Jul 20 - Gibraltar Swimmers In Action At The Youth Commonwealth Games
The latest edition of the Youth Commonwealth Games kicked off on Tuesday in the Caribbean with an action-packed and fun-filled ceremony in Nassau, Bahamas.
This is first time in over 50 years that the Games movement has been in the Caribbean, with Kingston, Jamaica having hosted the 1958 British & Empire Games in which Gibraltar made its debut.
The ceremony welcomed over a thousand young athletes from around the Commonwealth for six days of action with nine sports on offer.
Flag Bearer for Team Gibraltar was swimmer Matt Savitz who is competing in his second Youth Games. The Queen’s Baton also made an appearance as part of its journey towards Gold Coast, Australia, the Baton is currently traversing the Caribbean.
For Gibraltar the sporting action began on Wednesday with four members of the swimming team in the pool.
Matt Savitz and Aidan Carroll went in the 50m butterfly heats, both went under the national record, Aidan clocked 26.89, while matt registered 26.78.
David Hitchcock swam in the 200m free 2.03.93 and Elijah Cruz came home in 1.07.96 in the backstroke.
The team continue in their endeavours today with more action in the pool and a first outing on the track in the athletics.
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