England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

England at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
England at the; 2006 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	ENG
CGA	Commonwealth Games England
Website	weareengland.org
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors	348 (185 Men, 163 Women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers	Opening: Tony Ally (Diver); Closing: Mick Gault (Shooter)
Officials	173
Medals ; Ranked 2nd	Gold36Silver40Bronze34Total110
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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Last updated September 10, 2025

England at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE). 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.

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

Sport	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
Swimming	8	11	4	23
Shooting	6	8	5	19
Athletics	6	4	8	18
Boxing	5	1	2	8
Cycling	4	5	2	11
Gymnastics	2	2	2	6
Badminton	2	1	2	5
Squash	2	1	2	5
Table Tennis	1	1	1	3
Diving	0	2	1	3
Lawn Bowls	0	1	1	2
Rugby Sevens	0	1	0	1
Synchronised Swimming	0	1	0	1
Weightlifting	0	1	0	1
Basketball	0	0	2	2
Hockey	0	0	1	1
Netball	0	0	1	1
Triathlon	0	0	0	0
England	36	40	34	110

Medallists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Lisa Dobriskey	Athletics	Women's 1,500m
Gold	Phillips Idowu	Athletics	Men's Triple Jump
Gold	Dean Macey	Athletics	Men's Decathlon
Gold	Nicholas Nieland	Athletics	Men's Javelin
Gold	Christine Ohuruogu	Athletics	Women's 400m
Gold	Kelly Sotherton	Athletics	Women's Heptathlon
Gold	Tracey Hallam	Badminton	Women's Singles
Gold	Gail Emms & Nathan Robertson	Badminton	Mixed Doubles
Gold	Don Broadhurst	Boxing	Men's Flyweight 51 kg
Gold	Stephen Smith	Boxing	Men's Featherweight 57 kg
Gold	Frankie Gavin	Boxing	Men's Lightweight 60 kg
Gold	James Russan	Boxing	Men's Light Welterweight 64 kg
Gold	David Price	Boxing	Men's Super Heavyweight +91 kg
Gold	Liam Killeen	Cycling	Men's Mountain Bike
Gold	Paul Manning	Cycling	Men's 4,000m Individual Pursuit
Gold	Victoria Pendleton	Cycling	Women's Sprint
Gold	Paul Manning , Steve Cummings , Rob Hayles & Chris Newton	Cycling	Men's Team Pursuit
Gold	Imogen Cairns	Gymnastics	Women's Vault
Gold	Louis Smith	Gymnastics	Men's Pommel Horse
Gold	Mick Gault	Shooting	Men's 25m Standard Pistol
Gold	Charlotte Kerwood	Shooting	Women's Double Trap
Gold	Chris Hector & Mike Babb	Shooting	Men's 50m Rifle Prone Pairs
Gold	Glyn Barnett & Parag Patel	Shooting	Open Full Bore Pairs
Gold	Louise Minett & Becky Spicer	Shooting	Women's 50m Rifle 3 Position Pairs
Gold	Charlotte Kerwood & Rachel Parish	Shooting	Women's Double Trap Pairs
Gold	Peter Nicol	Squash	Men's Singles
Gold	Lee Beachill & Peter Nicol	Squash	Men's Doubles
Gold	Simon Burnett	Swimming	Men's 100m Freestyle
Gold	Matthew Clay	Swimming	Men's 50m Backstroke
Gold	Chris Cook	Swimming	Men's 100m Breaststroke
Gold	Chris Cook	Swimming	Men's 50m Breaststroke
Gold	Rebecca Cooke	Swimming	Women's 800m Freestyle
Gold	Ross Davenport	Swimming	Men's 200m Freestyle
Gold	Liam Tancock	Swimming	Men's 100m Backstroke
Gold	Simon Burnett , Alexander Scotcher , Dean Milwain & Ross Davenport	Swimming	Men's 4x00m Freestyle Relay
Gold	Susan Gilroy	Table Tennis	Women's Singles EAD

Silver

Athletics:

Martyn Bernard, Men's High Jump

Natasha Danvers, Women's 400 m Hurdles

Joanne Pavey, Women's 5000 m

Emma Ania, Anyika Onuora, Laura Turner & Kim Wall, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

Badminton:

Mixed Team

Boxing:

Darran Langley, Light Flyweight 48 kg

Cycling:

Rob Hayles, Men's 4000 m Individual Pursuit

Victoria Pendleton, Women's 500 m Time Trial

Jason Queally, Men's 1 km Time Trial

Oli Beckinsale, Men's Mountain Bike

Men's Team Sprint

Diving:

Peter Waterfield, Men's 10 Platform

Men's Synchronised 3 m Springboard

Gymnastics:

Shavahn Church, Women's Uneven Bars

Women's Artistic Team

Lawn Bowls:

Men's Pairs

Rugby Sevens:

Men's

Shooting:

Mike Babb, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone

Mick Gault, Men's 50 m Pistol

Rachel Parish, Women's Double Trap

Patel Parag, Open Full Bore

Men's 10 m Air Pistol Pairs

Men's 25 m Centre Fire Pistol Pairs

Men's Skeet Pairs

Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs

Squash:

Vicky Botwright & James Willstrop, Mixed Doubles

Swimming:

Simon Burnett, Men's 200 m Freestyle

Rebecca Cooke, Women's 400 m Individual Medley

James Gibson, Men' 100 m Breaststroke

Joanne Jackson, Women's 400 m Freestyle

Melanie Marshall, Women's 200 m Backstroke

Darren Mew, Men's 50 m Breaststroke

Liam Tancock, Men's 50 m Backcrawl

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

Women's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay

Synchronised Swimming:

Jenna Randall, Synchronised Swimming Solo

Table Tennis:

Andrew Baggaley & Andrew Rushton, Men's Doubles

Weightlifting:

Jason Irving, Open EAD Powerlifting

Bronze

Athletics:

Jessica Ennis, Women's Heptathlon

Stephen Lewis, Men's Pole Vault

Dan Robinson, Men's Marathon

Lorraine Shaw, Women's Hammer

Andrew Turner, Men's 110 m Hurdles

Nadia Williams, Women's Triple Jump

Mara Yamauchi, Women's 10000 m

Elizabeth Yelling, Women's Marathon

Badminton:

Robert Blair & Anthony Clark, Men's Doubles

Gail Emms & Donna Kellogg, Women's Doubles

Basketball:

Men's basketball

Women's basketball

Boxing:

Neil Perkins, Welterweight 69 kg

James Degale, Middleweight 75 kg

Cycling:

Stephen Cummings, Men's Individual Pursuit

Emma Jones, Women's Individual Pursuit

Diving:

Women's Synchronised 3 m Springboard

Gymnastics:

Becky Downie, Women's Beam

Men's Artistic Team

Hockey:

Women's Hockey

Lawn Bowls:

Women's Triples

Netball:

Women's Netball

Shooting:

Pinky Le Grelle, Women's Skeet

Men's 50 m Pistol Pairs

Men's 50 m Rifle 3 Positions Pairs

Men's Double Trap Pairs

Women's 10 m Air Pistol Pairs

Squash:

Lee Beachill, Men's Singles

Tania Bailey & Vicky Botwright, Women's Doubles

Swimming:

Terri Dunning, Women's 200 m Butterfly

Melanie Marshall, Women's 200 m Freestyle

Melanie Marshall, Women's 100 m Backstroke

Matthew Benedict Walker, Men's 50 m EAD Freestyle

Table Tennis:

Catherine Mitton, Women's Singles EAD

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

Athlete	Events	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Andrew Baddeley	1500 m					3:40.60	7 Q	4:24.14	12
Adam Bowden	3000 m steeplechase							8:43.08	9
Darren Campbell	200 m	20.94	14 Q	DSQ	–	did not advance
Matt Cliff	100 m EAD (T12)					12.42	12	did not advance
Marlon Devonish	100 m	10.23	2 Q	10.21	2 Q	10.27	8 Q	10.30	8
Marlon Devonish	200 m	20.70	5 Q	20.60	8 Q	20.93	9	did not advance
Matthew Douglas	400 m hurdles			50.71	13 Q	50.56	11	did not advance
Mo Farah	5000 m							13:40.53	9
Jason Gardener	100 m	10.41	7 Q	10.58	20	did not advance
Damien Greaves	110 m hurdles					13.71	9	did not advance
Luke Gunn	3000 m steeplechase							9:08.02	9
David Hughes	110 m hurdles					13.58	4 Q	13.70	7
Daniel King	20km walk							1:31:17	6
Dominic King	20km walk							1:32:21	7
Chris Lambert	200 m	21.20	25 Q	DNS	–	did not advance
Mark Lewis-Francis	100 m	10.20	1 Q	10.41	12 Q	DSQ	–	did not advance
Nick McCormick	1500 m					3:38.66	4 Q	3:39.55	5
Andrew Penn	20km walk							1:32:54	8
Chris Rawlinson	400 m hurdles			49.67	3 Q	49.21	5 Q	52.89	8
Dan Robinson	Marathon							2:14:50
Martyn Rooney	400 m	45.69	3 Q			45.35	4 Q	45.51	5
Stuart Stokes	3000 m steeplechase							8:29.94	5
Gavin Thompson	10000 m							29:41.77	8
Robert Tobin	400 m	46.20	14 Q			45.74	11	did not advance
Andrew Turner	110 m hurdles					13.62	5 Q	13.70
Mark Lewis-Francis Andrew Turner Darren Campbell Marlon Devonish	4 × 100 m relay					DNF	–	did not advance
Andrew Steele Martyn Rooney Matthew Douglas Robert Tobin Marlon Devonish	4 × 400 m relay					3:03.91	2 Q	3:02.01	4

Q : Qualified for next round
DNS : Did not start race
DNF : Did not finish race
DSQ : Disqualified
EAD (T12) : event for athlete with a disability (sight impaired category)

