Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Wales at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Wales
CGF code	WAL
CGA	Commonwealth Games Wales
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	213 in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Jazz Carlin (opening)
Medals Ranked 7th	Gold Silver Bronze Total 10 12 14 36
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Wales competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia, from April 4 to April 15, 2018. It is Wales's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having competed at every Games since their inception in 1930.

Swimmer Jazz Carlin was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	14	12	26
Boxing	4	3	7
Cycling	15	6	21
Diving	1	0	1
Gymnastics	5	8	13
Hockey	18	18	36
Lawn Bowls	10	7	17
Netball	N/A	12	12
Rugby Sevens	13	12	25
Shooting	8	3	11
Squash	2	2	4
Swimming	5	9	14
Table Tennis	1	3	4
Triathlon	2	2	4
Weightlifting	8	8	16
Wrestling	2	0	2
Total	108	105	213

Medallists

Athletics

Team Wales announced its provisional squad of athletes on 27 November 2017 and 24 January 2018. The current 27-strong squad of 14 men and 13 women is correct as of 12 March 2018. However, only 12 women competed.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
James Ledger	100 m (T12)	11.77	3	N/A		Did not advance
Rhys Jones	100 m (T38)	N/A				11.87	7
Morgan Jones	100 m (T47)	N/A				11.93	4
Rowan Axe	1500 m	3:49.89	8	N/A		Did not advance
Tom Marshall		3:50.95	8	N/A		Did not advance
David Omoregie	110 m hurdles	14.20	7	N/A		Did not advance
Dai Greene	400 m hurdles	Withdrew
Jonathan Hopkins	3000 m steeplechase	N/A				8:34.12	6
Ieuan Thomas		N/A				8:40.02	7
Andrew Davies	Marathon	N/A				2:26:05	11
Josh Griffiths		N/A				2:37:10	15

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Osian Jones	Hammer throw	70.14	7

Combined events – Decathlon

Athlete	Event	100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Ben Gregory	Result	11.60	6.94	12.80	1.89	50.31	15.16	38.85	4.80	57.30	4:30.57	7449	7
	Points	732	799	655	705	800	830	641	849	697	741
Curtis Mathews	Result	11.39	6.89	NM	1.89	DNS						DNF
	Points	776	788	0	705

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Olivia Breen	100 m (T38)	N/A		13.35	3
Melissa Courtney	1500 m	4:06.63	4 Q	4:03.44	3
	5000 m	N/A		15:46.60	9
Jennifer-Louise Nesbitt	10000 m	N/A		32:58.14	17
Caryl Granville	100 m hurdles	13.98	6	Did not advance
	400 m hurdles	59.28	8	Did not advance
Caryl Jones	Marathon	N/A		2:43:58	8
Elinor Kirk		N/A		2:57:01	15
Bethan Davies	20 km walk	N/A		1:36:08	3
Heather Lewis		N/A		1:41:45	7

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Sally Peake	Pole vault	N/A		4.30	10
Rebecca Chapman	Long jump	6.02	15	Did not advance
Olivia Breen	Long jump (T38)	N/A		4.86 GR	1
Carys Parry	Hammer throw	N/A		61.58	6
Hollie Arnold	Javelin throw (F46)	N/A		44.43 WR	1

Boxing

Team Wales announced its squad of 7 boxers (4 men and 3 women) on 24 January 2018.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Mickey McDonagh	−60 kg	Bye	Mohlerepe (LES) W 5–0	Katua (PNG) W 5–0	Garside (AUS) L 2–3	Did not advance	3
William Edwards	−64 kg	Ryan (ANT) W 5–0	Silungwe (ZAM) L 0–5	Did not advance
Kyran Jones	−75 kg	Donnelly (NIR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Sammy Lee	−81 kg	N/A	Bye	Simbwa (UGA) W 3–1	Waterman (AUS) W 4–1	Plodzicki-Faoagali (SAM) W 5–0	1

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Lynsey Holdaway	−48 kg	Bye	O'Hara (NIR) L 2–3	Did not advance
Rosie Eccles	−69 kg	Azangue (CMR) W 4–1	Maka (TGA) W 5–0	Scott (AUS) W 4–1	Ryan (ENG) L 2–3	2
Lauren Price	−75 kg	Bye	Gramane (MOZ) W 5–0	Thibeault (CAN) W 5–0	Parker (AUS) W 4–1	1

Cycling

Team Wales announced the selection of para-cyclist James Ball on 29 November 2017.

