Archive for the 'Oceania' Category

Scotland Win Gold in Men’s Lawn Bowls Pairs

Scotland’s Paul Foster and Alex Marshall have won the Gold Medal in the Men’s Lawn Bowls pairs event after beating England’s Mark Bantock and Ian Bond. Australia’s Barrie Lester and Nathan Rice have won the bronze medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia wins Gold in Men’s 400m

John Steffensen has won another Gold Medal for Australia in the Men’s 400m track and field event. Grenada’s Alleyne Francique won the silver medal and Jamaica’s Jermaine Gonzales won the bronze.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Ghana win Gold in Men’s Long Jump

Ignisious Gaisah from Ghana has won the Gold medal in the Men’s long jump with Gable Garenamotse from Botswana has won the silver and Australian Fabrice Lapierre has won the bronze medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia take Gold, Silver in Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform Diving

Australia’s Chantell Lee Newbery and Loudy Tourky have won the gold medal in the women’s synchronised 10m platform diving event with team mates Alexandra Lindsay Croak and Melissa Paige Wu winning the silver. Canada’s Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion have taken the bronze.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

New Zealand Win Gold in Women’s Shot Put

Valerie Vili from New Zealand has smashed the Commonwealth Games record to win the Gold medal with a distance of 19.66m. Silver medal winner was Vivien Chukwuemeka from Nigeria and the bronze went to Cleopatra Borel-Brown from Trinidad and Tobago.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Canada win Gold in Men’s 105kg Weightlifting

Akos Sandor has won the Men’s 105kg Weightlifting event for Canada. Valeriane Sarava from Australia has won the silver medal and Che Mohd Azrol Bin Che Mat from Malaysia has won the bronze.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

England win Gold in the Women’s Heptathlon

Kelly Sotherton has won the Gold medal for England in the women’s heptathlon with team mate Jessica Ennis taking the bronze. Australia’s Kylie Wheeler has won the silver medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Canada win Gold in Men’s 1m Springboard

Alexandre Despatie has won the Gold medal for Canada in the Men’s 1m Springboard Diving event. Ken Nee Yeoh of Malaysia has won the silver and Steven John Barnett has won the bronze for Australia.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Uganda win Women’s 3000m Steeplechase

World Champion Dorcus Inzikuru has won the Gold medal in the Women’s 3000m Steeplechase for Uganda with Melissa Rollison and Donna MacFarlane from Australia winning the silver and bronze medals.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia win Gold in Women’s Pairs Lawn Bowls

Lynsey Armitage and Karen Murphy of Australia have beaten Joyce Lindores and Kay Moran of Scotland to take the Gold medal in the Women’s Pairs Lawn Bowls. Sisters Jan and Marina Khan of New Zealand have won the Bronze medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

New Zealand win Gold in Men’s Trap

New Zealand Shooter Graeme Ede has won the Gold medal in the Men’s Trap. David John Beattie has won the Silver for Northern Ireland and Manavjit Singh Sandhu has won the bronze medal for India.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

India Win Gold, Silver in Women’s +75kg Weightlifting

Geeta Rani and Simple Kaur Bhumrah from India have won the Gold and Silver medals in the +75kg Weightlifting with New Zealand’s Keisha-Dean Soffe winning the bronze medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Scotland win Gold in Women’s 50m Rifle Prone

Sheena Sharp has won the Gold medal for Scotland in the Women’s 50m Rifle Prone. New Zealand’s Juliet Etherington has gone one better than her Bronze in Manchester to take silver and Johanne Brekke from Wales has won the bronze medal.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia Win Gold in Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Diving

Bree Chastine Cole and Sharleen Marie Stratton have won the Gold medal in the Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Diving event for Australia. Melanie Rinaldi and Rebecca Lynn Shadd have won the silver for Canada and Tandi Jane Indergaard and Hayley Dawn Sage have won the bronze medal for England.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

Australia win Gold in Women’s Floor Routine

Hollie Dykes has won the Gold Medal for Australia in the Women’s Floor Gymnastics event. Team mate Ashleigh Brennan has won the Silver medal and Francki Van Rooyen has won the bronze medal for South Africa.

Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006

South Africa win Gold in Women’s Discus

South Africa’s Elizna Naude has won the Gold Medal in the Women’s Discus. Seema Antil has won the Silver medal for India and 17 year old Dani Samuels has won the bronze medal for Australia.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Australian Men finally get Gold in the pool

Matthew Welsh, Brenton Rickard, Michael Klim and Eamon Sullivan have finally won Australia a gold medal in the men’s pool events in the Men’s 4×100m Medley Relay in a new Commonwealth Games Record. Christopher Cook, Ross Davenport, Liam Tancock and Matthew Bowe won the silver medal for England and Todd Cooper, Kristopher Gilchrist, Craig […]

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Canada Take Gold in Men’s Parallel Bars

Grant Golding from Canada has won the Gold Medal in the Men’s Parallel Bars. Silver and Bronze medals went to Australian’s Philippe Rizzo and Joshua Jefferis.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Canada win Gold in Women’s Beam

Canada’s Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs has won the Gold medal in the Women’s Beam. The silver medal went to Hollie Dykes from Australia and Becky Downie from England won the Bronze.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006

Canada Take Gold Medal in Men’s Vault

Kyle Keith Shewfelt has won the Gold medal in the Men’s Vault for Canada. Nathan Gafuik, fellow team mate, has won the Silver medal and Samuel Offord from Australia has taken the bronze.

Tuesday, March 21st, 2006