Field

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Martyn Bernard	High Jump	2.15	5 Q	2.26
Simon Bown	Hammer			65.42	6
Nick Buckfield	Pole Vault			5.35	4
Ben Challenger	High Jump	2.10	8 Q	2.15	8
Andrew Frost	Hammer			72.62	4
Phillips Idowu	Triple Jump			17.45
Michael Jones	Hammer			70.09	5
Steve Lewis	Pole Vault			5.50
Carl Myerscough	Shot Put	18.95	3 Q	19.07	4
Carl Myerscough	Discus	58.29	7 Q	60.64	5
Nick Nieland	Javelin			80.10
David Parker	Javelin			72.95	9
Tom Parsons	High Jump	2.15	4 Q	2.10	11
Mark Proctor	Shot Put	15.91	11 Q	17.59	8
Scott Rider	Shot Put	17.86	6 Q	17.10	9
Greg Rutherford	Long Jump	7.83	6 Q	7.85	8
Chris Tomlinson	Long Jump	7.67	10 Q	7.96	6
Emeka Udechuku	Discus	57.90	8 Q	59.36	7

Q : Qualified for final

Combined events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Discipline	Result	Points	Rank
Dean Macey	Decathlon	100m	11.17	823	5
		Long Jump	7.28	881	2
		Shot Put	15.83	841	1
		High Jump	2.08	878	1
		400m	49.63	832	3
		110m hurdles	14.94	857	5
		Discus	46.76	803	3
		Pole Vault	4.70	819	1
		Javelin	56.93	692	4
		1500m	4:34.22	717	3
		Overall	–	8143

Women
Track

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Emma Ania	100m	11.44	6 Q	11.45	8 Q	11.51	8
Joanna Ankier	3000m steeplechase					9:53.12	7
Tina Brown	3000m steeplechase					10:09.14	8
Helen Clitheroe	1500m	1:11.05	7 Q			4:06.81	4
Natasha Danvers-Smith	400m hurdles	55.47	2 Q			55.17
Lisa Dobriskey	1500m	4:10.02	3 Q			4:06.21
Donna Fraser	400m	DNS	–	did not advance
Natalie Harvey	5000m					15:51.94	9
Johanna Jackson	20km walk					1:42:04	7
Debra Mason	Marathon					DNF	–
Niobe Menendez	20km walk					1:47:35	8
Christine Ohuruogu	400m	51.97	3 Q	50.87	1 Q	50.28
Marilyn Okoru	800m	2:05:01	15 Q	2:00:84	4 Q	2:01.65	7
Anyika Onuora	100m	11.59	15 Q	11.46	9	did not advance
Jo Pavey	5000m					14:59.08
Julie Pratt	100m hurdles	13.49	8 Q			13.48	6
Nicola Sanders	400m hurdles	55.76	4 Q			55.32	4
Jemma Simpson	800m	2:03.49	5 Q	2:01.78	8 Q	2:01.11	6
Laura Turner	100m	11.43	4 Q	11.38	4 Q	11.46	4
Kimberly Wall	400m	53.05	13 Q	53.75	19	did not advance
Shelley Woods	800m EAD (T54)					1:58.92	7
Mara Yamauchi	10000m					31:49.40
Hayley Yelling	10000m					32:32.38	6
Liz Yelling	Marathon					2:32:19
Nwnyika Onoura Kimberly Wall Laura Turner Emma Ania	4 × 100 m relay					43.43
Christine Ohuruogu Nicola Sanders Natasha Danvers-Smith Kimberly Wall	4 × 400 m relay					DSQ	–

Q : Qualified for next round
DNF : Did not finish
DNS : Did not start
DSQ : Disqualified
EAD (T54) : Events for athletes with a disability (wheelchair racing category)

Field

Athlete	Events	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Events	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Julia Bennett	High Jump			1.78	9
Kate Dennison	Pole Vault	4.00	4 Q	4.15	7
Zoe Derham	Hammer			61.92	5
Joanne Duncan	Shot Put			16.42	8
Julie Dunkley	Shot Put			15.98	10
Shelley Holroyd	Javelin			49.46	10
Jade Johnston	Long Jump	6.52	3	6.55	5
Susan Moncrieff	High Jump			1.83	6
Kara Nwidobie	Discus			50.18	12
Michelle Robinson	Hammer			12.80	7
Goldie Sayers	Javelin			57.29	5
Lorainne Shaw	Hammer			66.00
Claire Smithson	Discus			54.34	8
Ellie Spain	Pole Vault	3.90	12 Q	4.00	11
Nadia Williams	Triple Jump			13.42

Combined events

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Discipline	Result	Points	Rank
Kelly Sotherton	Heptathlon	100m hurdles	13.29	1081	2
		High Jump	1.85	1041	2
		Shot Put	13.74	777	2
		200m	23.56	1023	2
		Long Jump	6.51	1010	2
		Javelin	32.04	515	11
		800m	2:11.08	949	4
		Overall	–	6396

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Discipline	Result	Points	Rank
Jessica Ennis	Heptathlon	100m hurdles	13.32	1077	3
		High Jump	1.91	1119	1
		Shot Put	11.87	653	8
		200m	23.80	1000	3
		Long Jump	6.15	896	5
		Javelin	36.39	598	9
		800m	2:12.66	926	5
		Overall	–	6269

