England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Sporting event delegation
England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE). The country went by the abbreviation ENG and used the St George's Cross as flag and Land of Hope and Glory as the national anthem .
Diver Tony Ally bore England's flag at the opening ceremony whilst shooter Mick Gault bore the flag during the closing ceremony, both chosen by a vote of England team managers from a list of nominations.
Expectations
England entered these Games, held in Melbourne ; Australia, after playing hosts to the previous Games in Manchester in Manchester 2002. The medal tally was not expected to be a large as at the 2002 Games, where England had a home advantage and achieved a total of 166 medals including 54 Gold, 51 Silver and 60 Bronze to finish in second place behind Australia. A strong second place in the medal tally was, however, still expected.
The country sent a large team, with competitors taking part in every sport in the schedule. The largest teams were sent in athletics and swimming and it was in these sports, along with cycling and shooting that the team hoped to win most medals. Though there were medal hopes across most sports.
Medals
Sport
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
Swimming
8
11
4
23
Shooting
6
8
5
19
Athletics
6
4
8
18
Boxing
5
1
2
8
Cycling
4
5
2
11
Gymnastics
2
2
2
6
Badminton
2
1
2
5
Squash
2
1
2
5
Table Tennis
1
1
1
3
Diving
0
2
1
3
Lawn Bowls
0
1
1
2
Rugby Sevens
0
1
0
1
Synchronised Swimming
0
1
0
1
Weightlifting
0
1
0
1
Basketball
0
0
2
2
Hockey
0
0
1
1
Netball
0
0
1
1
Triathlon
0
0
0
0
England
36
40
34
110
Medallists
Silver
Athletics :
Martyn Bernard , Men's High Jump
Natasha Danvers , Women's 400 m Hurdles
Joanne Pavey , Women's 5000 m
Emma Ania , Anyika Onuora , Laura Turner & Kim Wall , Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
Badminton :
Mixed Team
Boxing :
Darran Langley , Light Flyweight 48 kg
Cycling :
Rob Hayles , Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit
Victoria Pendleton , Women's 500 m Time Trial
Jason Queally , Men's 1 km Time Trial
Oli Beckinsale , Men's Mountain Bike
Men's Team Sprint
Diving :
Peter Waterfield , Men's 10 Platform
Men's Synchronised 3 m Springboard
Gymnastics :
Shavahn Church , Women's Uneven Bars
Women's Artistic Team
Lawn Bowls :
Men's Pairs
Rugby Sevens :
Men's
Shooting :
Mike Babb , Men's 50 m Rifle Prone
Mick Gault , Men's 50 m Pistol
Rachel Parish , Women's Double Trap
Patel Parag , Open Full Bore
Men's 10 m Air Pistol Pairs
Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs
Men's Skeet Pairs
Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs
Squash :
Vicky Botwright & James Willstrop , Mixed Doubles
Swimming :
Simon Burnett , Men's 200 m Freestyle
Rebecca Cooke , Women's 400 m Individual Medley
James Gibson , Men' 100 m Breaststroke
Joanne Jackson , Women's 400 m Freestyle
Melanie Marshall , Women's 200 m Backstroke
Darren Mew , Men's 50 m Breaststroke
Liam Tancock , Men's 50 m Backcrawl
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Synchronised Swimming :
Jenna Randall , Synchronised Swimming Solo
Table Tennis :
Andrew Baggaley & Andrew Rushton , Men's Doubles
Weightlifting :
Jason Irving , Open EAD Powerlifting
Bronze
Athletics :
Jessica Ennis , Women's Heptathlon
Stephen Lewis , Men's Pole Vault
Dan Robinson , Men's Marathon
Lorraine Shaw , Women's Hammer
Andrew Turner , Men's 110 m Hurdles
Nadia Williams , Women's Triple Jump
Mara Yamauchi , Women's 10000 m
Elizabeth Yelling , Women's Marathon
Badminton :
Robert Blair & Anthony Clark , Men's Doubles
Gail Emms & Donna Kellogg , Women's Doubles
Basketball :
Men's basketball
Women's basketball
Boxing :
Neil Perkins , Welterweight 69 kg
James Degale , Middleweight 75 kg
Cycling :
Stephen Cummings , Men's Individual Pursuit
Emma Jones , Women's Individual Pursuit
Diving :
Women's Synchronised 3 m Springboard
Gymnastics :
Becky Downie , Women's Beam
Men's Artistic Team
Hockey :
Women's Hockey
Lawn Bowls :
Women's Triples
Netball :
Women's Netball
Shooting :
Pinky Le Grelle , Women's Skeet
Men's 50 m Pistol Pairs
Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions Pairs
Men's Double Trap Pairs
Women's 10 m Air Pistol Pairs
Squash :
Lee Beachill , Men's Singles
Tania Bailey & Vicky Botwright , Women's Doubles
Swimming :
Terri Dunning , Women's 200 m Butterfly
Melanie Marshall , Women's 200 m Freestyle
Melanie Marshall , Women's 100 m Backstroke
Matthew Benedict Walker , Men's 50 m EAD Freestyle
Table Tennis :
Catherine Mitton , Women's Singles EAD
Athletics
Team England sent a team of 89 athletes to compete in the Commonwealth Games Athletics meet. The team won 18 medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletics Meet ; six gold, four silver and eight bronze.
