New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the
1970 British Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the; 1970 British Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors	65
Flag bearers	Opening: Les Mills; Closing: Harry Kent
Officials	19
Medals; Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 6 Bronze 6 Total 14
British Commonwealth Games appearances
	1930; 1934; 1938; 1950; 1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018;

New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 65 competitors and 19 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was field athlete Les Mills. The New Zealand team finished 11th on the medal table, winning a total of 14 medals, two of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables[]

New Zealand was 11th in the medal table in 1970, with a total of 14 medals, including two gold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Bruce Biddle	Cycling	Men's individual road race
Gold	Harry Kent	Cycling	Men's 1 km time trial
Silver	Les Mills	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Barbara Poulsen	Athletics	Women's shot put
Silver	Dick Quax	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Silver	Bob McDonald Robbie Robson	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Silver	John Bolton	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Tony Ebert	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Les Mills	Athletics	Men's shot put
Bronze	Blair Stockwell	Cycling	Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Bronze	Mark Treffers	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
Bronze	Bruce Cameron	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Bronze	David Aspin	Wrestling	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Gordon Mackay	Wrestling	Men's welterweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cycling	2	0	1	3
Athletics	0	3	1	4
Weightlifting	0	2	1	3
Lawn bowls	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	2	6	6	14

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	5	6	13
Female	0	1	0	1
Total	2	6	6	14

Athletics[]

Track and road[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank^[i]	Result	Rank^[ii]	Result	Rank
Jack Foster	Men's marathon	N/A				2:14:44	4
Penny Hunt	Women's 100 m	11.7	2 Q	11.9	7	Did not advance
Penny Hunt	Women's 200 m	23.9	3 Q	23.9	4 Q	23.8	8
Roger Johnson	Men's 400 m hurdles	51.9	3 Q	52.0	5	Did not advance
Jeff Julian	Men's marathon	N/A				2:24:03	18
Sylvia Potts	Women's 800 m	2:07.4	2 Q	N/A		2:09.7	5
Sylvia Potts	Women's 1500 m	N/A				4:25.2	9
Dick Quax	Men's 1500 m	3:44.2	1 Q	N/A		3:38.1
Dick Quax	Men's 5000 m	14:01.6	4 Q	N/A		13:43.4	7
	Women's 1500 m	N/A				4:22.2	6
Anne Smith	Women's 800 m	2:07.3	6	N/A		Did not advance
Anne Smith	Women's 1500 m	N/A				4:26.8	10
Dick Tayler	Men's 1500 m	3:44.3	4 Q	N/A		3:45.0	10
Dick Tayler	Men's 5000 m	14:11.8	5 Q	N/A		13:48.8	10

^ Ranks given are within the heat
^ Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field[]

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's discus throw	N/A		53.50 m	7
	Women's discus throw	N/A		44.12 m	8
	Women's shot put	N/A		13.59 m	6
	Women's long jump	N/A		5.72 m	10
Sally Mene	Women's discus throw	N/A		45.86 m	7
Sally Mene	Women's javelin throw	N/A		39.94 m	8
Les Mills	Men's discus throw	N/A		57.84 m
Les Mills	Men's shot put	N/A		18.40 m
Warwick Nicholl	Men's hammer throw	N/A		60.02 m	6
Dave Norris	Men's long jump	7.43 m	6 Q	7.64 m	5
Dave Norris	Men's triple jump	15.01 m	=11 Q	14.46 m	11
Barbara Poulsen	Women's shot put	N/A		15.87 m
Robin Tait	Men's discus throw	N/A		53.82 m	6

Combined[]

Athlete	Event	100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m	Overall points	Rank
	Men's decathlon	11.2 756 pts	6.40 m 693 pts	13.25 m 681 pts	1.67 m 560 pts	51.0 762 pts	15.4 807 pts	39.00 m 666 pts	3.60 m 700 pts	40.28 m 495 pts	4:56.4 428 pts	6548 pts	7
Roy Williams	Men's decathlon	11.2 756 pts	6.97 m 814 pts	12.57 m 637 pts	Withdrew							DNF

