Bermuda have sent their largest ever squad to the Island Games with around 250 athletes set to compete in Rhodes, Greece.

The showpiece event starts today and will be the biggest Island Games ever staged with over 5,000 athletes from 25 Islands taking part.

Athletes competing in archery, athletics, basketball, cycling, football, golf, sailing, swimming, tennis, triathlon and volleyball will represent Bermuda. They finished in fourth place in the Shetland Islands in 2005.

The Member islands competing are: Aland, Alderney, Bermuda, Cayman, Falklands, Faroe Islands, Froya, Gilbraltar, Gotland, Greenland, Guernsey, Hitra, Isle of Man, Isle of Wight, Jersey, Minorca, Orkney, Prince Edward Island, Rhodes, Saaremaa, Sark, Shetland, St Helena, Western Islands, Ynyns Mon. All member islands have to have populations of under 125,000. It will be Minorca’s first appearance.

Bermuda Squad

Archery — Jeane Butterfield, Paul Harshaw

Athletics — Victoria Fiddick, Melissa Clarke, Shianne Smith,Dawn Richardson, Jennifer Alen, Jarita Dill, Allan Bean, Anthony DeRosa (therapist), Daniel Tucker, Oren Smith, Keimar Clarke, Xavier James, Chloe Kempe, Jay Fiddick (trainer), Albert Donawa, Ricky Sousa, Terrance Armstrong

Basketball — Johnathan Minors, Vance Lamont, Sullivan Phillips, Graham Robinson, Dean Jones, John Lee, Steven Simons, Greg Todd, Jason Lowe, Chris Crumpler, Phil Davis, Dale Jackso, Brian Purvey (coach), Gavin Mackenzie (coach), Roderick Spencer (coach), Tim Trott (coach), Diane Laird, Denice Burgess, Erica Woods, Jamila Godwin, Jenaya Wade-Fray, Lindsay Garrett, Marissa Wainwright, Susan Ross, Onika Holder, Teshae Thompson, Danielle Watson, Jamela Simons, Richard North (coach), Ralph Scott (coach), Eric Woods (coach), Craig Behan (physio)

Cycling — Ricky Sousa, Wayne Scott, Geri Mewett, Garth Thomson, Mark Hatherley, Ashley Robinson, Kim McMullen, Deanna McMullen, Glen Robinson (therapist), Dannielle Bezant (manager), Peter Dunne (manager)

Football — Kimmisha Perinchief, Ebonie Burgess, Waynesha Bean, Shonte Campbell, Arketia Smith, Jenay Edness, Ashley Wall, Vinze Zuill, Juanita Smith, Jessica Furtado, Whitnae Duerr, Nyisha Saunders, Dominique Richardson, Chloe Martin, Akilah Bremar, Shabena Crockwell, Jasmin Johansen, Cheyra Bell, Tiffany Swann, Raneika Bean, Daniel Johnson, Clyde Darrell, Cud-Joe Matthews, McQuinn Burch, Antonio Lowe, Devrae Tankard, Jacqui Simons, Robert Richardson, Marquel Waldron, Randy Spence, Seion Darrell, Keishan Bean, Shayne Hollis, Cecoy Robinson, Jason Davis, Nahki Wells, Tumani Steede, Tyrell Burgess, Angelo Simmons, Ajani Gibbons, Vance Brown (coach), Jeremy Salaam (coach), Kenny Thompson (coach), Albert Smith (coach), George Hayward (coach), Maureen Ryan (coach), Felicia DeRosa (coach), Andre Griffith (HOD)

Sailing — John Gardner, Rockal Evans, Stevie Dickenson, Campbell Duffy,

Golf — Yana Ballantyne, Laura Robinson, Katyna Rabain, Katrin Burnie, G.Leroy Burch, Nick Mansell, Blair Marshall, William Haddrell, Richard Bartlett (coach), Bob Legere (coach)

Swimming — Ashley Aitken, Eleanor Gardner, Nicloe Yearwood, Lara Loescher, Rebecca Sharpe, Nick Thomson, Richard Goodwin (coach), Sue Sharpe (coach), Julian Fletcher,

Tennis — Zarah DeSilva, Ashley Brooks, Caitlin Gordon, Jacklyn Lambert, Cayla Cross, Andrew Bray, Jensome Bascome, David Thomas, Gavine Manders, Jacob Trott, Ricky Malloy (coach), Steve Bean (coach)

Triathlon — Karen Bordage, Andrew Davis (coach)

Volleyball — Bruce Sinclair, Bill Bailey, Juanita Blee, Shauna Burns, Kim Burns, Wendy Gazzard, Eric Haller, Alex Hunter (trainer), Lisa LeBlanc, Gary LeBlanc (coach), Lori Morbey, Denise Somerville, Cora Lee Starzomski, Alvin Bell, Katarina Carnicka, Dorush Stacey (coach), Joanie Harper, Allyson Nicol, Elisabeth Rae, Kelly Ross, Raina Steer (trainer), Rebecca White, Geoffrey Blee, Tristum Cunningham (coach), Adam Fowler, Mike Gazzard, Ihab Khalil, John Martin, Adam Wong (coach), Yves Charbonneau, Bill Bucci (coach/referee), Jon Gazzard, Andrew Soares