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COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCOTLAND NEWSLETTER ISSUE 15 – WINTER 2010

Golden Chairman’s view

homecoming for
The last 12 months
have flown by and we
can now look back with
considerable satisfaction

Team Scotland at the performance of

There was great excitement as Team
Scotland touched down in Glasgow
on Saturday 16 October on Emirates
EK27.
Sports Minister Shona Robison was
there to greet the medallists who had
delivered 26 medals - Scotland’s second
best result ever, 9 gold, 10 silver and 7
bronze. The athletes were then dazzled
by a gallery of photographers in the
arrivals hall, before being embraced by
family and friends proudly waving the
saltire.
Jon Doig, Team Scotland Chef de Mission
said: “When we announced our team I
said Delhi would give the opportunity for
new heroes to emerge and that certainly
has proven to be the case. Our team spirit
has been second to none and this has
undoubtedly contributed to our success.
“I am delighted with the overall team
performance and the fact that we have
exceeded our target of 18-25 medals. We
believe this provides a strong platform
Team Scotland in Delhi
2010. We anticipated a
Michael Cavanagh
spectacular Games in an
amazing country, and they certainly were
that. We also anticipated a number of
challenges, in a culture and competition
environment that few members of Team
Scotland had previously experienced.
So we prepared accordingly, with a
number of site visits which proved to be
vital, as we faced a situation where the
Games delivery slipped, to a point where
the participation of Team Scotland was in
question, and the Games themselves may
have been in jeopardy. However in this
environment Team Scotland responded
magnificently, and delivered as one
united team, despite the most trying of
circumstances. It was also a landmark
moment when Flower of Scotland was
played for the first time to celebrate
going into a home Games in Glasgow,
Robbie Renwick’s gold in the pool.
however we will not be complacent and
we are always looking for ways to improve.
I would like to acknowledge the governing
We will be conducting a full review of our
bodies, who worked so hard to prepare the
Games operation and results over the next
athletes. Also our public and commercial
few months and starting to build our plans
partners who supported us so well and
as we go into one of the most exciting
our 2014 Games partners who all helped
periods in our sporting history.”
make Scotland House, our supporters’
base, such a huge success.

FACT FILE With the magnificent Scottish section

of the Closing Ceremony giving a taste
Team Scotland won 26 medals – 9 gold, 10 silver and 7 of things to come, we now look ahead
bronze, their second most successful Games ever. to Glasgow 2014 with confidence and
Only at Melbourne 2006, has Team Scotland ever won more gold medals – 11. excitement as the host Commonwealth
Games Association. CGS is determined
28 team members won a total of 38 medals in seven sports. There were 10 gold
to help deliver an athlete centred, sport
medallists, including two double gold medallists.
focused Games and one that puts the
Shooting was Team Scotland’s most successful sport winning nine medals (4 fun and friendship back at the heart of it.
gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze). This is the most medals shooting has ever won. We look forward to working with all our
Scotland’s top athlete was shooter Jonathan Hammond who won 2 gold, 1 silver partners to deliver our biggest and most
and 1 bronze and he is Scotland’s best performing athlete in any sport at a single successful team ever in 2014.
Games, whilst fellow shooter Jen McIntosh was Scotland’s most successful
female athlete of any Games winning 2 gold and 1 bronze.
19 of the 28 medallists were competing in their first Commonwealth Games and
four athletes were repeat medallists - Robbie Renwick, Neil Stirton, Andy Hunter,
David Carry.
The 192 Scottish athletes were joined by 56 athletes, coaches and mentors on the
Achieve 2014 programme. The programme has already received a lot of positive
feedback.