Badminton[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Men's singles	Goel (IND) L 2–15 6–15	Did not advance
	Women's singles	N/A	() L 11–5 5–11 2–11	Did not advance
	Women's singles	N/A	(AUS) L 3–11 1–11	Did not advance
	Men's singles	Gulam () W 15–2 15–3	() W 15–10 14–17 15–10	(IND) W 15–7 18–14	Paulson () L 9–15 8–15	Did not advance
	Men's doubles	N/A	Ward / Montegriffo () W 15–1 15–3	/ () L 15–5 10–15 9–15	Did not advance
	Women's doubles	N/A		/ Ng (MAS) L 9–15 8–15	Did not advance
	Mixed doubles	N/A	Ang / Ng (MAS) W 18–13 3–15 15–12	Whetnall / Eddy (ENG) L 12–15 5–15	Did not advance
	Mixed doubles	N/A	Haddad / Haddad () W 15–6 15–2	Rickard / Whetnall (ENG) L 3–15 18–17 6–15	Did not advance

Boxing[]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brian Kendall	Featherweight	Yang () W	(PAK) L	Did not advance
	Welterweight	Olulu () L	Did not advance

Cycling[]

Road[]

Men's road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Bryce Beeston	4:41:24	5
Bruce Biddle	4:38:58

Track[]

Men's 1000 m sprint

Athlete	Round 1	First-round repechages				Round 2	Second-round repechage	Round 3	Third-round repechages			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Round 1	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 2	Second-round repechage	Round 3	Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harry Kent	Crutchlow (ENG) W 11.80	Bye				John () W 11.56	Bye	Bicknell (ENG) W 11.95	Bye			Attong () W 12.31, W 12.63	Johnson (AUS) W 11.95, L, L	King () L, W 11.94, L	4
	Beattie () W 12.23	Bye				Perkins (AUS) L	Crutchlow (ENG) W 13.07	Harvey () L	Rowe (ENG) W 12.36	Bye	Bicknell (ENG) W 13.32	Nicholson (AUS) L, W 12.94, L	Did not advance		=5
	McMillan () W 12.04	Bye				Hunte () L	John () L	Did not advance							=13

Men's tandem 2000 m sprint

Athletes	Round 1	Repechage	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
	Attong / Farrell () W 11.65, W 11.74	Bye	Harvey / Lovell () W 14.82, L, L	/ () L, L	4

Men's 1 km time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
Harry Kent	1:08.69 GR
Blair Stockwell	1:12.33	10

Men's 4000 m individual pursuit

Athlete	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Rank
Blair Stockwell	5:11.93	4 Q	Moore (ENG) W 5:12.32	Clark (AUS) L 5:09.17	Watson (AUS) W OVL

Men's 10 miles scratch race

Athlete	Heats		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank^[i]	Time	Rank
Harry Kent	NR	4 Q	20:54.56	6
	NR	5 Q	20:53.95	5
	NR	5 Q	20:53.80	4

^ Ranks given are within each of the two heats. First 10 finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

Diving[]

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
	Men's 3 m springboard	DNF
Rebecca Ewert	Women's 3 m springboard	337.74	7
	Men's 3 m springboard	436.44	6

Fencing[]

Men[]

Individual[]

Épée

Athlete	First round pool								Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
Athlete	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Rank
	Gray () W 5–3	Chong (MAS) W 5–3	Scotland () W 5–0	Nasralla () L 2–5	(AUS) L 1–5	() L 2–5	Johnson (ENG) L 1–5	3	Did not advance
Michael Henderson	Hoskyns (ENG) L 1–5	() L 0–5	Rouxel () L 4–5	Simon (AUS) L 4–5	() L 2–5	Magill () W 5–2	Cunningham () W 5–2	2	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	Bakonyi () W 5–4	Richardson () W 5–3	Elliott () W 5–2	Chan (MAS) W 5–4	Jacobs (ENG) W 5–3	Lucas () L 4–5	N/A	5 Q	Johnson (ENG) W 5–5	Bakonyi () L 2–5	Jacobs (ENG) L 2–5	Redhead () L 4–5	Rouxel () L 3–5	1	Did not advance