Most of the 21-strong squad of 15 men and 6 women was made public on 24 January 2018, with Pete Mitchell confirmed as a para-cycling pilot on 1 February 2018.

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Rhys Britton	Road race	DNF
Dylan Kerfoot-Robson		3:59:35	31
Peter Kibble		3:59:39	41
Jon Mould		3:57:01	2
Luke Rowe		3:57:54	14
Peter Kibble	Time trial	52:55.24	15

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Elinor Barker	Road race	3:02:25	7
Megan Barker		3:08:16	27
Hayley Jones		DNF
Dani Rowe		3:02:18	3
Manon Lloyd		DNF
Jessica Roberts		DNF

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Lewis Oliva	Men's sprint	9.737	8 Q	Barrette (CAN) W	Sahrom (MAS) L, L	Did not advance
James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot)	Men's tandem sprint B	10.022	2 Q	N/A		Rizan Rasol (pilot) (MAS) W, W	Fachie Rotherham (pilot) (SCO) L, L	2
Eleanor Coster	Women's sprint	11.533	14 Q	Hansen (NZL) L	Did not advance
Rachel James		11.039	6 Q	Mustapa (MAS) L	Did not advance
Eleanor Coster Rachel James	Women's team sprint	34.413	4 QB	N/A			England (ENG) L 34.415	4

Keirin

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage	Semifinals	Final
Lewis Oliva	Men's keirin	3 R	1 Q	3 Q	02
Eleanor Coster	Women's keirin	3 R	5	Did not advance
Rachel James		4 R	2 Q	5	9

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Lewis Oliva	Men's time trial	1:02.198	13
Ethan Vernon		1:02.935	16
James Ball Peter Mitchell (pilot)	Men's tandem time trial B	1:00.900	2
Eleanor Coster	Women's time trial	35.700	11
Ciara Horne		37.388	16
Rachel James		34.780	7

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Time	Rank	Opponent Results	Rank
Samuel Harrison	Men's pursuit	4:19.429	10	Did not advance
Ethan Vernon		4:27.548	17	Did not advance
Rhys Britton Samuel Harrison Joe Holt Zachery May Ethan Vernon	Men's team pursuit	4:01.489	4 QB	Canada (CAN) L 4:01.362	4
Ciara Horne	Women's pursuit	3:35.153	8	Did not advance
Hayley Jones		3:37.658	15	Did not advance
Jessica Roberts		3:37.625	14	Did not advance
Megan Barker Ciara Horne Hayley Jones Manon Lloyd Jessica Roberts	Women's team pursuit	4:24.825	5	Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Samuel Harrison	Men's point race	25	2 Q	0	19
Joe Holt		27	3 Q	6	13
Jon Mould		7	8 Q	45	7
Elinor Barker	Women's points race	N/A		40	1
Dani Rowe		N/A		1	14
Jessica Roberts		N/A		3	12

Scratch race

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
Rhys Britton	Men's scratch race	8 Q	14
Joe Holt		5 Q	16
Jon Mould		5 Q	9
Elinor Barker	Women's scratch race	N/A	12
Megan Barker		N/A	11
Manon Lloyd		N/A	9

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Dylan Kerfoot-Robson	Men's cross-country	1:26:37	11

Diving

On 24 January 2018, it was announced that Aidan Heslop will be the first diver in 20 years to represent Wales at the Commonwealth Games.

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Aidan Heslop	3 m springboard	352.80	11 Q	285.15	12
	10 m platform	385.10	5 Q	395.95	6

Gymnastics

Team Wales announced its squad of 13 gymnasts (5 men and 8 women) on 23 February 2018.