Triathlete Catriona Morrison with CGS Chairman Michael Cavanagh and Denise Holmes, Emirates Airline
Sporting celebrations for
Commonwealth stars
It wasn’t long before the team started to realise the impact their performances
in Delhi had had both on the country and their own local communities and
there was recognition for many of the medallists in the end of year awards
ceremonies.
The First Minister hosted a reception at Further awards were also given to
Stirling Castle on 18 November to celebrate specifically recognise performances at
Scottish Sporting success including at the the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Commonwealth Games. Then in was on to This programme, supported by Clydesdale
the Commonwealth Games Scotland Sports Bank, has recognised an Athlete of the
Awards Dinner in Glasgow, supported by Month since October 2009 as they vied for
Clydesdale Bank, where the top award of selection for the Games and has culminated
the evening went to swimmer Hannah Miley. in four overall awards.
She saw off stiff competition to win the title
of Scottish Sportsperson of the Year 2010 It was shooting that stole the show
and was awarded the Emirates Lonsdale with Jonathan Hammond collecting the
Trophy. Clydesdale Bank Male Athlete of the Games
title and 19 year old Jennifer McIntosh
2010 was a golden year for Hannah taking the female title. Both John and Jen
finishing the year ranked as the world were Scotland’s most successful individual
number one in her favoured 400m male and female athletes at a single Games.
individual medley (IM) event and as John won two gold medals a silver and
both the European and Commonwealth a bronze, whilst Jen won two gold and a
champion, taking some notable scalps and bronze.
records in the process. In runner-up spot
was triathlete, Catriona Morrison. Swimmer Robbie Renwick was recognised
with the Clydesdale Bank Inspirational
Performance Award. Robbie won Scotland’s
first gold of the Games in the men’s 200m
freestyle, coming back after bitter
disappointment in the 400m
freestyle on day one. After
hearing ‘Flower of Scotland’
played for the very first
time on the podium, Robbie
dedicated the hard fought
gold to his former coach,
Eileen Adams, who sadly
died earlier this year
after a long battle
with cancer.
The Clydesdale
Bank Memorable
Jon Doig and Donald McIntosh collect Team of
2
the Year Award.
Grace Reid awarded Junior Sportsperson of the Year
Jen McIntosh is Female Athlete of the Games.
Moment of the Games was awarded to
weightlifter Peter Kirkbride. A ‘fired up’
Kirkbride shouted ‘Scotland’ as he lifted
himself into silver medal position in the
94kg weight category. So pleased with his
performance, he leapt up from the lifting
platform in sheer delight and then eluded
to the rapturous crowd just how easy it all
was – all captured on camera! Peter has also
been awarded an Olympic Solidarity Athlete
Scholarship by the International Olympic
Committee.
Also recognised were five winners of
Scottish Sports Aid Merit Awards supported
by John Lewis Glasgow. These were made
to: 22 year old triathlete David McNamee;
15 year old tennis player Jonathon O’Mara;
Lisa McKenzie a 21 year old fencer; Grace
Reid a 14 year old springboard diver; and
17 year old swimmer Craig McNally. It
was Grace Reid who went on to win the
Scottish Sports Aid Junior Sportsperson of
the Year 2010. Grace had an outstanding
year finishing an incredible fourth at the
European Senior Diving Championships in
August, a result which saw her qualify for
selection for Team Scotland at the 2010
Commonwealth Games as its youngest ever
team member. In Delhi she had a wonderful
experience and finished in sixth place
setting the highest ever score for a British
junior.
But it was at the Sunday Mail
sportscotland Scottish Sports
Awards Dinner in December that
Team Scotland as a whole was
recognised and voted Team of
the Year, recognised for its
outstanding team spirit and
performance both on and
off the field of play. Robbie
Renwick and Grace Reid
were also recognised
for their achievements
– twice in a week.
Hannah Miley
 Delhi
highlights
Robbie Renwick
AQUATICS
It was always going to be difficult for the swimmers to
match their truly exceptional performance of the 2006
Games, where they won a historic 12 medals. However,
they were determined to deliver to their potential and won two gold, three silver and a
bronze in the swimming plus a bronze in the synchronised swimming.
SWIMMING
The action got underway at Dr SP
Mukherkjee Swimming Complex on the
first day of the Games with David Carry
out to defend his 400m freestyle title. He
had to settle for bronze but still collected
Scotland’s first medal of the Games.
Day two saw David back in action along with
fellow Aberdonian Robbie Renwick in the
200m freestyle. This time it was Robbie’s
turn to come out on top and win Scotland’s
first gold and hear the Flower of Scotland
played on the podium for the very first time.
On day three with both Renwick and Carry
keen to add to their personal medal tally,
they teamed up with Andy Hunter and Jak
Scott in the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay
to take silver in the final. Cameron Brodie
and Lewis Smith also were awarded medals
for their contribution in the heats. It was
Sean Fraser’s turn to stand on the medal
podium on day five, powering to silver in
the 100m freestyle Para Sport S8 event.
On the final day of competition in the
pool Michael Jamieson took silver in
the 200m breaststroke touched
out to miss gold by 0.08 seconds.
European Champion Hannah Miley
waited all week to compete in her
favoured 400m individual medley. She
held her nerve to take gold in style
with a time of 4:38.83, a new Games
Record and crowned a fantastic day for
Team Scotland.
SYNCHRO
After the first day of the synchronised
swimming solo competition,
Tracey McGowan
Archery made a return to the
ARCHERY
Hannah Miley Commonwealth Games arena
in Delhi for the first time since
Brisbane in 1982. Team Scotland
had 10 archers selected for the
Games in both compound and
recurve disciplines.
In the team competition the men’s
recurve and compound teams
both finished ninth , whilst the
women’s compound team were eigth. There
were mixed fortunes for the archers in the
individual events with Tracey McGowan
giving the best Scottish performance to
finish sixth overall.
Eilidh Child
Sean Fraser
Scotland’s Lauren Smith was lying in third
place following a strong execution of her
technical routine. She put in a superb
performance in the free routine the
following day to hold off Malaysia’s Katrina
Abdul Hadi and win bronze, Scotland’s first
ever synchro medal.
ATHLETICS
DIVING At the impressive Jawaharlal
14 year old Grace Reid was Scotland’s sole Nehru Stadium there were mixed
representative in the diving, following the performances from the Scots and
withdrawal of the Galashan twins with it was the women that reached the
Helen sustaining a fractured wrist just days podium contributing a silver and a
before departing for Delhi. bronze to the team’s medal tally.
Grace who Steph Twell, representing Scotland
was Scotland’s for the first time, had a magnificent
youngest ever race in the 1500m against world
team member, class opposition. She dug deep and
made her Games held her line on the inside to take
debut in the 3m a well earned bronze. Later in
Grace
springboard Reid the week she gave another fine
event. She dived performance in the 5000m and
steadily through the qualification round to just missed out on the medals
finish in seventh position and qualify for finishing fourth.
the final. She continued her good form in
to finish sixth overall, settings a On day seven Eilidh Child went
new PB in the process and the into the final of the 400m
first time a British junior diver hurdles as second fastest from
has ever scored over 300 the heats and lived up to her
Lauren points. billing. She ran a fantastic race to
Smith clinch the silver medal in a time of 55.62 to
end a successful season which saw her step
up and establish herself amongst
world class opposition.
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 Scotland v India

