Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Sporting event delegation
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;[ 2] 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 .
Gold
Weightlifting :
Swimming :
Shooting :
Silver
Athletics :
Boxing :
Gymnastics :
Lawn bowls :
Bronze
Athletics :
Boxing :
Cycling :
Shooting :
Swimming :
Squad
The Welsh squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games is as follows:
Athletics
Men
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
Women
Endurance: 25 km points: Nicole Cooke
Endurance: road race: Nicole Cooke
Gymnastics
Men
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
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
Weightlifting
Men: Terry Perdue.
Women: Michaela Breeze, Kate Howard, Natasha Perdue.
See also
References
Wales hosted the Games in 1958 .