Artistic

Men

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Joshua Cook	Team	12.300	12.050	13.100	13.850	12.300	12.350	75.950	17 Q
Jac Davies		13.850	14.350	N/A	13.100	N/A		N/A
Benjamin Eyre		13.700	12.100	12.050	11.375	11.200	13.075	73.500	22
Iwan Mepham		N/A		12.500	N/A	13.775	12.850	N/A
Clinton Purnell		12.900	11.850	12.875	13.800	12.700	12.500	76.625	14 Q
Total		40.450	38.500	38.475	40.750	38.775	38.425	235.375	7

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Joshua Cook	All-around	13.450	12.100	13.050	13.800	12.550	12.200	77.150	13
Jac Davies	Floor	12.800	N/A					12.800	7
	Pommel horse	N/A	14.233	N/A				14.233	4
Iwan Mepham	Parallel bars	N/A				12.366	N/A	12.366	8
Clinton Purnell	All-around	Withdrew

Women

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Latalia Bevan	Team	13.400	12.900	12.750	13.000	52.050	7 Q
Holly Jones		13.850	N/A		11.850	N/A
Maisie Methuen		13.300	13.150	13.250	12.600	52.300	6 Q
Jolie Ruckley		N/A	12.050	12.300	N/A	N/A
Emily Thomas		13.525	11.950	12.500	13.000	50.975	9
Total		40.775	38.100	38.500	38.600	155.975	4

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Latalia Bevan	All-around	13.700	12.800	12.750	13.300	52.550	6
	Uneven bars	N/A	10.500	N/A		10.500	8
	Balance beam	N/A		10.700	N/A	10.700	8
	Floor	N/A			13.300	13.300	2
Holly Jones	Vault	13.816	N/A			13.816	4
Maisie Methuen	All-around	13.600	12.900	13.300	12.750	52.550	7
	Uneven bars	N/A	12.775	N/A		12.775	7
	Balance beam	N/A		12.266	N/A	12.266	7
Emily Thomas	Floor	N/A			12.866	12.866	6

Rhythmic

Team Final & Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon
Laura Halford	Team	13.600	12.800	11.450	11.750	49.950	4 Q
Abigail Hanford		7.700	6.850	8.650	4.900	28.100	25
Gemma Frizelle		13.400	11.400	9.150	10.350	44.300	15 Q
Total		34.700	24.200	29.250	22.100	110.250	5

Individual Finals

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		Hoop	Ball	Clubs	Ribbon
Laura Halford	All-around	12.450	13.300	13.300	11.600	50.650	5
	Hoop	14.000	N/A			14.000	2
	Ball	N/A	12.700	N/A		12.700	4
	Ribbon	N/A			11.900	11.900	4
Gemma Frizelle	All-around	11.000	11.650	9.275	11.200	43.125	12
	Hoop	11.300	N/A			11.300	8

Hockey

Wales qualified both men's and women's teams by placing in the top nine (excluding the host nation, Australia) among Commonwealth nations in the FIH World Rankings as of 31 October 2017. Each team consists of 18 players for a total of 36.

Both teams were announced on 1 March 2018.

Men's tournament

Roster

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	India	4	3	1	0	12	9	+3	10	Advance to Semi-finals
2	England	4	2	1	1	15	8	+7	7
3	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	5	10	−5	4	5th–6th place match
4	Pakistan	4	0	4	0	6	6	0	4	7th–8th place match
5	Wales	4	0	1	3	6	11	−5	1	9th–10th place match

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 19:30 Pakistan  1–1  Wales Ali  39' Report Shipperley  33' Umpires: Sean Rapaport (RSA) David Sweetman (GBR)

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7 April 2018 (2018-04-07) 09:30 Malaysia  3–0  Wales Fitri  19' van Huizen  36' Faizal  55' Report Umpires: Tim Bond (NZL) Sean Rapaport (RSA)

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8 April 2018 (2018-04-08) 19:30 India  4–3  Wales D. Singh  16' Mand. Singh  28' H. Singh  57' Sunil  59' Report Furlong  17', 45', 58' Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

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10 April 2018 (2018-04-10) 14:30 England  3–2  Wales Ward  38', 49', 57' Report Hawker  26' Francis  30+' Umpires: Eric Koh (MAS) Ben de Young (AUS)

9th–10th place match

13 April 2018 (2018-04-13) 08:30 South Africa  2–3  Wales Crowe  19' Cassiem  46' Report Furlong  27' Carson  27', 59' Umpires: Ben de Young (AUS) Tyler Klenk (CAN)

