The Cayman Islands Games Association and the Cayman Islands Olympic Committee last week announced the nine team members who will be taking part in the NatWest Island Games XVI in Jersey to be held from June 27th to July 3rd.

Table tennis
Team captain Ansel Tempral, national champion Donovan Nelson, Leigh Hipkins, Peter Smith, Claudia Stich and Robert Sairsingh, who is also the team’s manager.

Athletics
14 competitors: Karim Murray, Ronald Forbes, Ashleigh Nalty, Tyrell Cuffy, Tahj Lewis, Alexander Pascal, Lacee Barnes, Rochel Gardener, Daneliz Thomas, Dominic Dyer, Shalysa Wray, Perry Anglin, Gerome Bodden, and Daval Gregory, as well as managers Kenrick Williams and Barbara Wilson.

Golf
Robert Slatter, who is also team manager, Serge Berube, Isabel Mendes, Emily Ribbins, Samantha Widmer, Orapin Howe, Richard Hastings, Michael Wight and Tracy Moore.

Shooting
Kevin Schirn, who is also team manager, Andrew McBean, Christopher Jackson, Eddie McLean, Richard Bodden, Chanda Glidden and Michaela Pultr.

Sailing
Robert Jackson

Swimming
Shaune Fraser, Brett Fraser, Lara Butler, Alex McCallum, Geoffrey Butler, Iain McCallum, Jonathan Key, Lauren Hew, Rory Barrett, Eddie Weber, Ella Plunket and Cole Morgan, accompanied by managers Bailey Weathers and Susan Weathers.

Women’s basketball
Shana Linwood-McLaughlin, Khailan O’Connor, Kacie Ramos, Guiesha Smith, Alicia Turner, Lavern Ebanks, Cassianne Lawrence, Sade Wood, Hannah Parchment, La-Torae Nixon and Vania Cornwall. They will be accompanied by coaches Redver Ebanks and April Ebanks, team manager Latasha Nixon and manager/chaperone Debra Smith.

Tennis
Kevin Fawcett, Ilian Nachev, Daniel Reid and Marc Reid, who will be accompanied by coach Robert Hale and manager Edmond Hydes.

Beach volleyball
Shervin Rankin, Richard Campbell, Jessica Wolfenden and Stefania Gandolfi.

Travel attire
The teams will be wearing travel attire sponsored by Maples. This is the ninth time, over 17 years, that Maples has sponsored the Cayman team.

The Cayman Islands Games Association released the following statement: “Special thanks is extended to the Cayman Islands Government, Butterfield Bank, Maples, the CIOC, Tortuga Rum company, Progressive Distributors and the Department of Tourism, for their support. The unwavering support of these entities over the years, has helped to ensure that more than 900 athletes from the Cayman Islands, have been afforded the opportunity of international competition.

“Some have even gone on to become great in their sports and represented Cayman in the Olympics. In addition, CIGA thanks Dart Cayman, a new team sponsor, for its timely contribution to this year’s games.”

For more details of the Games, visit http://www.jersey2015.com.