Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland announced on 3 November 2005 that Scotland would be sending 166 athletes (104 men and 62 women) to compete in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, supported by 70 officials. This is a smaller team than the country fielded at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, when Scotland sent 207 athletes and 85 officials, winning 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 16 Bronze medals.

The main team's departure was on 28 February 2006 from Glasgow Airport flying with Emirates Airlines, one of the team’s main sponsors. Other sources of financial support are the Clydesdale Bank, sportscotland, the Commonwealth Games Endowment fund, and the Scottish general public.

Scotland had been adversely affected by the withdrawal of judo from the 2006 programme, where it had won many medals in previous games.

Despite the withdrawal of judo the team had a hugely successful games and brought back its highest medal total ever.

The team was sponsored by the Clydesdale Bank.

Medals

Gold

Boxing:
*Kenneth Anderson, Light Heavyweight 81 kg

Cycling:
*Ross Edgar, Chris Hoy & Craig MacLean, Men's Team Sprint

Bowls:
*Alex Marshall & Paul Foster, Men's Doubles

Shooting:
*Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs
*Sheena Sharp, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Individual

Swimming:
*David Carry, Men's 400 m Freestyle
*David Carry, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
*Caitlin McClatchey, Women's 200 m Freestyle
*Caitlin McClatchey, Women's 400 m Freestyle
*Gregor Tait, Men's 200 m Backstroke
*Gregor Tait, Men's 200 m Individual Medley

ilver

Athletics:
*Chris Baillie, Men's 110 m Hurdles

Cycling:
*Ross Edgar, Men's Sprint

Bowls:
*Joyce Lindores & Kay Moran Women's Bowls Pairs

Shooting:
*Martin Sinclair & Neil Stirton, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs

Swimming:
*Kirsty Balfour, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
*Euan Dale, Men's Individual Medley
*David Carry, Euan Dale, Andrew Hunter & Robert Renwick, Men's 200 m Freestyle Relay

Bronze

Athletics:
*Lee McConnell, Women's 400 m Hurdles

Badminton:
*Susan Hughes, Women's Singles

Cycling:
*Kate Cullen, Women's Points Race
*Ross Edgar, Men's Keirin
*Chris Hoy, Men's 1 km Time Trial
*James McCallum, Men's Scratch

Gymnastics:
*Adam Cox, Men's Horizontal Bar

Swimming:
*Kirsty Balfour, Women's 100 m Breaststroke.
*Gregor Tait, Men's 100 m Backstroke.
*Gregor Tait, Todd Cooper, Craig Houston & Kris Gilchrist, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay.

Weightlifting:
*Tommy Yule, Men's 94 kg

cotland's Commonwealth Games Team 2006

Aquatics

Diving

*Monique McCarroll Diving platform

Swimming

Men's

*David Carry – 200 m, 400 m freestyle
*Ross Clark – 50 m breast
*Todd Cooper – 50 m, 100 m, 200 m butterfly
*Euan Dale – 200 m, 400 m individual medley
*Kris Gilchrist – 200 m breast
*Craig Houston – 50 freestyle
*Andrew Hunter – 200 freestyle
*Chris Jones – 50 m breast
*Robert Lee – 50 m breast
*David Leith – 50 m butterfly
*Robbie Renwick – 200 m freestyle
*Gregor Tait* – 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, 200 m individual medley

Women's

*Kirsty Balfour – 100 m breast, 200 m breast
*Fiona Booth – 50 m breast
*Kerry Buchan – 100 m breast, 200 m breast
*Stephanie Hill – 100 m butterfly
*Caitlin McClatchey – 200 m, 400 m, 800 m freestyle
*Hannah Miley – 400 m individual medley
*Lorna Smith – 400 m individual medley
*Lara Fergusson – 50 m, 100 m freestyle (EAD)

Athletics

Men's

*Chris Baillie – 110 m hurdles
*Iain Park* - Hammer
*Darren Ritchie – Long jump
*Allan Scott – 110 m hurdles
*Kevin Sheppard – 3000 m steeplechase
*Nick Stewart – 400 m hurdles
*Mark Taylor* – high jump

Women's

*Kathy Butler – 5,000 m, 10,000 m
*Gillian Cooke - Long jump
*Shona Crombie–Hicks - Marathon
*Collette Fagan – 10,000 m
*Hayley Haining - Marathon
*Lee McConnell – 200 m, 400 m, 400 m hurdles
*Kirsty Maguire – Paul Vault
*Hayley Ovens - 1,500 m
*Susan Partridge - Marathon
*Susan Scott – 800 m, 1500 m
*Shirley Webb - Hammer

Badminton

Men's

*Andrew Bowman – mixed doubles

Women's

*Susan Hughes - singles
*Kirsteen Miller – mixed doubles
*Yuan Wemyss* – singles and ladies doubles

Basketball

Men's

*Keiron Achara
*Robert Archibald
*Keith Bunyan
*Laurie Costello
*Campbell Flockhart
*Roni Gordon
*Stuart Mackay
*Tom Pearson
*Scott Russell
*James Steel
*Ross Szifris
*Dan Wardrope

(Non travelling reserves have also been identified.)

