The Island’s hotels, guest houses, and even schools, will be packed to the rafters next week as thousands of athletes descend on Bermuda for the NatWest Island Games.With organisers making last minute preparations for the arrival of 22 teams and 1,700 competitors, every inch of available space is being utilised to accomodate them.And, 450 of those will spend their stay at CedarBridge Academy, which has been cleared of desks, and chairs, and turned into a dormitory. Some have already arrived, with the nine-member Isle of Wight swim team settled in to their accomodtion.Paige Critchley, who competed in the 2011 Island games, is looking forward to her events. She will be competing in the 200m breaststroke, 100m breaststroke, 50m breaststroke, 200IM and 100IM and plans on competing in a swimming relay event as well.“I’ve been training 10 hours a week before I came up here,” the 18-year-old said. “After competing in the last Island games, I came third in the 200m breaststroke, so hopefully win a medal. I’ll be happy with anything really, even a personal best”Other athletes will stay at Saltus and Warwick, while a few lucky ones have managed to find space at both Fairmont locations on the Island.Those staying at the schools will have catering firms on hand to supply their meals, and be bused to, and from, their various events.“We have 15 different places that they [athletes] are staying,” Andrew Soares, the vice chairman of operations for the NatWest Island Games Organising Committee,” said. “Some are staying at the Fairmont Southampton, some at the Fairmont Hamilton Princess and some are staying at Regiment Warwick Camp, and everything in between.“We have about 450 people at CedarBridge Academy where we have cleared the school out and turned it into a dormitory. I have 70 and 95 people at Saltus and Warwick Academy. We’ve got catering for those at Saltus and Warwick academy, and mini buses, which we have only organised to take athletes to and from their sporting locations.”Labelled a mini-Olympics by some, or an Island version of the Commonwealth Games, an economic impact study has revealed that the Games could give Bermuda’s economy a $10 million boost.The competing Islands include St Helena, Aland, Falkland Islands, Froya, Gotland, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Orkney, Saaremaa, Shetland Islands Western Isles, Alderney, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar, Greenland, Hitra, Menorca, Rhodes, Sark and Ynys Mon.