Wales at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

Wales competed at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, from 25 July to 4 August 2002..

Wales at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	WAL
CGA	Commonwealth Games Council for Wales
Website	teamwales.net
in Manchester, England
Competitors	228
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 6 Silver 13 Bronze 12 Total 31
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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228 athletes participated for Wales at the games.

Wales came 9th overall with 6 gold, 13 silver and 12 bronze medals.

Medals

Gold Silver Bronze Total Wales 6 13 12 31

Medals by event

Medals by sport Sport Total Athletics 0 4 0 4 Badminton 0 0 1 1 Boxing 1 0 1 2 Cycling 1 1 0 2 Judo 0 2 4 6 Lawn bowls 0 1 4 5 Shooting 1 0 1 2 Swimming 0 0 1 1 Table tennis 0 1 0 1 Triathlon 0 1 0 1 Weightlifting 3 3 0 6 Total 6 13 12 31

Medals by day Day Total 27 July 0 0 1 1 28 July 0 0 0 0 29 July 0 1 0 1 30 July 1 1 3 5 31 July 1 4 3 8 1 August 2 5 0 7 2 August 0 0 0 0 3 August 2 1 2 5 4 August 0 1 3 4 Total 6 13 12 31

Medals by gender Gender Total Female 3 6 3 12 Male 3 7 9 19 Mixed 0 0 0 0 Total 6 13 12 31

Medallists

Gold

• Jamie Arthur, Boxing – Lightweight 60 kg
• Nicole Cooke, cycling – road race
• Johanne Brekke & Ceri Dallimore, shooting – women's smallbore rifle, prone pairs
• Michaela Breeze, weightlifting – 58 kg snatch
• Dave Morgan, weightlifting – 77 kg clean and jerk
• Dave Morgan, weightlifting – 77 kg combined

Silver

• Colin Jackson, athletics – 110 m hurdles
• Matt Elias, athletics – 400 m hurdles
• Iwan Thomas, Matt Elias, Jamie Baulch and Tim Benjamin, athletics – 4 × 400 m relay
• Hayley Tullett, athletics – 1500 m
• Huw Pritchard, cycling – 20 km scratch race
• Adam Robertson & Ryan Jenkins, table tennis – men's doubles
• Dave Morgan, weightlifting – 77 kg snatch
• Michaela Breeze, weightlifting – 58 kg clean and jerk
• Michaela Breeze, weightlifting – 58 kg combined
• Leanda Cave, women's triathlon
• Derek Dowling, John Gronow & Kevin Woolmore, lawn bowls – men's triples EAD
• Jo Melen, judo – women's – up to 78 kg
• Angharad Sweet, judo – women's – over 78 kg

Bronze

• David Roberts, swimming – multi-disability 100 m freestyle
• Richard Vaughan, badminton – men's singles
• Kevin Evans, boxing – super heavyweight over 91 kg
• Robert Weale, Lawn Bowls – men's singles
• Anwen Butten & Joanna Weale, lawn bowls – women's doubles
• Wales, Lawn Bowls – men's fours
• Wales, Lawn Bowls – women's fours
• Michael Wixey, Shooting – men's Olympic trap pairs
• Gary Cole, judo – men's -60 kg
• Claire Scourfield, Judo – women's up to 63 kg
• Timothy Davies, judo – men's up to 66 kg
• Luke Preston, Judo – men's up to 81 kg

Team and results by event

Athletics

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
Tim Benjamin	400m, 4x400
Jamie Baulch	400m, 4x400
Matthew Elias	400 hurdles, 4x400
Paul Gray	110m hurdles
Jamie Henthorn	100, 200m, 4x100
James Hillier	400 hurdles
Christian Malcolm	200m, 4x100
Colin Jackson	110m hurdles
Andres Jones	5000, 10,000m
Robert Mitchell	High Jump
Donald Naylor	5000m, 3000m steeplechase
Lee Newman	shot put, discus throw
Steven Shalders	triple jump
Matthew Shone	800m, 1500m
Christian Stephenson	3000m steeplechase
Iwan Thomas	4x400
Tim Thomas	pole vault
Douglas Turner	200m, 4x100
Kevin S. Williams	100m, 4x100

