Joy and despair as 2027 Island Games sports unveiled
But while some sports are celebrating, other sports will have to find alternative competitions in 2027, among them squash.Guernsey sent three male players to the 2025 Island Games earlier this month - the fourth games in the last seven that the sport has been included. "It was great that we were in this year, " said Martin Watts, Guernsey's development officer for squash."It really creates a buzz around the sport. Obviously there's only a limited number of people that can actually go to the Island Games, however those players train, they train with other players and everybody's looking at their results."So without that sort of buzz and that event to look forward to in the next couple of years, it makes it slightly more difficult for the players to train and focus on something."He added: "We do have an alternative which is the European Team Championships."However that is just a team event, there's no individual bit, there's no doubles."So the Island Games being a mixed sport event adds something to it, it adds doubles as well, you have the team event, you have the individual event."So for the players that go and what it brings to our system, it really does raise the level and keep people's focus."
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