Legacy is the key to the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, according to the Federations' Operations Director.
John Eades has spent the last couple of days checking on how the Isle of Man is preparing ahead of the event.
He believes there are other benefits to being the host nation, aside from economic targets:-
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