Foil

Athlete	First round pool								Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
Athlete	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Rank
Michael Henderson	Magill () L 1–5	G. Paul (ENG) L 2–5	() W 5–2	Chong (MAS) W 5–2	Nasralla () W 5–2	(AUS) L 3–5	Edwards () L 1–5	3	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	Wiedel () W 5–4	Russell () L 1–5	Redhead () W 5–2	() W 5–3	B. Paul (ENG) L 1–5	Cunningham () W 5–1	Theseira (MAS) L 2–5	4	Did not advance
Brian Pickworth	Breckin (ENG) L 3–5	Simon (AUS) L 3–5	() W 5–3	Gray () W 5–2	() W 5–0	Scotland () W 5–0	Elliott () L 4–5	4 Q	Smith () W 5–1	Wiedel () W 5–2	Benko (AUS) L 3–5	Breckin (ENG) L 4–5	Russell () L 3–5	2 Q	Breckin (ENG) L 1–5	B. Paul (ENG) L 4–5	G. Paul (ENG) L 4–5	Benko (AUS) L 3–5	Conyd () W 5–4	1	5

Sabre

Athlete	First round pool							Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
Athlete	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Rank
Michael Henderson	Richardson () W 5–3	Acfield (ENG) L 1–5	() L 2–5	Tornallyay (AUS) L 4–5	Chan (MAS) W 5–3	Edwards () L 4–5	2	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	Gray () W 5–2	Urban () L 3–5	Craig (ENG) L 1–5	Mitchell () W 5–4	Tye () W 5–1	Chong (MAS) W 5–4	4 Q	Craig (ENG) L 2–5	() L 0–5	(AUS) L 1–5	() L 5–3	Play stopped as result could not be affected	0	Did not advance

Team[]

Athletes	Event	Round 1 pool		Semifinal pool		Final pool			Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Michael Henderson Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth	Men's team épée	W 6–3	N/A	W 7–2	N/A	L 3–5	L 4–5	N/A	4
Michael Henderson Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth	Men's team foil	W 8–1	N/A	L 2–7	Australia L 1–5	Did not progress
Michael Henderson Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth	Men's team sabre	W 7–2	N/A	Australia L 4–5	L 1–5	Did not progress

Women[]

Individual[]

Foil

Athlete	First round pool						Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
Athlete	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Rank
Gaye McDermit	() W 4–2	Exelby (AUS) W 4–2	Green (ENG) L 2–4	N/A		2 Q	(NZL) L 1–4	Bain () L 3–4	() L 1–4	Barkley () L 3–4	Green (ENG) W 4–3	1	Did not advance
	McDougall (AUS) W 4–0	Bain () L 1–4	Weidel () W 4–0	Henley (ENG) W 4–3	Brown () W 4–1	4 Q	McDermit (NZL) W 4–1	Green (ENG) L 1–4	Barkley () L 1–4	() L 2–4	Bain () L 3–4	1	Did not advance
	(AUS) W 4–0	Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG) L 0–4	Chatel () W 4–2	Barkley () W 4–0	() L 1–4	3 Q	Exelby (AUS) L 2–4	Wardell-Yerburgh (ENG) L 0–4	() L 1–4	Henley (ENG) L 0–4	Weidel () W 4–2	1	Did not advance

Team[]

Athletes	Event	Semifinal pool		Final pool			Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gaye McDermit	Women's team foil	L 3–6	England L 1–5	Did not advance

Lawn bowls[]

Athlete	Event	Round robin													Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Phil Skoglund	Men's singles	() L 9–21	Bryant (ENG) L 17–21	Kelly (AUS) L 5–21	Motroni () L 18–21	Fulton () L 17–21	() W 21–19	Liddell () L 7–21	Bradley () L 16–21	() L 17–21	Wilkins () L 20–21	() L 12–21	Bryce () L 14–21	() W 21–14	12
Bob McDonald Robbie Robson	Men's pairs	W 19–15	England L 17–28	Australia W 22–15	W 22–8	W 23–11	L 14–19	W 25–10	W 22–18	W 27–12	W 28–24	W 26–11	W 19–14	L 24–26
Gordon Jolly Robbie Robson Bob McDonald	Men's fours	W 28–8	England W 23–22	Australia L 12–26	L 15–22	W 26–23	L 15–20	L 15–27	W 31–13	L 16–17	L 13–23	L 13–16	L 16–22	W 32–12	11

Swimming[]

