd and Windmill Hill Rd) operating from 08:00 to 22:00 each day, every 30 minutes.
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by Ryan Smart Stuart Parker and Michael Watkins secured the gold medal for Jersey in the 2019 Island Games as they beat Menorca in the men’s tennis team final. With four players allowed to represent each team over the course of a round, the final was staged over two singles and one doubles match. Parker won his singles tie 6-4, 6-2 over Menorca’s Oscar Mesquida-Berg, before Oscar’s brother Alex Mesquida-Berg levelled the scores with a 6-3, 6-1 win over Watkins. That meant that the fight for the gold medal went down to the doubles match, with the same duos as…
by Jason Hamburger Jessy Franco smiles after his 200 metres win. It was a romantic ending to an already unbelievable story as Jessy Franco won gold for Gibraltar in the men’s 200 metres athletics with a time of 22.47 seconds. The 20-year-old national record holder in this event finished the race superbly as he raced past Joe Chadwick from Guernsey to secure gold. The story began many years ago when Franco’s parents met at the Faroe Islands Games in 1989 and later married. His father is Gibraltarian, and is also his coach, while his mother is a native of the…
by George Hodgson On the second day of competition in the 2019 Island Games, Gibraltar won its first gold medal in the women’s tennis team event. Consecutive 3-0 wins over the Isle of Wight and Guernsey in the quarter and semi-finals set up a showpiece final versus the Isle of Man. And it was Gibraltar’s squad of Ewa Bielanowicz, Bianca Seromenho, Lindsay De Haro-Sene and Amanda Carreras who were celebrating come 1pm, on a baking hot afternoon at Sandpits Tennis Club. The final was staged over two singles and one doubles match. The gold medal clash went all the way…
ROAD EVENTS PROGRAMME MAP Support the Games This is a once in a life time event in Gibraltar and the public are encouraged to come down to the events and support the teams and athletes. During the road based events for Triathlon, Cycling and Half Marathon there will be some inevitable traffic disruptions and parking restrictions during Games week. The road based events start on Sunday 7th July with the Triathlon at 8am. The Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games is an opportunity for Gibraltar to promote the Rock and showcase our unique and special identity to a global audience….
Opening Ceremony Tickets on Sale (Fri 7th June – 12.00pm) Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games – Opening Ceremony tickets will go on sale at www.buytickets.gi from 12.00pm on Friday 7th June. The Opening Ceremony of the Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games will be held at the new Europa Point Sports Complex on Saturday 6th July, commencing at 7.00pm and concluding at 9.00pm. The Opening Ceremony will commence with a display by the combined bands of The Royal Gibraltar Regiment and The Royal Marines. This will be followed by the march past of the 22 participating islands athletes and…
ROAD EVENTS PROGRAMME The Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games takes place from the 6th to 12th July 2019. This is a once in a life time event in Gibraltar and the public are encouraged to come down to the events and support the teams and athletes. During the road based events for Triathlon, Cycling and Half Marathon there will be some inevitable traffic disruptions and parking restrictions during Games week. Below is a list of the dates and times for the five road events and the affected roads. Sunday 7th July ‘Super Sunday’ Day One of Competition 8am –…
Her Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar and the Gibraltar Philatelic Bureau have issued a set of stamps to commemorate the Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games The Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games will be held from 6th to 12th July. The games were awarded to Gibraltar in Jersey back in 2015, and it will be the second time that the games are hosted on the Rock. Competition will centre around fourteen sports, with 2,200 athletes and officials involved in the event. To commemorate the games, a set of fourteen stamps, to depict each sport, has been issued. The set was…
We would proudly like to announce the name of the NatWest International Island Games Gibraltar mascot as Hope! The name was chosen by a GBC radio listener Katie Rose Martinez. Linda Alvarez, Chair of the Organising Committee stated that the name was quite appropriate as it ties in with our slogan “Clean seas, our future”. It is no coincidence that if you look up the definition of Hope in a thesaurus, you will find synonyms such as Confidence, Courage, Aspiration, etc.. All these qualities will be abundantly present in the many athletes that converge on Gibraltar to compete in the…
The Countdown to the Games The countdown to the Gibraltar 2019 NatWest International Island Games reached another major milestone today with 100 Days to Go until the event begins. The summer event begins on the 6th July and will see over 2,200 athletes and officials travel to Gibraltar in search of gold across almost 200 different events across 14 sports. Chairman of the International Island Games Association, Jörgen Pettersson said: ‘Today it is only 100 days before the Opening Ceremony of the 18th NatWest International Island Games in Gibraltar. With the famous Rock in the background well over 2,000 competitors and…
