Scotland competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, from 15 to 26 March 2006.
The Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland announced on 3 November 2005 that Scotland would be sending 166 athletes (104 men and 62 women) to compete in the Games in Melbourne, supported by 70 officials. This was a smaller team than the country fielded at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, when Scotland sent 207 athletes and 85 officials.
The main team departed on 28 February 2006 from Glasgow Airport; they flew on Emirates, one of the team's main sponsors. Other sources of financial support included Clydesdale Bank, sportscotland, the Commonwealth Games Endowment fund, and the Scottish general public.
Despite the withdrawal of judo (an event where Scotland had won many previous medals) from the programme in 2006, the team proved greatly successful. Scotland achieved what was at that time its highest Gold medal total, a record it would later break in the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The team won 11 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 11 bronze medals.
Medals Total Scotland1171129
Gold Boxing: Kenneth Anderson, Light Heavyweight 81 kg
Cycling: Ross Edgar, Chris Hoy & Craig MacLean, Men's Team Sprint
Bowls: Alex Marshall & Paul Foster, Men's Doubles
Shooting: Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs Sheena Sharp, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Individual
Swimming: David Carry, Men's 400 m Freestyle David Carry, Men's 400 m Individual Medley Caitlin McClatchey, Women's 200 m Freestyle Caitlin McClatchey, Women's 400 m Freestyle Gregor Tait, Men's 200 m Backstroke Gregor Tait, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Silver Athletics: Chris Baillie, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Cycling: Ross Edgar, Men's Sprint
Bowls: Joyce Lindores & Kay Moran Women's Bowls Pairs
Shooting: Martin Sinclair & Neil Stirton, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs
Swimming: Kirsty Balfour, Women's 200 m Breaststroke Euan Dale, Men's Individual Medley David Carry, Euan Dale, Andrew Hunter & Robert Renwick, Men's 200 m Freestyle Relay
Bronze Athletics: Lee McConnell, Women's 400 m Hurdles
Badminton: Susan Hughes, Women's Singles
Cycling: Kate Cullen, Women's Points Race Ross Edgar, Men's Keirin Chris Hoy, Men's 1 km Time Trial James McCallum, Men's Scratch
Gymnastics: Adam Cox, Men's Horizontal Bar
Swimming: Kirsty Balfour, Women's 100 m Breaststroke. Gregor Tait, Men's 100 m Backstroke. Gregor Tait, Todd Cooper, Craig Houston & Kris Gilchrist, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay.
Weightlifting: Thomas Yule, Men's 94 kg
Team
Aquatics Diving
Monique McCarroll Diving platform
Swimming
Men
David Carry – 200 m, 400 m freestyle Ross Clark – 50 m breast Todd Cooper – 50 m, 100 m, 200 m butterfly Euan Dale – 200 m, 400 m individual medley Kris Gilchrist – 200 m breast Craig Houston – 50 freestyle Andrew Hunter – 200 freestyle Chris Jones – 50 m breast Robert Lee – 50 m breast David Leith – 50 m butterfly Robbie Renwick – 200 m freestyle Gregor Tait* – 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, 200 m individual medley
Women
Kirsty Balfour – 100 m breast, 200 m breast Fiona Booth – 50 m breast Kerry Buchan – 100 m breast, 200 m breast Stephanie Hill – 100 m butterfly Caitlin McClatchey – 200 m, 400 m, 800 m freestyle Hannah Miley – 400 m individual medley Lorna Smith – 400 m individual medley Lara Fergusson – 50 m, 100 m freestyle (EAD)
Athletics
Men
Chris Baillie – 110 m hurdles Iain Park* – Hammer Darren Ritchie – Long jump Allan Scott – 110 m hurdles Kevin Sheppard – 3000 m steeplechase Nick Stewart – 400 m hurdles Mark Taylor* – high jump
Women
Kathy Butler – 5,000 m, 10,000 m Gillian Cooke – Long jump Shona Crombie–Hicks – Marathon Collette Fagan – 10,000 m Hayley Haining – Marathon Lee McConnell – 200 m, 400 m, 400 m hurdles Kirsty Maguire – Paul Vault Hayley Ovens – 1,500 m Susan Partridge – Marathon Susan Scott – 800 m, 1500 m Shirley Webb – Hammer
Badminton
Men AthleteEventsClub Andrew Bowman mixed doubles Bellshill Women AthleteEventsClub Michelle Douglas doubles New Stevenston Susan Hughes singles Glasgow Kirsteen McEwan-Miller mixed doubles Bridge of Weir Yuan Wemyss singles, doubles Dumfries
Basketball
Men
Keiron Achara Robert Archibald Keith Bunyan Laurie Costello Mark Duncan Campbell Flockhart Stuart Mackay Gareth Murray Tom Pearson Scott Russell James Steel Joshua Tackie Ross Szifris Dan Wardrope
(Non travelling reserves have also been identified.)