Women's tournament

Roster

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	9	Advance to Semi-finals
2	India	4	3	0	1	9	5	+4	9
3	South Africa	4	1	1	2	3	4	−1	4	5th–6th place match
4	Malaysia	4	1	1	2	3	8	−5	4	7th–8th place match
5	Wales	4	1	0	3	4	10	−6	3	9th–10th place match

5 April 2018 (2018-04-05) 09:30 India  2–3  Wales Rampal  34' Pradhan  41' Report Daley  7' French  26' Marke-Jones  57' Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Jo Cumming (NZL)

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6 April 2018 (2018-04-06) 19:30 England  5–1  Wales Ansley  23' Townsend  25' Martin  48' Bray  53' Balsdon  60' Report Laity  34' Umpires: Lelia Sacre (CAN) Ayanna McClean (TTO)

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9 April 2018 (2018-04-09) 14:30 South Africa  2–0  Wales Manuel  25' Mayne  41' Report Umpires: Emma Shelbourn (ENG) Jo Cumming (NZL)

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11 April 2018 (2018-04-11) 09:30 Malaysia  1–0  Wales Hanis  23' Report Umpires: Ayanna McClean (TTO) Cookie Tan (SGP)

9th–10th place match

12 April 2018 (2018-04-12) 13:30 Wales  1–1  Ghana Evans  53' Report Boakye  44' Penalties French Jones Evans 2–0 Umaru Amoako Opoku Afriyie Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

Lawn bowls

Team Wales announced its squad of 17 lawn bowlers and directors (10 men and 7 women) in two tranches.

The first tranche of 7 participants was announced on 29 November 2017; the second tranche of 10 participants was announced on 24 January 2018.

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Daniel Salmon	Singles	Jones (NFI) W 21–13	Breitenbach (RSA) L 15–21	Aquilina (MLT) W 21–18	Paniani (COK) W 21–17	Wilson (AUS) L 16–21	3	Did not advance			10
Daniel Salmon Marc Wyatt	Pairs	Isle of Man (IOM) W 22–11	South Africa (RSA) L 15–17	Jamaica (JAM) W 33–4	Northern Ireland (NIR) W 27–8	N/A	2 Q	New Zealand (NZL) W 20–7	Cook Islands (COK) W 21–14	Scotland (SCO) W 12–10	1
Steve Harris Ross Owen Jonathan Tomlinson	Triples	India (IND) W 23–9	South Africa (RSA) W 22–6	Papua New Guinea (PNG) W 27–10	England (ENG) L 16–17	N/A	2 Q	Scotland (SCO) L 13–15	Did not advance		6
Steve Harris Ross Owen Jonathan Tomlinson Marc Wyatt	Fours	Papua New Guinea (PNG) W 13–10	Canada (CAN) W 23–10	Cook Islands (COK) W 14–4	New Zealand (NZL) L 10–11	N/A	2 Q	India (IND) W 17–15	Australia (AUS) L 5–15	England (ENG) L 9–15	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Laura Daniels	Singles	Beere (GUE) W 21–15	Matali (BRU) W 21–10	Macdonald (JER) W 21–11	Brown (SCO) L 13–21	2 Q	Anderson (NFI) W 21–13	McKerihen (CAN) W 21–13	Edwards (NZL) L 17–21	2
Laura Daniels Jess Sims	Pairs	India (IND) L 16–20	Jersey (JER) W 22–14	Northern Ireland (NIR) W 18–13	South Africa (RSA) L 17–23	4	Did not advance			13
Anwen Butten Caroline Taylor Emma Woodcock	Triples	Jersey (JER) W 18–7	Zambia (ZAM) W 23–20	Namibia (NAM) W 15–14	New Zealand (NZL) L 15–19	2 Q	England (ENG) L 11–16	Did not advance		7
Anwen Butten Jess Sims Caroline Taylor Emma Woodcock	Fours	Canada (CAN) L 11–25	Niue (NIU) W 30–7	Scotland (SCO) L 10–22	N/A	3	Did not advance			12

Para-sport

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Gilbert Miles (directed by Byron John) Julie Thomas (directed by John Wilson)	Pairs	New Zealand (NZL) L 11–14	Scotland (SCO) W 13–7	England (ENG) W 21–11	Australia (AUS) L 6–18	South Africa (RSA) L 8–11	4 Q	South Africa (RSA) L 9–11	Scotland (SCO) W 13–12	3
Jonathan Hubbard Raymond Lillycrop Pauline Wilson	Triples	New Zealand (NZL) L 5–26	Scotland (SCO) L 4–27	South Africa (RSA) L 4–21	Australia (AUS) L 12–22	England (ENG) W 15–13	6	Did not advance		6

Netball

Wales qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.