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Discipline	Result	Points	Rank
Julie Hollman	Heptathlon	100m hurdles	13.85	1000	6
		High Jump	1.82	1003	4
		Shot Put	11.63	637	10
		200m	24.82	903	6
		Long Jump	6.15	896	5
		Javelin	42.80	721	4
		800m	2:19.09	836	8
		Overall	–	6002	6

Badminton

Singles and Doubles events

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Aamir Ghaffar	Men's singles	bye	Pantin (TRI) W 2–0	Tan Wei Kiat (SIN) W 2–0	Karunaratne (SRI) W 2–0	Lee (MAS) L 0–2	Anand (IND) L 1–2	–
Tracey Hallam	Women's singles	bye	Nabawesi (UGA) W 2–0	Morgan (WAL) W 2–0	Hindley (NZL) W 2–0	Cann W 2–0	Wong (MAS) W 2–0
Anthony Clark / Robert Blair	Men's Doubles		bye	Pantin / Seepaul (TRI) W 2–0	Shirley / Moody (NZL) W 2–0	Wong / Choong (MAS) L 2–0	Brehaut / Denney (AUS) W 2–0
Joanne Nicholas / Ella Tripp	Women's Doubles		bye	Murgunde / Nehwal (IND) L 1–2	did not advance			-
Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg	Women's Doubles		bye	Lucas / Wilson-Smith (AUS) W 2–0	Gutta / Kurian (IND) W 2–0	Jiang / Li (SIN) L 2–0	Murgunde / Nehwal (IND) W 2–0
Simon Archer / Ella Tripp	Mixed Doubles	Vaughan / Morgan (WAL) W 2–0	Brehaut / Carroll (AUS) W 2–0	Milroy / Sun (CAN) L 1–2	did not advance			-
Gail Emms / Nathan Robertson	Mixed Doubles	bye	Wong / Ooi (MAS) W 2–0	Cooper / Shirley (NZL) W 2–0	Bowman / Miller (SCO) W 2–0	Saputra / Li (SIN) W 2–1	Shirley / Runesten Petersen (NZL) W 2–0

Mixed Team Event

Team	Event	Round	Opponent	Men's Singles	Men's Doubles	Women's Singles	Women's Doubles	Mixed Doubles	Overall
England	Mixed Team	Pool 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
		Pool 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
		Pool 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
		Quarter 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/a	Won 3–1
		Semi 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
		Final	Malaysia	Aamir Ghaffar 0–2 Lee Chong Wei	Clark / Blair 0–2 Chan / Koo	Tracey Hallam 1–2 Wong Mew Choo	n/a	Emms / Robertson 2–0 Wong / Ooi	Lost 1–3

Basketball

Team	Events	Group Stage			Semifinal	Final	Rank
Team	Events	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Opposition	Rank
England Joe Donaghey John Amaechi Ronnie Baker Andrew Bridge Steven Bucknall Fab Flournoy Jermaine Forbes Delme Herriman Julius Joseph Mike Martin Robert Reed Andrew Sullivan Richard Windle	Men's Basketball	Barbados W75–59	New Zealand L 63–84	South Africa W95–53	Australia L 75–101	Nigeria W95–53
England Rosalee Mason Claire Maytham Sally Kaznica Kristy Lavin Caroline Ayres Louise Gamman Jo Sarjant Andrea Congreaves Shelly Boston Katie Crowley Gillian D'Hondt Jane Thackray	Women's Basketball	Australia L 43–95	India W146–46	Mozambique W104–26	New Zealand L 67–74	Nigeria W78–75

Men's tournament

Pool Classification

Team	Wins	Losses
New Zealand	3	0
England	2	1
Barbados	1	2
South Africa	0	3

Pool Matches

Pool B

16 March 2006

England	75–59	Barbados
Scoring by quarter:14–13, 21–16, 11–23, 39–7

Melbourne, Australia

18 March 2006

England	63–84	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 17–18, 12–21, 11–18, 23–27

Melbourne, Australia

20 March 2006

England	95–53	South Africa
Scoring by quarter:22–14, 25–12, 22–12, 26–15

Melbourne, Australia

Knockout Matches

Semifinal

3 March 2006

England	75–101	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 23–27, 23–23, 12–27, 17–24

Melbourne, Australia

Bronze Medal Match

3 March 2006

England	90–57	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 15–15, 30–12, 222–15, 13–15

