Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1958 in Cardiff, Wales were the first games that were attended by an Isle of Man team. It was also Ron's first Games as a member of the Isle of Man cycling team. He crashed during the event, ending up in hospital.

The following Games, in 1962 in Perth, Ron again competed as a member of the Isle of Man cycling team in the road race. He finished in 6th place, losing out on a medal in the final sprint of seven riders after 120 miles and 31 laps of the Kings Park circuit.

The 1966 Games in Kingston, Jamaica saw Ron move into a officiating role, when he joined the team as assistant to the general team manager, Curwen Clague, and by virtue of his cycling background, the de facto cycling team manager. He subsequently held a variety of officiating roles for the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association (CGA) at each of the next nine Games.

Year	Host Country	Host City	Isle of Man CGA Role	Other Notable Roles
1958	Wales	Cardiff	Cycling competitor
1962	Australia	Perth	Cycling competitor
1966	Jamaica	Kingston	Assistant team manager and cycling team manager
1970	Scotland	Edinburgh	Assistant team manager and cycling team manager
1974	New Zealand	Christchurch	Assistant team manager and cycling team manager
1978	Canada	Edmonton	Cycling team manager
1982	Australia	Brisbane	Cycling team manager	Vice President of the Commonwealth Games Federation London Sports Committee
1986	Scotland	Edinburgh	Assistant team manager	Vice President of the Commonwealth Games Federation London Sports Committee
1990	New Zealand	Auckland	General team manager	Vice President of the Commonwealth Games Federation London Sports Committee and Vice President of the European Region of the Commonwealth Games Federation
1994	Canada	Victoria	Secretary of the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association	Vice President of the European Region of the Commonwealth Games Federation
1998	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	General team manager
2002	England	Manchester	Secretary general

Officially attending twelve Commomwealth Games' is a Manx record still standing today. The Isle of Man team members for every Commonwealth Games is listed HERE, including by a count of Games by participant.

1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1958 were held in Cardiff, Wales. They were the first games that were attended by an Isle of Man team. 15 individuals were selected to go to Cardiff, with 10 competitors in cycling (6), track and field (2), marathon (1) and boxing (1), and 5 officials. Ron was one of those six cyclists, and he competed in the 120 mile road race based in the Ogmore-by-Sea district, 21 miles from Cardiff.

The cycle road race was held on the last day of the games, on Saturday, July 26th, and it was raining heavily. Ron recalled feeling miserable in the conditions, and a lapse of concentration ended his race when he touched the wheel of another competitor and crashed heavily. It was clear he couldn't continue, and he was taken to hospital where he was treated for a dislocated shoulder.

His teammate, Stuart Slack, more than endured the conditions by staying up with the leading pack, and eventually crossing the line in third place, and a bronze medal for the Island in its first venture to the Games.

1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1962 were held in Perth, Australia. Due to the distance and related expense, only 10 could be sent from the Island, with 8 competitors in cycling (4), track and field (3) and fencing (1), and 2 officials. It was Ron's second and last attempt at success in the Games as a competitor.

The 120 mile cycle road race was, like in 1958, to be held on the final day of the Games. To keep himself prepared, Ron notably took a "training" run from Perth to Collie in rainy and windy conditions, prompting a feature article in the local Collie Mail newspaper.

The race itself was held over 31 laps of a 3.78 mile circuit around King Park in Perth, on Saturday, December 1st. The Manx Green Final newspaper published the following account of the race:

************************* The race began at 7 a.m. in early morning sunshine and fortunately the temperature did not rise too steeply. In fact it was akin to the best conditions that would be experienced on a sunny warm day in the Island in June, with a cool breeze blowing off the Swan river far below. The race began at 7 a.m. in early morning sunshine and fortunately the temperature did not rise too steeply. In fact it was akin to the best conditions that would be experienced on a sunny warm day in the Island in June, with a cool breeze blowing off the Swan river far below.