Susan Egelstaff England in the quarter finals where they

lost 3-1 and with it their chance of winning
a team medal as they had in Manchester in
2002.

In the individual events it was Glasgow’s

Susan Egelstaff that led the charge for
Scotland in the women’s singles. However
Scotland’s hopes of ending the badminton
competition with a medal ended in
disappointment when third seed Susan
Following the draw, both Scotland
HOCKEY

Egelstaff lost the bronze medal play-off to

men and women’s team knew they
great rival and fourth seed Elizabeth Cann

BADMINTON
were in with a tough challenge to
of England.
qualify through the pool stages
of the competition, with only the
Egelstaff had been hoping to repeat her
top two in each five team pool
In the mixed team competition Scotland victory of four years ago over the England
progressing. The women got off
got off to a winning start, first against No. 1 at the same stage in Melbourne and
to a good start holding hosts
Barbados then Wales and Kenya, all to the she went into action boosted by a good win
India to a 1-1 draw in their opening
same impressive 5-0 score line. Hosts India over Cann in the quarter-finals of the team
match. This was followed by a loss
were the first to beat Scotland 4-1. It was event. However after taking an early lead in
to South Africa, a win against Trinidad &
then Scotland’s turn to face the Auld Enemy the first game she lost 21-18, 21-16.
Tobago and a loss to Australia. Following
a fourth place result in the pool stages,
Scotland’s women played-off against Wales