The following is the Wales roster in the netball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. It was announced on 1 March 2018.

Wales national netball team – 2018 Commonwealth Games roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. Davies, Fern - – Celtic Dragons Wales Drane, Suzy (C) - – Celtic Dragons Wales Dyke, Bethan - – Celtic Dragons Wales Jones, Kyra - – Celtic Dragons Wales Jones, Nia - – Celtic Dragons Wales Lewis, Chelsea - – Team Bath England Llewelyn, Sarah - – Celtic Dragons Wales Morgan, Kelly - – Celtic Dragons Wales Moseley, Cara Lea - – Celtic Dragons Wales Rowe, Georgia - – Celtic Dragons Wales Thomas, Leila - – Celtic Dragons Wales Varey, Amanda - – Celtic Dragons Wales	Head coach Julie Hoornweg Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club Injured

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	0	342	202	+140	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	292	235	+57	6
3	Uganda	5	3	0	2	287	248	+39	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	3	0	2	277	284	−7	6
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	195	289	−94	2
6	Wales	5	0	0	5	215	350	−135	0

6 April 2018 13:00	Report	Wales	44–70	New Zealand		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Theresa Prince Jackie Mizon Reserve umpire: Joshua Bowring
		Moseley  21/30 (70%) Lewis  21/31 (68%) Llewelyn  1/1 (100%) Rowe  1/2 (50%)		Selby-Rickit  28/31 (90%) Folau  19/23 (83%) Ekenasio  13/17 (76%) Mes  10/14 (71%)

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7 April 2018 18:30	Report	Scotland	51–47	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Angela Armstrong-Lush Reserve umpire: Marc Henning
		Goodwin  38/45 (84%) Gallagher  13/14 (93%)		Lewis  39/48 (81%) Moseley  5/8 (63%) Llewelyn  3/3 (100%)

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9 April 2018 13:00	Report	England	85–31	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Housby  34/36 (94%) Harten  26/32 (81%) Haythornthwaite  13/14 (93%) Corbin  12/14 (86%)		Lewis  22/28 (79%) Rowe  5/6 (83%) Moseley  4/6 (67%)

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10 April 2018 20:30	Report	Wales	40–76	Uganda		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Joshua Bowring Reserve umpire: Angela Armstrong-Lush
		Lewis  34/42 (81%) Rowe  6/7 (86%) Llewelyn  0/1 (0%)		Proscovia  56/63 (89%) Nanyonga  20/24 (83%)

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11 April 2018 19:00	Report	Malawi	68–53	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		Kumwenda  47/50 (94%) Chimaliro  18/18 (100%) Simtowe  3/4 (75%)		Lewis  41/53 (77%) Llewlyn  9/10 (90%) Moseley  3/5 (60%)

Eleventh place match

12 April 2018 16:00	Report	Fiji	32–81	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Angela Armstrong-Lush Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Lisa McPhail
		Cirikisuva  10/12 (83%) Waqa  9/12 (75%) M. Rusivakula  7/10 (70%) U. Rusivakula  6/6 (100%)		Lewis  35/39 (90%) Rowe  25/26 (96%) Moseley  12/12 (100%) Llewelyn  9/12 (75%)

Rugby sevens

Wales qualified a team of 12 men by being among the top nine ranked nations from the Commonwealth in the 2016–17 World Rugby Sevens Series ranking. In addition, they qualified a team of 12 women by being the top ranked Commonwealth nation in the 2017 Rugby Europe Women's Sevens Grand Prix among those not already qualified though the 2016–17 World Rugby Women's Sevens Series ranking. During the tournament, Harri Millard replaced the injured Morgan Williams.

The women's team was announced on 12 March 2018, followed by the men's team on 19 March 2018.