The pace at the start was sedate and nobody was ready to rouse the field to action in the early stages.
Always up the front well placed for any moves were the Manx quartette.
The first break came when John Killip went out with three others to build up an attack, but it was too early to be taken seriously - although John himself had his moment of glory. He paid for it later.
The first real attack came when Ken Nuttall of England, a New Zealander and an Australian broke loose.
This trio built up a big gap which stretched to over 3½ minutes. It was a danger move, for the group contained one from each of the big teams and it was mainly left to the Manx trio (Roger had retired by this time) to do much of the work to keep the race under control. At this point Killey was riding strongly and intelligently. Callow was always there with him, and so was Killip. But if the gap was to be closed, the Isle of Man had to do it. The rest of the field was either not inclined for team reasons or was just not good enough.
Eventually, the Australian team manager for some reason ordered the Australian in the leading group to desist. He peeled off, and immediately Killey led an attack to close the gap. This he did as Nuttall and the New Zealander tired.
The field was together again - but not for long. Two New Zealanders attacked fiercely and got away (at one time there were three of them). The race was now on. The Australians and the England teams had to respond - and it suited the Manx boys finely.
But Australian Frank Brazier (who was being kept for the finish) sat tight. The other Australians were not good enough, and in any case, one had shattered himself in the three-man break. Mason for England sat tight. Nuttell had sold out. Addy of England was not good enough. Butler, the national champion was suffering.
Again it was the Manx contingent who had to fight to cut the gap made by the Kiwis. Killey led this pursuit lap after lap ably supported by Callow and Killip, until John at 100 miles had to call it a day. He was sold out.
Ensconced in this fierce race now was Peter Callow, with Ron Killey leading the raid on the New Zealand threat. Slowly the gap closed and with 16 miles to go, the Kiwis "died" in their attempt to keep away.
The field was now whittled down: Mason, Butler and Nuttall of England; four New Zealanders, three Australians and Killey and Callow - with N. Ireland surprise number Johnston.
The attack came with two laps to go. The commentator sized up the position: one England rider, two New Zealanders, two Australians, two Manxmen and an Irishman.
It looked all set for a battle to the line between Brazier of Australia (who beat Stuart Slack by inches for the silver medal at Cardiff) Mason of England - and Peter Callow.
These three had kept themselves going in the groups throughout and were obviously best fitted for sprint battles at the end. The New Zealanders were always a big threat but the query was whether their attacks and breaks had worn them down.
Excitement in the Manx pit ran high as the field swept by with two laps to go.
It was satisfying and thrilling to hear the Isle of Man challenge constantly referred to by the loud speakers.
Then Peter's experiences on the Thursday evening took toll. At 115 miles he "came of the back" - fighting desperately and dramatically to hold on.
This great young Manx rider gave everything he had to stay on. But the gap opened and opened. He strove onwards alone, dazed, parched, grim and full of suffering.
On went the group, now one less. Killey was left. A rider without a great finishing sprint, Ron had only one hope for the major honours: a final onslaught on the hill as he climbed it for the 31st time. He had a go - he tore at himself to get loose but his tremendous pursuits early on left him physically weaker. The spirit was there and the fierce determination - but the legs would not respond.
So up the hill the surviving group of seven. Oh, for a Peter Callow on top form was the wish of the Manx supporters at this moment.
But all eyes now on the leaders as they diverted from the course down the Park avenue to the descending finishing straight.
And Mason - winner of the Viking Trophy in 1961 in the Isle of Man - came out to win by many lengths from the two New Zealanders, with Brazier next, Johnston of N. Ireland and Killey next (Ron was sixth) and Powell of Australia lengths behind Killey.
Two New Zealanders and an Australian came along some moments later in single file, then on his own British national champion Keith Butler (once a Clypse Handicap winner in June) - and then the lone, tiring, shattered figure of Peter Callow, determined to the end and fifth best Briton.
A long string of riders followed him home - most of them coming through up to ten minutes later as they were up to two and three laps in arrears.
The Manx boys had given everything they had. The scene at the finish was proof of that. But inside an hour they had recovered well, and were holding the "inquest" and had forgotten their desperate fatigue.

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It has been separately reported that Ron lost out on a medal by "taking a wrong turn" on the last lap of the race, instead of turning for the finish line. A more credible account is the following snippet of the race story from "A History of the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games":

"After cresting the circuit’s only incline for the final time, the route left the circuit for a long finishing straight, and the sportsmanship of Killey at this crucial point probably cost him a higher place as he distracted himself at the junction to call back Northern Ireland legend and forceful sprinter Jack Johnson, who had failed to notice the change in route."

But the 6th place finish by Ron was the best result of the Manx team that year, and the second best (behind Stuart Slack's bronze medal performance) of any Manx athelete in the Island's two visits to the Games. It was Ron's final race as a competitor, but he went on to attend 10 more Games as an official.

Two other manx cyclists put in top-10 performances: Roger Kelly finished 7th in the 1km individual time trial, and Peter Callow lost out in the quarter finals of the 4000m individual pursuit (8th best on time).

1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1966 were held in Kingston, Jamaica. The Island sent 15 participants, with 12 competitors in cycling (4), shooting (4), race walking (3) and swimming (1), and 3 officials. Ron was the Assistant Team Manager and the Cycling Team Manager. As Chairman of the Manx Road Club at the time, Ron was also one of the cycling committee selectors for the 1966 Games.

For the third Games in a row, the highlight for the Island was the cycling, this time with a gold medal performance by Peter Buckley in the 120-mile road race. Another cyclist, Nigel Dean, also put in a great performance, finishing 5th in the 10 mile scratch race, hence demoting Ron's 6th place in Perth to the 4th best performance by a Manx athlete in three Games. Two other top-ten performances were achieved by the walkers, with Phillip Bannan finishing 7th in the 20 mile road walk, and Albert Johnson finishing right behind him in 8th place.

Ron played his part as cycling team manager by acquiring a 50 c.c. Honda behind which the cyclists could pace behind down the 6 mile road from Kingston to the Palisadoes Airport at 45 mph. As well as relieving the monotony of training, it also became useful to provide the cyclists with drinks that would be carried out to them whilst training. The acquisition was thanks to the Australian team. Their 95 kg coach couldn't get enough speed out of the Honda, so had to find a bigger bike. That left the Honda available and Ron quickly struck the deal that allowed him to use it for the Isle of Man cyclists training.

1970 British Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1970 were held in Edinburgh, Scotland. For these Games the "Empire" was dropped from the title, hence the appreviation to the "British Commonwealth Games". The Island sent 19 participants, with 13 competitors in cycling (5), badminton (3), race walking (3), track and field (1) and swimming (1), and 6 officials. Ron was again the Assistant Team Manager and the Cycling Team Manager.

Probably due to the short travel distance from the Island to Edinburgh, the Isle of Man sent more athletes and more officials than any previous Games. But unlike the previous three Games, cycling didn't turn out to be the highlight. That spotlight was captured by Alex Jackson's bronze medal in the 200m women's freestyle swimming event, and the Island's third medal in four Games. She also swam to 4th place in the 100m freestyle event - the fourth best performance by a Manx athlete in any Games to that point, behind the three medalists.

The cyclists still made a good account of themselves, with Nigel Dean in his second Games finishing 6th in the 120 mile road race, and Ernie Potter finishing behind him in 7th. All told, these four top-10 performances meant that the Manx team had achieved twelve top-10 performances in just four Games.

