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Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games

CGA
  
Commonwealth Games Council for Wales

Flag bearer
  
Opening:Francesca JonesClosing: Geraint Thomas

MedalsRanked 13th
  
GoldSilverBronzeTotal5112036

Wales competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Prior to the games the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales set itself a target of 27 medals, surpassing the 2010 total of 20 medals won in Delhi. After the withdrawal of World champion competitors Helen Jenkins, Non Stanford and Becky James, Chef de Mission Brian Davies conceded that the initial target was optimistic, but the target was actually attained by 30 July, the sixth day of the competition. Wales finished 13th in the overall medal table (ranked in order of the number of gold medals won), but joint 8th, with Nigeria, in terms of the total medals won.

Contents

Wales finished with 36 medals, making the team the most successful Welsh squad in Commonwealth Games history. The country secured five gold medals, won by Francesca Jones (gymnastics), Geraint Thomas (cycling), Natalie Powell (judo), Jazz Carlin and Georgia Davies (swimming). Francesca Jones was the most successful member of the Welsh squad securing six medals, with five silvers to add to her gold. Other multiple medal athletes includes fellow gymnasts Laura Halford and Georgina Hockenhull, swimmer Jazz Carlin and cyclist Geraint Thomas. Gymnastics was the country's most successful sport winning ten medals, but podium finishes were achieved across ten of the 18 sports contested. Wales medal total also included four from para-sport events.

During the closing ceremony Francesca Jones was awarded the David Dixon Award as the outstanding athlete of the Games, reflecting not only her performance as a competitor but also as a role model to her sport and as an ambassador of fair play.

Administration

The national body created to select the Wales team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games is the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales (CGCW) (Welsh: Cyngor Gemau Gymanwlad Cymru).

The CGCW Board is managed by its Council which is made up of members from all sports that can attend a Commonwealth Games. The Chair of the board to see Team Wales through the Games is Helen Phillips, who is also the Chair of Wales Gymnastics. The Company Secretary is Sue Holvey while its directors are Deborah Godbold, Nicola Phillips and Ron Davies. The President of CGCW is Anne Ellis while the CEO is Chris Jenkins, the only full-time employed member of the board.

The chef de mission for Team Wales is Brian Davies, the first time he has held the position after serving on the team in the previous two competitions. Paralympic world record holding athlete Aled Davies was confirmed as team captain at the official team send-off at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff on 23 June 2014.

Build up to the Games

High Standards were set in the run up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games for the Wales team, with a target of 27 medals set by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales. This surpassed the team's total achieved at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The first major set back for the team was the withdrawal in June of world triathlete champion Non Stanford, who was unable to recover in time from a stress fracture to her ankle. Two weeks later it was announced that double cycling world champion Becky James would also be withdrawing from the Games, also due to an injury. A week before the Games began triathlete Helen Jenkins, another medal hopeful, was forced to leave the Welsh team, again through injury. Other team members forced to withdraw through injury close to the opening of the Games included weightlifter Faye Pittman and judoka Kyle Davies.

As well as the athletes who left the squad through injury, several hopefuls' withdrawals were more controversial. On 16 July it was announced that 800m runner Gareth Warburton had been charged with anti-doping rule violations and was unable to be selected, this was followed on the opening day of the Games with the withdrawal of 400m hurdler and team Wales vice captain Rhys Williams again after failing a drug test at a Grand Prix event earlier that month.

Further disappointment for Welsh medal hopes came from the boxing team. Olympic silver medalist Fred Evans was unable to compete after long negotiations between the Welsh camp and the Home Office and Games officials resulting in a refusal of accreditation. Earlier in the year Evans had admitted his part in a nightclub assault. A second loss from the boxing team was female fighter Ashley Brace, who was disqualified from taking part in the Games as she was adjudged to have once been a professional kick-boxer and was thus not an amateur fighter.

The loss of so many world class athletes led Chef de Mission Brian Davies to conceded that the initial target of 27 medals was now optimistic.

Athletics

Men
Track & road events
Field Events
Combined events – Decathlon
Women
Track & road events
Field Events

Badminton

Singles & doubles
Mixed team
Pool D

Boxing

Men
Women

Road

Men
Women

Track

Sprint
Pursuit
Points race
Scratch race
Keirin

Artistic

Men
Team
Individual
Women
Team
Individual

Rhythmic

Individual
Individual finals
Team

Hockey

Men
  • David Kettle (born 19 June 1991)
  • James Kyriakides (born 26 August 1987)
  • Michael Shaw (born 10 August 1988)
  • Benjamin Carless (born 6 December 1990)
  • Peter Swainson (born 13 July 1990)
  • Richard Gay (born 16 January 1990)
  • Lewis Prosser (born 13 January 1992)
  • Liam Brignull (born 27 December 1989)
  • Matthew Ruxton (born 27 November 1989)
  • Huw Jones (born 19 May 1993)
  • Owain Dolan-Gray (born 2 August 1993)
  • Rhys Gowman (born 3 March 1994)
  • Nicholas Rees (born 26 November 1993)
  • Andrew Cornick (born 17 July 1989)
  • Gareth Furlong (born 10 February 1990)
  • Daniel Kyriakides (born 16 April 1991)
  • Pool A
    Women
  • Abi Welsford, forward, (born 28 November 1989)
  • Leah Wilkinson, defender, (born 2 June 1994)
  • Ria Male, goalkeeper, (born 14 May 1991)
  • Katrin Budd, midfielder, (born 11 June 1992)
  • Alys Brooks, midfielder, (born 22 April 1993)
  • Sian French, midfielder, (born 28 June 1993)
  • Sarah Jones, midfielder, (born 2 August 1993)
  • Phoebe Richards, forward, (born 26 November 1992)
  • Elen Barnes, defender, (born 8 October 1990)
  • Beth Bingham, defender, (born 11 December 1991)
  • Carys Tucker, midfielder, (born 14 May 1992)
  • Xenna Hughes, defender, (born 19 May 1989)
  • Eloise Laity, forward, (born 19 May 1986)
  • Emma Batten, forward, (born 7 February 1987)
  • Jo Westwood, defender, (born 30 June 1993)
  • Danni Jordan, forward< (born 1 January 1990)
  • Pool B

    Judo

    Men
    Women

    Lawn Bowls

    Men
    Women
    Mixed para-sport

    Netball

    Pool B

    Rugby Sevens

  • Adam Thomas
  • Craig Price
  • Iolo Evans
  • James Davies
  • Jevon Groves
  • Luke Treharne
  • Lee Williams
  • Gareth Davies
  • Will Harries
  • Gareth Owen
  • Luke Morgan
  • Alex Webber
  • Pool stage
    Quarter-finals

    Clay Target

    Men
    Shotgun
    Women

    Pistol

    Men
    Women

    Small Bore and Air Rifle

    Men
    Women
    Pistol/Small bore

    Full Bore

    Men

    Squash

    Individual
    Doubles

    Swimming

    Men
    a Ieuan Lloyd finished in equal eighth position in the heats alongside England's Nick Grainger and Ryan Cochrane from Canada. A swim-off was held between the three competitors which Grainger won and was awarded with the eighth and last qualification place in to the final.
    Women

    * – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

    Table tennis

    Singles
    Doubles
    Team

    Triathlon

    Mixed Relay

    Weightlifting

    Men
    Women

    Freestyle

    Men
    Women

    References

    Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Wikipedia


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