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The New Zealand Olympic Committee has confirmed nominations of 11 swimmers to compete in the sixth Commonwealth Youth Games.
The IV Commonwealth Youth Games will take place from 19 - 23 July 2017 in the Bahamas. The event was first held in 2000 and is held every 2-4 years in a commonwealth host country.
Eleven young swimmers departed Auckland today to represent New Zealand at the Commonwealth Youth Games in Bahamas from July 18th – 23rd.
In the first finals session of the Bahamas Youth Commonwealth Games the young Kiwi swim team have made a statement by winning 6 medals earlier today.
The young New Zealand team once again dominated the second finals pool session of the Commonwealth Youth Games winning four gold medals, a silver and a bronze.
The future is well and truly bright for our young New Zealand swim team who once again won a bunch of medals this morning at the Commonwealth Youth Games.
The sun has set on a successful campaign in the Bahamian capital for the New Zealand youth swim team after a week of competition which produced 7 gold, 7 silver and 5 bronze medals.
Laticia-Leigh Transom and Lewis Clareburt win Junior Maori Sportswomen and Sportsman at the 2017 Aotearoa Māori Sports Awards.
A nineteen-strong aquatics team will represent New Zealand at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games, announced today at the Sir Owen G. Glenn National Aquatic Centre by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.
Carina Doyle, who opens the New Zealand swimming team’s Commonwealth Games campaign tomorrow, has travelled an unusual journey to get to the Gold Coast.
The Commonwealth Games is a unique, friendly, world class, multi-sports Games, which is held once every four years. The host city for the 2018 Commonwealth Games is Gold Coast, Australia. The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) will welcome more than 6,600 athletes and team officials from 71 Commonwealth nations and territories to the Gold Coast and event cities Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville, to share in the celebration of sport, entertainment and culture from the 4 - 15 April 2018.
Swimmers receive a number when they represent New Zealand at a World Championships (LC), Olympic Games or Commonwealth Games.