1974 British Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1974 were held in Christchurch, New Zealand. The Island sent 20 participants, the most to date, with 15 competitors in cycling (4), shooting (4), race walking (3), swimming (2), marathon (1) and track and field (1), and 5 officials. Ron was again the Assistant Team Manager and the Cycling Team Manager.

For only the second time, there were no medals for the Island. Graham Young came closest with a personal best time in the 20 mile road walk, finishing only 47 seconds behind the bronze medalist. Fellow walker John Callow also put in a good race, finishing 8th.

Cycling again returned some good results with two cyclists recording top-10 finishes. Mike Kelly was 8th in the 10 mile scratch event and Bernie Shimmel finished just a couple of places behind him in 10th.

The Manx shooters also bagged a first top-10 result for their sport, when Ted Corlett finished 9th in the smallbore 50m rifle (prone position) competition.

With these results, the Island now had 17 top-10 performances in five Games.

1978 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1978 were held in Edmonton, Canada. The Games finally dropped the "British" part of the title, abbreviating it to just "The Commonwealth Games", as it is known today. The Island sent a huge party, significantly larger than any other games, with 34 participants. There were 26 competitors in badminton (5), cycling (5), shooting (5), swimming (5), race walking (3), marathon (2) and track and field (1), and 8 officials. Ron was the Cycling Team Manager.

The large team came through with another medal for the Island. This time it was bronze for shooter Stewart Watterson in the open smallbore 50m rifle (prone position).

Cycling's John Purvis was awfully close to a medal, when he finished 4th in the road race. Walker Graham Young couldn't better his previous Games performance in the 30km walk, but still finished in a creditable 8th place. And swimmer Colin Skillicorn put in a top-10 performance (on time) in the men's 200m individual medley.

With these results, the Island now had 21 top-10 performances in six Games.

1982 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1982 were held in Brisbane, Australia. The Island sent 36 participants, the most to date, including 26 competitors in shooting (7), cycling (6), badminton (4), swimming (4), race walking (3) and track and field (2), and 10 officials. Ron was the Cycling Team Manager.
Ron also became the Vice President of the Commonwealth Games Federation London Sports Committee this year, a post he held for the next eight years, through 1990.

This was the first Games for the Island where the cyclists were not the largest (or equal largest) contingent. Instead, that honor went to the shooters, with seven competitors.

Despite fielding the largest team in the Island's history of the Games, no medals were won, and no one was close. There were a bunch of notable top-10 finishes though, including:
- In cycling, Mike Doyle, Mark Gage, Steve Joughin, and Steve Porter, who finished 8th in the 100km team time trial; Steve also finished 7th in the road race, and 10th in the 1km individual time trial;
- In shooting, Peter Kelly and John Quilliam finished tied for 8th in the clay pigeon trap pairs; Peter Quilliam and Peter Quirk finished 8th in the 50m rifle (prone position) pairs; and David Clague and John Quilliam finished 9th in skeet pairs;
- In walking, Murray Lambden finished 8th in the 30km walk.

With these results, the Island now had 28 top-10 performances in seven Games.

1986 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1986 were held in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Island sent 41 participants, including 29 competitors in shooting (10), cycling (7), badminton (4), track and field (3), marathon (2), swimming (2) and race walking (1), and 12 officials. Ron was the Assistant Team Manager, handing off his previous Cycling Manager duties to Lionel Cowin.

Unsurprisingly, due to the relative ease of travel from the Isle of Man to Edinburgh, the Island sent more athletes and more officials to this Games than any other, up to this point, and the next three until the Games returned to England.

The Island got its second gold in Edinburgh. This time it was shooter, Nigel Kelly in the individual skeet competition. Nigel also teamed up with Andrew McKeown to take 5th in the skeet pairs competition.
Peter Kelly and Chris Turner finished tied for 5th in the clay pigeon trap pairs.
Harry Creevy and Stewart Watterson also teamed up for a good results in the 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs, finishing 7th; and the two of them took 9th in the 10m air rifle pairs.
Stuart Earle and Phil Mason took 7th in the center fire pairs, and they also teamed up for 8th in the air pistol pairs.
That meant that 8 of the 10 shooters that the Island sent to the Games put in a top-10 performance.

Cycling wasn't to be outdone, with an excellent 6th in the 100km team time trial with Richard Fletcher, Mike Kelly III, Peter Kennaugh, and Steve Porter.

The sole walker too put in a good performance with Steve Partington finishing 10th in the 30km walk.

Also notable was Ruth Vondy's performance in the women's over 72kg open judo competition in which she finished second. It is a rarely reported achievement because judo was "only" a demonstration event at these Games. Nevertheless, Ruth got a silver medal for the achievement, and this result is included in the statistics of this site.

With these results, the Island now had 38 top-10 performances in eight Games.

1990 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1990 were held in Auckland, New Zealand. The Island sent 29 participants, including 21 competitors in shooting (6), cycling (5), swimming (5), track and field (2), badminton (1), judo (1) and race walking (1), and 8 officials. Ron was the General Team Manager.
Ron also became the European Vice President of the Commonwealth Games Association this year, a post he held for the next four years, through 1994.

The Island's second visit to New Zealand, and like the last time, no medals. Ruth Vondy in Judo finished 3rd, but did not receive a medal since there were only 4 competitors in her class.

As was becoming a recurring theme, there were plenty of top-10 results for the Island to celebrate.

The shooters again put in several good performances.
Previous Games gold medalist Nigel Kelly finished 6th in the individual skeet competition, and teamed with David Clague to finish 7th in the skeet pairs competition.
Harry Creevy and Stewart Watterson finished 9th in the 50m smallbore rifle (3-position) pairs.

