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Gold and silver for Watterson and Allen in 50m Butterfly

Credit: Lee Holland

Both finished within under 0.6 seconds of each other 

The Isle of Man has taken gold and silver in tonight's Men's 50m Butterfly event at the 2023 Island Games.

Joel Watterson took gold in a time of 24.39 seconds - he's already won gold earlier tonight in the Men's 100m Freestyle.

His Manx teammate, Peter Allen, took silver in the latest event in a time of 24.93 seconds.

Allen has also taken gold already in the Men's 200m Freestyle, Men's 50m Butterfly and Men's 100m Butterfly as well as gold and silver with the men's 4x50m relay team and silver in the Men's 200m Butterfly.

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