Titans Selected for World Island games

Titan Swimmers Poppy Evans and Darren Mew have been selected to represent their respective Islands  at this Summer’s forthcoming Nat West Island Games X1V which are being held on the Isle of Wight from the 25th June to 1st July.

Poppy, age 17, will be representing the isle of Man in the 50m, 100m and 200m breaststroke, 100m individual medley events and  the 4 x 50m and 4 x  100m freestyle relays.

Darren, age 31 will be representing the Isle of Wight in the 50m and 100m breaststroke.

The International Island Games were founded in the Isle of Man in 1985 and today include 25 member islands in, or associated with, the nine sovereign nations of Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the UK,  in addition to the islands of the Carribean. The Islands come together every two years to compete in friendly competition in a range of up to 14 individual and team sports chosen by the respective  host Island from an approved list of 18.

With around 4000 athletes from 25 member islands competing in 14 sports during the course of one week, the Isle of Wight NatWest Island Games 2011 is anticipated to be the largest games to date. It will certainly be the largest international multi-sport event ever held on the Island.

Commenting upon their selection Titans head coach Jon Pardoe said “ I’m delighted for both Poppy and Darren.  It should prove to be a fantastic week for both of them”.