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Emma Davies	800m
Catherine Dugdale	5000m
Rachel King	100m hurdles
Natalie Lewis	1500m
Catherine Murphy	400m
Rachel Newcombe	1500m
Hayley Tullett	1500m

Badminton

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
Neil Cottrill	doubles, mixed
Mathew Hughes	doubles, mixed
Liam Ingram	singles, doubles, mixed
Martyn Lewis	singles, doubles
Richard Vaughan	singles

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Robyn Ashworth	doubles, mixed
Felicity Gallup	doubles
Kelly Morgan	singles
Jo Muggeridge	doubles, mixed
Kerry Ann Sheppard	singles, doubles, mixed

Boxing

Athlete	Events	Club
Michael John Allen	75kg
Jamie Arthur	60kg
Peter Allan Ashton	57kg
Vivian Bryan	63.5kg
Anthony Doherty	67kg
Matthew Charles Edmonds	51kg
Darren Lee Edwards	54kg
Kevin Evans	over 91kg
Lee Jones	71kg
Lee Andrew Milsjen	91kg
James Clifford Whitfield	81kg

Cycling

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
Yanto Barker	time trial, road race
James Griffiths	time trial, road race
Joby Ingram-Dodd	1km time trial, sprint, team pursuit
Anthony Malarczyk	time trial, road race
Huw Pritchard	time trial, road race, points, team pursuit
Paul Sheppard	time trial, road race, points, team pursuit
Julian Winn	time trial, road race
William Wright	scratch, points, team pursuit

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Nicole Cooke	time trial, road race
Nina Davies	time trial, road race
Denise Hampson	500m time trial, sprint

Gymnastics

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
Gareth Davies	all-around
Dean Manning	all-around
David Muir	all-around
Jason Tucker	floor

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Renay Jones	all-around, vault
Melanie Roberts	all-around
Holly Templeton	all-around

Hockey

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
George Harris (gk)	Team	Whitchurch Hockey Club
Paul Edwards	Team	Cannock Hockey Club
Richard John	Team	Stourport Hockey Club
Rhys Joyce	Team
Matthew Grace	Team
Zak Jones	Team captain	Canterbury Hockey Club
Mark Hoskin	Team	Guildford Hockey Club
Jamie Westerman	Team	Stourport Hockey Club
James Davies-Yandle	Team	Loughborough Students
Josh Smith	Team	Whitchurch Hockey Club
Simon Organ	Team	Cannock Hockey Club
Chris Ashcroft	Team	Bowdon Hockey Club
Howard Hoskin	Team	Reading Hockey Club
James Ogden	Team	Brooklands Hockey Club
Owen Griffiths-Jones	Team
Huw Jones	Team	Teddington Hockey Club
Bryn Williams	Team manager

Judo

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
Gary Cole	60kg
Timothy Davies	66kg
Craig Ewers	73kg
Adrian Morgan	over 100kg
Julian Pae	100kg
Luke Preston	81kg
Steven Withers	90kg

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Sue Crofts	52kg
Non Evans	57kg
Jo Melen	78kg
Claire Scourfield	63kg
Marianne Sharpe	70kg
Angharad Sweet	over 78kg

Lawn bowls

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
Richard Bowen	fours	Cardigan BC
Jason Greenslade	fours	Cardiff BC
Stephen Rees	pairs	Old Landorians BC
Ian Slade	fours	Pontymister BC
Will Thomas	pairs	Pontrhydyfen BC
Robert Weale	singles	Presteigne BC
Dai Wilkins	fours	Pontrhydyfen BC

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Anwen Butten	pairs	Lampeter BC
Pam John	fours	Sophia Gardens BC
Gill Miles	fours	Sophia Gardens BC
Betty Morgan	singles	Llandrindod Wells BC
Nina Shipperlee	fours	Whitchurch BC
Ann Sutherland	fours	Croesyceiliog BC
Joanna Weale	pairs	Presteigne BC

Netball

Wales finished sixth in the netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. They lost to South Africa 71–27 in the 5th/6th playoff match.

