International Island Games Association

Profile

Dick Ekstrom

Life Member - Aland

Photo of Dick Ekstrom

Island: Aland

IIGA History:

Executive Committee:
Member 1985 – 1989
Vice Chairman 1989 – 1991
Chairman 1991 – 1995
Honorary Life Member Since 1995
Co-opted Member 2007 – 2009

Games attendance: 1985 -2009

Contribution to the IIGA:

Dick was the Team Manager for Aland at the inaugural Inter-Island Games in the Isle of Man in 1985. He was Chairman of the Organising Committees for both the 1991 and 2009 Games in Aland. He was instrumental in introducing the Water Ceremony to the 1991 Games and which has since become a Games tradition as well as the building of the permanent memorial Fountain for the 2009 Games.