1994 Commonwealth Games

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XV Commonwealth Games
1994 Commonwealth Games logo.svg
Logo of 1994 Commonwealth Games
Host cityVictoria, British Columbia, Canada
MottoCatch The Spirit
Nations participating63
Athletes participating2,557
Eventsevents in 10 sports
Opening ceremony18 August 1994
Closing ceremony28 August 1994
Officially opened byElizabeth II
Officially closed byPrince Edward
Queen's Baton Final RunnerMyriam Bédard
Main venueCentennial Stadium
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The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 to 28 August 1994.

The XV Commonwealth Games (French: XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth) marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the Games in 1958. Namibia participated in its first Games after gaining independence from South Africa in 1990, and the Caribbean island of Montserrat also made their Games debut. This was Hong Kong's last appearance at the Games before the transfer of sovereignty from Britain to China.

The official mascot of the Games was an anthropomorphic killer whale named "Klee Wyck".[1] This nickname, meaning "the laughing one", was given to Canadian painter and sculptor Emily Carr by the Yuułuʔiłʔatḥ Nation.[2]

Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, lawn bowls, shooting, weightlifting, and wrestling.

Host selection[]

Three bids for the 1994 Commonwealth Games were submitted. Victoria, New Delhi, and Cardiff were the bidding cities. On 15 September 1988, the Commonwealth Games Federation voted to award Victoria the 1994 Commonwealth Games.[3]

1994 Commonwealth Games bidding results
City Country Votes
Victoria Canada Canada 29
New Delhi India India 18
Cardiff Wales Wales 7

Final "Original Games"[]

The 1994 games was the last time team sports were excluded. In 1991, the Commonwealth Games Federation deemed the original setup of ten sports to be obsolete. Beginning with the 1998 games, team sports such as Rugby sevens, Basketball, and Field hockey were added. The decision was taken to encourage more revenue streams from television by making the games more attractive to viewing audiences.

Opening ceremony[]

A simple friendly atmosphere was the theme to the Opening Ceremonies. In the presence of Prince Edward, the Athletes had a long march past to their seated area (an idea created four years previously and emulated since at the 2014 Games in Glasgow). Welcome speeches and flag raisings were followed by a precision horse riding display by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. A visual and theatrical display by the Four Nations Tribes culminated in a massive Thunderbird symbol covering the entire inner field. This was followed by a flypast by the Snowbirds Canadian Forces aerobatic display team.

Games[]

Participating teams[]

There were 63 participating nations at the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

Participating Commonwealth Countries & Territories
Debuting Commonwealth Countries and Territories
Nations that competed at the Games

Sports[]

There were events in 14 disciplines across 10 sports for the 1994 Commonwealth Games.

  • Aquatics
  • Athletics (44) (details)
  • Badminton (5) (details)
  • Boxing (12) (details)
  • Cycling (details)
    • Cycling (road) pictogram.svg Road (4)
    • Cycling (track) pictogram.svg Track (9)
  • Gymnastics (details)
    • Gymnastics (artistic) pictogram.svg Artistic gymnastics (14)
    • Gymnastics (rhythmic) pictogram.svg Rhythmic gymnastics (6)
  • Lawn bowls (8) (details)
  • Shooting (32) (details)
  • Weightlifting (30) (details)
  • Wrestling (10) (details)

Calendar[]

The following table shows a summary of the competition schedule.

OC Opening ceremony Event competitions 1 Event finals CC Closing ceremony
August 18
Thu
19
Fri
20
Sat
21
Sun
22
Mon
23
Tue
24
Wed
25
Thu
26
Fri
27
Sat
28
Sun
Events
Ceremonies OC CC
Athletics 1 9 4 2 11 6 11 44
Badminton 1 5 6
Boxing 12 12
Cycling 2 2 1 3 2 3 13
Diving 2 2 2 6
Gymnastics 1 1 2 10 1 1 4 20
Lawn bowls 2 2 2 2 8
Shooting 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 32
Synchronised swimming 2 2
Swimming 6 5 6 5 6 6 34
Weightlifting 6 6 6 6 6 30
Wrestling 5 5 10
Total events 13 17 20 24 25 22 19 25 41 11 217
Cumulative total 13 30 50 74 99 121 140 165 206 217
August 18
Thu
19
Fri
20
Sat
21
Sun
22
Mon
23
Tue
24
Wed
25
Thu
26
Fri
27
Sat
28
Sun
Events

Medal table[]

This is a full table of the medal count of the 1994 Commonwealth Games. These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC.