Men
Track
Q : Qualified for next round
DNS : Did not start race
DNF : Did not finish race
DSQ : Disqualified
EAD (T12) : event for athlete with a disability (sight impaired category)
Field
Combined events
Athlete
Event
Final
Discipline
Result
Points
Rank
Dean Macey
Decathlon
100m
11.17
823
5
Long Jump
7.28
881
2
Shot Put
15.83
841
1
High Jump
2.08
878
1
400m
49.63
832
3
110m hurdles
14.94
857
5
Discus
46.76
803
3
Pole Vault
4.70
819
1
Javelin
56.93
692
4
1500m
4:34.22
717
3
Overall
–
8143
Women
Track
Q : Qualified for next round
DNF : Did not finish
DNS : Did not start
DSQ : Disqualified
EAD (T54) : Events for athletes with a disability (wheelchair racing category)
Field
Combined events
Athlete
Event
Final
Discipline
Result
Points
Rank
Kelly Sotherton
Heptathlon
100m hurdles
13.29
1081
2
High Jump
1.85
1041
2
Shot Put
13.74
777
2
200m
23.56
1023
2
Long Jump
6.51
1010
2
Javelin
32.04
515
11
800m
2:11.08
949
4
Overall
–
6396
Athlete
Event
Final
Discipline
Result
Points
Rank
Jessica Ennis
Heptathlon
100m hurdles
13.32
1077
3
High Jump
1.91
1119
1
Shot Put
11.87
653
8
200m
23.80
1000
3
Long Jump
6.15
896
5
Javelin
36.39
598
9
800m
2:12.66
926
5
Overall
–
6269
Athlete
Event
Final
Discipline
Result
Points
Rank
Julie Hollman
Heptathlon
100m hurdles
13.85
1000
6
High Jump
1.82
1003
4
Shot Put
11.63
637
10
200m
24.82
903
6
Long Jump
6.15
896
5
Javelin
42.80
721
4
800m
2:19.09
836
8
Overall
–
6002
6
Badminton
Singles and Doubles events
Mixed Team Event
Basketball
Team
Events
Group Stage
Semifinal
Final
Rank
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
Opposition
England
Men's Basketball
Barbados W 75 –59
New Zealand L 63–84
South Africa W 95 –53
Australia L 75–101
Nigeria W 95 –53
England
Rosalee Mason
Claire Maytham
Sally Kaznica
Kristy Lavin
Caroline Ayres
Louise Gamman
Jo Sarjant
Andrea Congreaves
Shelly Boston
Katie Crowley
Gillian D'Hondt
Jane Thackray
Women's Basketball
Australia L 43–95
India W 146 –46
Mozambique W 104 –26
New Zealand L 67–74
Nigeria W 78 –75
Men's tournament
Pool Classification
Pool Matches
Pool B
Knockout Matches
Semifinal
Bronze Medal Match
Women's tournament
Pool Classification
Pool Matches
Pool B
England
104 –57
India
Scoring by quarter: 25 –19, 38 –16, 11 –6, 30 –16
Knockout Matches
Semifinal
Bronze Medal Match
Boxing
RSC : referee stopped contest
RET : retired (hurt)
WO : walkover
Cycling
Road
Track
QG – qualified for Gold Final
QB – qualified for Bronze Final
Mountain bike
Diving
Men
1 m: Ben Swain, Peter Waterfield
3 m: Ben Swain, Tony Ally
10 m: Peter Waterfield, Gareth Jones, Leon Taylor
3 m synchro: Tony Ally/Mark Shipman
10 m synchro: Callum Johnstone/Gary Hunt, Peter Waterfield/Leon Taylor
Women
1 m: Tandi Indergaard
3 m: Rebecca Gallentree, Hayley Sage, Tandi Indergaard
10 m: Sarah Barrow, Stacie Powell, Tonia Couch
3 m Synchro: Tandi Indergaard/Hayley Sage
10 m Synchro: Stacie Powell/Tonia Couch, Brooke Graddon/Sarah Barrow
Field hockey
Men's tournament
Head coach: Jason Lee
Women's tournament
Head coach : Danny Kerry
Gymnastics
Artistic
Men
Ryan Bradley
Ross Brewer
Luke Folwell
Louis Smith
Kristian Thomas
Women
Rhythmic
