Sport in the Falkland Islands Sport in the Falkland Islands 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. 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, especially as many islanders still own horses. A wide variety of sports are played in the Falkland Islands including: rugby union , Badminton, Clay pigeon, darts, karate, marathon, golf, field hockey, netball, yachting, squash,
Field hockey new surfaces being laid should be of a hybrid variety which require less watering. This is due to the negative ecological effects of the high water requirements of water-based synthetic fields. It has also been stated that the decision to make artificial surfaces mandatory greatly favoured more affluent countries who could afford these new pitches. The game is played between two teams of whom eleven, 10 field players and one goal keeper, are permitted to be on the pitch at any one time. The remaining players may be substituted in any combination. There is an unlimited number of times a