This was the first time since the commencement of the British Empire Games (in 1930) that England did not achieve a medal ranking in the top two.

  *   Host nation ()

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia895344186
2 *424349134
3 England314751129
4 11131337
5 74819
6 India611724
7 Scotland631120
8 New Zealand5162243
9 58619
10 52310
11 Nauru3003
12 24511
13 2428
14 Malaysia2327
15 2125
16 1203
17 1124
18 Namibia1012
19 0336
20 Papua New Guinea0101
 Western Samoa0101
22 0044
23 Pakistan0033
24 Ghana0022
 Trinidad and Tobago0022
 Uganda0022
27 0011
 Botswana0011
 0011
 Norfolk Island0011
 Seychelles0011
 Tanzania0011
 Tonga0011
Totals (33 nations)221220251692

Medals by event[]

Aquatics[]

Athletics[]

Badminton[]

Bowls[]

Boxing[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light Flyweight   (KEN)   (ZAM)   (IND)
 Domenic Figliomeni (CAN)
Flyweight   (SCO)   (KEN)   (ZAM)
 Danny Costello (ENG)
Bantamweight  Robert Peden (AUS)  Spencer Oliver (ENG)  Fred Mutuweta (UGA)
Featherweight  Casey Patton (CAN)  Jason Cook (WAL)  Matumla Hassan (TAN)
 James Swan (AUS)
Lightweight  Michael Strange (CAN)   (NIR)   (NZL)
 Arshad Hussain (PAK)
Light Welterweight  Peter Richardson (ENG)  Mark Winters (NIR)  Trevor Shailer (NZL)
 Tijani Moro (GHA)
Welterweight  Neil Sinclair (NIR)  Albert Eromosele (NGR)  Richard Rowles (AUS)
  (CAN)
Light Middleweight   (NIR)  Bob Gasio (WSM)   (SCO)
 Rival Cadeau (SEY)
Middleweight  Rowan Donaldson (CAN)  Rasmus Ojemaye (NGR)   (KEN)
  (TRI)
Light Heavyweight  Dale Brown (CAN)   (SCO)  France Mabiletsa (BOT)
 Peter Odhiambo (KEN)
Heavyweight  Omar Ahmed (KEN)   (CAN)   (ZIM)
 Charles Kizza (UGA)
Super Heavyweight  Duncan Dokiwari (NGR)  David Anyim (KEN)  Paea Wolfgramm (TON)
 Danny Williams (ENG)

Cycling[]

Track[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Time Trial  Shane Kelly (AUS) 00:01:05  Darryn Hill (AUS) 00:01:06  Tim O'Shannessey (AUS) 00:01:07
Sprint  Gary Neiwand (AUS)  Curt Harnett (CAN)  Darryn Hill (AUS)
Individual Pursuit  Brad McGee (AUS) 00:04:31  Shaun Wallace (ENG) 00:04:35  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) 00:04:35
Team Pursuit  Australia (AUS)
Brett Aitken
Brad McGee
Stuart O'Grady
Tim O'Shannessey
00:04:10  England (ENG)
Tony Doyle
Rob Hayles
Chris Newton
Bryan Steel
caught  New Zealand (NZL)
Brendon Cameron
Julian Dean
Glen Thomson
Lee Vertongen
00:04:22
10 Miles Scratch  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) 00:18:51  Glenn McLeay (NZL) 00:18:51  Brian Walton (CAN) 00:18:51
Points Race  Brett Aitken (AUS) 38  Stuart O'Grady (AUS) 37  Dean Woods (AUS) 23
Women
Sprint  Tanya Dubnicoff (CAN)  Michelle Ferris (AUS)  Donna Wynd (NZL)
Individual Pursuit  Kathy Watt (AUS) 00:03:49  Sarah Ulmer (NZL) 00:03:51  Jacqui Nelson (NZL) 00:03:55
Points Race  Yvonne McGregor (ENG) 5  Jacqui Nelson (NZL) 1+32  Sally Hodge (WAL) 1+28

Road[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Road Race  Mark Rendell (NZL) 04:46:08  Brian Fowler (NZL) 04:48:10   (RSA) 04:48:10
Team Time Trial  Australia (AUS)
Phil Anderson