Men's tournament

Squad

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Fiji	3	3	0	0	138	22	+116	9	Semi-finals
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	90	38	+52	7	Classification semi-finals
3	Uganda	3	1	0	2	38	95	−57	5
4	Sri Lanka	3	0	0	3	27	138	−111	3

14 April 2018 10:59	Wales	31–5	Uganda	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
	Try: Jenkins 1' m Morgan 3' m Williams 8' c Treharne 9' c Amos 14' c Con: O'Brien (1/3) 9' Davies (2/2) 10', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Odongo 11' m Con: Wokorach (0/1)

14 April 2018 17:31	Wales	42–12	Sri Lanka	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Tevita Rokovereni (Fiji)
	Try: Roach (2) 3' c, 12' c Thomas 4' c Williams 6' c Jenkins 7' c Davies 13' c Con: Davies (6/6) 3', 4', 6', 7', 12', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Wijekoon 1' c Sooriyabandara 9' m Con: Ratwatte (1/2) 1'

14 April 2018 21:33	Fiji	21–17	Wales	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
		(Gold Coast 2018)

Classification semi-finals

15 April 2018 10:37	Scotland	19–12	Wales	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Jordan Way (Australia)
	Try: Horne (2) 3' c, 6' c Farndale 11' m Con: Horne (2/3) 4', 6'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Morgan (2) 2' m, 8' c Con: Davies (1/2) 8'

Match for seventh place

15 April 2018 13:11	Kenya	24–28	Wales	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Richard Haughton (England)
	Try: Ambaka (2) 1' c, 9' m Odhiambo (2) 7' c, 14' Con: Agero (2/3) 2', 7'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Williams (2) 1' c, 4' c Morgan 10' c Treharne 12' c Con: Davies (2/2) 1', 4' O'Brien (2/2) 10', 12'

Women's tournament

Squad

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	80	27	+53	9	Semi-finals
2	England	3	2	0	1	74	34	+40	7
3	Fiji	3	1	0	2	44	41	+3	5	Classification semi-finals
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	12	108	−96	3

13 April 2018 17:37	Australia	34–5	Wales	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Rebecca Mahoney (New Zealand)
	Try: Tonegato 1' m Pelite 2' c Green (2) 6' m, 8' m Williams 7' m du Toit 12' c Con: Sykes (2/6) 3', 13'	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Joyce 10' m Con: Snowsill (0/1)

13 April 2018 19:55	Fiji	29–7	Wales	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Rose LaBreche (Canada)
	Try: Tinai (3) 1' c, 5' c, 8' m Riwai 3' m Naimasi 10' m Con: Tinai (2/4) 1', 5' Riwai (0/1)	(Gold Coast 2018)	Try: Joyce 13' c Con: Packer (1/1) 13'

13 April 2018 18:59	England	45–0	Wales	Robina Stadium, Gold Coast Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
	Try: Fleming 1' c Hunt (2) 2' c, 6' m Scarratt 4' c Scott 8' c Wilson-Hardy (2) 9' m, 14' c Con: Hunt (3/5) 1', 2', 4' Scott (2/2) 8', 14'	(Gold Coast 2018)

Classification semi-finals

15 April 2018	Kenya	14–12	Wales	Gold Coast
9:53

Match for seventh place

15 April 2018	South Africa	14–19	Wales	Gold Coast
12:27

Shooting

Team Wales announced its squad of 11 shooters (8 men and 3 women) on 24 January 2018.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Craig Auden	10 metre air pistol	551–11x	15	Did not advance
Michael Bamsey	50 metre rifle 3 positions	1145–40x	9	Did not advance
	50 metre rifle prone	604.8	18	Did not advance
	10 metre air rifle	617.3	5 Q	183.1	5
Jonathan Davis	Trap	105	26	Did not advance
Ben Llewellin	Skeet	122+4	2 Q	56	2
David Phelps	50 metre rifle prone	613.7	7 Q	248.8 FGR	1
Michael Wixey	Trap	120	1 Q	46 GR	1

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Sian Corish	50 metre rifle 3 positions	572	9	Did not advance
	10 metre air rifle	409.6	8 Q	160.2	6
Coral Kennerley	10 metre air pistol	374–7x	7 Q	174.0	5
Sarah Wixey	Trap	69+2	1 Q	28	3

Open

Athlete	Event	Day 1		Day 2		Day 3		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Overall	Rank
Gareth Morris	Queen's prize individual	103–13v	15	148–17v	13	148–15v	4	399–45v	10
Chris Watson		103–8v	20	147–14v	17	147–13v	11	397–35v	16
Gareth Morris Chris Watson	Queen's prize pairs	297–34v	6	285–24v	1	N/A		582–58v	2

Squash

Team Wales announced its squad of 4 players (2 men and 2 women) on 24 January 2018.