Melbourne, Australia

Women's tournament

Pool Classification

Team	Wins	Losses
Australia	3	0
England	2	1
India	1	2
Mozambique	0	3

Pool Matches

Pool B

16 March 2006

England	43–95	Australia
Scoring by quarter: 17–21, 11–26, 8–22, 7–26

Melbourne, Australia

18 March 2006

England	84–46	Mozambique
Scoring by quarter:22–16, 22–6, 20–11, 20–13

Melbourne, Australia

20 March 2006

England	104–57	India
Scoring by quarter:25–19, 38–16, 11–6, 30–16

Melbourne, Australia

Knockout Matches

Semifinal

21 March 2006

England	67–74	New Zealand
Scoring by quarter: 13–19, 16–19, 23–23, 15–13

Melbourne, Australia

Bronze Medal Match

23 March 2006

England	78–75	Nigeria
Scoring by quarter: 16–17, 20–13, 19–16, 23–29

Melbourne, Australia

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Darran Langley	48 kg	bye	Mayengbam W 20–12	Zamzai W 26–23	Nasir W 19–13	Uutoni L 24–37
Don Broadhurst	51 kg	bye	Hore W 26–18	Lindberg W 36–27	Kumar W 31–26	Chauke W RSC R3
Nick MacDonald	54 kg	bye	Mahlangu L 11–19	did not advance			-
Stephen Smith	57 kg	bye	Neequaye W RSC R3	Prasad W RET R3	Edwards W 29–15	Mehrullah W 20–10
Frankie Gavin	60 kg	Bobirnat W 16–5	Bhagwan W 20–8	Lawal W RSC R3	Zappavigna W RSC R3	Frontin W 23–9
James Russan	64 kg	Christodoulou W 22–10	Nkabiti W RSC R2	Kidd W 33–26	Crees W RET R1	Kopo W WO
Neil Perkins	69 kg	Saragu W 13–7	Trupish W 23–13	Hamill W 36–19	Vijender L 14–22	did not advance
James Degale	75 kg	Naivaqa W RSC R1	Benson W RSC R2	Shisia W 24–11	Fletcher L 13–17	did not advance
Tony Jeffries	81 kg	Wulf RSC R1	Mohale RSC R2	Anderson L 12–17	did not advance		-
Danny Price	91 kg		Pitt L 12–16	did not advance			-
David Price	91+ kg		Rasaubale W RSC R1	Weenink W RSC R2	Johnson W RSC R4	Evans W RSC R3

RSC : referee stopped contest
RET : retired (hurt)
WO : walkover

Cycling

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Steve Cummings	Men's Time Trial	52:10.58	14
Steve Cummings	Men's Road Racel	4:05:34	4
Paul Manning	Men's Time Trial	51:42.85	9
Paul Manning	Men's Road Race	DNF	-
Stuart Dangerfield	Men's Time Trial	50:57.00	6
Wendy Houvenaghel	Women's Time Trial	39:46.02	6
Wendy Houvenaghel	Women's Road Race	2:59:32	14
Rachel Heale	Women's Time Trial	39:36.37	5
Rachel Heale	Women's Road Race	2:59:13	5
Amy Hunt	Women's Road Race	2:59:29	8
Charlotte Goldsmith	Women's Road Race	2:59:32	12
Nikki Harris	Women's Road Race	2:59:32	13
Emma Jones	Women's Road Race	3:01:40	21
Russell Downing	Men's Road Race	4:21:05	32
Ian Stannard	Men's Road Race	DNF	-
Chris Newton	Men's Road Race	DNF	-
Robin Sharman	Men's Road Race	DNF	-

DNF : did not finish

Track

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Last 16		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Paul Manning	Men's Individual Pursuit	4:21.801	1 QG							Hayles – 4:21.801 W – 0.036s
Rob Hayles	Men's Individual Pursuit	4:21.837	2 QG							Manning – 4:21.837 L + 0.036s
Rob Hayles	Men's Scratch Race	-	5 Q							DSQ	24
Steve Cummings	Men's Individual Pursuit	4:25.570	4 QB							Allen – 4:24.767 W – 5.552s
Jason Queally	Men's 1000m time trial									1:01.849
Victoria Pendleton	Women's 500m time trial									34.662
Victoria Pendleton	Women's Sprint	11.275	1 Q	Kate Cullen W	1 Q			Elisabeth Williams W 2–0	1 QG	Anna Meares W 2–1
Jamie Staff	Men's keirin	–	2 QG	–	5	did not advance
Matthew Crampton	Men's keirin	–	5	did not advance
Matthew Crampton	Men's Sprint	10.307	2 Q	Nathan Seddon W	1 Q	Ricardo Lynch W	1 Q	Ryan Bayley L 0–2	2 QB	Travis Smith L 0–2	4
Emma Jones	Women's Points Race									4 pts	7
Emma Jones	Women's Individual Pursuit	3:38.791	3 QB							Shanks – 3:40.057 W – 0.819s
Wendy Houvenaghel	Women's Individual Pursuit	DSQ	-							did not advance
Nikki Harris	Women's Points Race									3 pts	8
Ian Stannard	Men's Points Race	27 pts	3 QG							0 pts	18
Ian Stannard	Men's Scratch race	=	13							did not advance
Andy Tennant	Men's Points Race	7 pts	7 QG							43 pts	10
Edward Clancy	Men's Points Race	5 pts	10 QG							66 pts	7
Edward Clancy	Men's Scratch Racce	-	4 QG							DNS	-
England Steve Cummings Rob Hayles Paul Manning Chris Newtown	Men's Team Pursuit	4:05.248	1 QG							Australia Ashley Hutchinson Matthew Goss Stephen Wooldridge 4:02.699 W – 2.795
England Jason Queally Jamie Staff Matthew Crampton	Men's Team Sprint	44.564	2 QG							Scotland Ross Edgar Chris Hoy Craig MacLean 44.309 L + 0.027

