Falkland Islands at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Falkland Islands at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of the Falkland Islands
CGF code	FLK
CGA	Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association
Website	fioga.co.fk
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	15 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Graham Didlick (opening)
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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The Falkland Islands competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 April to 15 April 2018.^[1] It was the Falkland Islands's 10th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

The Falkland Islands team consisted of 15 (eleven men and four women) athletes competing in two sports: badminton and shooting. The team also had 11 officials.^[2]

Sport shooter Graham Didlick was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Badminton	3	2	5
Shooting	8	2	10
Total	11	4	15

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Falkland Islands participated with five athletes (three men and two women).^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tobi Adeoye	Men's singles	Victor Munga (KEN) L 0-2	Did not advance
Douglas Clark		Brian Kasirye (UGA) L 0-2	Did not advance
Christopher Eynon		Niluka Karunaratne (SRI) L 0-2	Did not advance
Cheryl March	Women's singles	Grace Chua Hui Zen (SGP) L 0-2	Did not advance
Zoe Morris		BYE	Wendy Chen Hsuan-yu (AUS) L 0-2	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tobi Adeoye Douglas Clark	Men's doubles	—	Aatish Lubah (MRI)  Christopher Jean Paul (MRI) L W/O	Did not advance
Cheryl March Zoe Morris	Women's doubles	—	Michelle Butler-Emmett (RSA)  Elsie de Villiers (RSA) L 0-2	Did not advance
Cheryl March Douglas Clark	Mixed doubles	Ciaran Chambers (NIR)  Sinead Chambers (NIR) L W/O	Did not advance
Zoe Morris Tobi Adeoye		Samuel Ricketts (JAM)  Katherine Wynter (JAM) L 0-2	Did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

The Falkland Islands entered ten sport shooters (eight male and two female).^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michael Goss	50 metre rifle prone	DNS		Did not advance
Murray Middleton	10 metre air pistol	514	22	Did not advance
Nevin Middleton		536	19	Did not advance
Graham Didlick	Trap	60	40	Did not advance
Shaun Jaffray		93	34	Did not advance
Graham Didlick	Double trap	79	24	Did not advance
Glen Smith		69	27	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tansie Bonner	10 metre air pistol	327	22	Did not advance
Charlotte-Anne Middleton		326	23	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Day 1		Day 2		Day 3		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Overall	Rank
Christian Berntsen	Queen's prize individual	95-6v	29	144-10v	22	139-8v	28	378-24v	26
Mark Dodd		102-9v	22	144-7v	24	145-10v	19	391-26v	23
Christian Berntsen Mark Dodd	Queen's prize pairs	285-21v	12	262-13v	12	—		547-34v	12

References

1. "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. "Falklands' 26-competitor team to Commonwealth Games in Australia". MercoPress. Montevideo, Uruguay. 26 January 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
3. Morgan, Liam (4 April 2018). "Gold Coast 2018: Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 4 April 2018.