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Joel Makin (11)	Men's singles	Pala (FIJ) W 3–0	Franklin (BER) W 3–0	Binnie (JAM) W 3–0	Clyne (SCO) W 3–2	Coll (NZL) L 2–3	Adnan (MAS) L 2–3	4
Peter Creed (15)		Walters (JAM) L 1–3	Did not advance
Tesni Evans (6)	Women's singles	Bye	Fernandes (GUY) W 3–0	Azman (MAS) W 3–1	Massaro (ENG) W 3–1	Perry (ENG) L 0–3	David (MAS) W 3–1	3
Deon Saffery		Zafar (PAK) W 3–0	King (NZL) L 0–3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Peter Creed Joel Makin	Men's doubles	Sierra Leone (SLE) W 2–0 WO	India (IND) L 1–2	N/A	2 Q	Australia (AUS) L 0–2	Did not advance
Tesni Evans Deon Saffery	Women's doubles	Malta (MLT) W 2–0	India (IND) L 1–2	Pakistan (PAK) W 2–0	2 Q	N/A	Australia (AUS) L 1–2	Did not advance
Tesni Evans Peter Creed	Mixed doubles	Kenya (KEN) W 2–0	Cayman Islands (CAY) W 2–0	N/A	1 Q	Pakistan (PAK) W 2–0	India (IND) L 0–2	Did not advance

Swimming

Team Wales announced the selection of two para-swimmers on 20 December 2017. The remainder of its 14-strong squad of 5 men and 9 women was made public on 24 January 2018.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Calum Jarvis	100 m freestyle	49.65	=10 Q	49.77	13	Did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:47.08	3 Q	N/A		1:46.53	5
Alex Rosser	200 m freestyle S14	2:07.34	6 Q	N/A		2:05.60	6
Jack Thomas		2:03.17	5 Q	N/A		2:05.38	5
Daniel Jervis	400 m freestyle	3:48.18	2 Q	N/A		3:48.08	4
	1500 m freestyle	N/A				14:48.67	2
Xavier Castelli	50 m backstroke	25.91	6 Q	25.74	7 Q	25.44	4
	100 m backstroke	55.51	8 Q	55.13	8 Q	54.60	5
	200 m backstroke	2:00.08	7 Q	N/A		1:59.27	8
Calum Jarvis	100 m butterfly	54.26	10 Q	53.33	5 Q	53.36	7
Xavier Castelli	200 m individual medley	2:00.97	7 Q	N/A		2:01.49	8

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Kathryn Greenslade	100 m freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
Kathryn Greenslade	200 m freestyle	1:59.66	9	N/A		Did not advance
Ellena Jones		2:01.47	11	N/A		Did not advance
Ellena Jones	400 m freestyle	4:18.92	13	N/A		Did not advance
Jazmin Carlin	800 m freestyle	8:36.52	4 Q	N/A		8:37.45	6
Ellena Jones		8:43.89	7 Q	N/A		8:43.94	7
Georgia Davies	50 m backstroke	27.91	2 Q	27.86	1 Q	27.90	3
Harriet West		29.46	16 Q	29.35	15	Did not advance
Georgia Davies	100 m backstroke	1:00.57	4 Q	1:00.33	5 Q	1:00.17	5
Harriet West		DNS		Did not advance
Kathryn Greenslade	200 m backstroke	DNS		N/A		Did not advance
Beth Sloan	50 m breaststroke	32.91	20	Did not advance
Chloe Tutton		31.24	8 Q	31.43	10	Did not advance
Beth Sloan	100 m breaststroke	1:11.34	19	Did not advance
Chloe Tutton		1:09.06	9 Q	1:08.54	8 Q	1:07.87	5
Beth Sloan	200 m breaststroke	2:29.94	14	N/A		Did not advance
Chloe Tutton		2:25.08	3 Q	N/A		2:23.42	3
Harriet Jones	50 m butterfly	27.10	=9 Q	27.03	9	Did not advance
Alys Thomas		26.95	7 Q	26.72	6 Q	26.78	6
Harriet West		27.41	11 Q	27.17	10	Did not advance
Harriet Jones	100 m butterfly	59.56	10 Q	59.49	10	Did not advance
Alys Thomas		58.48	3 Q	58.17	5 Q	58.06	7
Harriet West		59.77	13 Q	59.93	13	Did not advance
Harriet Jones	200 m butterfly	2:14.35	14	N/A		Did not advance
Alys Thomas		2:07.72	1 Q	N/A		2:05.45 GR	1
Kathryn Greenslade Ellena Jones Jazmin Carlin Chloe Tutton	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	N/A				8:03.00	5
Georgia Davies Chloe Tutton Alys Thomas Kathryn Greenslade	4 × 100 m medley relay	N/A				4:00.75	3