QG – qualified for Gold Final
QB – qualified for Bronze Final

Mountain bike

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Oli Beckingsale	Men's mountain bike	2:13:26
Liam Killeen	Men's mountain bike	2:13:11
Simon Richardson	Men's mountain bike	2:23:44	12
Amy Hunt	Women's mountain bike	2:01:33	4

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary Set	Final Set	Total Score
Athlete	Event	Preliminary Set	Final Set	Score	Rank
Peter Waterfield	Men's 1m Springboard	369.35	382.45	751.80	4
Ben Swain	Men's 1m Springboard	357.70	353.65	711.35	6
Gareth Jones	Men's 1m Springboard	317.55	289.95	607.50	10

1 m: Ben Swain, Peter Waterfield
3 m: Ben Swain, Tony Ally
10 m: Peter Waterfield, Gareth Jones, Leon Taylor
3 m synchro: Tony Ally/Mark Shipman
10 m synchro: Callum Johnstone/Gary Hunt, Peter Waterfield/Leon Taylor

Women

1 m: Tandi Indergaard
3 m: Rebecca Gallentree, Hayley Sage, Tandi Indergaard
10 m: Sarah Barrow, Stacie Powell, Tonia Couch
3 m Synchro: Tandi Indergaard/Hayley Sage
10 m Synchro: Stacie Powell/Tonia Couch, Brooke Graddon/Sarah Barrow

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Head coach: Jason Lee

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Ryan Bradley
Ross Brewer
Luke Folwell
Louis Smith
Kristian Thomas

Women

Beth Tweddle (Team captain, withdrew due to injury)
Imogen Cairns
Shavahn Church
Hannah Clowes
Becky Downie

Rhythmic

Lawn bowls

Men

Mark Bantock
Ian Bond
Stephen Farish
Mervyn King
Robert Newman
Andy Thomson

Women

Jean Baker
Ellen Falkner
Susan Harriott
Katherine Hawes
Amy Monkhouse
Catherine Popple

Netball

England finished third in the netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. In the bronze medal match, they defeated Jamaica 53–52.^[1]^[2]

Pool 1

Friday 17 March 18:30 (UTC+11)	Report Stats	England	63–47	Malawi	Umpires: Stacey Campton Bronwyn Meek Reserve umpire: Carolene Logan
		Scoring by quarter:20-11, 16-13, 14-12, 13-11
		Rachel Dunn 23/33 (70%) Louisa Brownfield 19/28 (68%) Pamela Cookey 13/14 (93%) Abby Teare 8/12 (67%)		Linda Magombo 34/41 (83%) Mary Waya 11/17 (65%) Annie Mopiha 1/1 (100%) Peace Chawinga 1/1 (100%)

Saturday 18 March 13:00 (UTC+11)	Report Stats	England	60–41	Fiji	Umpires: Chris Campbell Bronwyn Meek Reserve umpire: Christine Robinson
		Scoring by quarter:18-9, 15-9, 10-14, 17-9
		Rachel Dunn 30/36 (83%) Pamela Cookey 24/35 (69%) Abby Teare 6/9 (67%)		Matelita Shaw 24/30 (80%) Taraima Rara 17/23 (74%)

Monday 20 March 18:30 (UTC+11)	Report Stats	England	78–18	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Umpires: Stacey Campton Amanda Nottingham Reserve umpire: Carolene Logan
		Scoring by quarter:20-6, 23-3, 19-6, 16-3
		Louisa Brownfield 26/30 (87%) Abby Teare 16/20 (80%) Rachel Dunn 14/15 (93%) Pamela Cookey 13/17 (76%) Ama Agbeze 9/17 (53%)		Samathea Christopher 14/19 (74%) Nicole Sandy 2/5 (40%) Galeine Gordon 2/7 (29%)

Wednesday 22 March 20:30 (UTC+11)	Report Stats	New Zealand	55–40	England	Umpires: Sharon Kelly Chris Campbell Reserve umpire: Jacqui Jashari
		Scoring by quarter:15-9, 12-12, 15-10, 13-9
		Irene van Dyk 46/49 (94%) Belinda Colling 9/12 (75%)		Louisa Brownfield 17/18 (94%) Pamela Cookey 14/20 (70%) Abby Teare 5/9 (56%) Rachel Dunn 4/5 (80%)

Thursday 23 March 19:00 (UTC+11)	Report Stats	South Africa	35–67	England	Umpires: Pauline Sciascia Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Stacey Campton
		Scoring by quarter: 8-17, 13-12, 8-18, 6-20
		Sindisiwe Gumede 27/33 (82%) Christine Markgraaff 6/9 (67%) Lizanne Helmand 2/7 (29%)		Louisa Brownfield 47/53 (89%) Abby Teare 12/17 (71%) Pamela Cookey 8/10 (80%)

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	5	5	0	374	173	+201	10
2	England	5	4	1	308	196	+112	8
3	Malawi	5	3	2	262	282	-20	6
4	South Africa	5	2	3	264	283	-19	4
5	Fiji	5	1	4	228	293	-65	2
6	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	5	0	5	171	380	-209	0