Boxing
Mitch Prince – 60 kg Mark Hastie* – 64 kg Kris Carslaw – 69 kg Craig McEwan* – 75 kg Kenny Anderson – 81 kg Stephen Simmons* – 91 kg
Cycling
Men
Alex Coutts – Road Race Ross Edgar – Track Sprint Events Chris Hoy – Track Sprint Events Marco Librizzi – Track Sprint Events Craig MacLean – Track Sprint Events Gareth Montgomerie – Mountain Bike Cross Country Evan Oliphant – Road Race James Ouchterlony – Mountain Bike Cross Country Duncan Urquhart – Road Race Robert Wardell – Mountain Bike Cross Country
Women
Kate Cullen – Track Points Race and Road Race Ruth McGavigan – Mountain Bike Cross Country
Gymnastics
Men
Adam Cox Men's Artistic Steve Frew Men's Artistic Daniel Keatings Men's Artistic Barry Koursarys Men's Artistic Andrew Mackie Men's Artistic
Women
Carol Galashan Women's Artistic Helen Galashan Women's Artistic Jennifer Hannah Women's Artistic Rosalie Hutton* Women's Artistic Emma White Women's Artistic
Hockey
Men
Jonathan Christie Michael Christie Allan Dick Stephen Dick Graham Dunlop Michael Leonard Adam MacKenzie David Mansouri Vishal Marwaha Alistair McGregor David Mitchell Graham Moodie David Ralph Mark Ralph Douglas Simpson Niall Stott Head coach: Mathias Ahrens
Reserves: Gareth Hall and Derek Salmond.
Women
Vikki Bunce Jane Burley Louise Carroll Linda Clement Catriona Forrest Samantha Judge Nikki Kidd Julie Kilpatrick Debbie McLeod Louise Munn Cath Rae Emma Rochlin Alison Rowatt Catriona Semple Rhona Simpson Cheryl Valentine Head coach: Lesley Hobley
Reserves: Holly Cram and Katrina Cameron.
Lawn bowls
Men AthleteEventsClub Darren Burnett singlesArbroath BC Paul Foster pairsTroon Portland BC Alex Marshall pairsGifford BC David Peacock triplesDanderhall BC Colin Mitchell triplesCarrick Knowe Colin Peacock triples Marchmount BC, Dumfries
Women AthleteEventsClub Margaret Letham singlesBurbank Hamilton BC Kay Moran pairsCrookston BC Joyce Lindores pairsEttrick Forest BC Linda Brennan triplesBlantyre BC Betty Forsyth triples Blantyre BC Seona Black triplesBonnybridge BC
Rugby sevens
Ciaran Beattie Oli Brown David Gray Colin Gregor Clark Laidlaw Rory Lawson Mark Lee Ross Rennie Alasdair Strokosch Andrew Turnbull Alistair Warnock
Shooting
Men AthleteEventsRobert Carroll Standard pistol & Centre-Fire PistolStewart Cumming Double trapRobin Law 10 m Air RifleDavid Lewis Air pistol & Free PistolIan Marsden SkeetJonathan Reid TrapAlan Ritchie Air pistol & Free PistolGraham Rudd 50 m 3-Positions & 10 m Air RifleIan Shaw Fullbore rifleMartin Sinclair 50 m Prone Rifle & 50 m 3-PositionsNeil Stirton 50 m Prone RifleMike Thomson Skeet
Women AthleteEventsEmma Cole Hamilton 50 m 3-Positions & 10 m Air RifleSusan Jackson 50 m 3-Positions & 50 m Prone RifleShona Marshall Olympic TrapHeather Rudd 10 m Air RifleSheena Sharp 50 m Prone Rifle
Squash
Men AthleteEventsHarry Leitch singles, men's doublesJohn White singles, men's doubles Women AthleteEventsFrania Gillen-Buchert singles, women's doublesLouise Philip singles, women's doubles
Triathlon
Catriona Morrison Kerry Lang
Weightlifting
Peter Kirkbride (85 kg) Thomas Yule (91 kg)
See also Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland Scotland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
References
External links Scotland Commonwealth Games Team: Melbourne, Australia 2006