Bowls at the Island Games

Bowls have been part of the Island Games events on three occasions since their introduction in 1987. If the host nation chooses to include bowls as an event, they have the option of one of indoor bowls, outdoor bowls or ten pin bowling.^[1]

Indoor bowls were part of the 1987 and 2005 Games, whilst ten-pin bowling was part of the 1999 Games and is on the list of prospective events for the 2019 Games. To date, no outdoor bowls competition has been held at an Island Games.

Medals are awarded in both individual and team competitions, with varying number of medal events between the games. Each island to submit one competitor/team for each medal event.^[1]

Indoor Bowls

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's	7	Guernsey	8 6	Guernsey  Jersey
Women's	5	Guernsey	8 5	Guernsey  Jersey

Men's Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Singles Pairs Team	Guernsey  Guernsey  Guernsey	Guernsey  Jersey  Jersey	Shetland  Shetland  IOM
2005	XI	Shetland	Singles Pairs Fours Team	Guernsey  Guernsey  Guernsey  Guernsey	IOM  IOM  Jersey  IOM	Jersey  Shetland  Jersey  Shetland  IOM  Shetland  Jersey

Women's Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Singles Pairs Team	Guernsey  Guernsey  Jersey	IOM  Jersey  Guernsey	Jersey  Guernsey  IOM
2005	XI	Shetland	Singles Pairs Fours Team	Guernsey [2]  Shetland  Guernsey [2]  Guernsey [2]	IOW  Guernsey [2]  IOW  Shetland	IOM  Shetland  Alderney  Jersey  Jersey  Shetland  IOW

Ten Pin Bowling

Top Medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's	2	Gotland	2	Åland  Gotland
Women's	2	Gotland	4	Gotland

Men's Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII	Gotland	Singles Team	Gotland  Gotland	Åland  IOM	Åland  Guernsey

Women's Results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII	Gotland	Singles Team	Gotland  Gotland	Gotland  Åland	Gotland  Jersey

References