BOXING
to determine 7th/8th positions. With the Callum Johnson
score standing at 1-1 the final result went
down to penalty flicks. The final score
was 4-2. Abi Walker saved three penalties
There was a great buzz in the boxing
while Kareena Marshall, Vicky Bunce and
camp from the off, with all seven boxers
Catriona Forrest slotted theirs in the net to
determined to show what they could do.
cement the win.
They didn’t disappoint and came away
with a bronze, silver and gold to maintain
The men had a frustrating campaign losing
boxing’s incredible record of a medal at
all four pool games against higher ranked
every Commonwealth Games.
opposition in Pool A. In the play-offs they
beat Trinidad & Tobago to finish ninth guarantee himself a medal. In the semi-
In his opening bout of the
overall and equal their ranking going in. finals Josh put in a composed performance
competition Stephen Simmons
in the 91kg Heavyweight to beat Tongan Lomalito Moala 5-0, but in
Amy Regan
category was up against South the final it was a tough ask when he was up
African Masana Manganyi and against England’s Thomas Stalker, current
gave a dominant performance to win 10-2. European Champion. The experience of the
In the quarter finals there was another Englishman showed as he took the bout 11-3
confident win for Simmons 7-4 against and Taylor had to be satisfied with silver.
Canadian Samir El Mais. But there was However it was an outstanding result for
disappointment in the semis when he lost the 19 year old from Edinburgh who had
6-1 to Northern Ireland’s Steven Ward and only conceded two points on his way to the
had to settle for bronze. final.

Josh Taylor started strongly in It was Callum Johnson in

the 60kg Lightweight category the 81kg Light Heavyweight
defeating Melbourne bronze category that went all the way
medallist, Darren Edwards and took gold, a repeat of the
Scotland’s women gave a
GYMNASTICS

of Wales 5-1. He gave another feat performed by Kenny Anderson

solid performance in the team in Melbourne four years earlier. Having
winning performance 4-1
competition to finish in fifth place, seen off Krystian Borucki of the Isle of Man
against Benjamin
with all three girls qualifying for 8-1 in his opening bout, Johnson was up
Lamptey of Ghana,
the individual all-around final. In against Englishman Obed Mbwakongo in
before conducting a
addition they each qualified for one the quarter finals and came out on top 6-2.
whitewash against
individual apparatus final with Amy In the semis Johnson continued to show his
Kautoa Roddy of
on the floor, Tori on beam dominance against Wales’ Jermaine Asare
Kiribati in the quarter
and Jordon on bars. It forcing the referee to stop the contest at
finals to win
was Amy who came out 11-1. There was no stopping Callum now
10-0 and
on top finishing fourth as he executed a clinical performance
after a good routine. from the start of his final against Thomas
McCarthy of Northern Ireland 8-1 to take
Scotland’s sole male competitor gold and secure Team Scotland’s final gold
made it through to the individual medal of the Games.
all-around final after a late withdrawal and
set a personal best to finish 17th, whilst On finals night Stephen Simmons donned
in the rhythmic gymnastics competition his morph suit once more to support his
16 year old Vicky Clow qualified for teammates, before changing back into team
the individual all-around final and kit to collect his own bronze medal.

