An ex-serviceman from Port Erin will be off to America to represent Great Britain in a variety of sports next month.
Mike Ryan is off to the Warrior Games, which takes place in Chicago from June 30.
He says he's hoping to compete in a number of events:
The games see former servicemen and women competing against each other.
Mike is a former army engineer:
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