The swimmers as a team, consisting of David Glover, David Picken, Graham Stigant and Shane Stigant, recorded a number of top-10 results:
7th in the 4x100m medley relay, 7th in the 4x200m freestyle relay, and 8th in the 4x100m freestyle relay.

Cycling too had a number of good results:
5th in the 50km points race by Steve Porter, who also finished 9th in the road race.
As a team, four of the cyclists produced a top-10 team result in the 100km team time trial with 9th by Mark Harrison, Andy Nicholson, Stephen Porter, and Andrew Roche.
Andy also finished 10th in the road race.

In the 30km race walk, Steve Partington bettered his finish from the previous Games by one place, to finish 9th in these Games.

With these results, the Island now had 50 top-10 performances in nine Games.

1994 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1994 were held in Victoria, Canada. The Island sent 23 participants, including 14 competitors in shooting (6), cycling (3), race walking (3), swimming (1) and track and field (1), and 9 officials.

Ron is often not listed as part of the Isle of Man team for these games. However, he attended in an official capacity, and as can be seen from the pictures (right), he attended in the Isle of Man team uniform. His official capacity at the Games was as Vice President of the European Region of the Commonwealth Games Federation. He was also, at the time, the Secretary of the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games Association. The position of Vice President of the European Region is one that is elected every four years, with the nominee coming from the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands, Malta, Gibraltar or Cyprus. Ron won more votes over a delegate from Malta to get the position, and as the Manx nominee, he represented the Isle of Man as well as the post in these Games.

For the second time in a row, no medals for the Island (the only time this two-in-a-row has happened).
But Marie Purvis was very close in the women's cycling road race when she finished 4th.

The shooters as usual had a number of good performances.
Harry Creevy, who was in his third of eight games, again produced top-10 results with 6th in the individual 50m smallbore rifle (prone position), 7th in the 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs with Stewart Watterson, and 10th in the 50m smallbore rifle (3-position) pairs also with Stewart Watterson.

Steve and Carolyn Partington too extended the walker's streak of 10-top performances to six Games when he finished 7th in the men's 30km walk, and she finished 9th in the women's 10km walk.

With these results, the Island now had 56 top-10 performances in ten Games.

1998 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 1998 were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Island sent 29 participants, including 20 competitors in swimming (6), shooting (5), cycling (3), race walking (3), ten pin bowling (2) and track and field (1), and 9 officials.

Ron returned to the role of General Team Manager for these Games. Two months later, Ron received his OBE from the Queen at Buckingham Palace.

Silver this time around for shooter David Moore, who finished second in the individual 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) event.
As in earlier Games, a number of shooters returned with top ten results. In the same event that David took second, Harry Creevy finished 6th. David and Harry then teamed up take 7th in the 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs event.
Glenn Catlin and Nigel Kelly got together in the skeet pairs event and finished 5th. Nigel also finished 9th in the individual skeet event.

Carolyn Partington bettered her previous Games finish of 9th in the women's 10km walk, by finishing 6th in these Games. And Karen Kneale was not too far behind her, finishing in 10th.

Cycling's streak of top ten finishes in every Games continued, despite only three cyclist going to Malaysia, with 7th place in the 20km scratch race by Mark Kelly.

The swimming team of David Batty, Marcus Cooil, Dane Harrop, and Alan Jones, finished the 4x100m freestyle relay in 9th, and the 4x100m medley relay in 10th.

With these results, the Island now had 66 top-10 performances in eleven Games.

2002 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games in 2002 were held in Manchester, England. Due to the Island's proximity to Manchester, 44 participants went to the Games from the Isle of Man - the most ever - including 30 competitors in shooting (11), cycling (6), swimming (6), badminton (2), lawn bowling (2), race walking (2) and track and field (1), and 14 officials.

This was Ron's last Games, representing the Isle of Man in the capacity of Secretary General.

A huge team from the Isle of Man at these Games, but no medals, and no one close either. But inevitably with so many competitors, there were top-10 results in almost every discipline.

Best was the swimming team of David Batty, Dane Harrop, Alan Jones and Adam Richards finishing 6th in the 4x100m medley relay, and 8th in the 4x100m freestyle relay. In individual swimming events, Ian Sharp finished 8th in the 100m EAD freestyle, and tied-9th in the 50m EAD freestyle.

In cycling Mark Kelly finished 7th in the 40km points race.

Pauling Kelly and Maureen Payne finished 3rd in group B of lawn bowls, which was effectively tied-9th in a field of 20 teams.

Shooting, as usual, returned top-10 results with Harry Creevy finishing 8th in the 50m smallbore rifle (prone position), Jake Keeling and Neil Parsons finishing 9th in the double trap pairs, and David Clague and Jeff Corkill finishing 10th in the skeet pairs.

With these results, the Island now had 75 top-10 performances in twelve Games.

For the Record

2006 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games in 2006 were held in Melbourne, Australia, which was the 1st visit of the Games to Melbourne and 3rd to Australia.
The Island sent 43 participants, 27 competitors in shooting (10), cycling (6), swimming (4), badminton (2), lawn bowling (2), gynmastics (1), race walking (1) and track and field (1), and 16 offials.
Mark Cavendish brought home the Island's third Gold in cycling in the 20km scratch race, and Trevor Byles and Wilfy Walton won Bronze in shooting in the Clay pigeon trap pairs. This was the first official double-medal Games for the Island (the Island double-medled in 1986, but Ruth Vondy's sport of Judo was a demonstration sport, and so is often not included in official medal counts). This raised the total medals won by the Island to 9.
There were a eight other top-10 finishers: in cycling it was Cavendish again, with 7th place in the road race, and Mark Kelly who finished 5th in the 40km point race and 8th in the 20km scratch race; in shooting the other Manx pairs of Tim Kneale and Neil Parsons finished 5th in the double trap pairs, and Harry Creevy and Phil Glover who finished 9th in the 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs; and in race walking Steve Partington finished 6th in the 50km walk.
Also of note, the Island sent its first gymnast to the Games: Alex Hedges, who participated in the individual all-round, finishing 19th.

