Medal tally of nine for Northern Ireland at Commonwealth Youth Games
The Northern Ireland Team of athletes, coaches and officials returned home from what was a very successful Commonwealth Youth Games for the teenagers. The 19 young athletes did Northern Ireland proud as they brought home a total of nine medals from the Games that were hosted by the City of Pune in India.
The athletes and coaches
Successful athletes were:
Matthew Hall Shooting Silver
Ciara Mageean Athletics Bronze
Hannah Lewis Athletics Silver
Edward Moubrey Athletics Bronze
Sean Duffy Boxing Silver
Paul Hyland Boxing Bronze
Chelsey Wilson Swimming Silver and Bronze
Conor Leaney Swimming Bronze
Ciara Mageean in action
Just missing out on the medals were a number of our other athletes, for example Curtis Woods came agonisingly close to a medal in the 400m loosing out by 1/100th second behind England's Jordan McGrath and it was reassuring that many were able to achieve Personal Bests at the Games which in itself is an achievement which any athlete can be proud of.
Conor Leaney in action
The Games certainly were a big success for the Northern Ireland Team and thanks go to all those coaches and officials who put in the many hours of hard work making preparations for the delegation travelling out to India. Thank you to all the sponsors including Kukri, Saucony and Asda who also had a role to play in the preparation of the team. Finally huge congratulations to all the athletes on your successes, and good luck to you all as you continue on your sporting careers!
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