Basketball last featured at the Guernsey Games in 2023, where the team lost 73-55 in the bronze medal play-off against the hosts in front of a passionate home crowd.
Dunne said while the sport was growing on the Isle of Man, they still play in a men’s league, so “don’t get the opportunity play as a women’s team unless we travel off island”.
She said basketball’s return to the multi-sport contest would “give us the opportunity play at another level, with an end goal we can work towards”.
The captain said the players had been “gutted” to not be part of the Manx team in Orkney but “were cheering from home”.
She said while the team understood why the sport was not featured as “it needs a lots of sports hall, which for a smaller island it’s just not manageable”, taking home gold from the mini-tournament in Anglesey recently “had been a great experience” for the squad.
“We know we can win medals, we have the skillset and the talent, it’s just about being able to get that experience,” she added.