Malcolm Barnes

Malcolm Barnes
Personal information
Nickname
Wally
NationalityBritish (English)
Born1941 [1]
EducationHighbury County Grammar, North London
Sport
SportSwimming
ClubStoke Newington SC

Malcolm E. Barnes is a former swimmer who competed for England at the Commonwealth Games.

Biography

In May 1958 he took part in the Empire Games trials in Blackpool[3] and subsequently represented the English team[4] at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, Wales. He competed in the 440 yards freestyle event and helped England secure a fourth place finish in the final of the men's 4 x 220 yards freestyle relay, with Stanley Clarke, Neil McKechnie and Graham Symonds.[5][6]

He was a member of the Stoke Newington Swimming Club.

References

  1. ^ "Heston Make Amends". The Daily Telegraph. 10 September 1957. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Birth registration". FreeBMD. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. ^ "Sykes and Symonds chosen for trials". Coventry Evening Telegraph. 28 May 1958. p. 11. Retrieved 16 October 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Wales Cardiff 1958". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 15 November 2021. Retrieved 16 October 2025.
  5. ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  6. ^ "1958 Athletes". Team England.