2010 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games in 2010 were held in Delhi, India, which was the first visit to India.
The Island sent its biggest contingent to date, 49 participants, 31 competitors in shooting (11), cycling (6), gynmastics (5), badminton (4), archery (3) and boxing (2), and 18 officials. Archery and boxing were both represented by the Island for the first time, and gynmastics sent an all-around team for the first time.
Another double-medal Games for the Island, with bronze in cycling for Mark Christian in the 40km points race, and bronze for shooter Tim Kneale in the individual double trap. The Island was now into double-digits with 11 medals won throughout the years.
Six more top-10 finishes with four of them in shooting with Jake Keeling and Tim Kneale taking 5th in Double trap pairs, Harry Creevy and David Moore taking 7th in 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs, Jake Keeling taking 8th in Individual double trap, and Gemma Kermode and Lara Ward taking 10th in 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs. The other two top-10 results came via Mark Cavendish with 7th in the cycling road race, and the men's gymnastics team taking 9th in the team all-round.

2014 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games in 2014 were held in Scotland for the third time, but in Glasgow this time around (Edinburgh having hosted the other two editions).
The Island sent a huge contingent of 70 participants, 45 competitors in shooting (11), cycling (9), gynmastics (8), swimming (7), track and field (4), badminton (3), boxing (1), lawn bowling (1) and triathlon (1), and 25 officials. This was by far the biggest team the Island had ever sent to the Games, and the most diverse set of sport disciplines for which the Island had ever sent athletes.
Another medal at these Games, a silver medal for cyclist Peter Kennaugh in the 40km points race, the third Games in a row that the Island had won a medal, and the 12th medal for the Island overall.
Eight other top-10 performances too, with Peter also claiming 8th in the road race, and 4th and 5th place finishes for Mark Christian and Joe Kelly respectively in the 20km cycling scratch race. Shooter Jake Kelly got 9th place in the Individual double trap. The Island's women gymnasts (Nicole Burns, Tara Donnelly, Grace Harrison, and Kaitlin Kneen) took 10th in the team event. And in swimming Grant Halsall was 10th in the 50m backstroke, the 200m backstroke, and the 4x200m freestyle relay along with Tom Bielich, Alex Bregazzi and Guy Davies.

2018 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games in 2018 were held in Australia for the fourth time, and in Brisbane for the second time.
51 participants were sent, 32 competitors in cycling (10), shooting (6), swimming (5), badminton (4), lawn bowling (2), track and field (2), gynmastics (1), race walking (1) and triathlon (1), and 19 officials.
For the fourth games in a row the Island won a medal, it's 13th, with Tim Kneale winning silver in the individual double trap. It was his second medal after winning bronze in 2010, with which he became the island's first multi-medalist.
Once again there were a lot of great top-10 performances by the Isle of Man athletes. Swimmer Charlotte Atkinson finished just 0.45s outside the medals with 4th place in the 200m butterfly. Charlotte followed that up when she joined Stephanie Brew, Laura Kinley and Niamh Robinson to take 8th place in the 4 x 100m medley relay. There were four top-10 results for the cyclists, with Matthew Bostock finishing 6th in the 15km scratch race, Anna Christian and Lizzie Holden finishing 9th and 10th respectively in the individual time trial, and Nick Corlett finishing 10th in the Mountain Bike competition. And in race walking, Erica Kelly finished 9th in the 20km event.

2022 Commonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games in 2022 were held in England for the second time (sixth time in the UK), with Birmingham the host city.
34 competitors were sent in cycling (13), swimming (7), track and field (5), boxing (2), marathon (2), triathlon (2), badminton (1), gynmastics (1) and para powerlifting (1). The 13 cyclist represented the largest contingent in a single sporting discipline sent to the Games by the Island. Kimberley Dean became the first para-athlete to represent the Isle of Man at the Commonwealth Games, in the para powerlifting event. Despite the island's deep history of shooting success at the Games, no athletes went since no events were held, as shooting was excluded from the Games due to a lack of facilities around Birmingham. A list of officials accompanying the team was not published by the Isle of Man Commonwealth Games organization, for an unknown reason.
Unfortunately the streak of medal-winning Games for the Island came to an end when none of the athletes won a medal. Lizzie Holden came the closest in the cycling individual time trail with a great 5th place finish out of a field of 36. Other top-10 finishers included Rebecca Storrie who finished behind Lizzie in 6th place in the individual time trail. The swimming team of Peter Allen, Alex Bregazzi, Harry Robinson and Joel Watterson came together to finish 7th in two different events, the 4 x 100m freestyle relay, and the 4 x 200m freestyle relay. The men and women came together for the mixed swimming events, with Peter Allen, Emma Hodgson, Laura Kinley and Joel Watterson finishing 9th (based on time) in the 4 x 100m medley relay; and Peter Allen, Harry Robinson, Emma Hodgson and Kiera Prentice finishing 10th (based on time) in the 4 x 100m freestyle relay. Jade Burden, Kimberley Dean, and Glen Quayle all finished inside the top-10 in their respective sports of boxing, para powerlifting, and pole vault, 8th place in all cases, albeit in fields of 10 or fewer competitors.