Pool A

26 July 2002	Wales	48–47	Sri Lanka
15:00	Mair Jones  31 Jamilla Harris  13	Report	Sashika Samarasinghe  28 Gishanthi Jayakody  19

28 July 2002	England	81–18	Wales
20:30	Alex Astle  42/66 (64%) Abby Teare  39/48 (81%)	Report	Sian Edwards  8 Mair Jones  6 ??  2

29 July 2002	Wales	49–42	Canada
15:00	Mair Jones  37/47 (79%) Sian Edwards  12	Report	Dulcina Wind  23 Maralyn Hope  19

30 July 2002	New Zealand	81–23	Wales
18:30	Donna Loffhagen  35/38 (92%) Belinda Colling  23 Daneka Wipiiti  23	Report	Mair Jones  9 Sian Edwards  7 Jamilla Harris  7

Sources:

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	365	101	+264	8
2	England	4	3	0	1	278	145	+133	6
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	138	251	-113	4
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	137	286	-149	2
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	156	291	-135	0

  Qualified for Major semi-finals
  Qualified for Minor Semi-finals
  Qualified for 7th/10th classification

Sources:

Minor semi-finals

31 July 2002	Jamaica	72–32	Wales
	Elaine Davis  42 Simone Forbes  19	Report	Mair Jones  24 Sian Edwards  5 Jamilla Harris  3

5th/6th playoff

2 August 2002	South Africa	71–27	Wales
15:00	Sindiswe Gumede  56 Adele Jonker  10 Martha Machoga  5		Jamilla Harris  17 Sian Edwards  8 Mair Jones  2

Sources:

Squad

Wales roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Ceri Battle WD, C – Glamorgan Valleys Emma Blanks GK, GD – South East Wales Ursula Bowers WD, GD, GK, C (1978-06-29)29 June 1978 (aged 24) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) Team Bath Force Helen Case WA, C – Afan Nedd Tawe Dawn Donovan (vc) GS, GA, WD, GD, GK – Glamorgan Valleys Sian Edwards GA, WA – South East Wales Gemma Evans C, WD – Cardiff & District Joanna Griffiths (c) WD, GD, C – Cardiff & District Sara Hale GK, GD, WD (1982-10-07)7 October 1982 (aged 19) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) UWIC Jamilla Harris GS, GA (1979-08-27)27 August 1979 (aged 22) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Cardiff & District Mair Jones GS – Dyfed Anna Mayes WA, C (1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 21) 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Team Bath Force	Head coach Raewyn Henry Notes (c) – Captain (cc) – Co-captain (vc) – Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:

Rugby sevens

Athlete	Events	Club
Gareth Baber	team	Pontypridd RFC
Jason Forster	team captain	Newport RFC
Gareth Gravell	team	Newport RFC
Rob Howley	team	London Wasps
Dafydd James	team	Bridgend RFC
Emyr Lewis	team	Pontypridd RFC
Dai Rees	team manager	n/a
Craig Richards	team	Bridgend RFC
Matthew Robinson	team	Swansea RFC
Arwel Thomas	team	Swansea RFC
Gareth Thomas	team	Bridgend RFC
Gareth Williams	team	Llanelli RFC
Gareth Wyatt	team	Pontypridd RFC
Colin Hillman	team coach	n/a

Shooting

Clay target

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Malcolm Allen	Skeet	71	7	Did not advance
Desmond Davies		67	15	Did not advance
Malcolm Allen Desmond Davies	Skeet pairs	—N/a		186	4
Mike Wixey	Trap	120	3 Q	140	4
James Birkett-Evans		114	12	Did not advance
James Birkett-Evans Mike Wixey	Trap pairs	—N/a		186
Carolyn Trehearn	Double Trap	83	9	Did not advance

Pistol

Cartridge pistol

Athlete	Event	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Final
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Rank
Steve Pengelly	25 metre standard pistol	174	190	174	538	16