Henk Vogels
Damian McDonald
01:53:19  England (ENG)
Peter Longbottom
Matt Illingworth
Simon Lillistone
Paul Jennings
01:56:41  New Zealand (NZL)
Brian Fowler
Paul Leitch

Mark Rendell
01:56:53
Women
Road Race  Kathy Watt (AUS) 02:48:05  Linda Jackson (CAN) 02:48:35  Alison Sydor (CAN) 02:50:17
Team Time Trial  Australia (AUS)

Kathy Watt

01:04:03   (CAN)
Alison Sydor
Anne Samplonius
Clara Hughes
01:04:19  England (ENG)
Julia Freeman
Maria Lawrence
Maxine Johnson
Yvonne McGregor
1:06:32.85

Gymnastics[]

Artistic[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
All-Around  Neil Thomas (ENG) 55.95  Brennon Dowrick (AUS) 55.525   (AUS) 54.95
Team   (CAN)
Alan Nolet
Kristan Burley
Richard Ikeda
164.7  Australia (AUS)
Brennon Dowrick
Bret Hudson

164.5  England (ENG)
Lee McDermott
Neil Thomas
Paul Bowler
Robert Barber
09:00:00[clarification needed]
Horizontal Bar  Alan Nolet (CAN) 9.512  Richard Ikeda (CAN) 9.5   (AUS) 9.325
Parallel Bars   (AUS) 9.4  Kris Burley (CAN) 9.35  Brennon Dowrick (AUS) 9.25
Vault  Bret Hudson (AUS) 9.375  Kris Burley (CAN) 9.312  Neil Thomas (ENG) 9.306
Pommel Horse  Brennon Dowrick (AUS) 9.425   (AUS) 9.4  Richard Ikeda (CAN) 9.225
Rings  Lee McDermott (ENG) 9.475   (AUS) 9.275  Brennon Dowrick (AUS) 9.15
Floor  Neil Thomas (ENG) 9.662  Kris Burley (CAN) 9.437  Alan Nolet (CAN) 9.15
Women
All-Around  Stella Umeh (CAN) 38.4  Rebecca Stoyel (AUS) 38.037  Zita Lusack (ENG) 37.725
Team  England (ENG)
Annika Reeder
Jackie Brady
Karin Szymko
Zita Lusack
05:24:00[clarification needed]   (CAN)



Stella Umeh
113.65  Australia (AUS)
Joanna Hughes
Rebecca Stoyel
Ruth Moniz
15:00:00[clarification needed]
Asymmetric Bars  Rebecca Stoyel (AUS) 9.525  Stella Umeh (CAN) 9.45   (NZL) 9.337
Beam   (AUS) 9.075  Zita Lusack (ENG) 8.987  Ruth Moniz (AUS) 8.9
Vault  Stella Umeh (CAN) 9.556  Sonia Lawrence (WAL) 9.543   (CAN) 9.506
Floor  Annika Reeder (ENG) 9.75  Jackie Brady (ENG) 9.662   (CAN) 9.55

Rhythmic[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Women
All-Around  Kasumi Takahashi (AUS) 36.85  Camille Martens (CAN) 36.6  Debbie Southwick (ENG)
  (SCO)
36.35
Team   (CAN)
Camille Martens

106.9  Australia (AUS)
Kasumi Takahashi

Leigh Marning
105.3  England (ENG)
Aicha McKenzie
Debbie Southwick
103.3
Ball  Kasumi Takahashi (AUS) 9.2  Camille Martens (CAN) 9  Aicha McKenzie (ENG)
  (CAN)
8.8
Clubs  Kasumi Takahashi (AUS) 9.4  Camille Martens (CAN) 9.15  Leigh Marning (AUS) 9
Hoop  Kasumi Takahashi (AUS) 9.3   (CAN) 9.05  Aicha McKenzie (ENG) 8.9
Ribbon  Kasumi Takahashi (AUS) 9.2  Camille Martens (CAN) 9.05   (CAN) 9

Shooting[]

