Bermuda will begin the defence of their Island Games gold medal against Cayman Island and Foya in June.

Roderick Spencer’s side have been drawn in group D for the 12-team tournament in Jersey, with the hosts in group B alongside Gibraltar and Gotland.

Guernsey, who are considered one of the sides most likely to challenge Bermuda for gold, are in group C with Menorca and the Faroe Islands, while Saaremaa, who Bermuda beat to win gold in 2013 and 2011, are in group A alongside Isle of Wight and Isle of Man.

Group matches will take place between June 28 and June 30. The quarter-finals will be played on Wednesday 1 July, with the winner of Group A playing the second-placed team in Group B and vice versa, and the same applying to groups C and D.

The semi-finals will be played on July 2, and the final will be held on July 3.

Bermuda’s women have also entered a team in the Island Games, with the eight teams split into two groups. Bermuda are in group B alongside Gibraltar, Isle of Man and Cayman, with Menorca, Guernsey, Jersey and Gotland.

June will be a busy month for the men’s basketball team, with the Caribbean Basketball Confederation Championships taking place in the British Virgin Islands from June 16 to 22.

The ten teams have been split into two groups, with Bermuda facing Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Guyana and Suriname in group B, with Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Virgin Islands in group A.

The top two teams from each group will qualify for the semi-finals.

In preparation for the tour Bermuda will travel to Guyana in two weeks to play a three-game series between March 11 and 15. Sullivan Phillips, Dean Jones and Chris Crumpler will all play on a tour Spencer, the Bermuda head coach, has said would go a long way to helping him select his final squad for the events in June.

Guyana tour team: D Jones, S Phillips, C Crumpler, J Lee, Jason Lowe, V Lamb III, J Haley, J Knight. Reserves: K Stephens, J Cedenio, H Symonds, Jonathan Lowe