Batiste and Hart targeting the Commonwealth Games

Thursday 14th July 2011, 2:29PM BST.

Guernsey’s two Commonwealth Games hopefuls Ben Batiste (in white) and Craig Hart compete in a bout against each other. (Picture by Matthew Hotton, 1157656)

TWO young local judokas have their eyes firmly set on the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

Judo was last included in the 2002 Commonwealth Games when it was held in Manchester, where the majority of the medals went to the home countries and this will probably be repeated in Glasgow.

Nevertheless, it is the intention of 16-year-old Ben Batiste and Craig Hart, 22, to represent their island in 2014.

In order to achieve their aim, it will require a great deal of dedication to training and competing at a high level in order to meet the qualifying standard which they will need to attain before being considered good enough to go.