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Josh Taylor

CYCLING
After the six medal haul for Scotland in Melbourne on the track
there was some disappointment this year in the velodrome, with
just one silver medal to celebrate. However it was a different
story in the road events where David Millar was determined to
do Scotland proud and won a gold and a bronze.
On the first
day of the
David cycling
Millar competition,
Jenny Davis
and Charline Joiner won silver in the
women’s team sprint, a new event on the
Commonwealth Games programme. Having
only trained together for this event for a
few months it was a fabulous achievement.
Part of the ‘Gold for Glasgow’ campign,
success came early for the pair.
But there was heartache for the Team
Scotland flag bearer, Ross Edgar, who
crashed out of the keirin following a
collision in the semi-final stages. He was
also unable to bounce back in the individual
sprint with the toughest possible draw
against Australia’s Shane Perkins in the
quarter final. Perkins beat Edgar in two
RUGBY 7s
Scotland created history as they made
it into the quarter finals of the rugby
sevens competition for the first time at the
Commonwealth Games.
They opened proceedings with a 26-0
victory over Guyana then faced a tough
match against Canada and came out on
top 19-17. Their final pool match was against
Andy Turnbull on the attack against Canada
straight rides on his way to winning the
gold medal.
For David Millar, Delhi was
where his dreams of winning
Commonwealth Games medals
for Scotland came true. After
a fabulous tactical battle in the
road race which Millar controlled for much
of the second half, he was outsprinted at
the finish to take an excellent bronze. With
a full complement of six Team Scotland
riders in the race, Millar was well supported,
and he paid tribute at the finish to the work
done by David Lines, James McCallum and
Ross Creber, Evan Oliphant and Andy Fenn
in the 168km race held in 41-degree heat.
After his bronze in the road race, Millar was
the favourite going into the 40km time
trial, which was made challenging by strong
New Zealand who had stood out all day with
their speed and skill. Scotland went down
44-0 but were pleased to go through as
second in their group.
On day two Scotland faced South Africa,
and having beaten them at Murrayfield
in the IRB Sevens World Series in May,
they hoped they could produce a repeat
performance. It wasn’t to be and in a
closely fought contest they lost 10-7.
They quickly picked themselves up
and overcame a strong Kenyan
side after extra time in the
semi-final of the plate winning
22-17. The final showdown
was against reigning IRB
champions Samoa who
dominated the match and
lifted the plate.
Scotland 7s ended
their most successful
ever Commonwealth
Games campaign in sixth
position.
Willie Wood
The men’s road race passes
the iconic India Gate
wind. The race
was held on an
expressway,
with a tailwind-
assisted first
20km before
the riders had
to turn and ride
directly into
the wind - an
experience Millar
later said was
“like pedalling
through treacle.”
Yet as others
struggled along Jenny Davis and Charline
the flat course, Joiner seize silver
Millar was a model
of efficiency - head down, legs
slicing up and down, he cut
through the wind like a blade.
After leading England’s Alex
Dowsett at half-distance – by just
four seconds – his margin of victory was a
whopping 54 seconds on the line.
For the second time in a week David Millar
made history by becoming the first Scot
ever to win a gold medal in a road cycling
event and it was proudly presented to him
by Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond.
LAWN BOWLS
For our bowlers it was a case of so near and
yet so far losing out on the tie breaker on
numerous occasions. They finished their
campaign outside the medals for the first
time since 1966.
The men’s pairs of Darren Burnett
and Neil Speirs came closest
to the podium losing out in
the bronze medal match to
Malaysia in a tie break. The
men’s and women’s singles
players both lost in the semi-
final play-offs and the women’s
triples went out in the quarter
finals. One highlight for lawn
bowls was the appearance of 72
year old Willie Wood in his eighth
Commonwealth Games as part
of the men’s triples team, making
him the most capped Scottish
Games athlete to date.
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 Jon Hammond Jon Hammond
and Neil Stirton

the most successful male athlete ever at

a single Games for Scotland, whilst Jen
McIntosh with two gold and a bronze was
the most successful female athlete ever at a
single Games.

Keen to contribute to the medal tally,

the other shooting disciplines did not

SHOOTING
Scotland’s shooters were on target in
Delhi and finished as the top sport at the
Games winning four gold, three silver and
two bronze.
In the small bore rifle events Jen McIntosh
and Kay Copland started the medal haul
winning bronze in the 50m rifle 3 position
pairs competition which was soon matched
by Jon Hammond and Neil Stirton. Jon disappoint. For the clay target shooters it
then went on to win silver in the individual 3 was Shona Marshall in the individual trap
position event. event that came up trumps and won silver
and in full bore Angus McLeod and Ian
But it was in the 50m rifle prone events Shaw also delivered a hard earned silver in
that Scotland swept the board with the the pairs competition, which was fraught
above quartet winning an incredible four with technical difficulties on the range.
gold medals in the men’s and women’s pairs
and individual competitions, an outstanding
achievement and one that made coach and Kay Copland
father Donald McIntosh extremely proud.
and Jen McIntosh
Jen put in an exemplary performance
to take the gold, only dropping three
points during the entire match to
equal the world record and set
a new Commonwealth Games
record of 597-42x. This medal
has a particular significance to
Jen, whose mother Shirley won
the event at the 1994 Games in
Victoria.