All the Games in Summary:

Year	Host Country	Host City	Athls	Offls	Total	Sports (Manx participants)	Best Result(s)
1958	Wales	Cardiff	10	5	15	Cycling (6), track and field (2), marathon (1), boxing (1)	Stuart Slack, Cycling: Road Race, Bronze Medal Winner
1962	Australia	Perth	8	2	10	Cycling (4), track and field (3), fencing (1)	Ron Killey, Cycling: Road Race, 6th place
1966	Jamaica	Kingston	12	3	15	Cycling (4), shooting (4), race walking (3), swimming (1)	Peter Buckley, Cycling: Road Race, Gold Medal Winner
1970	Scotland	Edinburgh	13	6	19	Cycling (5), badminton (3), race walking (3), track and field (1), swimming (1)	Alex Jackson, Swimming: 200m Freestyle, Bronze Medal Winner
1974	New Zealand	Christchurch	15	5	20	Cycling (4), shooting (4), race walking (3), swimming (2), marathon (1), track and field (1)	Graham Young, Athletics: 20 Mile Road Walk, 4th place
1978	Canada	Edmonton	26	8	34	Badminton (5), cycling (5), shooting (5), swimming (5), race walking (3), marathon (2), track and field (1)	Stewart Watterson, Shooting: Open Smallbore 50m Rifle Prone, Bronze Medal Winner
1982	Australia	Brisbane	26	10	36	Shooting (7), cycling (6), badminton (4), swimming (4), race walking (3), track and field (2)	Steve Joughin, Cycling: Road Race, 7th place
1986	Scotland	Edinburgh	29	12	41	Shooting (10), cycling (7), badminton (4), track and field (3), marathon (2), swimming (2), race walking (1)	Nigel Kelly, Shooting: Individual Skeet, Gold Medal Winner Ruth Vondy, Judo: Over 72kg Open, Silver Medal Winner
1990	New Zealand	Auckland	21	8	29	Shooting (10), cycling (7), badminton (4), track and field (3), marathon (2), swimming (2), race walking (1)	Ruth Vondy, Judo: Over 72kg, 3rd place (but no medal) Steve Porter, Cycling: 50km Points, 5th
1994	Canada	Victoria	14	9	23	Shooting (6), cycling (3), race walking (3), swimming (1), track and field (1)	Marie Purvis, Cycling: Road Race, 4th place
1998	Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	20	9	29	Swimming (6), shooting (5), cycling (3), race walking (3), ten pin bowling (2), track and field (1)	David Moore, Shooting: Individual Smallbore 50m Rifle Prone, Silver Medal Winner
2002	England	Manchester	30	14	44	Shooting (11), cycling (6), swimming (6), badminton (2), lawn bowling (2), race walking (2), track and field (1)	David Moore, Swimming: 4x100m Medley Relay, 6th place
2006	Australia	Melbourne	27	16	43	Shooting (10), cycling (6), swimming (4), badminton (2), lawn bowling (2), gynmastics (1), race walking (1), track and field (1)	Mark Cavendish, Cycling: 20km Scratch Race, Gold Medal Winner Trevor Byles and Wilfy Walton, Shooting: Clay Pigeon Trap Pairs, Bronze Medal Winners
2010	India	Delhi	31	18	49	Shooting (11), cycling (6), gynmastics (5), badminton (4), archery (3), boxing (2)	Mark Christian, Cycling: 40km Points Race, Bronze Medal Winner Tim Kneale, Shooting: Individual Double Trap, Bronze Medal Winner
2014	Scotland	Glasgow	45	25	70	Shooting (11), cycling (9), gynmastics (8), swimming (7), track and field (4), badminton (3), boxing (1), lawn bowling (1), triathlon (1)	Peter Kennaugh, Cycling: 40km Points Race, Silver Medal Winner
2018	Australia	Brisbane	32	19	51	Cycling (10), shooting (6), swimming (5), badminton (4), lawn bowling (2), track and field (2), gynmastics (1), race walking (1), triathlon (1)	Tim Kneale, Shooting: Individual Double Trap, Silver Medal Winner
2022	England	Birmingham	34	??	??	Cycling (13), swimming (7), track and field (5), boxing (2), marathon (2), triathlon (2), badminton (1), gynmastics (1), para powerlifting (1)	Lizzie Holden, Cycling: Individual Time Trial, 5th place

Medalists:

Medal	Medalist	Sport	Discipline	Year
Gold	Peter Buckley Nigel Kelly Mark Cavendish	Cycling Shooting Cycling	Road race Skeet 20km scratch race	1966 1986 2006
Silver	Ruth Vondy David Moore Peter Kennaugh Tim Kneale	Judo Shooting Cycling Shooting	Over 72kg women's open (Demonstration event) 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) 40km points race Individual Double Trap	1986 1998 2014 2018
Bronze	Stuart Slack Alex Jackson Stewart Watterson Trevor Byles and Wilfy Walton Mark Christian Tim Kneale	Cycling Swimming Shooting Shooting Cycling Shooting	Road race 200m women's freestyle 50m smallbore rifle (prone position) Clay pigeon trap pairs 40km points race Individual double trap	1958 1970 1978 2006 2010 2010

Top 10 performances by Manx athletes at each of the Games (currently 120 total, with 13 medals):

