England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games


at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England. The country went by the abbreviation ENG and used the St George's Cross as flag and Land of Hope and Glory as the national anthem.
Diver Tony Ally bore England's flag at the opening ceremony whilst shooter Mick Gault bore the flag during the closing ceremony, both chosen by a vote of England team managers from a list of nominations.

Expectations

England entered these Games, held in Melbourne; Australia, after playing hosts to the previous Games in Manchester in Manchester 2002. The medal tally was not expected to be a large as at the 2002 Games, where England had a home advantage and achieved a total of 166 medals including 54 Gold, 51 Silver and 60 Bronze to finish in second place behind Australia. A strong second place in the medal tally was, however, still expected.
The country sent a large team, with competitors taking part in every sport in the schedule. The largest teams were sent in athletics and swimming and it was in these sports, along with cycling and shooting that the team hoped to win most medals. Though there were medal hopes across most sports.

Medals

SportTotal
Swimming811423
Shooting68519
Athletics64818
Boxing5128
Cycling45211
Gymnastics2226
Badminton2125
Squash2125
Table Tennis1113
Diving0213
Lawn Bowls0112
Rugby Sevens0101
Synchronised Swimming0101
Weightlifting0101
Basketball0022
Hockey0011
Netball0011
Triathlon0000
364034110

Medallists

MedalNameSportEvent
AthleticsWomen's 1,500m
AthleticsMen's Triple Jump
AthleticsMen's Decathlon
AthleticsMen's Javelin
AthleticsWomen's 400m
AthleticsWomen's Heptathlon
BadmintonWomen's Singles
& BadmintonMixed Doubles
BoxingMen's Flyweight 51 kg
BoxingMen's Featherweight 57 kg
BoxingMen's Lightweight 60 kg
BoxingMen's Light Welterweight 64 kg
BoxingMen's Super Heavyweight +91 kg
CyclingMen's Mountain Bike
CyclingMen's 4,000m Individual Pursuit
CyclingWomen's Sprint
,, & CyclingMen's Team Pursuit
GymnasticsWomen's Vault
GymnasticsMen's Pommel Horse
ShootingMen's 25m Standard Pistol
ShootingWomen's Double Trap
& ShootingMen's 50m Rifle Prone Pairs
& ShootingOpen Full Bore Pairs
& ShootingWomen's 50m Rifle 3 Position Pairs
& ShootingWomen's Double Trap Pairs
SquashMen's Singles
& SquashMen's Doubles
SwimmingMen's 100m Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 50m Backstroke
SwimmingMen's 100m Breaststroke
SwimmingMen's 50m Breaststroke
SwimmingWomen's 800m Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 200m Freestyle
SwimmingMen's 100m Backstroke
,, & SwimmingMen's 4x00m Freestyle Relay
Table TennisWomen's Singles EAD

Silver

Athletics:
Badminton:
Boxing:
Cycling:
Diving:
Gymnastics:
Lawn Bowls:
Rugby Sevens:
Shooting:
Squash:
Swimming:
Synchronised Swimming:
Table Tennis:
Weightlifting:

Bronze

Athletics:

Badminton:
Basketball:
Boxing:
Cycling:

Diving:
Gymnastics:
Hockey:
Lawn Bowls:
Netball:
Shooting:
Squash:
Swimming:
Table Tennis:

Athletics

Team England sent a team of 89 athletes to compete in the Commonwealth Games Athletics meet. The team won 18 medals at the 2006 Commonwealth Games Athletics Meet ; six gold, four silver and eight bronze.
;Men
;Track
;Field
;Combined events
;Women
;Track
;Field
;Combined events

Badminton

;Singles and Doubles events
;Mixed Team Event
TeamEventRoundOpponentMen's SinglesMen's DoublesWomen's SinglesWomen's DoublesMixed DoublesOverall

England
Mixed TeamPool Match 1
India		Aamir Ghaffar
2-1
Chetan Anand		Clark / Blair
2-0
Kumar / Thomas		Tracey Hallam
2-1
Lalji Popat		Emms / Kellogg
2-0
Gutta / Kurian		Emms / Robertson
2-0
Diji / Gutta		Won
5-0

England
Mixed TeamPool Match 2
Seychelles		Aamir Ghaffar
2-0
Georgie Cupidon		Clark / Blair
2-0
Malcouzane / Cupidon		Tracey Hallam
2-0
Juliette Ah-Wan		Nicholas / Tripp
2-0
Course / Ah-Wan		Emms / Robertson
2-0
Course / Malcouzane		Won
5-0

