Guernsey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Guernsey
CGF code	GGY
CGA	Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association
Website	guernseycga.gg
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	28 (18 men and 10 women) in 7 sports
Flag bearers	Marc Cox Elena Johnson
Medals Ranked =33rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Guernsey competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England between 28 July and 8 August 2022. Having made its Games debut in 1970, it was Guernsey's fourteenth appearance to date.^[1]

Guernsey's team consisted of 28 athletes.^[2] Cyclist Marc Cox and badminton player Elena Johnson were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Lawn bowler Lucy Beere won the territory's first medal in 28 years, by winning the silver medal in the women's singles event.^[4]

Medallists

Further information: 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Lucy Beere	Lawn bowls	Women's singles	1 August
Bronze	Alastair Chalmers	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles	6 August

Competitors

Guernsey received a quota of 28 open allocation slots from Commonwealth Sport.^[5] This quota is used to determine the overall team in sports lacking a qualifying system.

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	1	5
Badminton	1	3	4
Boxing	1	0	1
Cycling	5	0	5
Lawn bowls	2	2	4
Swimming	4	4	8
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	18	10	28

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Two athletes were officially selected on 11 November 2021,^[6][7] with three others added on 4 March 2022.^[8][9]

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Joe Chadwick	100 m	10.60	5	did not advance
	200 m	21.54	6	did not advance
Cameron Chalmers	400 m	47.49	4	did not advance
Alastair Chalmers	400 m hurdles	50.39	4 q	—		49.97
Peter Curtis		52.57	5	—		did not advance

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Abi Galpin	200 m	24.47	3 Q	24.10	7	did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Four players were officially selected on 4 March 2022.^[8][9]

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
Emily Trebert	Women's singles	Bodha (MRI) L (7–21, 12–21)	did not advance
Elena Johnson Chloe le Tissier	Women's doubles	—	Bye	Chen / Somerville (AUS) L (9–21, 7–21)	did not advance
Stuart Hardy Chloe le Tissier	Mixed doubles	Bye	Angus / Wynter (JAM) L (17–21, 11–21)	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

One boxer (Billy Le Poullain) was officially selected on 4 March 2022.^[8][9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Billy le Poullain	Middleweight	Bye	Tucker (NIR) W 3-2	Richardson (ENG) L 0-5	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Three cyclists were officially selected on 11 November 2021,^[6][7] with three others added on 4 March 2022.^[8][9]

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Marc Cox	Road race	3:37:18	56
Samuel Culverwell		3:28:53	9
James Roe		3:37:08	40
Michael Serafin		3:37:08	43
Sebastian Tremlett		DNF
Marc Cox	Time trial	55:02.35	31
Samuel Culverwell		52:36.52	21
Sebastian Tremlett		52:58.23	23

Mountain Biking

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
James Roe	Men’s cross-country	LAP
Michael Serafin		LAP

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Four players were officially selected on 4 March 2022.^[8][9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Todd Priaulx	Singles	Wilson (AUS) L 7-21	Evans (RSA) L 16-21	Kimani (KEN) L 11-21	Jim (COK) W 21-17	5	did not advance
Todd Priaulx Matt Solway	Pairs	Australia (AUS) L 7–29	South Africa (RSA) L 13–21	Fiji (FIJ) L 14–25	—	4	did not advance

