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		<title>Orkney Is &#8220;GO&#8221; For Guernsey 2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jun 2023 10:32:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orkney Island Games Association 2023 has announced the names of all competitors travelling to the International Island Games which are being held in Guernsey from the 8th to the 14th July this year. Twelve different <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/orkney-is-go-for-guernsey-2023/" title="Orkney Is &#8220;GO&#8221; For Guernsey 2023">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Orkney 2025 International Island Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2023 09:56:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orkney will have the privilege of hosting the 20th International Island Games from 12 – 18 July 2025. This week-long event will see athletes from up to 24 Island groups from across the world compete <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/orkney-2025-international-island-games/" title="Orkney 2025 International Island Games">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Organising Committee – Recruitment Statement</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2018 04:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Following the successful bid to host the Island Games in Orkney in 2023, work will now focus fully on planning for the games themselves in 5 years’ time.&#160; The newly formed Orkney2023 Island Games Committee <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/organising-committee-recruitment-statement/" title="Organising Committee – Recruitment Statement">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>THE INTERNATIONAL ISLAND GAMES ARE COMING TO ORKNEY IN 2025</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2018 04:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[After Covid disruption, Orkney will now host the 2025 Island Games. All 24 member islands of the International Games Association (IIGA) voted unanimously to award them the event following a successful presentation by the then <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/the-international-island-games-are-coming-to-orkney/" title="THE INTERNATIONAL ISLAND GAMES ARE COMING TO ORKNEY IN 2025">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Gibraltar 2019 preview visit</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2018 13:37:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Representatives of member islands are meeting in Gibraltar this week (5-7 July) for a preview visit a year our from the 2019 NatWest International Island Games. Four delegates from Orkney Island Games Association &#8211; Robbie <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/gibraltar-2019-preview-visit/" title="Gibraltar 2019 preview visit">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Orkney sets sights on securing Island Games for 2023</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 May 2018 04:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orkney’s bid to host the 2023 Island Games is one step closer to reality after it received the backing of the International Island Games Association (IIGA) Executive Committee.&#160; Following an inspection visit to Orkney by <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/orkney-sets-sights-on-securing-island-games-for-2023/" title="Orkney sets sights on securing Island Games for 2023">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Team Orkney en route to Gotland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2017 14:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/team-orkney-en-route-to-gotland/" title="Team Orkney en route to Gotland">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Announcement of Orkney&#8217;s Flag Bearer and water Carrier for the Gotland Games</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jun 2017 13:42:27 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/announncement-of-orkneys-flag-bearer-and-water-carrier-for-the-gotland-games/" title="Announcement of Orkney&#8217;s Flag Bearer and water Carrier for the Gotland Games">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Orkney announce team for Gotland 2017</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 May 2017 08:03:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/orkney-announce-team-for-gotland-2017/" title="Orkney announce team for Gotland 2017">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Orkney Represented at Games AGM</title>
		<link>https://oiga.org.uk/orkney-represented-at-games-agm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2014 18:57:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[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 <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://oiga.org.uk/orkney-represented-at-games-agm/" title="Orkney Represented at Games AGM">[read more...]</a>]]></description>
		
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