Guernsey at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Guernsey at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Guernsey
CGF code	GGY
CGA	Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association
Website	guernseycga.org.gg
in Gold Coast, Australia
Competitors	31 in 8 sports
Flag bearer
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

Guernsey competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 April to 15 April 2018.^[1] The team from the nation consisted of 31 athletes across eight sports.^[2] It was Guernsey's 13th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

The first seven competitors were announced in September 2017.^[3] The final team members were announced on 24 November 2017.^[4]^[5] The overall team consisted of 24 men and seven women.

Sport shooter was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[6]

Competitors[]

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

Spa hrvatska cgort	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	3	1	4
Badminton	2	2	4
Boxing	1	0	1
Cycling	7	1	8
Lawn bowls	3	1	4
Shooting	5	1	6
Swimming	2	1	3
Triathlon	1	0	1
Total	24	7	31

Athletics (track and field)[]

Guernsey's athletics team consisted of four athletes (three men and one woman).^[4]

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cameron Chalmers	Men's 400 m	46.16	4 q	46.34	5	Did not advance
Alastair Chalmers	Men's 400 m hurdles	51.10	7	N/A	Did not advance
Lee Merrien	Men's Marathon	N/A				2:24:10	8
	Women's 5000 m	N/A				17:00.52	16

Badminton[]

Guernsey's badminton team consisted of four athletes (two men and two women).^[4]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Chloe Le Tissier	Women's singles	Katherine Wynter (JAM) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Elena Johnson Chloe Le Tissier	Women's doubles	N/A	(GHA) (GHA) W 2 - 0	Chloe Birch (ENG) Jessica Pugh (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Elena Johnson	Mixed doubles	Brian Yang (CAN) Michelle Li (CAN) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Chloe Le Tissier	Mixed doubles	Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND) Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Boxing[]

Guernsey's entered one boxer.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	−69 kg	(PAK) L 2-3	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Guernsey's cycling team consisted of eight athletes (seven men and one woman).^[4]

Road[]

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race	3:59:25	33
Tobyn Horton		3:57:01	7
James McLaughlin		3:59:11	29
		DNF
		DNF
		DNF
	Time trial	53:07.65	17
James McLaughlin		49:54.12	6
		52:10.73	12

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
	Road race	DNF
	Time trial	42:36.36	17

Mountain bike[]

Event	Time	Rank
Men's cross-country	-3LAP	21
	1:27:06	13
	-1LAP	16

Lawn bowls[]

Guernsey's lawn bowls team consisted of four athletes (three men and one woman).^[4]

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Todd Priaulx	Men's Singles	(MAS) L 11 - 21	(SAM) W 21 - 3	Burnett (SCO) L 13 - 21	Tagelagi (NIU) W 21 - 7	(BRU) W 21 - 20	3	Did not advance
	Men's Pairs	Canada L 14 - 16	Malta L 10 - 16	Australia L 15 - 18	Brunei W 20 - 12	N/A	4	Did not advance
Lucy Beere	Women's Singles	Daniels (WAL) L 15 - 21	(JER) W 21 - 12	Brown (SCO) L 6 - 21	(BRU) L 17 - 21	N/A	4	Did not advance

Shooting[]

Guernsey's entered six shooters (five men and one woman).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	50 metre rifle prone	601.7	24	Did not advance
	Trap	102	30	Did not advance
	Trap	108	21	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
	25 metre pistol	545	12	Did not advance
	10 metre air pistol	360	16	Did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Day 1		Day 2		Day 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Overall	Rank
	Queen's prize individual	104-6v	14	148-12v	15	143-8v	23	395-26v	19
Peter Jory	Queen's prize individual	103-9v	19	149-18v	8	147-10v	14	399-37	14
Peter Jory	Queen's prize pairs	294.30v	10	281-15v	9	N/A		575-45v	9

Swimming[]

Guernsey's entered three swimmers (two men and one woman).^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m backstroke	26.78	10 Q	27.08	11	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	57.61	16 Q	58.14	16	Did not advance
	50 m freestyle	22.94	17	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	50.80	26	Did not advance
	50 m butterfly	24.76	17	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
	50 m freestyle	27.52	23	Did not advance
	100 m freestyle	1:00.31	25	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	30.19	20	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	1:04.90	19	Did not advance

Triathlon[]

Guernsey's entered one triathlete.^[4]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
	Men's	9:31	0:45	30:29	0:30	17:30	58:45	24

References[]

^ "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.
^ "Guernsey's first Commonwealth Games athletes selected". ITV. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
^ McKay, Duncan (29 September 2017). "Guernsey announce first selections for Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Guernsey name full team for 2018 Commonwealth Games". ITV. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ "Gold Coast 2018: Guernsey add 19 to squad for Commonwealth Games". BBC. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
^ Batiste, Rob (20 March 2018). "Guille to carry flag at opening ceremony". Guernsey Press. Guernsey. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[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] "Guernsey's first Commonwealth Games athletes selected". ITV. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.

[early-3] McKay, Duncan (29 September 2017). "Guernsey announce first selections for Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 29 October 2017.

[team-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "Guernsey name full team for 2018 Commonwealth Games". ITV. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

[5] "Gold Coast 2018: Guernsey add 19 to squad for Commonwealth Games". BBC. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.

[6] Batiste, Rob (20 March 2018). "Guille to carry flag at opening ceremony". Guernsey Press. Guernsey. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

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