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Commonwealth Youth Games Round Up Friday 3 December
On the final day of competition in Bendigo, Australia the Scottish team
have added another 26 medals to their final total, smashing last year's
medal total of 30, with a magnificent 52 medals, 12 gold, 17 silver, 23
bronze.
Swimming
It was another fantastic day for Scotland's swimming team who added a
further 14 medals to the table, 4 gold, 4 silver and 6 bronze, totalling
30 medals over the three days of competition.
In the Women's 100m Breaststroke, Kerry Buchan (Banchory) and Rebecca
Hillis (Neilston) dominated the race to win the gold and the silver in
times of 1:11.85 and 1:12.49 respectively.
In the Women's 200m Individual Medley, Lorna Smith (Paisley) won the gold
in a time of 2:20.76, with team mate, Gemma Sutherland (Aberdeen) coming
in third to take the bronze medal in a time of 2:21.61, while Hannah Miley
(Inverurie) came in seventh in a time of 2:24.71.
In the Men's 200m Butterfly, Charles Mills (Glasgow) won the gold with
a time of 2:05.27, closely followed by team mate, Malcolm Kerr (Edinburgh)
who won the silver in a time of 2:06.01, with Lewis Smith (Edinburgh)
coming in fifth.
Andrew Hunter (Berkhamstead, Scottish father) won gold in the Men's 400m
Freestyle 3:57.63 with fellow Scot, Robbie Renwick (Aberdeen) coming in
third to win the bronze in a time of 4:00.76.
Jenni Kilgallon (Dundee) won silver in the Women's 50m Freestyle in a
time of 26.74.
Hannah MiIey (Inverurie) won bronze in the Women's 200m Butterfly with
Louise Pate (Edinburgh) coming in fifth in a time of 2:22.34.
Mark Branch (Irvine) fought hard in the Men's 100m Breaststroke to win
a bronze in a time of 1:06.07.
In the Women's 50m Backstroke, Gemma Sutherland (Aberdeen) had a fantastic
swim and came away with the bronze in a time of 30.92, just .05 behind
South Africa's Lize-mari Retief.
Scott Houston (Dalry) won the bronze in the Men's 50m Backstroke event
in a time of 28.06.
In the 4x200m Freestyle Relay, the Men's team, Scott Houston (Dalry),
Lewis Smith, Robbie Renwick and Andrew Hunter won the silver medal, after
a fast last leg by Andrew Hunter, in a time of 7:48.42, while the Women's
team just missed out on a bronze medal by .32 secs, to South Africa. The
team swam 8:40.08.
Athletics
In the Women's Relay, Noni Mordi (Cupar), Kim Skinner (Stenhousemuir),
Gemma Nicol (Dunfermline) and Morag McLarty (Auchterarder) won silver
in a time of 3:53.82, while Kris Robertson (Bishopbriggs) narrowly missed
out on a bronze medal in the Men's 400m final to England's Richard Buck.
Laura Chalmers (Elgin) won the bronze medal in the hammer event, with
a throw of 46.79.
Badminton
The Scottish badminton team fought back in the third and fourth round
to face New Zealand in the final to determine the 5th and 6th placings.
Calum Menzies (Falkirk) breezed through his first game, beating New Zealand's
Alan Chan 15-7, 15-8 in the Men's Singles event. After losing her first
game 5-11, Julie Boyd (Fauldhouse) fought back to win her next two games
11-8, 11-5.
In what was a very close match, the Women's Doubles team, Imogen Bankier
(Milngavie) and Emma Mason (Edinburgh) went to three games after they
lost their second game 15-17 to win 17-15, 15-17, 15-8. In the Men's Doubles
event, Stuart Gilliland (Glasgow) and Calum Menzies fought hard but failed
to beat the strong New Zealand side, losing 9-15, 17-15, 14-17.
The Mixed Doubles pair, Watson Briggs (Renfrew) and Imogen Bankier also
won their final match 15-13, 15-10.
The Scottish team beat New Zealand 4-1 overall to come in fifth on the
final day of the competition.
Ray Stevens said: "I am pleased with the overall performance of the
team. The first four teams were very good and we finished in the correct
place. However, we were lacking a vital combination that would have made
all the difference to us moving up in the ranking."
Bowls
The bowling competition was undecided right up until the last ends. The
final results depended on the performances of all of the bowlers in the
competition. Unfortunately a combination of Scottish loss to Australia
and an English win saw Michelle Cooper (Kilwinning) and Martyn Rice (Dumfries)
missing out on the singles medals and also the team gold, while the mixed
pairs team, Mandy O'Donnell (Edinburgh) and Marc McGraw (Hamilton) came
away with a silver medal after beating England 20-15 in the final round.
Celia Smith, Scotland Team Manager for bowls, was delighted with the
performances of the young bowlers and said: "They fought to the end
and all through the tournament they played as a team".
Boxing
It was another great day for Scotland's boxers with Jo Kelso, Andrew
McKelvie and Gary McMillan winning a bronze apiece in the 57kg, 64kg and
75kg categories respectively.
In the final of the 60kg category, David Appleby fought hard but was beaten
by England's Gary Barker to win silver. Jason Hastie also faced a tough
opponent in England's Liam Walsh and came away with a silver medal in
the 54kg category.
John McKay, National Boxing coach said: "All of the boxers performed
extremely well. David Appleby's final point difference did not reflect
the true nature of the fight. He is a real prospect for Melbourne 2006.
This experience will hold him in good stead if he makes the selection."
Cycling
In the Men's Points Race 20km, 16 year old Kevin Barclay (Glenrothes)
produced a fantastic performance to come in tenth overall with fellow
Scot, Stuart McManus (Glasgow) coming in thirteenth.
Despite a disastrous start in the Women's Cross Country event, when the
chain on her bike broke, forcing her to drop out of the race, Catherine
Niblock (Dumfries) put in a brave performance in the 40-50km Road race
to come in fifteenth.
Gymnastics
It was a tremendous day for Scotland's Adam Cox (Livingston) who won
a total of three medals.
Adam added another gold medal to his belt in the High Bar event with an
average score of 8.875, followed by a further two bronze medals in the
Floor Exercise and Pommel Horse.
In an extremely close competition, Scotland's Carol Galashan (Warrington,
Scottish father), Rosalie Hutton (Norfolk, Scottish father) and Helen
Galashan (Warringston, Scottish father) came in seventh, eighth and ninth
in the Women's Individual All Round event.
Rugby 7's
After a close quarter final game, Scotland lost 10-7 to Australia and
went on to face Singapore in the semi-finals where their spirits were
lifted by a 52-0 victory.
In the grand final the team faced a very strong South African side and
lost 5-12, finishing sixth overall.
Peter Gallacher and Rob Moffat (team manager and coach) said: "The
team
raised their game on the second day of the competition after a
disappointing start. The playing in this event will stand them in good
stead for the future and the experience of playing against Southern hemisphere
teams in Australia will be extremely beneficial."
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