England
Mixed TeamPool Match 3
Trinidad
and Tobago		Aamir Ghaffar
2-0
Darron Charles		Clark / Blair
2-0
Pantin / Seepaul		Tracey Hallam
2-0
Nekeisha Blake		Emms / Kellogg
2-0
Blake / Quan Chee		Archer/Tripp
2-0
Quan Chee / Seepaul		Won
5-0

England
Mixed TeamQuarter Final
Canada		Simon Archer
0-2
Bobby Milroy		Clark / Blair
2-1
Beres / Milroy		Tracey Hallam
2-0
Charmaine Reid		Nicholas / Kellogg
2-0
Loker / Sun		n/aWon
3-1

England
Mixed TeamSemi Final
India		Aamir Ghaffar
0-2
Anup Sridhar		Clark / Blair
2-0
Kumar / Thomas		Tracey Hallam
0-2
Saina Nehwal		Emms / Kellogg
2-0
Gutta / Kurian		Emms / Robertson
2-0
Murgunde / Diji		Won
3-2

England
Mixed TeamFinal
Malaysia		Aamir Ghaffar
0-2
Lee Chong Wei		Clark / Blair
0-2
Chan / Koo		Tracey Hallam
1-2
Wong Mew Choo		n/aEmms / Robertson
2-0
Wong / Ooi
Lost
1-3

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Pool Classification
TeamWinsLosses
'30
'21
12
03

;Pool Matches
Pool B
;Knockout Matches
Semifinal
Bronze Medal Match

Women's tournament

;Pool Classification
TeamWinsLosses
'30
'21
12
03

;Pool Matches
Pool B
;Knockout Matches
Semifinal
Bronze Medal Match

Boxing

Road

AthleteEventTimeRank
Steve CummingsMen's Time Trial52:10.5814
Steve CummingsMen's Road Racel4:05:344
Paul ManningMen's Time Trial51:42.859
Paul ManningMen's Road RaceDNF-
Stuart DangerfieldMen's Time Trial50:57.006
Wendy HouvenaghelWomen's Time Trial39:46.026
Wendy HouvenaghelWomen's Road Race2:59:3214
Rachel HealeWomen's Time Trial39:36.375
Rachel HealeWomen's Road Race2:59:135
Amy HuntWomen's Road Race2:59:298
Charlotte GoldsmithWomen's Road Race2:59:3212
Nikki HarrisWomen's Road Race2:59:3213
Emma JonesWomen's Road Race3:01:4021
Russell DowningMen's Road Race4:21:0532
Ian StannardMen's Road RaceDNF-
Chris NewtonMen's Road RaceDNF-
Robin SharmanMen's Road RaceDNF-

AthleteEventTimeRank
Oli BeckingsaleMen's mountain bike2:13:26
Liam KilleenMen's mountain bike2:13:11
Simon RichardsonMen's mountain bike2:23:4412
Amy HuntWomen's mountain bike2:01:334

Diving

;Men

;Women

Men's tournament

Head Coach: Jason Lee

Women's tournament

Head Coach: Danny Kerry

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;Women
;Men
;Women
qualified for the event by being in the top six of the IFNA world rankings.
;Roster
;Group play
;Semi-final
;Bronze medal match

Rugby sevens

;Men
;Women
;Open
;Men
;Women
;Men
;Women
;Men
;Women
;Men's Team Event
Pool C
TeamWinsLosses
60
51
33
33
33
15
06

;Women's Team Event
Pool B
TeamWinsLosses
40
31
22
13
04

;Men
AthleteEvent1500m Swim40 km Cycle10 km RunTotal TimeRank
Stuart HayesIndividual17:48.161:01:03.3532:01.671:50:53.189
Will ClarkeIndividual17:47.161:01:04.9731:50.851:50:42.987
Tim DonIndividual17:43.171:01:08.5130:46.391:49:38.074

;Women
AthleteEvent1500m Swim40 km Cycle10 km RunTotal TimeRank
Liz BlatchfordIndividual18:24.441:05:46.3635:19.611:59:30.416
Julie DibensIndividual18:20.421:05:50.4336:51.312:01:02.1610
Andrea WhitcombeIndividual18:33.151:05:39.3735:59.282:00:11.807

Weightlifting

;Men
;Men - EAD
AthleteEventWeights LiftedFactored WeightRank
Jason IrvingOpen EAD167.5 kg180.8 kg
Anthony PeddleOpen EAD130.0 kg156.7 kg11

;Women