Boxing

*Mitch Prince – 60 kg
*Mark Hastie* – 64 kg
*Kris Carslaw – 69 kg
*Craig McEwan* – 75 kg
*Kenny Anderson – 81 kg
*Stephen Simmons* – 91 kg

Cycling

Men's

*Alex Coutts – Road Race
*Ross Edgar – Track Sprint Events
*Chris Hoy – Track Sprint Events
*Marco Librizzi – Track Sprint Events
*Craig MacLean – Track Sprint Events
*Gareth Montgomerie – Mountain Bike Cross Country
*Evan Oliphant – Road Race
*James Ouchterlony – Mountain Bike Cross Country
*Duncan Urquhart – Road Race
*Robert Wardell – Mountain Bike Cross Country

Women's

*Kate Cullen – Track Points Race and Road Race
*Ruth McGavigan – Mountain Bike Cross Country

Field Hockey

Men's Team

*Jonathan Christie
*Michael Christie
*Allan Dick
*Stephen Dick
*Graham Dunlop
*Michael Leonard
*Adam MacKenzie
*David Mansouri
*Vishal Marwaha
*Alistair McGregor
*David Mitchell
*Graham Moodie
*David Ralph
*Mark Ralph
*Douglas Simpson
*Niall StottHead Coach: Mathias Ahrens

Reserves: Gareth Hall and Derek Salmond.

Women's Team

*Vikki Bunce
*Jane Burley
*Louise Carroll
*Linda Clement
*Catriona Forrest
*Samantha Judge
*Nikki Kidd
*Julie Kilpatrick
*Debbie McLeod
*Louise Munn
*Cath Rae
*Emma Rochlin
*Alison Rowatt
*Catriona Semple
*Rhona Simpson
*Cheryl ValentineHead Coach: Lesley Hobley

Reserves: Holly Cram and Katrina Cameron.

Gymnastics

Men's

*Adam Cox Men's Artistic
*Steve Frew Men's Artistic
*Daniel Keatings Men's Artistic
*Barry Koursarys Men's Artistic
*Andrew Mackie Men's Artistic

Women's

*Carol Galashan Women's Artistic
*Helen Galashan Women's Artistic
*Jennifer Hannah Women's Artistic
*Rosalie Hutton* Women's Artistic
*Emma White Women's Artistic

Lawn Bowls

Men's

*Darren Burnett-Singles
*Paul Foster - Pairs
*Alex Marshall - Pairs
*David Peacock - Triples
*Colin Mitchell - Triples
*Colin Peacock - Triples

Women

*Margaret Letham - singles
*Kay Moran -pairs
*Joyce Lindores - pairs
*Linda Brennan - triples
*Betty Forsyth - triples
*Seona Black - triples

Rugby Sevens

*Ciaran Beattie
*Oli Brown
*David Gray
*Colin Gregor
*Clark Laidlaw
*Rory Lawson
*Mark Lee
*Ross Rennie
*Alasdair Strokosch
*Andrew Turnbull
*Alistair Warnock

=Shooting =

Men's

*Robert Carroll – Standard pistol & Centre-Fire Pistol
*Stewart Cumming – Double trap
*Robin Law – 10 m Air Rifle
*David Lewis – Air pistol & Free Pistol
*Ian Marsden – Skeet
*Jonathan Reid - Trap
*Alan Ritchie – Air pistol & Free Pistol
*Graham Rudd – 50 m 3-Positions & 10 m Air Rifle
*Ian Shaw – Fullbore rifle
*Martin Sinclair – 50 m Prone Rifle & 50 m 3-Positions
*Neil Stirton – 50 m Prone Rifle
*Michael Thomson - Skeet

Women's

*Emma Cole Hamilton – 50 m 3-Positions & 10 m Air Rifle
*Susan Jackson – 50 m 3-Positions & 50 m Prone Rifle
*Shona Marshall – Olympic Trap
*Heather Rudd – 10 m Air Rifle
*Sheena Sharp – 50 m Prone Rifle

=Squash=

*Harry Leitch (men’s doubles)
*Frania Gillen-Buchert (women’s doubles)
*Pam Nimmo (mixed doubles)
*Louise Philip (women’s doubles)
*John White (singles)

Triathlon

*Catriona Morrison
*Kerry Lang

Weightlifting

*Peter Kirkbride (85 kg)
*Tommy Yule (91 kg)

Note

* - athletes with known injuries at time of selection who were required to prove full fitness by 15 January 2006.

ee also

*Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland
*Scotland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

External links

* [http://www.cgcs.org.uk/2006/News%20main%20frame.htm Official press release: 2006 Scotland Team Selected, 3 November]