Jon Hammond with two gold,

Jen celebrates a silver and a bronze was the
at India Gate athlete of the Games and

Harry Leitch
SQUASH

It was in the doubles events that Scotland hoped to shine at the Siri Fort
Sports Complex. Lyall Paterson and Chris Small and Lisa Aitken and Frania
Gillen-Buchert progressed from the group stages of the men’s and women’s
doubles, but lost out in the quarter finals. Similarly mixed doubles pair Lisa
Aitken and Harry Leitch also made it through their group and went out in
the quarter finals.

It was left to men’s doubles pairing of Harry Leitch and Alan Clyne to fly the
flag for Scotland and they battled all the way to the semi finals. In a match
of extraordinary doubles which lasted an hour and 24 minutes the Scots went out
11/10 11/6 to Australian opponents Palmer and Boswell.

This gave the Scottish pair one final shot at bronze and again they faced Australian
opposition in the play-off in the form of Ryan Cuskelly and Cameron Pilley. After a
tight affair in the first game and a fight back in the second, they were finally beaten
11/5 11/7 to just miss out on a medal.

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Fourteen men contested the 94kg
WEIGHTLIFTING
category including Kilmarnock’s
very own Peter Kirkbride who
jumped for joy when he was
awarded the silver medal, breaking
two records on the way. The
reigning British Champion and
holder of three Scottish and British
records before competition was
looking to add a medal to his
accolades.
Going into the snatch at 140kg, 5kg
heavier than originally intended,
Peter shook off his nerves and
had a ‘good lift’. 144kg was the
next challenge which he lifted
comfortably, but 146kg was just out of
reach. Kirkbride, who competed four years
ago in Melbourne finishing 6th, and claimed
gold at the 2004 Commonwealth Youth
Games, was lying second going into the
Clean & Jerk discipline.
He started with 182kg, moving
him into the lead; maintained
that with a 186kg second lift
and went for 189kg in his final
attempt and made it look easy
giving him a combined total of 333kg. He
jumped for joy as he left the podium and
waited anxiously for the final two opponents
to challenge him. But when gold looked all
but his, Faauliuli of Samoa, in the last lift of
the competition, successfully lifted 192kg to
grab the gold by a single kilogram.
Nevertheless, Peter and his long-time coach
Charles Hamilton were delighted with silver
and proud to win Scotland’s eleventh medal
of the Games.
Peter Kirkbride
jumps for joy
Colin Fleming
and Jocelyn Rae
TENNIS
Tennis was making its Games debut in
Delhi and the players were determined to
make their involvement count, despite
the late withdrawal of Elena Baltacha
who was a strong prospect in the
women’s singles.
It was the mixed doubles pairing of Colin
Fleming and Jocelyn Rae that took the
tournament by storm, beating the hosts
and second seeds India and fourth seeds
England in the semi-finals, on the way to
Gavin
Rumgay
TABLE TENNIS
The Scottish trio of Gavin Rumgay, Craig
Howieson and Stewart Crawford started
their Games campaign in the team
competition. They won two out of three
group games, but then lost in the play off
for the quarter finals to Malaysia by 1/3.
Left to contest the minor team placings,
they beat Sri Lanka then Canada to finish in
ninth place.
In the singles Gavin was Scotland’s top
player reaching the last 16 where he lost to
the Indian second seed with a world ranking
of 40 compared to Gavin’s 228. Craig
qualified for the singles, but went out in the
second round, whilst Stewart just failed to
qualify after winning his initial game. Gavin
and Craig got through to the last 16 of the
men’s doubles but lost by 0/3 to a strong
Australian pair.
clinching gold in a nail biting final that had
all the Scottish supporters on the edge of
their seats.
The unseeded Scottish pair, who
had never played together
before the Games, completed
a truly remarkable fight-back
in the final to beat the Australian
top seeds Paul Hanley and Anastasia
Rodionova 7-6 6-7 6-2 to become the
first ever mixed doubles tennis champions
in Commonwealth Games competition.
Their outstanding achievement secured
Scotland’s third gold medal of the Games.
WRESTLING
Scotland had 10 wrestlers competing
in Delhi, including seven women who
were making their debut in this new
Commonwealth Games sport for women.
A number of them had transferred from
judo and were hopeful that they could reap
rewards in their new found sport.
However their medal charge was repeatedly
thwarted at the bronze medal stage despite
some hard fought bouts. Jayne Clason
(55kg), Sarah Jones (72kg) and Ashlea
McManus (67kg) all lost out on bronze,
whilst Viorel Etko was Scotland’s best male
competitor, losing out in the repechage
semi finals.
Ashlea McManus
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Commonwealth Youth
Games – Isle of Man 2011
With the Delhi Games now over,
the new focus for CGS is the 2011
Commonwealth Youth Games to be
held on the Isle of Man from 7 to 13
September 2011.
The Isle of Man Youth Games will be the
fourth since the inaugural Games held in
Scotland in 2000. Since then, Scottish
athletes have won over 100 medals at the
three Games held in Edinburgh, Bendigo
and Pune, with many going on to compete
for the senior team at the Commonwealth
Games and again win medals. Many stars
of the Delhi Games including Hannah Miley,
Robbie Renwick, Jen McIntosh, Kay Copland
and Peter Kirkbride were all Youth Games
medallists in Bendigo or Pune. Kelvingrove will be the inpressive backdrop to the lan bowls competition.

