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 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	31 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Matthew Guille
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Guernsey competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 April to 15 April 2018.[1] Guernsey's team 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 Matthew Guille 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)

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		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	—	did not advance
Lee Merrien	Men's Marathon	—				2:24:10	8
Sarah Mercier	Women's 5000 m	—				17:00.52	16

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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
		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	—	Eyram Migbodzi (GHA)  Stella Koteikai Amasah (GHA) W 2 – 0	Chloe Birch (ENG)  Jessica Pugh (ENG) L 0 – 2	did not advance
Elena Johnson Jordan Trebert	Mixed doubles	Brian Yang (CAN)  Michelle Li (CAN) L 0 – 2	did not advance
Chloe Le Tissier Stuart Hardy		Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)  Ashwini Ponnappa (IND) L 0 – 2	did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's entered one boxer.[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
William Le Poullain	−69 kg	Gul Zaib (PAK) L 2–3	did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Road

Men

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

Women

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

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Andrew Colver	Men's cross-country	-3LAP	21
James Roe		1:27:06	13
Michael Serafin		-1LAP	16

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Athlete	Event	Group Stage						Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Todd Priaulx	Men's Singles	Rusli (MAS) L 11 – 21	Bell (SAM) W 21 – 3	Burnett (SCO) L 13 – 21	Tagelagi (NIU) W 21 – 7	Omar (BRU) W 21 – 20	3	did not advance
Matthew Le Ber Matthew Solway	Men's Pairs	Canada L 14 – 16	Malta L 10 – 16	Australia L 15 – 18	Brunei W 20 – 12	—	4	did not advance
Lucy Beere	Women's Singles	Daniels (WAL) L 15 – 21	MacDonald (JER) W 21 – 12	Brown (SCO) L 6 – 21	Matali (BRU) L 17 – 21	—	4	did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Matthew Guille	50 metre rifle prone	601.7	24	did not advance
Darren Burtenshaw	Trap	102	30	did not advance
Stefan Roberts		108	21	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Nikki Trebert	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
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Overall	Rank
Adam Jory	Queen's prize individual	104-6v	14	148-12v	15	143-8v	23	395-26v	19
Peter Jory		103-9v	19	149-18v	8	147-10v	14	399–37	14
Adam Jory Peter Jory	Queen's prize pairs	294.30v	10	281-15v	9	—		575-45v	9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Thomas Hollingsworth	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
Miles Munro	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
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Tatiana Tostevin	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

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's entered one triathlete.[4]

Individual

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

References

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.
3. McKay, Duncan (29 September 2017). "Guernsey announce first selections for Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
4. "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.