A schoolgirl from Douglas has earned her school £200 worth of sports equipment by designing the Manx Youth Games’ first ever mascot.
Grace Cooper, aged eight, who goes to St Mary’s RC School in Douglas, was the winner of the Manx Sport and Recreation competition to design the mascot.
Grace’s mascot, ‘Odin the Raven’, was selected from hundreds of primary pupils’ designs by Geoff Corkish MBE MLC, a member of the Department of Education and Children, and Kevin Cartledge, senior manager of HSBC, which supports the games.
Odin made its debut at the Manx Youth Games’ opening ceremony at the National Sports Centre last month.
Mr Corkish and Odin visited St Mary’s School to present Grace and her fellow pupils with their prize.
Mr Corkish said: ‘Grace’s clever design has been brought to life and will appear at the Games for years to come and I am thrilled her school will benefit from equipment.’