Two goals in the first 15 minutes saw hosts Orkney on their way in Day 1's evening kick-off game against Frøya in Group C at KGS I, and they added another late on to run out 3:0 winners. They also missed a penalty just before half-time..
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Later on day 1, #Gozo came up against #Shetland in Group B at the KGS ll in Kirkwall. Shetland had more than enough chances to win it, especially in the first half, but the game finished scoreless. A penalty shoot-out was held for placing purposes, which Gozo won 4:3
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It's getting on for two months since the 2025 #IslandGames kicked off in #Orkney. So, here's a pictorial look back at the football tournaments for your delectation.
The men's football tournament kicked off on 13 July; first off for PFB, #Bermuda beat #WesternIsles 2:0 at Rendall
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Shetland's long and short distance athletes inspired silver success on the last day of the 2025 Island Games, as the blues closed out the competition with 17 medals.
Female running teams were responsible for the last two medals of the #Orkney2025 games for #TeamShetland, both of them silver.
Opening parade for Stromness Shopping Week, date unknown. Hourston Photographic Collection © Stromness Museum.
Stromness Shopping Week Queen, 1955, Elizabeth Tait with her attendants, Elizabeth Groundwater and Marjory Mowatt. Hourston Photographic Collection © Stromness Museum.
We hope visitors to the #Orkney2025 Island Games have enjoyed their stay, and stick around for the forthcoming Stromness Shopping Week celebrations. Don’t forget to curtsey before our Shopping Week Queen!
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Just when it looked like it wasn’t going to happen, in cycled Grant Ferguson to deliver Shetland’s first gold at #Orkney2025
#TeamShetland had collectively produced a performance to be proud of – and continue to do so – with 13 medals accrued as of Thursday morning.
Cyclist Grant Ferguson grabbed Shetland’s first gold medal of the 2025 Island Games after storming to victory in the cross-country mountain bike race.
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Teeing off on Stromness Golf Course, date unknown. Hourston Photographic Collection © Stromness Museum
We hope the #Orkney2025 Island Games golfers and spectators have enjoyed Stromness Golf Club as much as the ex-Provost of Stromness George ‘Doddy’ S. Robertson and his friend James Couper did. ⛳️
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A selection of photos from Wednesday's action at the island games in Orkney. #TeamShetland #Orkney2025
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Small painting of golf game by George Robertson in 1977.
Golf players & spectators of the #Orkney2025 Island Games can enjoy some charming depictions of the game in A Great Stromnessian - The Art of Provost George ‘Doddy’ S Robertson @pierartscentre.bsky.social
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Cyclists competing in today's #Orkney2025 Island Games Road Race will be hard-pressed to beat the bike frame of this brilliant ‘strange tricycle’.
📷: unidentified man on a strange tricycle, date unknown www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/collections/...
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The Island Games is a are biennial international multi-sports events taking part between island communities from across the world. #orkney2025 #IslandGames
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Its really quite impressive how quickly TikTok's algorithm has learnt that I'm interested in Island Games content #orkney2025 #islandgames
Welcome to all in Orkney for the #Orkney2025 Island Games! Get a slice of Orcadian life with A Great Stromnessian - The Art of Provost George ‘Doddy’ S Robertson in @pierartscentre.bsky.social
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Thornley Binders football team in Stromness, undated, approximately 1920’s.
A big welcome to all football players and spectators in Orkney for the #Orkney2025 Island Games. We'd suggest that footballers refrain from warming up with a pre-match cigarette, as the Thornley Binders football team did in the 1920’s.
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Swimmers at Warbeth Beach, near Stromness, c.1958. Hourston Photographic Collection © Stromness Museum
Best of luck to the Triathlon athletes in today’s #Orkney2025 Island Games. You’ll find the water in Stromness is lovely! You can check the sea temperature with our monitoring buoy at: shorturl.at/v4YBW 🌊
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View of the front of the Museum with bunting hung near the entrance.
The bunting is up, the sun is out, let the #Orkney2025 Island Games begin! Athletes doing triathlon training in Stromness Harbour later today can check the sea temperature with our monitoring buoy streaming at: shorturl.at/v4YBW 🌊
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Today sees the start of the 2025 Island Games, this year hosted by #Orkney. What a great setting. Good luck to all involved #islands, competitors, organisers and those working tirelessly behind the scenes to make the Games the success they deserve to be. #Orkney2025 #IslandGames
#orkney2025 #Islandvoices reached 60N on the eve of the opening of this year's #islandgames - a wonder kaleidoscope of voices thanks to poet and scrivener Gaby Barnsby. #booklaunch and online open mic on 15 July, 1900BST + SOUND installation at St Magnus Cathedral, #kirkwall , during the games. 🌿✨
My piece for BBC Wales Today on the Ynys Môn Island Games team as they head out to Orkney.
Pob lwc!
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Work begins on the Stromness Swimming Pool at the old Garrison Theatre site. The Orcadian newspaper, 12 Jan 1961, page 3. Hourston Photographic Collection © Stromness Museum
Welcome to all visitors here for the Orkney Island Games 2025. Thankfully work on Stromness Swimming Pool has come on a bit since this photo was taken in 1961, and its pool, health and fitness suites are open for use! 📷: tinyurl.com/mw98pnek
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With the Orkney Island Games 2025 starting this weekend, don't miss Island Voices - prints by members of Soulisquoy Printmakers to include in a pocket book that form part of the participating athletes ‘welcome pack’
Meet the artists next Sat (19 July) 3-4pm Free
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Ar drothwy Gemau'r Ynysoedd mae tîm o 106 o athletwyr ar y ffordd o Ynys Môn i gystadlu ar lefel rhyngwladol.
Ynysoedd Erch - neu Orkney - yn yr Alban yw lleoliad y gemau eleni, wrth ddenu 24 o ynysoedd i gystadlu ar draws 12 o gampau.
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Three brothers and their friend with no connection to Anglesey have become "super fans" of the island's athletes.
Such is their commitment to Môn's cause, they now have official roles with the 106-strong team of Anglesey athletes travelling to Orkney.
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