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July 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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We've got an additional ball outside this morning!

It's only 2 days until #Orkney hosts the 2025 Island Games! 🏅

Find out more at orkney2025.com 🏆

#Orkney2025 #IslandGames
Orkney Library & Archive with an Island Games ball in between our balls
July 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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The Sails of St Magnus #Orkney2025 theorkneynews.scot/2025/07/02/t...
The Sails of St Magnus #Orkney2025
St Magnus Cathedral is currently displaying the Sails of St Magnus, as part of the Orkney Island Games 2025 Sound Installation, which will run from 7 – 20 July. ‘Sails in St Magnus&#821…
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July 2, 2025 at 6:01 AM
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My piece for BBC Wales Today on the Ynys Môn Island Games team as they head out to Orkney.

Pob lwc!

#Orkney2025 #IslandGames
July 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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The Falkland Islands: A Short History #Orkney2025 theorkneynews.scot/2025/07/01/t...
The Falkland Islands: A Short History #Orkney2025
By Eamonn Keyes. This is the second in a number or articles based around the Falkland Islands, as we highlight the home of athletes travelling over 8,200 miles to take part in the Orkney Island Gam…
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July 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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The Falkland Islands - A Traveller’s Tale #Orkney2025 theorkneynews.scot/2025/07/06/t...
The Falkland Islands – A Traveller’s Tale #Orkney2025
By Eamonn Keyes When I discovered we were going to be featuring some articles about the Falkland Islands for our readers prior to the Island Games, I initially wondered how similar life there was t…
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July 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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New Exhibition: Orkney's Women Athletes #Orkney2025 theorkneynews.scot/2025/07/07/n...
New Exhibition: Orkney’s Women Athletes #Orkney2025
ORSAS, Orkney Rape and Sexual Assault Service, has a new exhibition at its premises, 26 Bridge Street, Kirkwall. The exhibition at The Equality Hub celebrates local female athletes for the Island G…
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July 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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Faroe Islands Tops The Medal Table #Orkney2025 theorkneynews.scot/2025/07/19/f...
Faroe Islands Tops The Medal Table #Orkney2025
The Faroe Islands Team has topped the medal count at the International Island Games 2025 which closed in Orkney on 18 July. Faroe Islands won 41 Golds, 31 Silver, and 23 Bronze. In Second Medal pos…
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July 19, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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“We’re delighted to play a role in the Island Games’ success and, in particular, support Team Orkney on their pursuit for medals." #Orkney2025 theorkneynews.scot/2025/07/11/w...
“We’re delighted to play a role in the Island Games’ success and, in particular, support Team Orkney on their pursuit for medals.” #Orkney2025
Cooke Scotland and Scottish Sea Farms, together with trade body Salmon Scotland, are providing support for the Orkney Island Games which run from 12 to 18 July. Scottish Sea Farms is supplying boat…
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July 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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SSEN Transmission Supporting #Orkney2025 theorkneynews.scot/2025/07/10/s...
SSEN Transmission Supporting #Orkney2025
SSEN Transmission has supported the three Scottish teams which are taking part in the Island Games 2025: Orkney, Shetland and  Na h-Eileanan an Iar. It is the only firm to sponsor almost 500 athle…
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July 10, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Thought you might enjoy this article.

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The Falkland Islands – A Traveller’s Tale #Orkney2025
By Eamonn Keyes When I discovered we were going to be featuring some articles about the Falkland Islands for our readers prior to the Island Games, I initially wondered how similar life there was t…
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July 6, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Will naturally be discussing mascots in this book. Ola the Orca can't not be discussed.
orkney2025 Instagram account. An image of a mascot orca whale (with a blank smile on its face) standing in front of a smallish Loganair plane (the type that usually fly to Scottish islands) on an airport tarmac. Text discusses Loganair's sponsorship of the 2025 Island Games.
May 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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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 🌊

#internationalislandgames #orkney #stromness
View of the front of the Museum with bunting hung near the entrance.
July 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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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. ⛳️

📷 www.stromnessmuseum.org.uk/collections/...

#internationalislandgames #orkney #stromness
Teeing off on Stromness Golf Course, date unknown. Hourston Photographic Collection © Stromness Museum
July 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Taking a Closer Look #Orkney2025 theorkneynews.scot/2025/06/19/t...
Taking a Closer Look #Orkney2025
By Eamonn Keyes Over the next weeks the Orkney News will be taking a closer look at the competitor which has travelled furthest to attend the Island Games- The Falkland Islands- which are over 8,20…
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June 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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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
July 14, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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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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#internationalislandgames #orkney #stromness
Swimmers at Warbeth Beach, near Stromness, c.1958. Hourston Photographic Collection © Stromness Museum
July 13, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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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.

#Orkney2025 #internationalislandgames #orkney #stromness
Thornley Binders football team in Stromness, undated, approximately 1920’s.
July 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Fed up of the money & greed in sport?

Read this! Sport how it should be😍

open.substack.com/pub/leewelling…

Th#islandGameses is about to start in Orkney. 12 sports, 2 thousand competitors, 900 volunteers.

It’s the 40th anniversary and needs celebrating! :)#orkney202525
THE ISLAND GAMES..a celebration of sport
The purest form of competition can be found in Orkney this month
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July 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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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.

#Orkney2025

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Anglesey's adopted 'super fans' who've embraced the Island Games
A group of friends follow Island Games athletes to every event, despite no connection to Anglesey.
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July 11, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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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.

#Orkney2025 #IslandGames

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Gemau'r Ynysoedd: Athletwyr Môn fydd yn chwifio'r ddraig goch
Ar drothwy Gemau'r Ynysoedd bydd carfan o 106 o athletwyr yn teithio o Fôn i'r Alban ar gyfer 10 diwrnod o gystadlu.
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July 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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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
July 12, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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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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Orkney 2025 Island Games
A celebration of sports and island communities. This week-long event will see athletes from up to 24 island groups from across the world compete in 13 exciting sports.
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July 14, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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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.
#TeamShetland #Orkney2025
Golden Grant flies through mountain bike course to grab Shetland’s first gold of games
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. The...
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July 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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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!

#internationalislandgames #orkney #stromness #stromnessshoppingweek
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.
July 18, 2025 at 9:33 AM