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FALKLANDS GET SET FOR GAMES

Falkland Islands manager Troyd Bowles admits his side’s Island Games bid is a trip into the unknown – six years after they last played at the tournament.

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The Non-League Football Paper Team
2 July 2023

By Matt Nash

IN ACTION: Falkland Islands took on an FA Rep XI in 2018 and, inset top, the recent bad weather while players train on the sand dunes at Surf Bay, inset bottom

FALKLAND Islands manager Troyd Bowles admits his side’s Island Games bid is a trip into the unknown – six years after they last played at the tournament.
The team, led by Bowles who flies for the islands’ air service, will head to Guernsey for next month’s Island Games via a training camp in West Sussex and Surrey.
Each Falklands-based player is contributing £400 towards the trip, with sponsors and donations making...

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