Qualified for Semi-finals
Qualified for Classification

Sources:^[2]

Semi-final

Saturday 25 March 20:30 (UTC+11	Report Stats	Australia	52–40	England	Umpires: Amanda Nottingham Chris Campbell Reserve umpire: Bronwyn Meek
		Scoring by quarter:14-8, 11-9, 10-7, 17-16
		Sharelle McMahon 27/31 (87%) Susan Pratley 15/18 (83%) Catherine Cox 10/14 (71%)		Abby Teare 15/24 (63%) Louisa Brownfield 9/14 (64%) Pamela Cookey 9/15 (60%) Rachel Dunn 7/11 (64%)

Bronze medal match

Sunday 26 March 14:00 (UTC+11)	Stats	Jamaica	52–53	England	Umpires: Sharon Kelly Amanda Nottingham Reserve umpire: Michelle Phippard
		Scoring by quarter:18-10, 11-12, 11-16, 12-15
		Elaine Davis 46/52 (88%) Simone Forbes 6/9 (67%)		Abby Teare 30/36 (83%) Pamela Cookey 17/29 (59%) Rachel Dunn 6/10 (60%)

Source:^[1]

Squad

England roster

Players

Coaches

Name	Pos	DOB	Height	Club
Ama Agbeze	GD, GK, WD	(1982-11-12)12 November 1982 (aged 23)	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)	Loughborough Lightning
Karen Atkinson	WA, C	(1978-06-07)7 June 1978 (aged 27)	1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)	Loughborough Lightning
Louisa Brownfield	GA, GS	(1984-04-14)14 April 1984 (aged 21)	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	Hertfordshire Mavericks
Jade Clarke	WD, C, WA	(1983-10-17)17 October 1983 (aged 27)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Loughborough Lightning
Pamela Cookey	GA, GS, WA	(1984-09-02)2 September 1984 (aged 21)	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	Team Bath
Rachel Dunn	GS, GA	(1982-11-14)14 November 1982 (aged 23)	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)	Team Bath
Chioma Ezeogu	WA	(1981-03-12)12 March 1981 (aged 25)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Brunel Hurricanes
Geva Mentor	GK, GD	(1984-09-17)17 September 1984 (aged 21)	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	Team Bath
Sonia Mkoloma	GD, GK	(1979-01-17)17 January 1979 (aged 27)	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)	Brunel Hurricanes
Olivia Murphy (c)	C, WA	(1977-04-24)24 April 1977 (aged 28)	1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)	Loughborough Lightning
Naomi Stenhouse	WD, GD	(1975-04-02)2 April 1975 (aged 30)	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	Hertfordshire Mavericks
Abby Teare	GA, GS	(1977-05-25)25 May 1977 (aged 28)	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	Brunel Hurricanes

Head coach

Margaret Caldow ^[3]

Notes

(c)– Captain
(cc)– Co-captain
(vc)– Vice-captain
– Injury / maternity leave
(TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:^[4]^[5]

Rugby sevens

Shooting

Men

Clay target:
Skeet: Richard Brickell, Clive Bramley
Trap: Christopher Dean, Edward Ling
Double trap: Richard Faulds, Steve Walton
Pistol:
10 m air pistol: Mick Gault, Nick Baxter
25 m centre fire: Peter Flippant, Simon Lucas
25 m standard pistol: Mick Gault, Simon Lucas
50 m pistol: Mick Gault, Nick Baxter
Small bore rifle:
10 m: air rifle: Chris Hector, Chris Lacey
50 m rifle 3 positions: Chris Hector, Jason Burrage
50 m: rifle prone: Mike Babb, Chris Hector

Women

Clay Target:
Skeet: Elena Little, Pinky Le Grelle
Trap: Lesley Goddard
Double trap: Charlotte Kerwood, Rachel Parish
Pistol:
10 m air pistol: Georgina Geikie, Julia Lydall
25 m sports pistol: Georgina Geikie, Julia Lydall
Small bore rifle:
10 m air rifle: Louise Minett, Becky Spicer
50 m rifle 3 positions: Louise Minett, Becky Spicer
50 m rifle prone: Sharon Lee, Helen Spittles

Open

Full Bore: Queens Prize: Glyn Barnett, Parag Patel

Squash

Men

Women

Synchronised swimming

Table tennis

Men

Andrew Baggaley
Alan Cooke
Paul Drinkhall
Andrew Rushton
Sean Sweeting
Jack Donohoe

Women

Helen Lower
Joanna Parker
Kelly Sibley
Georgina Walker
Sue Gilroy EAD
Cathy Mitton EAD
Jane Campbell EAD
Catherine Perry
Michael Barrett

