ISLE of Wight swimmers played their part in hauling the island up the medals table at the IX NatWest Island Games.

David Russell, 29, led the way on the Isle of Man with a gold in the men's 200m butterfly and a bronze in the 200m individual medley.

Russell's gold came when he saw off the challenge of Guernsey's John Tomlin to romp home in two minutes 7.68 seconds and helped take their medal haul to nine.

His third place in the 200m individual medley gave him his second medal of the day.

He wasn't the only swimmer to pick up a gong - Elizabeth Kreuz and Clare Grundy collected silvers in the Women's 200m Freestyle and 100m Butterfly respectively.

Kreuz broke the games record when she swam 2.06.91 but still only came in second in her event, which was won by Jersey's Natalie Bree who was just under three seconds quicker.

Grundy was beaten into second place in the 100m butterfly by the narrowest of margins when Jersey's Emma Hirst beat her by just 0.2 of a second.

Tim Ashwell made a splash when he came away with a bronze in the men's 100m breaststroke while the ladies 4x50m freestyle relay team completed the island's medal haul in the pool when they too finished with a bronze.

On the track Emily Young had to make do with a silver medal despite pushing Llios Hughes of Ynys Mons all the way in the 100m final. Having come second in her heat to book her berth in the final, the 18-year-old ran 12.65 seconds to lose out by just a fraction of a second.

Island competitors had earlier got their medal aspirations off to a good start when Chris Volley picked up a bronze in the triathlon event and another bronze was won by the island shooting team in the 100 target event.

The Isle of Wight currently lies seventh in the medals table with one gold, three silver and five bronze. Way out in front are Jersey with 15, seven and five. They are closely followed by hosts, the Isle of Man with 12, four and five.