Glasgow 2014 venues progress

The Youth Games provide an excellent
opportunity to prepare our athletes of the
future by exposing them to a multi-sport
Games competition, usually for the first
time, and provide an exciting opportunity
for our young athletes to get their first taste
of Commonwealth competition.
There is a maximum of 1000 athlete places
available for the Youth Games, so for the
Isle of Man places have been allocated to
all Commonwealth nations on a pro rata
basis of their athlete numbers in the 2006
Commonwealth Games. Scotland has been
allocated 43 places, including a Rugby 7s
squad. The sports which will compete in
the Isle of Man are: Athletics, Badminton,
Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Swimming and
Rugby 7s. The age of athletes will range
from 14 – 18 yrs (depending on the sport)
and each sport is currently working with
CGS to confirm selection policies, with the
standards to be reached next year to gain a
place on the team.
The general team management will be lead
by Vicky Strange. Deputy general team
managers, medical and media staff will be
appointed by the end of 2010 and the sport
team leaders and coaches will be appointed
early in 2011.
Further details of
the next Youth Games
can be found on
www.cyg2011.com.
Work has now begun on the Kelvingrove Bowls Centre, which will host the Lawn Bowls
competition at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
The centre is located immediately adjacent
to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum,
and close to the University of Glasgow.
All five bowling greens will be upgraded
to international standard for use during
the Games for competition, warm-up and
training. Works will include the installation
of a new drainage system, the complete
reconstruction of greens and ditches
incorporating a new automated irrigation
scheme and there will be seating for around
2,500 spectators.
Once complete, the new bowling venue will
be among the finest in Scotland.
A project to deliver a new pavilion to meet
the legacy requirements of club members
and casual users following the Games is
currently being developed by Glasgow City
Council and Glasgow Life.
Glasgow 2014 Chief Executive John Scott
said: “Lawn Bowls is a fantastic sport which
holds a very special place at the heart of the
PHOTO CREDITS: Steve Lindridge and Rebecca Lee, Ideal Images; Duncan McEwan; Donald McIntosh;
Sunday Mail; Glasgow 2014.
Commonwealth
Games
movement. This
beautiful venue
will provide our
athletes with first
class facilities in
a great location,
showcasing the
best of Glasgow.”
Michael Cavanagh, Chair, Commonwealth
Games Scotland said: “Lawn Bowls is a huge
sport in Scotland and I know our bowlers will
get a real buzz from competing in front of
such a knowledgeable home crowd, against
such a historic backdrop. We have a strong
tradition of success in lawn bowls and I know
that a home Games will make our bowlers
even more determined to do well.”
This first phase is expected to be completed
by early summer in 2011, with the entire
project expected to be complete by summer
2012.

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