Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	WAL
CGA	Commonwealth Games Council for Wales
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors	143 in 14 sports
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 3 5 11 19
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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The squad to represent Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was announced by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales (CGCW) on 22 February 2006. It consisted of 143 athletes (63 Women and 80 men) competing across 14 sports; 85 fewer than the squad in 2002. The team was not able to improve on their medal tally from the 2002 Commonwealth Games when Wales won 6 Gold, 13 Silver and 12 Bronze medals. The team was captained by Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.

Medals

				Total
Wales	3	5	11	19

Gold

Weightlifting:

• Michaela Breeze, Women's 63 kg

Swimming:

• David Davies, Men's 1500 m Freestyle

Shooting:

• David Phelps, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone

Silver

Athletics:

• Julie Crane, Women's High Jump

Boxing:

• Kevin Evans

Gymnastics:

• David Eaton, Men's Horizontal Bar

Lawn bowls:

• Robert Weale, Men's Singles
• Betty Morgan, Women's Singles

Bronze

Athletics:

• Beverley Jones, Women's 100 m EAD T37
• Hayley Tullett, Women's 1500 m

Boxing:

• James Cree, Light Welterweight 64 kg
• Darren Edwards, Featherweight 57 kg
• Mohammed Nasir, Light Flyweight 48 kg

Cycling:

• Nicole Cooke, Women's Road Race
• Geraint Thomas, Men's Points Race

Shooting:

• Johanne Brekke, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone
• Gruffudd Morgan and David Phelps, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs

Swimming:

• David Davies, Men's 400 m Freestyle
• David Roberts (swimmer), Men's 100 m EAD Freestyle

Squad

The Welsh squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games is as follows:

Athletics

Men

• 100 m: Christian Malcolm
• 200 m: Christian Malcolm
• 400 m: Gareth Warburton
• 400 m hurdles: Matt Elias, Rhys Williams.
• 4 × 400 m relay: Gareth Warburton, Matt Elias, Rhys Williams, Dai Greene, Christian Malcolm
• 1500 m: James Thie
• 5000 m: Chris Davies
• Long jump: Steven Shalders
• Triple jump: Steven Shalders
• High jump: Robert Mitchell
• Pole vault: Scott Simpson
• 100 m (Disabled): Neville Bonfield

Women

• 200 m: Chelsea Foster
• 400 m: Catherine Murphy
• 800 m: Hayley Tullett
• 1500 m: Hayley Tullett, Natalie Lewis
• 10,000 m: Catherine Dugdale
• High jump: Julie Crane
• Hammer: Carys Parry, Leslie Brannen, Laura Douglas
• Discus: Phillipa Roles
• Marathon: Tracey Morris
• 100 m (Disabled): Beverley Jones
• 800 m (Disabled): Tanni Grey-Thompson
• Shot (Disabled): Julie Hamzah

Badminton

• Men's Singles: Richard Vaughan, Martyn Lewis, Matthew Hughes, Jonathan Morgan
• Men's Doubles: Martyn Lewis, Matthew Hughes, Jonathan Morgan, James Phillips
• Women's Singles: Kelly Morgan
• Mixed Doubles: Kelly Morgan, Richard Vaughan

Boxing

• 48 kg: Mohammed Nasir (originally from Yemen)
• 51 kg: Christopher Jenkins
• 54 kg: Kris Jones
• 57 kg: Darren Edwards
• 60 kg: Robert Turley
• 64 kg: Jamie-Lee Alger Rees
• 69 kg: Aaron Thomas
• 91 kg: Kevin Evans

Cycling

Men

• Mountain bike cross-country: Steven Roach
• Endurance: 20 km scratch: Geraint Thomas, Matt Brammeier, Ross Sander
• Endurance: 40 km scratch: Geraint Thomas, Ross Sander
• Endurance: 40 km points: Matt Brammeier
• Endurance: road race: Geraint Thomas, Julian Winn, Dale Appleby, Yanto Barker, Rob Partridge, Steven Roach
• Endurance: time trial: Geraint Thomas, Julian Winn

Women

• Endurance: 25 km points: Nicole Cooke
• Endurance: road race: Nicole Cooke

Gymnastics

Men

• Artistic: David Eaton

Women

• Artistic: Samantha Bayley, Lynnett Lisle, Rhian Pugh, Melaine Roberts, Jessica Gazzi
• Rhythmic: Francesca Jones

Lawn bowls

• Men's singles: Robert Weale
• Men's pairs: Jason Greenslade, Neil Rees
• Men's triples: Andrew Atwood, Martin Selway, Kevin Wall
• Women's singles: Betty Morgan
• Women's pairs: Shirley King, Gillian Miles
• Women's triples: Anwen Butten, Lisa Forey, Katharine Pearce

Netball

Jamilla Abbott, Rhiannon Ace, Sophie Baxter, Ursula Bowers, Suzanne Drane, Amanda Evans, Sara Hale, Lynda James, Rebecca James, Nicola Lewis, Anna Mayes, Nicola Szehofner

Power lifting

• Gideon Griffiths

Rugby sevens

Richie Pugh (capt, Ospreys), Rhys Williams (Blues), Rhodri McAtee (Penzance), James Hook (Ospreys), James Merriman (Gloucester), Johnathan Edwards (Scarlets), Rhys Oakley (Dragons), Robin Sowden-Taylor (Blues), Wayne Evans (Blues), Gareth Baber (Dragons), Tal Selley (Scarlets), Jonathan Vaughton (Ospreys).

Shooting

Men

• Skeet: Malcolm Allen, Tony Grove
• Trap: Mike Wixey, James Birkett-Evans
• 10 m air pistol: Ian Harris, Alan Green
• 25 m centre fire: Steve Pengelly, Alan Green
• 25 m standard pistol: Steve Pengelly, Alan Green
• 50 m pistol: Ian Harris
• 10 m: air rifle: Martyn Blake, John Croydon
• 50 m rifle 3 positions: Martyn Blake, John Croydon
• 50 m: rifle prone: Griff Morgan, David Phelps

Women

• Trap: Sarah Wixey
• 10 m air rifle: Jennifer Corish, Sian Corish
• 50 m rifle 3 positions: Jennifer Corish, Sian Corish
• 50 m rifle prone: Johanne Brekke, Ceri Dallimore

Open

• Full Bore(Queens Prize): Gareth Morris, Alexander Woodward

Squash

• Men's singles: David Evans, Alex Gough, Gavin Jones
• Men's doubles: David Evans, Alex Gough
• Women's singles: Tegwen Malik
• Mixed Doubles: Tegwen Malik, Gavin Jones

Swimming

• Men: David Davies, Thomas Haffield, Owen Morgan, Stuart Manford, David Roberts
• Women: Jazmin Carlin, Bethan Coole, Julie Gould, Jemma Lowe, Lowri Tynan, Cari-Fflur Davies, Rhiannon Henry

Table tennis

• Men: Ryan Jenkins, Stephen Jenkins, Adam Robertson, David Buck.
• Women: Bethan Daunton, Siwan Mair Davies, Naomi Owen, Claire Harris, Sara Head

Triathlon

• Men: Marc Jenkins
• Women: Leanda Cave, Anneliese Heard, Helen Tucker

Weightlifting

• Men: Terry Perdue.
• Women: Michaela Breeze, Kate Howard, Natasha Perdue.

See also

• Sport in Wales
• Wales at the Commonwealth Games