Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Scotland at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeSCO
CGACommonwealth Games Scotland
Websitegoscotland.org
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors166
Flag bearer (opening)Ian Marsden[1]
Flag bearer (closing)Gregor Tait[1]
Officials70
Medals
Ranked 6th
Gold
11
Silver
7
Bronze
11
Total
29
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Scotland competed at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, from 15 to 26 March 2006.[2]

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.[3] 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.[4]

Medals

                  Total
Scotland 11 7 11 29

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

  • Main article: Diving at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
  • 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

Women

Badminton

Men

Athlete Events Club
Andrew Bowman mixed doubles Bellshill

Women

Athlete Events Club
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

Cycling

Men

Women

Gymnastics

Men

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

Head coach: Mathias Ahrens

Reserves: Gareth Hall and Derek Salmond.

Women

Head coach: Lesley Hobley

Reserves: Holly Cram and Katrina Cameron.

Lawn bowls

Men

Athlete Events Club
Darren Burnett singles Arbroath BC
Paul Foster pairs Troon Portland BC
Alex Marshall pairs Gifford BC
David Peacock triples Danderhall BC
Colin Mitchell triples Carrick Knowe
Colin Peacock triples Marchmount BC, Dumfries

Women

Athlete Events Club
Margaret Letham singles Burbank Hamilton BC
Kay Moran pairs Crookston BC
Joyce Lindores pairs Ettrick Forest BC
Linda Brennan triples Blantyre BC
Betty Forsyth triples Blantyre BC
Seona Black triples Bonnybridge BC

Rugby sevens

Shooting

Men

  • Robert Carroll – Standard pistol & Centre-Fire Pistol
  • Stewart Cumming – Double trap
  • Robin Law – 10 m Air Rifle
  • David Lewis – Air pistol & Free Pistol
  • Ian Marsden – Skeet
  • Jonathan Reid – Trap
  • Alan Ritchie – Air pistol & Free Pistol
  • Graham Rudd – 50 m 3-Positions & 10 m Air Rifle
  • Ian Shaw – Fullbore rifle
  • Martin Sinclair – 50 m Prone Rifle & 50 m 3-Positions
  • Neil Stirton – 50 m Prone Rifle
  • Michael Thomson – Skeet

Women

  • Emma Cole Hamilton – 50 m 3-Positions & 10 m Air Rifle
  • Susan Jackson – 50 m 3-Positions & 50 m Prone Rifle
  • Shona Marshall – Olympic Trap
  • Heather Rudd – 10 m Air Rifle
  • Sheena Sharp – 50 m Prone Rifle

Squash

Triathlon

Weightlifting

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Melbourne 2006 Facts". Team Scotland. Archived from the original on 31 March 2021. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Scotland Melbourne 2006". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 17 October 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ^ "Scotland Commonwealth Games squad". BBC Sport. 7 February 2006. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Medal Standings Melbourne 2006". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 27 October 2021. Retrieved 10 January 2026.
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