Pistol[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men/Open
50m Free Pistol  Mick Gault (ENG) 654.1  Phil Adams (AUS) 647  Bengt Sandstrom (AUS) 642.5
50m Free Pistol – Pairs  Phil Adams
Bengt Sandström (AUS)
1104  Julian Lawton
Greg Yelavich (NZL)
1094  Mick Gault
Paul Leatherdale (ENG)
1082
25m Centre-Fire Pistol  Jaspal Rana (IND) 581  Mick Gault (ENG) 581  Greg Yelavich (NZL) 575
25m Centre-Fire Pistol – Pairs  Jaspal Rana
Ashok Pandit (IND)
1168  
Phil Adams (AUS)
1149  
John Rochon (CAN)
1148
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol   (WAL) 670.2   (AUS) 668.4  Pat Murray (AUS) 668.1
25m Rapid-Fire Pistol – Pairs  Pat Murray
 (AUS)
1148  
 (WAL)
1142  Adrian Breton
 (GGY)
1129
10m Air Pistol   (CAN) 672.4  Jaspal Rana (IND) 670.7  Greg Yelavich (NZL) 668.5
10m Air Pistol – Pairs  
Bengt Sandström (AUS)
1137  
John Rochon (CAN)
1135  Jaspal Rana
Vivek Singh (IND)
1133
Women
25m Sport Pistol  Christine Trefry (AUS) 679.4  Margaret Thomas (ENG) 675  Annette Woodward (AUS) 674
25m Sport Pistol – Pairs  Christine Trefry
Annette Woodward (AUS)
1134  Sharon Cozzarin
 (CAN)
1132  Margaret Thomas
Carol Page (ENG)
1129
10m Air Pistol   (CAN) 474.2  Annette Woodward (AUS) 466.1  Sharon Cozzarin (CAN) 465.8
10m Air Pistol – Pairs  Annette Woodward
Christine Trefry (AUS)
747  Jocelyn Lees
Gerd Barkman (NZL)
745  Margaret Thomas
Carol Page (ENG)
744

Rifle[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men/Open
50m Rifle Prone  Stephen Petterson (NZL) 698.4  Jim Cornish (ENG) 693.9   (CAN) 693.6
50m Rifle Prone – Pairs  Stephen Petterson
 (NZL)
1181  
 (SRI)
1177  
 (AUS)
1176
50m Rifle Three Positions   (CAN) 1234.2  Wayne Sorensen (CAN) 1228.7  Alister Allan (SCO) 1224.8
50m Rifle Three Positions – Pairs  Wayne Sorensen
 (CAN)
2300  Alister Allan
 (SCO)
2271  Chris Hector
Trevor Langridge (ENG)
2259
Full Bore Rifle   (NIR) 398   (NZL) 398  Glyn Barnett (ENG) 397
Full Bore Rifle – Pairs  
 (AUS)
593  Glyn Barnett
Antony Ringer (ENG)
588  
 (NIR)
584
10m Air Rifle  Chris Hector (ENG) 685.9  Jean-François Sénécal (CAN) 683  Nigel Wallace (ENG) 680
10m Air Rifle – Pairs  Jean-François Sénécal
Wayne Sorensen (CAN)
1166  Chris Hector
Nigel Wallace (ENG)
1161  
 (SCO)
1145
10m Running Target  Bryan Wilson (AUS) 657.9  Mark Bedlington (CAN) 656   (NZL) 650.7
10m Running Target – Pairs  Mark Bedlington
 (CAN)
1088  Bryan Wilson and  (AUS)[4] 1088   and  (NZL)[4] 1079
Women
50m Rifle Prone  Shirley McIntosh (SCO) 586   (AUS) 585  Patricia Littlechild (SCO) 585
50m Small Bore Rifle Prone – Pairs  Kim Frazer
 (AUS)
1160  Shirley McIntosh
Patricia Littlechild (SCO)
1158  Christina Ashcroft
 (CAN)
1158
50m Small Bore Rifle Three Positions  Sharon Bowes (CAN) 666.4  Roopa Unnikrishnan (IND) 662.5  Christina Ashcroft (CAN) 661.6
50m Small Bore Rifle Three Positions – Pairs  Sharon Bowes
Christina Ashcroft (CAN)
1143  Karen Morton
Lindsay Volpin (ENG)
1132  Roopa Unnikrishnan
 (IND)
1110
10m Air Rifle   (CYP) 488.7  Malini Wickramasinghe (SRI) 488.5  Sharon Bowes (CAN) 488.4
10m Air Rifle – Pairs  Pushpamali Ramanayake
Malini Wickramasinghe (SRI)
771  Karen Morton
Louise Minett (ENG)
771  Christina Ashcroft
Sharon Bowes (CAN)
766

