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Five Falklands’ athletes to compete at Commonwealth Youth Games
The Falkland Islands will be represented with five athletes and four officials in the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games begin to be held in the Isle of Man September 8th to 12th 2011. The delegation will be headed by Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association, (FIOGA) chair Mike Summers. Read full article
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Aug 29th, 2011 - 02:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Are the Falkland Islands competing in the 2012 London Olympics?
“will be represented with five athletes and four officials”
Aug 29th, 2011 - 04:30 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Nice ratio.
That's not what I asked.
Aug 29th, 2011 - 04:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Oh I am sorry, yes they will compete in the 2012 London Olympics..from the Malvina hotel Wi-Fi.
Aug 29th, 2011 - 05:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0http://piratesonline.go.com/welcome?CMP=KNC-PirGamesGoogle&s_kwcid=TC|20441|pirates%20games%20online||S|b|12466052497
2 Marcos Alejandro
Aug 29th, 2011 - 05:28 pm - Link - Report abuse 0And your point is????? Actually it's none of your business how many adults FIOGA thinks provide appropriate support for children and young people competing overseas.
Are you going Teacher M.?
Aug 29th, 2011 - 05:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Once again the indoctrinated, argie losers show their jealousy,
Aug 29th, 2011 - 05:56 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Because the commonwealth will have a great time, great games, great comradeship,
And guess what
Argentina won’t be there,
And the air is thick with envy,
Ah to be British .
,
About Badminton
Aug 29th, 2011 - 05:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Judging by their previous results, Laura, Sofia, Jordan and Dominic will need all the support they can get from those officials……….................and a lot more.
You are sending those youngsters to compete against far superior adversaries for political figuration an that can very well ruin their joy for the sport………
Take it from an old player that won several epic matches against Poul-Erik Høyer-Larsen (until he became 17 :-)
”The delegation will be headed by Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association, (FIOGA) chair Mike Summers“
Aug 29th, 2011 - 06:15 pm - Link - Report abuse 0”Councillor” Mike Summers?? Same Brit?
Is the colonial Governor going too?
jealousy pure jealousy..
Aug 29th, 2011 - 06:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Its games, people have fun and a great time,
something indocrinated people just dont understand
they need to inject doping like the British swimmers do ...!!
Aug 29th, 2011 - 06:39 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Its kids, playing sports, good luck to them.
Aug 29th, 2011 - 06:41 pm - Link - Report abuse 0FFS its just kids, WTF?
but they never were kids,
Aug 29th, 2011 - 07:00 pm - Link - Report abuse 0so this is all strange to them,
people having fun and a great time,
”Councillor” Mike Summers is not kid, he is using kids for his failed propaganda agenda.
Aug 29th, 2011 - 07:22 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Marcos Alejandro --pirates%20games
Aug 29th, 2011 - 08:04 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Think ========for political figuration
geo2 ========= inject doping
if this is what you think it is all about,
then i take it the same will apply
to the argentine athlets in 2012 then
argentina will just use their athlets for /--pirates%20games
and inject doping/for political figuration
or just pure jealousy pure jealousy,
Marcos Prat- Mike Summers is born and bred Islander for more generations than at least 20 million Argentines can claim to Argentina!
Aug 29th, 2011 - 08:55 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Shows your callous attitude to 14-15yr olds going 8000 miles from the home country if you would not send some adults to help them! 1 or 2 of those adults at least will be full time assiting with games organsizing and operations - only 1 or 2 will actually be “with” the youngsters.
Of course we will not be at the Olympics - only Independent nations compete there - and the chances of us making the min standards would be pretty slim even if we were Independent!
Think, yes you have a point, we do like to be“seen” at these events - and usually attract a lot more support from the home crowds to!
Competion - these are 5 tough youngsters - they know they are not going to win anything much if anything - but they do know they are going to get one heck of a lot of EXPERIENCE and KNOWLEDGE from playing aganist and talking with some pretty experienced top youngsters from the bigger countries. Commonwealth Games are known as the “friendly games”. And that experience and knowledge is what they are after!
6 Marcos Alejandro
Aug 29th, 2011 - 11:03 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Wrong again, you feeble stalker. Not half-Chilean and not a teacher ;-)
I've known quite a few people who've competed in overseas games and got soundly beaten, but as long as they win the points or goals they were hoping for or extend their personal bests they seem to find it a positive experience.
I do think you Argentines are a bitter and twisted lot. How you could find anything negative to say about this is beyond me. I know you don't like it. Islanders getting uppity and being seen in public always does get up your noses. Time to man up and get over it.
17 Monty69 ? When did I say that you are half Chilean?
Aug 30th, 2011 - 02:39 am - Link - Report abuse 0More crap and Think have gone bonkers yet again, perhaps they have been injecting this dope Geo was making reference too........
Aug 30th, 2011 - 09:43 am - Link - Report abuse 0Good luck, kids
Aug 30th, 2011 - 09:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Marcos is just jealous that Argentina is not invited to the Commonwealth Games, and he's too proud to admit that it should be because Argentina used to be a British colony in all but name...
Aug 30th, 2011 - 11:19 am - Link - Report abuse 0Good luck Mr”Councillor” Mike Summers, have fun in your new vacation.
Aug 30th, 2011 - 02:36 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just jealous Marcos... it's obvious.
Aug 30th, 2011 - 03:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0even if they win nothing, the fact that they are taking part, is great,
Aug 30th, 2011 - 07:59 pm - Link - Report abuse 0they will learn lots, and gain expirence, friendship and will enjoythemselve, good luck to them,
as for argie, just to show there is no hard feelings, as we know you guys are jealous, im sure that if you apply to be associated with the british, thus commonwealth, they will concider you, [little union jack/corner of argie flag]]lolol
YOU ARE ALL PIRATES!!! GO HOME PIRATES!!! WE DO NOT LIKE YOU!!!
Aug 31st, 2011 - 10:09 am - Link - Report abuse 0WE ARE NOT INTERESTED IN YOUR PIRATE GAMES!!!
Flippers, the scream from the padded room. Mr oxygen thief himself.
Aug 31st, 2011 - 10:48 am - Link - Report abuse 0Have a couple of valium & a mug of coffee, flippers then lie down for a while. You'll feel better, directly.
poor flipper
Aug 31st, 2011 - 01:17 pm - Link - Report abuse 0no friends
no sense-no feelings-no country-no brain-prrrrrrr, bong flips over
Good luck guys. You have worked really hard and we all know that you will do us and yourselves proud in IoM. We will all be cheering you on very loudly from your home, the Falkland Islands.
Aug 31st, 2011 - 09:25 pm - Link - Report abuse 0It's just sports!! Why to involve politics into the games?. My best wishes for those kids and be sure, winning or not, they will be proud standing for Falkland Islands ... their loved land.
Aug 31st, 2011 - 11:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Talking about sports can any of the Argie posters tell me what they think of Denis Stracqualursi?
Sep 01st, 2011 - 12:52 pm - Link - Report abuse 0as long as they are happy,
Sep 01st, 2011 - 01:06 pm - Link - Report abuse 0and enjoy, thats all that counts .
So in what Olympic sports are Argentina expecting gold medals?
Sep 01st, 2011 - 01:14 pm - Link - Report abuse 0Just so I can go along and boo their National Anthem.
Anyway my Argentinian friends not long to go now before you get thrashed in the World RU Finals. Do us all a favour and try not to cry your eyes out, like little babies.
I see the brits won a gold today,
Sep 01st, 2011 - 08:32 pm - Link - Report abuse 0nothing for argentina,
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