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
Lucy Beere	Singles	Kos (CAN) W 21–7	Ryan (AUS) W 21–11	Mbugua (KEN) W 21–16	—	1 Q	Inch (NZL) W 21–16	Ahmad (MAS) W 21–15	Ryan (AUS) L 17–21
Lucy Beere Rose Ogier	Pairs	Malaysia (MAS) L 19―22	Cook Islands (COK) W 18―10	Malta (MLT) T 17―17	Norfolk Island (NFK) W 20―10	3	did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Eight swimmers were officially selected on 4 March 2022.^[8][9]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jonathan Beck	50 m freestyle	24.28	33	did not advance
Ronny Hallett		24.15	31	did not advance
Jonathan Beck	100 m freestyle	54.94	55	did not advance
Samuel Lowe	200 m freestyle	1:59.45	31	—		did not advance
	400 m freestyle	4:14.62	21	—		did not advance
	200 m backstroke	2:11.73	17	—		did not advance
Charlie-Joe Hallett	50 m breaststroke	28.49	18	did not advance
Ronny Hallett		29.58	27	did not advance
Charlie-Joe Hallett	100 m breaststroke	1:03.82	21	did not advance
Ronny Hallett		1:05.85	28	did not advance
Charlie-Joe Hallett	200 m breaststroke	2:24.01	14	—		did not advance
Ronny Hallett		2:26.46	15	—		did not advance
Charlie-Joe Hallett	100 m butterfly	56.83	28	did not advance
Samuel Lowe	200 m individual medley	2:13.06	19	—		did not advance
Charlie-Joe Hallett Samuel Lowe Ronny Hallett Jonathan Beck	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.27	10	—		did not advance
Samuel Lowe Ronny Hallett Charlie-Joe Hallett Jonathan Back	4 × 100 m medley relay	3:59.47	7 Q	—		3:56.27	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Laura le Cras	50 m freestyle	27.72	34	did not advance
Orla Rabey		27.47	33	did not advance
Molly Staples		28.02	40	did not advance
Orla Rabey	100 m freestyle	58.67	27	did not advance
Molly Staples		1:00.65	35	did not advance
Tatiana Tostevin		1:00.05	32	did not advance
Tatiana Tostevin	50 m backstroke	30.06	16 Q	29.90	14	did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:03.50	13 Q	1:03.99	14	did not advance
Laura le Cras	50 m breaststroke	33.09	15 Q	33.26	16	did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:15.27	20	did not advance
Laura le Cras	50 m butterfly	Disqualified		did not advance
Orla Rabey		28.45	25	did not advance
Molly Staples		29.29	32	did not advance
Orla Rabey	100 m butterfly	1:02.37	23	did not advance
Molly Staples		1:07.54	30	did not advance
Orla Rabey	200 m butterfly	2:20.18	13	—		did not advance
Laura le Cras Molly Staples Tatiana Tostevin Orla Rabey	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	—				3:59.17	7
Tatiana Tostevin Laura le Cras Orla Rabey Molly Staples	4 × 100 m medley relay	—				4:23.37	6

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tatiana Tostevin Jonathan Beck Orla Rabey Ronny Hallett	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:48.97	11	did not advance
Tatiana Tostevin Ronny Hallett Charlie-Joe Hallett Orla Rabey	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:04.02	8 Q	4:02.79	8

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

One triathlete was officially selected on 11 November 2021.^[6][7]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Joshua Lewis	Men's	8:47	0:57	27:44	0:22	17:23	55:13	23

References

1. "Guernsey". Commonwealth Sport. Archived from the original on 21 July 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
2. "Guernsey athletes set to compete in Commonwealth Games revealed". ITV. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 23 July 2022.
3. Murray, Poppy (20 July 2022). "Team Guernsey Commonwealth flagbearers announced". Bailiwick Express. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
4. "Lucy Beere wins Guernsey's first Commonwealth Games medal for 28 years". ITV. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
5. Ingrouille, James (4 August 2021). "Time fast running out for Guernsey Games hopefuls". Guernsey Press. Archived from the original on 9 August 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
6. "First Six Athletes Selected for #B2022". Commonwealth Games Guernsey. 11 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
7. "Birmingham 2022: Guernsey select first six Commonwealth Games athletes". BBC Sport. 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 11 November 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
8. "The GCGA Council has selected [...]". Commonwealth Games Guernsey. 4 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.
9. "Birmingham 2022: Guernsey finalise Commonwealth Games squad". BBC Sport. 4 March 2022. Archived from the original on 5 March 2022. Retrieved 5 March 2022.

External links

• Commonwealth Games Guernsey Official site