Shotgun[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men/Open
Trap  Mansher Singh (IND) 141  George Leary (CAN) 140   (CYP) 137
Trap – Pairs  Tom Hewitt
 (NIR)
188  
George Leary (CAN)
187  Bob Borsley
John Grice (ENG)
186
Skeet  Ian Hale (AUS) 144  Christos Kourtellas (CYP) 143  Andy Austin (ENG) 143
Skeet – Pairs  Antonakis Andreou
Christos Kourtellas (CYP)
189  Brian Thomson
Geoffrey Jukes (NZL)
186  
 (SCO)
186

Weightlifting[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Flyweight Snatch   (IND) 105  Badathala Adisekhar (IND) 105   (CAN) 105
Clean and Jerk  Badathala Adisekhar (IND) 132.5   (MAS) 130   (IND) 127.5
Overall  Badathala Adisekhar (IND) 237.5   (IND) 232.5   (CAN) 227.5
Bantamweight Snatch  Marcus Stephen (NRU) 115  Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND) 110   (CAN) 107.5
Clean and Jerk  Marcus Stephen (NRU) 147.5  Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND) 145  Ben Devonshire (ENG) 132.5
Overall  Marcus Stephen (NRU) 262.5  Chandersekaran Raghavan (IND) 255   (CAN) 237.5
Featherweight Snatch   (NGR) 125  Sevdalin Marinov (AUS) 125   (NGR) 120
Clean and Jerk   (NGR) 152.5  Sevdalin Marinov (AUS) 152.5   (NGR) 150
Overall  Sevdalin Marinov (AUS) 277.5   (NGR) 275   (NGR) 272.5
Lightweight Snatch   (NGR) 132.5  Stewart Cruickshank (ENG) 132.5  Moji Oluwa (NGR) 130
Clean and Jerk  Moji Oluwa (NGR) 165  Satish Rai (IND) 165  Stewart Cruickshank (ENG) 160
Overall  Moji Oluwa (NGR) 295  Satish Rai (IND) 292.5  Stewart Cruickshank (ENG) 292.5
Middleweight Snatch  David Morgan (WAL) 147.5   (CAN) 145  Damian Brown (AUS) 142.5
Clean and Jerk  Damian Brown (AUS) 182.5  David Morgan (WAL) 180   (CAN) 172.5
Overall  David Morgan (WAL) 327.5  Damian Brown (AUS) 325   (CAN) 317.5
Light Heavyweight Snatch  Kiril Kounev (AUS) 152.5  Stephen Ward (ENG) 147.5   (CAN) 147.5
Clean and Jerk  Kiril Kounev (AUS) 200  Stephen Ward (ENG) 187.5   (CAN) 182.5
Overall  Kiril Kounev (AUS) 352.5  Stephen Ward (ENG) 335   (CAN) 330
Middle Heavyweight Snatch  Harvey Goodman (AUS) 162.5  Peter May (ENG) 155   (KEN) 120
Clean and Jerk  Harvey Goodman (AUS) 200  Peter May (ENG) 190   (KEN) 120
Overall  Harvey Goodman (AUS) 362.5  Peter May (ENG) 345   (KEN) 240
Sub Heavyweight Snatch   (NGR) 155  Andrew Saxton (AUS) 155  Phillip Christou (AUS) 152.5
Clean and Jerk  Andy Callard (ENG) 197.5  Andrew Saxton (AUS) 192.5   (NGR) 190
Overall  Andy Callard (ENG) 347.5  Andrew Saxton (AUS) 347.5   (NGR) 345
Heavyweight Snatch  Nicu Vlad (AUS) 185   (NGR) 160   (WAL) 130
Clean and Jerk  Nicu Vlad (AUS) 220   (NGR) 200   (WAL) 160
Overall  Nicu Vlad (AUS) 405   (NGR) 360   (WAL) 290
Super Heavyweight Snatch  Steven Kettner (AUS) 165  Stefan Botev (AUS) 160   (NGR) 155
Clean and Jerk  Stefan Botev (AUS) 200  Steven Kettner (AUS) 195   (NGR) 190
Overall  Stefan Botev (AUS) 360  Steven Kettner (AUS) 360   (NGR) 345

