Gibraltar’s representation at the Labour Party Conference continued yesterday evening with the Gibraltar Reception hosted by the Chief Minister Fabian Picardo and featuring a keynote speech by the UK Minister for Europe and the Overseas Territories Stephen Doughty MP.
As day two of the Commonwealth Games wraps up, Team Gibraltar held their own in two events, swimming and squash. Swimmer Colin Bensadon competed in two events, completing the 100m Breaststroke in 1:11:55 and 200m freestyle in 2:00:99.
Gibraltar’s qualifier match against world champions Germany has been moved from Bremen to Nuremberg following a row about policing costs for the event.
Chief Minister Fabian Picardo visited the RGP Marine Section this afternoon to get familiarized with a new addition to the RGP Vessel Fleet, a Scarab powerboat that was seized during a criminal investigation and was fully refitted by the RGP for Police use. The vessel is now operational.
As part of today’s Commonwealth Games activities, Gibraltar athletes 10,000m runner Emma Montiel, sprinter Jerai Torres and marathon runner Allison Edwards joined the Queen and other representatives of 71 strong Commonwealth Games family for lunch.