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]

Events

Indoor bowls

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Singles	5	Guernsey	7 3	Guernsey   Isle of Man   Jersey   Shetland
Pairs	4	Guernsey	7 6	Guernsey   Jersey
Triples and Fours	3	Guernsey	4 3	Guernsey   Jersey
Team	3	Guernsey	4 3	Guernsey   Jersey   Isle of Man

Singles

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	M Nicoll   Guernsey J Nicoll   Guernsey	Guernsey   Isle of Man	Shetland   Jersey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Paul Ingrouille   Guernsey Alison Merrien   Guernsey [2]	Isle of Man   Isle of Wight	Jersey   Isle of Man	Shetland   Shetland
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Alison Merrien   Guernsey [3]	Guernsey	Bermuda	Jersey

Pairs

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	Guernsey   Guernsey	Jersey   Jersey	Shetland   Guernsey
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey   Shetland	Isle of Man   Guernsey [2]	Jersey   Alderney	Shetland   Jersey
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Guernsey	Guernsey	Jersey	Jersey

Triples

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
2023	XIX	Guernsey	Open	Guernsey	Falkland Islands	Jersey	Guernsey

Fours

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze	Bronze
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey   Guernsey [2]	Jersey   Isle of Wight	Isle of Man   Jersey	Shetland   Shetland

Team

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1987	II	Guernsey	Men Women	Guernsey   Jersey	Jersey   Guernsey	Isle of Man   Isle of Man
2005	XI	Shetland	Men Women	Guernsey   Guernsey [2]	Isle of Man   Shetland	Jersey   Isle of Wight

Ten pin bowling

Top medalists

	Gold Medals		Total Medals
	No:	Team	No:	Team
Men's	4	Åland Islands	9 6	Åland   Bermuda
Women's	6	Gotland	11 7	Gotland   Åland Islands

Men's results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII	Gotland	Singles Team	Gotland   Gotland	Åland   IOM	Åland   Guernsey
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar [4]	Singles Doubles Team Mixed Masters	Gotland   Åland   Åland   Åland   Åland	Bermuda   Åland   Bermuda   Bermuda   Bermuda	Åland   Bermuda   Gotland   Åland   Bermuda

Women's results

Year	Games	Host	Event
				Gold	Silver	Bronze
1999	VIII	Gotland	Singles Team	Gotland   Gotland	Gotland   Åland	Gotland   Jersey
2019	XVIII	Gibraltar	Singles Doubles Team Mixed Masters	Gotland   Gotland   Gotland   Åland   Gotland	Åland   Åland   Åland   Bermuda   Åland	Gotland   Gotland   Bermuda   Åland   Gotland

References