Hannah Chappell
Rachel Ennis
Heather Mann
Lawn bowls
Men
Mark Bantock
Ian Bond
Stephen Farish
Mervyn King
Robert Newman
Andy Thomson
Women
Jean Baker
Ellen Falkner
Susan Harriott
Katherine Hawes
Amy Monkhouse
Catherine Popple
Netball
England's netball team qualified for the event by being in the top six of the IFNA world rankings.[ 1]
Women only team event – 1 team of 12 players
Roster
Ama Agbeze , Karen Atkinson , Louisa Brownfield , Jade Clarke , Pamela Cookey , Rachel Dunn , Chioma Ezeogu , Geva Mentor , Sonia Mkoloma , Olivia Murphy (captain), Naomi Stenhouse , Abby Teare , Margaret Caldow (head coach)
Group play
Qualified for the semifinals
Semi-final
Bronze medal match
Rugby sevens
Shooting
Men
Clay target:
Skeet: Richard Brickell, Clive Bramley
Trap: Christopher Dean, Edward Ling
Double trap: Richard Faulds, Steve Walton
Pistol:
10 m air pistol: Mick Gault, Nick Baxter
25 m centre fire: Peter Flippant, Simon Lucas
25 m standard pistol: Mick Gault, Simon Lucas
50 m pistol: Mick Gault, Nick Baxter
Small bore rifle:
10 m: air rifle: Chris Hector, Chris Lacey
50 m rifle 3 positions: Chris Hector, Jason Burrage
50 m: rifle prone: Mike Babb, Chris Hector
Women
Clay Target:
Skeet: Elena Little, Pinky Le Grelle
Trap: Lesley Goddard
Double trap: Charlotte Kerwood, Rachel Parish
Pistol:
10 m air pistol: Georgina Geikie, Julia Lydall
25 m sports pistol: Georgina Geikie, Julia Lydall
Small bore rifle:
10 m air rifle: Louise Minett, Becky Spicer
50 m rifle 3 positions: Louise Minett, Becky Spicer
50 m rifle prone: Sharon Lee, Helen Spittles
Open
Full Bore: Queens Prize: Glyn Barnett, Parag Patel
Squash
Men
Women
Swimming
Men
Women
Synchronised swimming
Table tennis
Men
Women
Helen Lower
Joanna Parker
Kelly Sibley
Georgina Walker
Sue Gilroy EAD
Cathy Mitton EAD
Jane Campbell EAD
Catherine Perry
Michael Barrett
Men's Team Event
Pool C
Women's Team Event
Pool B
England are eliminated at the pool stage.
Triathlon
Men
Athlete
Event
1500m Swim
40 km Cycle
10 km Run
Total Time
Rank
Stuart Hayes
Individual
17:48.16
1:01:03.35
32:01.67
1:50:53.18
9
Will Clarke
Individual
17:47.16
1:01:04.97
31:50.85
1:50:42.98
7
Tim Don
Individual
17:43.17
1:01:08.51
30:46.39
1:49:38.07
4
Women
Athlete
Event
1500m Swim
40 km Cycle
10 km Run
Total Time
Rank
Liz Blatchford
Individual
18:24.44
1:05:46.36
35:19.61
1:59:30.41
6
Julie Dibens
Individual
18:20.42
1:05:50.43
36:51.31
2:01:02.16
10
Andrea Whitcombe
Individual
18:33.15
1:05:39.37
35:59.28
2:00:11.80
7
Weightlifting
Men
Athlete
Event
Weights Lifted
Total Lifted
Rank
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Kamran Panjavi
62 kg
118 kg
no lift
n/a
–
Gurbinder Cheema
105 kg
152 kg
178 kg
330 kg
4
Men – EAD (Powerlifting)
Athlete
Event
Weights Lifted
Factored Weight
Rank
Jason Irving
Open EAD
167.5 kg
180.8 kg
Anthony Peddle
Open EAD
130.0 kg
156.7 kg
11
Women
Athlete
Event
Weights Lifted
Total Lifted
Rank
Snatch
Clean & Jerk
Jo Calvino
48 kg
64 kg
83 kg
147 kg
4
Jo Sevastio
58 kg
63 kg
80 kg
143 kg
8
Annette Campbell
63 kg
75 kg
87 kg
162 kg
6
See also
References
External links
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