#	Year	City/Country (Top 10s)	Sport	Discipline	Position and competitors
1	1958	Cardiff/Wales (1)	Cycling	Road race	3rd - Stuart Slack
2	1962	Perth/Australia (3)	Cycling	Road race	6th - Ron Killey
3			Cycling	1km individual time trial	7th - Roger Kelly
4			Cycling	4000m individual pursuit	8th (on time) - Peter Callow
5	1966	Kingston/Jamaica (4)	Cycling	Road race	1st - Peter Buckley
6			Cycling	10 mile scratch race	5th - Nigel Dean
7			Walking	20 mile road walk	7th - Phillip Bannan
8			Walking	20 mile road walk	8th - Albert Johnson
9	1970	Edinburgh/Scotland (4)	Swimming	200m women's freestyle	3rd - Alex Jackson
10			Swimming	100m women's freestyle	4th - Alex Jackson
11			Cycling	Road race	6th - Nigel Dean
12			Cycling	Road race	7th - Earnie Potter
13	1974	Christchurch/New Zealand (5)	Walking	20 mile road walk	4th - Graham Young
14			Walking	20 mile road walk	8th - John Callow
15			Cycling	10 mile scratch race	8th - Mike Kelly
16			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position)	9th - Ted Corlett
17			Cycling	10 mile scratch race	10th - Bernie Shimmel
18	1978	Edmonton/Canada (4)	Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position)	3rd - Stewart Watterson
19			Cycling	Road race	4th - John Purvis
20			Walking	30km walk	8th - Graham Young
21			Swimming	200m individual medley	10th (on time) - Colin Skillicorn
22	1982	Brisbane/Australia (7)	Cycling	Road race	7th - Steve Joughin
23			Cycling	100km team time trial	8th - Mike Doyle, Mark Gage, Steve Joughin, and Steve Porter
24			Shooting	Clay pigeon trap pairs	8th - Peter Kelly and John Quilliam
25			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs	8th - Peter Quilliam and Peter Quirk
26			Walking	30km walk	8th - Murray Lambden
27			Shooting	Skeet pairs	9th - David Clague and John Quilliam
28			Cycling	1km individual time trial	10th - Steve Joughin
29	1986	Edinburgh/Scotland (10)	Shooting	Skeet	1st - Nigel Kelly
30			Judo*	Over 72kg women's open	2nd - Ruth Vondy (*Demonstration event)
31			Shooting	Skeet pairs	5th - Nigel Kelly and Andrew McKeown
32			Shooting	Clay pigeon trap pairs	5th - Peter Kelly and Chris Turner
33			Cycling	100km team time trial	6th - Richard Fletcher, Mike Kelly III, Peter Kennaugh, and Steve Porter
34			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs	7th - Harry Creevy and Stewart Watterson
35			Shooting	Center fire pairs	7th - Stuart Earle and Phil Mason
36			Shooting	Air pistol pairs	8th - Stuart Earle and Phil Mason
37			Shooting	10m air rifle pairs	9th - Harry Creevy and Stewart Watterson
38			Walking	30km walk	10th - Steve Partington
39	1990	Auckland/New Zealand (12)	Judo	Women's over 72kg, open	3rd - Ruth Vondy
40			Cycling	50km points race	5th - Steve Porter
41			Shooting	Individual skeet	6th - Nigel Kelly
42			Shooting	Skeet pairs	7th - Nigel Kelly and David Clague
43			Swimming	4x100m medley relay	7th - David Glover, David Picken, Graham Stigant, and Shane Stigant
44			Swimming	4x200m freestyle relay	7th - David Glover, David Picken, Graham Stigant, and Shane Stigant
45			Swimming	4x100m freestyle relay	8th - David Glover, David Picken, Graham Stigant, and Shane Stigant
46			Cycling	Road race	9th - Steve Porter
47			Cycling	100km team time trial	9th - Mark Harrison, Andy Nicholson, Stephen Porter, and Andrew Roche
48			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (3-position) pairs	9th - Harry Creevy and Stewart Watterson
49			Walking	30km walk	9th - Steve Partington
50			Cycling	Road race	10th - Andy Nicholson
51	1994	Victoria/Canada (6)	Cycling	Road race	4th - Marie Purvis
52			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position)	6th - Harry Creevy
53			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs	7th - Harry Creevy and Stewart Watterson
54			Walking	30km walk	7th - Steve Partington
55			Walking	10km walk	9th - Carolyn Partington
56			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (3-position) pairs	10th - Harry Creevy and Stewart Watterson
57	1998	Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia (10)	Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position)	2nd - David Moore
58			Shooting	Skeet pairs	5th - Glenn Catlin and Nigel Kelly
59			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position)	6th - Harry Creevy
60			Walking	10km walk	6th - Carolyn Partington
61			Cycling	20km scratch race	7th - Mark Kelly
62			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs	7th - David Moore and Harry Creevy
63			Shooting	Individual skeet	9th - Nigel Kelly
64			Swimming	4x100m freestyle relay	9th - David Batty, Marcus Cooil, Dane Harrop, and Alan Jones
65			Walking	10km walk	10th - Karen Kneale
66			Swimming	4x100m medley relay	10th - David Batty, Marcus Cooil, Dane Harrop, and Alan Jones
67	2002	Manchester/England (9)	Swimming	4x100m medley relay	6th - David Batty, Dane Harrop, Alan Jones, and Adam Richards
68			Cycling	40km points race	7th - Mark Kelly
69			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position)	8th - Harry Creevy
70			Swimming	4x100m freestyle relay	8th - David Batty, Dane Harrop, Alan Jones, and Adam Richards
71			Swimming	100m EAD freestyle	8th - Ian Sharp
72			Shooting	Double trap pairs	9th - Jake Keeling and Neil Parsons
73			Swimming	50m EAD freestyle	9th - Ian Sharp
74			Lawn bowls	Women's pairs	Tied-9th - Pauling Kelly and Maureen Payne
75			Shooting	Skeet pairs	10th - David Clague and Jeff Corkill
76	2006	Melbourne/Australia (10)	Cycling	20km scratch race	1st - Mark Cavendish
77			Shooting	Clay pigeon trap pairs	3rd - Trevor Byles and Wilfy Walton
78			Cycling	40km points race	5th - Mark Kelly
79			Shooting	Double trap pairs	5th - Tim Kneale and Neil Parsons
80			Cycling	20km scratch race	6th - Jonny Bellis
81			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs	6th - Suzanne Cubbon and Lara Ward
82			Walking	50km walk	6th - Steve Partington
83			Cycling	Road race	7th - Mark Cavendish
84			Cycling	20km scratch race	8th - Mark Kelly
85			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs	9th - Harry Creevy and Phil Glover
86	2010	Delhi/India (8)	Cycling	40km points race	3rd - Mark Christian
87			Shooting	Individual double trap	3rd - Tim Kneale
88			Shooting	Double trap pairs	5th - Jake Keeling and Tim Kneale
89			Cycling	Road race	7th - Mark Cavendish
90			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs	7th - Harry Creevy and David Moore
91			Shooting	Individual double trap	8th - Jake Keeling
92			Gymnastics	Men's team	9th - Adam Hedges, Alex Hedges, Mukunda Measuria
93			Shooting	50m smallbore rifle (prone position) pairs	10th - Gemma Kermode and Lara Ward
94	2014	Glasgow/Scotland (9)	Cycling	40km points race	2nd - Peter Kennaugh
95			Cycling	20km scratch race	4th - Mark Christian
96			Cycling	20km scratch race	5th - Joe Kelly
97			Cycling	Road race	8th - Peter Kennaugh
98			Shooting	Individual double trap	9th - Jake Keeling
99			Gymnastics	Women's team	10th - Nicole Burns, Tara Donnelly, Grace Harrison, and Kaitlin Kneen
100			Swimming	50m backstroke	10th - Grant Halsall
101			Swimming	200m backstroke	10th - Grant Halsall
102			Swimming	4x200m freestyle relay	10th - Tom Bielich, Alex Bregazzi, Guy Davies, Grant Halsall
103	2018	Brisbane/Australia (9)	Shooting	Individual Double Trap	2nd - Tim Kneale
104			Swimming	200m butterfly	4th - Charlotte Atkinson
105			Cycling	15km scratch race	6th - Matthew Bostock
106			Shooting	Individual smallbore 50m rifle prone	6th - Rachel Glover
107			Swimming	4 x 100m medley relay	8th - Charlotte Atkinson, Stephanie Brew, Laura Kinley, Niamh Robinson
108			Cycling	Individual time trial	9th - Anna Christian
109			Walking	20km walk	9th - Erica Kelly
110			Cycling	Mountain Bike	10th - Nick Corlett
111			Cycling	Individual time trial	10th - Lizzie Holden
112	2022	England/Birmingham (12)	Cycling	Individual time trial	5th - Lizzie Holden
113			Cycling	Individual time trial	6th - Rebecca Storrie
114			Swimming	4 x 100m freestyle relay	7th - Peter Allen, Alex Bregazzi, Harry Robinson, and Joel Watterson
115			Swimming	4 x 200m freestyle relay	7th - Peter Allen, Alex Bregazzi, Harry Robinson, and Joel Watterson
116			Boxing	57kg-60kg lightweight	8th - Jade Burden
117			Para powerlifting	Lightweight	8th - Kimberley Dean
118			Track & field	Pole vault	8th - Glen Quayle
119			Swimming	Mixed 4 x 100m medley relay	9th - Peter Allen, Emma Hodgson, Laura Kinley and Joel Watterson
120			Swimming	Mixed 4 x 100m freestyle relay	10th - Peter Allen, Harry Robinson, Emma Hodgson and Kiera Prentice