Team	Event	Pool Matches						Q'Final	5–8 Match	5–6 Match	Rank
Team	Event	Match 1	Match 2	Match 3	Match 4	Match 5	Match 6	Q'Final	5–8 Match	5–6 Match	Rank
England	Men's Team	Kenya W 3–0	Wales L 2–3	Guyana W 3–0	Pakistan W 3–0	Sri Lanka W 3–0	Tuvalu W 3–0	Nigeria L 1–3	Canada W 3–0	Australia W 3–0	5
		Paul Drinkhall 3–0 Fahd Daim	Paul Drinkhall 0–3 Adam Robertson	Paul Drinkhall 3–0 Godfrey Munroe	Paul Drinkhall 3–0 Farjad Saif	Paul Drinkhall 3–0 Gihan Liyanage	Paul Drinkhall 3–0 Napetari Tioti	Paul Drinkhall 2–3 Monday Merotohun	Paul Drinkhall 3–1 Pradeeban Peter-Paul	Paul Drinkhall 3–0 Russ Lavale
		Andrew Baggaley 3–0 Moses Kamau	Andrew Baggaley 3–0 Stephen Jenkins	Alan Cooke 3–0 Idi Lewis	Andrew Baggaley 3–1 Kashif Razzaq	Andrew Baggaley 3–0 Pitiyage Silva	Andrew Baggaley 3–0 Alan Resture	Andrew Baggaley 1–3 Sequn Toriola	Andrew Baggaley 3–1 Faazil Kassam	Andrew Baggaley 3–1 Trevor Brown
		Andrew Rushton 3–0 Victor Ougu	Alan Cooke 3–0 Ryan Jenkins	Andrew Rushton 3–0 Paul David	Alan Cooke 3–1 Muhammed Qureshi	Andrew Rushton 3–0 Thilina Piyadasa	Andrew Rushton 3–0 Teokila Maleko	Alan Cooke 3–1 Kazeen Nasiru	Andrew Rushton 3–1 Bence Csaba	Andrew Rushton 3–0 David Zalcberg
		n/a	Paul Drinkhall 1–3 Ryan Jenkins	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Alan Cooke 2–3 Sequn Toriola	n/a	n/a
		n/a	Alan Cooke 2–3 Adam Robertson	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a

Men's Team Event

Pool C

Team	Wins	Losses
Wales	6	0
England	5	1
Guyana	3	3
Sri Lanka	3	3
Pakistan	3	3
Kenya	1	5
Tuvalu	0	6

Women's Team Event

Pool B

Team	Wins	Losses
Australia	4	0
Nigeria	3	1
England	2	2
Sri Lanka	1	3
Vanuatu	0	4

England are eliminated at the pool stage.

Triathlon

Men

Athlete	Event	1500m Swim	40 km Cycle	10 km Run	Total Time	Rank
Stuart Hayes	Individual	17:48.16	1:01:03.35	32:01.67	1:50:53.18	9
Will Clarke	Individual	17:47.16	1:01:04.97	31:50.85	1:50:42.98	7
Tim Don	Individual	17:43.17	1:01:08.51	30:46.39	1:49:38.07	4

Women

Athlete	Event	1500m Swim	40 km Cycle	10 km Run	Total Time	Rank
Liz Blatchford	Individual	18:24.44	1:05:46.36	35:19.61	1:59:30.41	6
Julie Dibens	Individual	18:20.42	1:05:50.43	36:51.31	2:01:02.16	10
Andrea Whitcombe	Individual	18:33.15	1:05:39.37	35:59.28	2:00:11.80	7

Weightlifting

Men

Athlete	Event	Weights Lifted		Total Lifted	Rank
Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total Lifted	Rank
Kamran Panjavi	62 kg	118 kg	no lift	n/a	–
Gurbinder Cheema	105 kg	152 kg	178 kg	330 kg	4

Men – EAD (Powerlifting)

Athlete	Event	Weights Lifted	Factored Weight	Rank
Jason Irving	Open EAD	167.5 kg	180.8 kg
Anthony Peddle	Open EAD	130.0 kg	156.7 kg	11

Women

Athlete	Event	Weights Lifted		Total Lifted	Rank
Athlete	Event	Snatch	Clean & Jerk	Total Lifted	Rank
Jo Calvino	48 kg	64 kg	83 kg	147 kg	4
Jo Sevastio	58 kg	63 kg	80 kg	143 kg	8
Annette Campbell	63 kg	75 kg	87 kg	162 kg	6

References

1 2 "England clinch netball bronze". bbc.co.uk. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
1 2 "Women Netball Commonwealth Games Melbourne (AUS) 2006". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 26 November 2024. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
↑ "18th Commonwealth Games - Day 11: Netball". www.gettyimages.ae. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 3 February 2021.
↑ "England announces Commonwealth Team". www.netball.org. 13 February 2006. Archived from the original on 13 September 2006. Retrieved 28 September 2012.
↑ "England 63–47 Malawi". m2006.thecgf.com. 17 March 2006. Archived from the original on 21 April 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2025.

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[bbc260306b-1] 1 2 "England clinch netball bronze". bbc.co.uk. 26 March 2006. Retrieved 2 September 2025.

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Contents

Expectations

Medals

Medallists

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Boxing

Cycling

Road

Track

Mountain bike

Diving

Field hockey

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Lawn bowls

Netball

Rugby sevens

Shooting

Squash

Swimming

Synchronised swimming

Table tennis

Triathlon

Weightlifting

References

External links