Sport in the Falkland Islands is restricted by the islands' low, and generally scattered, population. Nonetheless, it has been able to send teams to the Commonwealth Games , and the Island Games .
6-615: The islands have produced one sportsman of note, Louis Baillon , who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics in the field hockey team. Race meetings are held from time to time during summer as horse riding is still a popular pastime. A wide variety of sports are played in the Falkland Islands including: rugby union [1] [2] , Archery , Bowls , Badminton , Clay pigeon , darts , karate , marathon , golf , inline hockey [3] , netball , yachting , squash , tennis , table tennis , volleyball , kayaking , target shooting and
12-673: A full-back for England men's national field hockey team at the 1908 Summer Olympics in London. The team subsequently won their first and only gold medal to date making him the only Falkland Islander to win a gold medal at the Olympics . Louis played football at Wandsworth AFC and was still a member of the Northants County Lawn Tennis at the age of 50. He would ultimately remain in Northamptonshire for
18-559: A member of the International Cricket Council , and is the smallest member by population. In 2019 the National Sports Council was formed to bring together the diverse sporting organisations under one group. This Falkland Islands -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Louis Baillon Louis Charles Baillon (5 August 1881 – 9 September 1965)
24-786: The Royal Army Service Corps in 1914 and saw service in France during World War I and later left the army in 1920. After leaving the army, Baillon joined the Phipps Northampton Brewery Company where he rose to the rank of director. During World War II , two of Louis's sons, Paul and Mark were killed in action during the Battle of Britain . When Louis and his family returned to England, he established himself as an excellent sportsman excelling at hockey, football, and tennis. Baillon played as
30-401: The country's National Sport , Sheep shearing in which they have internal and external competitions, competing World Wide. Because of the large British military presence, many games involve their players and teams. There is an annual MPC (MILITARY) vs Stanley (CIVILIAN) games. The Falklands Islands Rifle Association dates back to the 1880s. The Falkland Islands national cricket team is
36-686: Was an English field hockey player, who won a gold medal with the Great Britain team at the 1908 Summer Olympics . Louis Baillon was born in Stanley , Falkland Islands at the house of his grandmother, Julia Williams. His father, Louis Augustine Baillon emigrated to the Falklands in the mid-1800s to become a sheep farmer . In 1888, he and his family returned to England and settled in Northamptonshire . In 1910, Louis married Mildred Isobel Green and they had 5 children together. He then joined
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