Air pistol

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ian Harris	10 metre air pistol	561	14	Did not advance
Robert Thomas		543	27	Did not advance
Ian Harris Robert Thomas	10 metre air pistol pairs	—N/a		1114	11
Sian Megan Lewis	10 metre air pistol	367	12	Did not advance
Julie Daltrey Sian Megan Lewis	10 metre air pistol pairs	—N/a		347	8

Small bore and air rifle

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
John Croydon	10 m air rifle	584	7 Q	682.5	8
Martyn Blake		581	11	Did not advance
Martyn Blake John Croydon	10 m air rifle pairs	—N/a		1154	6
John Croydon	50 m rifle 3 positions	1141	7 Q	1230.9	8
Martyn Blake		1130	15	Did not advance
John Croydon Martyn Blake	50 m rifle 3 positions pairs	—N/a		2254	6
Robin Hilborne	50 m rifle prone	571	29	Did not advance
David Phelps		590	6 Q	693.5	6
Robin Hilborne David Phelps	50 m rifle prone pairs	—N/a		1157	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Julie Daltrey	10 m air rifle	383	14	Did not advance
Rhian Floyd		380	18	Did not advance
Julie Daltrey Rhian Floyd	10 m air rifle pairs	—N/a		784	5
Johanne Brekke	50 m rifle prone	—N/a		586	5
Ceri Dallimore		—N/a		584	7
Johanne Brekke Ceri Dallimore	50 m rifle prone pairs	—N/a		1175
Sian Corish	50 m rifle 3 positions	545	18	Did not advance
Julie Daltry		560	Q	657.0	7
Sian Corish Julie Daltrey	50 m rifle 3 positions pairs	—N/a		1113	5

Full bore

Open

Athlete	Event	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Total
		Points	Points	Points	Points	Rank
David Davies	Individual	103-10v	148-19v	144-11v	395-40v	18
Gabrielle O'Lear		103-14v	149-17v	139-12v	391-43v	22
David Davies Gabrielle O'Leary	Pairs	—N/a	295-38v	285-27v	580-65v	10

Squash

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
David Evans	singles, doubles
Scott Fitzgerald	singles, doubles
Alex Gough	singles, doubles
Gavin Jones	singles, doubles, mixed

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Karen Hargreaves	doubles, mixed
Katrina Hogan	doubles

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
David Davies	200, 400, 1500m freestyle
Steven Evans	50m, 100m freestyle

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Bethan Francis Coole	100m Backstroke, 100 butterfly, 200, 400 free, medley relay, 4x200
Catrin Davies	50, 100, 200m Freestyle, medley relay, 4x200
Karla Hancocks	50m free, 50m butterfly
Georgia Elizabeth Holderness	50m, 100m Breaststroke, medley relay
Mackenzie Howe	100, 200m Freestyle, 4x200
Gemma Mary Howells	100 butterfly, 200, 400 medley, medley relay
Holly James	400 freestyle
Dawn Rebecca Jason	400, 800m freestyle, 4x200
Julia Martin	50m, 100m Freestyle
Lowri Tynan	50m, 100m Breaststroke

Table tennis

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
Owen Griffiths	singles, doubles, mixed
Ryan Jenkins	singles, doubles, mixed
Stephen Jenkins	singles, doubles, mixed
Adam Robertson	singles, doubles, mixed

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Bethan Daunton	singles, doubles, mixed
Siwan Davies	singles, doubles, mixed
Natasha Lake	singles, doubles, mixed
Naomi Owen	singles, doubles, mixed

Triathlon

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
David John Haines	individual
Richard Llewwllyn Haines	individual
Marc Jenkins	individual

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Leanda Cave	individual
Anneliese Heard	individual

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Events	Club
Andy Goswell	85kg
Andy Joy	94kg
Anthony Morgan	77kg
Dave Morgan	77kg
Terry Perdue	+105kg
Arfon Roberts	69kg
Ray Vaughan	85kg
Raymond Williams	69kg

Women

Athlete	Events	Club
Michaela Breeze	58kg
Non Evans	63kg
Mary Hancock	48kg
Kate Louise Howard	48kg

See also

• Wales at the Commonwealth Games