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The Isle of Man Commonwealth Youth Games has concluded with New Zealand coming in fourth on the medals table. New Zealand finished with a total of 20 medals including six gold, six silver and eight bronze. The Games proved a success for New Zealand swimmers who picked up most of New Zealands medals. The final day saw wins in the Mens 200 Butterfly (Alexander Hancock), the Mens 100m backstroke (Corey Main), the womens 100m Butterfly (Sophia Batchelor), the Womens 4x100 Medley Relay and the Mens 400m freestyle (Matthew Hutchins). Silvers in the swimming came in the Womens 50 Butterfly (Sophia Batchelor), Mens 200 Freestyle (Mathew Hutchins) and the Mens 1500 Freestyle (Mathew Hutchins). Also in the swimming was a bronze in the Mens 100 Butterfly (Alexander Hancock), Womens 200 Backstroke (Sophia Batchelor), Womens 200 Breaststroke (Natasha Lloyd), Mens 50 Butterfly (Alexander Hancock) and in the Mens 4x 200 Freestyle Relay. Completing the tally of medals for New Zealand was two silvers in Gymnastics (Brittany Robinson), silver in the womens triple jump (Greer Aslop), a bronze in the womens shot put (Chei Kenneally) and bronze in the Mens 200m in athletics (Dalton Coppins). Britain came in at top of the table for medals with 37 gold and Australia finished in second with a total of 29 gold.
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