The Falkland Islands was represented at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom by the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.
In total, 16 athletes including eight men and eight women represented the Falkland Islands in four different sports including badminton, cycling, lawn bowls and table tennis.
Badminton athlete Doug Clark and lawn bowler Daphne Arthur-Almond were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.
Competitors In total, 16 athletes represented the Falkland Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom across four different sports. SportMenWomenTotalBadminton459Cycling101Lawn bowls235Table tennis101 Total8816
Badminton
In total, nine Falkland Islander athletes participated in the badminton events – Ben Chater, Doug Clark and Duane March in the men's singles, the men's doubles and the mixed doubles, Vicky Chater in the women's singles, the women's doubles and the mixed doubles, Soraye March in the women's singles and the mixed doubles, Louise Williams in the women's singles and the women's doubles, Dwight Joshua in the men's doubles and the mixed doubles and Cheryl March and Laura Harada in the women's doubles and the mixed doubles.
The badminton events took place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Marston Green between 29 July and 8 August 2022.
Singles AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBen ChaterMen's singles L (10–21, 8–21) did not advanceDoug Clark L (10–21, 11–21) did not advanceDuane March L (3–21, 4–21) did not advanceVicky ChaterWomen's singles L (4–21, 3–21) did not advanceSoraye March L (12–21, 1–21) did not advanceLouise Williams L (8–21, 10–21) did not advance
Doubles AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankBen ChaterDwight JoshuaMen's doubles L (14–21, 11–21) did not advanceDoug ClarkDuane March L (5–21, 7–21) did not advanceVicky ChaterCheryl MarchWomen's doubles L (17–21, 20–22) did not advanceLaura HaradaLouise Williams L (4–21, 5–21) did not advanceBen ChaterVicky ChaterMixed doubles L (13–21, 7–21) did not advanceDoug ClarkCheryl March L (4–21, 3–21) did not advanceDuane MarchLaura Harada L (3–21, 4–21) did not advanceDwight JoshuaSoraye March L (2–21, 5–21) did not advance
Cycling
In total, one Falkland Islander athlete participated in the cycling events – Jim Horton in the men's road race and the men's time trial.
The men's road race took place at Myton Fields in Warwick on 7 August 2022. The men's time trial took place at West Park in Wolverhampton on 4 August 2022.
AthleteEventTimeRankJim HortonRoad raceDNFTime trial1:02:45.7346
Lawn bowls
In total, five Falkland Islander athletes participated in the lawn bowls events – Chris Locke in the men's singles and the men's doubles, Garry Tyrell in the men's doubles, Daphne Arthur-Almond in the women's singles and the women's triples and Andrea Stanworth and Trudi Clarke in the women's triples.
The lawn bowls events took place at Victoria Park in Leamington Spa between 29 July and 6 August 2022.
Men AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Chris LockeSinglesL 5―21L 5-21L 7-21L 5―215did not advanceGarry TyrellChris LockePairsL 12–23L 4–36L 5–47L 6–355did not advance
Women AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRank Daphne Arthur-AlmondSinglesL 2–21W 21–20L 2–21L 5–215did not advanceAndrea StanworthDaphne Arthur-AlmondTrudi ClarkeTriplesL 10 - 22L 10 - 23L 8 - 29L 14 - 205did not advance
Table tennis
In total, one Falkland Islander athlete participated in the table tennis events – Javier Sotomayor in the men's singles.
The table tennis events took place at the NEC in Marston Green between 29 July and 8 August 2022.
AthletesEventGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankJavier SotomayorMen's singlesL 0 - 4L 0 - 43did not advance
References
External links Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association archive