The Orkney team gathers in Aberdeen after an overnight trip from Kirkwall on the Northlink vessel MV Hrossay. A short journey to Aberdeen airport and the team flies off to Gotland later today. Team Orkney [read more…]
The OIGA executive committee is delighted to announce selection of athlete and coach Gordon Mowat as the flag bearer for the Orkney team at the opening ceremony of the NatWest Island Games XVII Gotland 2017. [read more…]
Local runner Anna Tait has broken her own 1500m Orkney record by over seven seconds this evening. The Kirkwall athlete was making her debut for the Scottish senior team at the Loughborough International in Leicestershire. [read more…]
A total of 66 athletes will depart Orkney’s shores for this summer’s Island Games as the Orkney Island Games Association (OIGA) confirmed their list of medal hopefuls. Notably, previous Games medal winners Bobby Oag and [read more…]
Orkney Island Games swimmer Kerris Sinclair came back from the Buckie Age Group meet with some impressive results. Coming first in all her events, Kerris came home with five gold medals, gaining a new Orkney [read more…]
Molly Blance competed in the University of Aberdeen Performance swim team long course Open championship recently. This event attracted teams from all over Scotland plus from abroad. Producing some outstanding swims, improving on PB times [read more…]
Orkney’s Island Games swim team had a successful weekend at the North District Age Group Championships in Aberdeen, with some great PBs, no less than 13 new Orkney long course records, two gold medals (Mia [read more…]
Together with coach Ben Delaney, five Orkney swimmers travelled to Edinburgh for the Scottish National Short Course Swimming Championships. Angus and Molly Blance, Mia McAllister, Kerris Sinclair and Eleise Schofield joined over 770 swimmers representing [read more…]
Orkney Island Games Association Chairman Robbie Fraser and Vice Chair Lee Thomson have just arrived back from the 2015 games preview visit in Jersey. During the two day trip they saw all the venues to [read more…]
The organisers of the 2015 NatWest Island Games have launched their new website. The Jersey 2015 page contains all the information potential competitors and spectators need to take full advantage of the event in the [read more…]
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