By sport:

#	Points[1]	Top 10s	Medals	Sport	Years (Positions)
1	305	39	5	Cycling	1958 (3rd), 1962 (6th,7th,8th), 1966 (1st,5th), 1970 (6th,7th), 1974 (8th, 10th), 1978 (4th), 1982 (7th,8th,10th), 1986 (6th), 1990 (5th,9th,9th,10th), 1994 (4th), 1998 (7th), 2002 (7th), 2006 (1st,5th,6th,7th,8th), 2010 (3rd,7th), 2014 (2nd,4th,5th,8th), 2018 (6th,9th,10th,10th), 2022 (5th,6th)
2	271	38	6	Shooting	1974 (9th), 1978 (3rd), 1982 (8th,8th,9th), 1986 (1st,5th,5th,7th,7th,8th,9th), 1990 (6th,7th,9th), 1994 (6th,7th,10th), 1998 (2nd,5th,6th,7th,9th), 2002 (8th,9th,10th), 2006 (3rd,5th,6th,9th), 2010 (3rd,5th,7th,8th,10th), 2014 (9th), 2018 (2nd,6th)
3	99	21	1	Swimming	1970 (3rd,4th), 1978 (10th), 1990 (7th,7th,8th), 1998 (9th,10th), 2002 (6th,8th,8th,9th), 2014 (10th,10th,10th), 2018 (4th,8th), 2022 (7th,7th,9th,10th)
4	64	14	0	Walking	1966 (7th,8th), 1974 (4th,8th), 1978 (8th), 1982 (8th), 1986 (10th), 1990 (9th), 1994 (7th,9th), 1998 (6th,10th), 2006 (6th), 2018 (9th)
5	33	2	1	Judo	1986 (2nd*), 1990 (3rd*)
6	4	1	0	Boxing	2022 (8th)
=6	4	1	0	Para powerlifting	2022 (8th)
=6	4	1	0	Pole vault	2022 (8th)
9	3	2	0	Gymnastics	2010 (9th), 2014 (10th)
10	2	1	0	Lawn bowls	2002 (9th)

^[1]Using the F1 system of 25-18-15-12-10-8-6-4-2-1 points for positions 1 through 10
* Ruth Vondy's 2nd place finish in Judo in 1986 included a medal for her; however, Judo was a "demonstration" event, and so is rarely included in reviews of performances for these Games. Also, her 3rd place finish in 1990 did not result in a medal since there were only four competitors.