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:06.67	11	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:18.91	7 Q	2:20.01	8
	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:23.30	8 Q	2:23.24	8
	Men's 400 m individual medley	5:08.40	9	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	54.95	3 Q	54.57	4
	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:00.94	4 Q	2:00.74	5
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:22.11	6 Q	4:20.35	6
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:12.06	12	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:03.94	10	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:20.90	11	Did not advance
	Men's 100 m freestyle	57.15	14	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:03.95	8 Q	2:02.96	8
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:20.06	5 Q	4:21.64	7
Susan Hunter	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:14.02	14	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:34.73	12	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:35.87	7 Q	2:33.30	5
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:20.63	2 Q	5:20.10	4
Glenda Stirling	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:08.95	3 Q	1:09.00	4
Glenda Stirling	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:30.50	6 Q	2:29.71	6
Mark Treffers	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:09.31	18	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:24.49	9	Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	17:16.54	4 Q	16:44.69
	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:12.49	12	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:08.66	1 Q	1:08.71	4
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:03.86	8 Q	1:03.73	7
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:19.43	9	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:23.59	12	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:56.79	11	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:38.65	12	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:37.4	11	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:34.35	10	Did not advance
Judy Wright	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:30.80	7 Q	2:30.59	7
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:16.49	5 Q	2:17.54	7
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:46.55	5 Q	4:54.98	5
	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:49.45	4 Q	9:47.54	4
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:22.10	3 Q	5:27.12	7
Mark Treffers	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	N/A		3:47.64	5
Mark Treffers	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	N/A		8:11.79	4
Mark Treffers	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	N/A		4:29.55	6
Judy Wright Susan Hunter	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	N/A		4:15.44	4
Glenda Stirling	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	N/A		4:44.81	4

Weightlifting[]

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Jerk	Total
Bruce Cameron	Lightweight	107.5 kg	105 kg	142.5 kg	355 kg
Tony Ebert	Middleweight	137.5 kg GR	112.5 kg	152.5 kg	402.5 kg
John Bolton	Light heavyweight	147.5 kg GR	130 kg	167.5 kg	445 kg
	Light heavyweight	NVL	DNF

Wrestling[]

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds					Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Gordon Mackay	Welterweight	O'Brien (AUS) W	Amey (ENG) W	() W	Wurr () L	Singh (IND) L
David Aspin	Middleweight	Birajdar (IND) L	Grinstead (ENG) D	() L	Eliminated
	Heavyweight	() L	Singh (IND) L	Eliminated			4
	Super heavyweight	Mane (IND) L	() W	(PAK) L	Eliminated		4

Officials[]

Manager – Joe McManemin^[1]

References[]

^ Skipwith, David (6 August 2014). "Athletics world mourns loss of top coach". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

External links[]

[1] Ranks given are within the heat

[2] Ranks given are within the semifinal

[3] Ranks given are within each of the two heats. First 10 finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

[4] Skipwith, David (6 August 2014). "Athletics world mourns loss of top coach". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

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Contents

Medal tables[]

Athletics[]

Track and road[]

Field[]

Combined[]

Badminton[]

Boxing[]

Cycling[]

Road[]

Track[]

Diving[]

Fencing[]

Men[]

Individual[]

Team[]

Women[]

Individual[]

Team[]

Lawn bowls[]

Swimming[]

Weightlifting[]

Wrestling[]

Officials[]

See also[]

References[]

External links[]

v t 1970 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team
Athletics	Jack Foster Penny Hunt Roger Johnson Jeff Julian Sally Mene Les Mills Warwick Nicholl Dave Norris Sylvia Potts Barbara Poulsen Dick Quax Anne Smith Robin Tait Dick Tayler Roy Williams
Badminton
Boxing	Brian Kendall
Cycling	Bryce Beeston Bruce Biddle Harry Kent Blair Stockwell
Diving	Rebecca Ewert
Fencing	Michael Henderson Gaye McDermit Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth
Lawn bowls	Gordon Jolly Bob McDonald Robbie Robson Phil Skoglund
Swimming	Susan Hunter Glenda Stirling Mark Treffers Judy Wright
Weightlifting	John Bolton Bruce Cameron Tony Ebert
Wrestling	David Aspin Gordon Mackay
Team manager: Joe McManemin

v t New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018
New Zealand hosted the games in 1950, 1974, and 1990.