Table tennis

Team Wales announced the selection of parasport player Joshua Stacey on 29 November 2017. Three women were added to the squad on 24 January 2018.

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Charlotte Carey	Women's singles	Bye	Ho (MAS) L 2–4	Did not advance
Anna Hursey		Nambozo (UGA) W 4–0	Chang (MAS) L 0–4	2	Did not advance
Chloe Thomas		Khan (PAK) W 4–0	Freeman (SKN) W 4–0	1 Q	Feng (AUS) L 0–4	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Charlotte Carey Chloe Thomas	Women's doubles	Bye	India (IND) L 1–3	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Charlotte Carey Anna Hursey Chloe Thomas	Women's team	India (IND) L 1–3	Sri Lanka (SRI) W 3–1	2 Q	Australia L 1–3	Did not advance

Para-sport

Athletes	Event	Group Stage				Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Joshua Stacey	Men's TT6–10	Daybell (ENG) L 2–3	Kent (CAN) W 3–0	Bakar (MAS) W 3–0	2 Q	Wilson (ENG) L 1–3	Cogill (RSA) W 3–2	3

Triathlon

Team Wales announced its squad of 4 triathletes (2 men and 2 women) on 24 January 2018.

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Non Stanford	Women's	9:50	0:37	30:09	0:30	17:39	58:45	8

Mixed Relay

Athletes	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250 m, Bike 7 km, Run 1.5 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Non Stanford Iestyn Harrett Olivia Mathias Chris Silver	Mixed relay	20:14 19:04 21:56 19:38	1:20:52	6

Weightlifting

Team Wales announced its squad of 16 weightlifters and powerlifters (8 men and 8 women) in three tranches.

Twelve weightlifters were selected on 6 December 2017. Three powerlifters were selected on 20 December 2017 and a final weightlifter was added on 22 December 2017.

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Seth Casidsid	−56 kg	80	9	106	9	186	9
Gareth Evans	−69 kg	136	2	163	2	299	1
Harry Misangyi	−85 kg	115	14	−		DNF
Joshua Parry	−94 kg	125	12	−		DNF
Jordan Sakkas	−105 kg	140	8	180	7	320	7
Rhodri West	+105 kg	135	10	170	10	305	10

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Hannah Powell	−48 kg	56	11	72	10	128	10
Catrin Jones	−53 kg	72	11	93	8	165	11
Christie Williams	−58 kg	75	7	95	6	170	7
Holly Knowles	−63 kg	73	10	93	8	166	9
Faye Pittman	−69 kg	78	10	100	8	178	10
Laura Hughes	−75 kg	91	3	116	3	207	3
Tayla Howe	−90 kg	92	5	115	6	207	6

Powerlifting

Wales participated with 3 athletes (2 men and 1 woman).

Athlete	Event	Result	Rank
Nathan Stephens	Men's lightweight	137.2	10
Sean Gaffney	Men's heavyweight	−
Nerys Pearce	Women's heavyweight	70.7	4

Wrestling

Team Wales announced its squad of 2 wrestlers (both men) on 24 January 2018.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Kane Charig	Men's freestyle -65 kg	Bye	Bowling (ENG) W 10–0	Bandou (MRI) W 10–0	Bye	Bajrang (IND) L 0–10	2
Curtis Dodge	Men's freestyle -74 kg	Fernando (SRI) W 6–0	Botha (RSA) L 0–10	Did not advance	Salam (SLE) W 6–4	Assizecourt (NGR) W 9–6	3