Wrestling[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men
Light Flyweight   (NGR)  Paul Ragusa (CAN)  Ramesh Kumar (IND)
Flyweight   (CAN)  Andrew Hutchinson (ENG)  Kirpa Shankar (IND)
Bantamweight  Robert Dawson (CAN)  Ashok Kumar Garg (IND)  Cory O'Brien (AUS)
Featherweight  Marty Calder (CAN)  John Melling (ENG)  Aroutioun Barseguian (CYP)
Lightweight  Chris Wilson (CAN)  Ibo Oziti (NGR)  Muhammad Umar (PAK)
Welterweight  David Hohl (CAN)  Rein Ozoline (AUS)  Calum McNeil (SCO)
Middleweight  Justin Abdou (CAN)   (IND)  Muhammad Bhola (PAK)
Light Heavyweight  Scott Bianco (CAN)  Victor Kodei (NGR)  Graeme English (SCO)
Heavyweight  Greg Edgelow (CAN)  Noel Loban (ENG)  Subhash Verma (IND)
Super Heavyweight  Andrew Borodow (CAN)   (NGR)   (ENG)

Boxing committee[]

In preparation for 1994 Commonwealth Games, a boxing committee was formed in 1989. The chairperson of the boxing committee was Hassan Sunderani, and the initial members were Brian Zelley, Glyn Jones and Mike Sartori.

In the initial stages, of the committee one of the immediate tasks was to prepare a guide as to what was expected at the Games, and to document some history of amateur boxing in the Greater Victoria area. The primary work was done by chairperson Sunderani while the local boxing history was assigned to committee member Zelley, a previous news editor for the British Columbia Amateur Boxing Association in the mid-1980s and a contributor of boxing news to various news outlets in the 1970s and 80s.

The next order of business was to start the process of organising volunteers. The first formal public meeting to begin this process took place in Victoria in the boardroom of the Victoria Commonwealth Games Society on 21 April 1990. The meeting included three of the committee members, a VCHS official, and seven potential volunteers including two former Vancouver Island Amateur Boxing commissioners – Bert Wilkinson and Rick Brough.

The primary decision was to arrange a bigger meeting and consider reviving the Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association on a formal or informal basis, and to have former experienced people with some background in the sport of amateur boxing. That meeting took place on 13 May 1990 with 23 persons in attendance and was listed as the "Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association Founding Meeting". This would become an important meeting to begin the real work in preparation of volunteers, have a representative attend the 1990 Seattle Goodwill Games to observe, and plan and prepare for a test event in 1993. Preliminary coverage of the 13 May meeting included a piece titled "Approaching Games to lift amateur boxing's profile". The reporter Jeff Rud interviewed Games official John Stothart and boxing committee members Mike Sartori and Brian Zelley.[5]

The 1993 test event was held in August and included some top Canadian boxers such as Dale Brown of Calgary. Brown was highlighted in the local paper with the headlines "Brown building impressive ring career";[6] at the end of the tournament the local Times-Colonist newspaper reported "Tournament was a perfect dry run".[7]

Interim boxing chairman[]

During 1991 Hassan Sunderani resigned as the chairman and committee member Brian Zelley stepped-in for a one-year period as the acting chairman of the committee. During this period, the primary role was to attend Sports Committee meetings[8] while the local boxing community started to organise for potential boxing club activity. In 1992, Sunderani resumed his position and steps were taken to prepare for the pre-Commonwealth Games event in 1993. Also, some new members were appointed to the boxing committee such as Tom Black.[9]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "CM Archive".
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 7 November 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "Victoria wins 1994 Games". New Straits Times. 16 September 1988. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  4. ^ a b No silver or bronze medal awarded as not enough pairs took part. Please see: Groom, Graham. The Complete Book of the Commonwealth Games. (2017)
  5. ^ "Times-Colonist. Jeff Rud, 11 May 1990.
  6. ^ "Times-Colonist", 27 August 1993.
  7. ^ Times-Colonist, Jeff Rud, 29 August 1993.
  8. ^ Victoria Commonwealth Games Society, Sports Committee Meetings during 1991.
  9. ^ Times-Colonist, 17 May 1993
  • 21 April 1990, Minutes of a Meeting of Victoria Boxing Enthusiasts
  • 13 May 1990, Minutes of Greater Victoria Amateur Boxing Association Founding Meeting

External links[]

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Commonwealth Games
Victoria
XV Commonwealth Games
Succeeded by
Kuala Lumpur
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