A NEW website dedicated to the Isle of Wight's Island Games 2019 team has been launched.

The site, teamiow.org.uk, is the new go-to place for news on Team Isle of Wight, which will include squad announcements and fundraising events, as well as updates from Gibraltar during the 2019 Island Games next July.

Designed and created by Team Isle of Wight’s official sponsors, Sandown-based software company ICRTouch, the website also features a donate function, which enables people to pledge their support to the squad.

Chairman of the Isle of Wight Island Games Association, Martin Goodall, said: “We’ve always strived for the Island to get behind us because this is a huge platform for our athletes to perform on.

“It’s like a mini Olympics.

“We hope our new website will help to tell our story and inspire Islanders to support us.

“We also want to make sure we can take the best team possible, based on talent.

“It costs around £800 for each athlete to take part in the games and we want to help our squad members — some of which are still at school — meet that cost.

“The site looks fantastic. I’d like to say a huge thank you to ICRTouch for developing it for us.”