Events at the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games

At the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, Western Australia eighty nine athletes from nine countries competed in fourteen events. ^{[1] [2]}

Medals by Events

Archery

The FITA Round for Gentlemen consists of 36 arrows from each of the following distances – at 90, 70, 50, and 30 metres. FITA Round for Ladies consists of 36 arrows from each of the following distances – 70, 60, 50 and 30 metres. Windsor Round consists of 36 arrows at 60, 50, 40 yards. Columbia Round consists of 24 arrows at 50, 40, 30 yards. St Nicholas Round consists of 48 arrows at 40 yards and 36 arrows at 30 yards. ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
FITA Round Gentlemen	Richard Hollick   England 873	Anthony Potter   England 844	Ross Sutton   Australia 779
FITA Round Ladies	Margaret Harriman   Rhodesia 898	Margaret Maughan   England 475	No medal
Windsor Round Gentleman	Richard Hollick   England 803	Anthony Potter   England 800	Ross Sutton   Australia 773
Windsor Round Ladies	Margaret Harriman   Rhodesia 774	R. Harvey   Scotland 485	Margaret Maughan   England 455
Columbia Round Gentlemen	John Rein   Australia 544	Stefan Gawanick   England 496	Wilf Martin   New Zealand 463
Columbia Round Ladies	Daphne Ceeney   Australia 507	P. Foulds   England 281	Sally Haynes   England 247
St. Nicholas Gentlemen	Wilf Martin   New Zealand 632	D. Tinsley   Australia 608	John Newton   Australia 570
St. Nicholas Ladies	Lynne Gilchrist   Rhodesia 534	Lorraine Dodd   Australia 464	Dr Gaynor Harry   Wales 388

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Dartchery

Dartchery is a combination of darts and archery.

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	John Rein, Ross Sutton   Australia	Richard Hollick, Anthony Potter   England	No medal

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Javelin Throw

Classification: Class A – paralysed above segment T10 – complete paralysis ; Class B – paralysed above segment T10 – incomplete paralysis ; Class C – paralysed below segment T10 ; Class D – cauda equina with functioning thigh muscles. ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Male Class A	Dick Thompson   England 59 ' 9 "	Frank Ponta   Australia 46 ' 4 3/4"	T. Moran   England 40 ' 3/4 "
Male Class B	Gary Hooper   Australia 57 ' 9 "	D. Pickering   England 48 ' 7 1/4"	Bruno Moretti   Australia 41 ' 5 3/4 "
Male Class C	L. Manson Bishop   Rhodesia 59 ' 2 "	R. Maxwell   Australia 53 ' 5 "	D. Tinsley   Australia 53 ' 2 1/4 "
Male Class D	R. Scott   England 81 ' 11 1/2 "	Kevin Cunningham   Australia 60 ' 3 "	John Turich   Australia 51 ' 1 "
Female Class A	Lorraine Dodd   Australia 27 ' 5 "	Janet Laughton   England 24 ' 9 1/4 "	Pamela McCarthy   India 14 ' 5 1/2 "
Female Class B	Lynne Gilchrist   Rhodesia 35 ' 3 3/4"	R. Harvey   Scotland 22 ' 4 3/4'	Shelagh Jones   England 22 ' 4 1/2 "
Female Class C	Daisy Flint   England 26 ' 11 3/4 "	V. Forder   England 17 ' 9 3/4 "	No medal
Female Class D	Daphne Ceeney   Australia 34 ' 9 "	Marion Edwards   England 29 ' 5 3/4 "	Margaret Harriman   Rhodesia 26 '

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Precision Javelin

Precision javelin involved throwing a javelin on a target on the ground. Classification: Class A – paralysed above segment T10 – complete paralysis ; Class B – paralysed above segment T10 – incomplete paralysis ; Class C – paralysed below segment T10 ; Class D – cauda equina with functioning thigh muscles) . ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Male Class A	Frank Ponta 64 points	Dick Thompson   England 60 points	Bruce Thwaite   Australia 60 points
Male Class B	Gary Hooper   Australia 66 points	D. Pickering   England 62 points	Bruno Moretti   Australia 48 points
Male Class C	Pompi Heremaia New Zealand 72 points	T. Palmer   England 70 points	N. Macdonald   Scotland 64 points
Male Class D	J. Gidney   Australia 64 points	John Turich   Australia 52 points	B. Dickenson   England 50 points
Female Class A	Lorraine Dodd   Australia 60 points	Janet Laughton   England 36 points	Pamela McCarthy   India 0 points
Female Class B	Lynne Gilchrist   Rhodesia 48 points	R. Harvey   Scotland 42 points	Gwen Buck   England 28 points
Female Class C	Daisy Flint   England 66 points	V. Forder   England 2 points	No medal
Female Class D	Daphne Ceeney 60 points	Marion Edwards   England 50 points	Margaret Harriman   Rhodesia 22 points

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Club Throw

Club throw involved throwing a wooden object in the form of a club. Classification: Class A – paralysed above segment T10 – complete paralysis; Class B – paralysed above segment T10 – incomplete paralysis; Class C – paralysed below segment T10; Class D – cauda equina with functioning thigh muscles. ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Male Class A	Dick Thompson   England 107 ' 5 "	Frank Ponta   Australia 80 ' 7 1/2 "	T. Moran   England 75 ' 5 "
Male Class B	Gary Hooper   Australia 97 ' 3/4 "	D. Pickering   England 87 ' 11 "	Bruno Moretti   Australia 81 ' 10 3/4 "
Male Class C	L. Manson Bishop   Rhodesia 107 ' 10 1/2"	R. Rowe   England 96 ' 1/4 "	T. Palmer   England 92 ' 8 "
Male Class D	R. Scott   England 117 ' 4 3/4 "	John Turich   Australia 115 ' 1/4 "	J. Gidney   Australia 87 ' 5 "
Female Class A	Lorraine Dodd   Australia 54 ' 3 3/4 "	Janet Laughton   England 46 ' 1'	No medal
Female Class B	Lynne Gilchrist   Rhodesia 67 ' 3/4 '	Shelagh Jones   England 41 ' 9 7/8 "	Gwen Buck   England 40 ' 8 1/4 "
Female Class C	V. Forder   England 51 ' 1 1/4 "	Daisy Flint   England 40 ' 1 1/2 '	No medal
Female Class D	Daphne Ceeney   Australia 61 ' 2 1/2 "	Marion Edwards   England 56 ' 1/2 "	Dr Gaynor Harry   Wales 50 ' 7 "

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Shot Put

Classification: Class A – paralysed above segment T10 – complete paralysis; Class B – paralysed above segment T10 – incomplete paralysis; Class C – paralysed below segment T10; Class D – cauda equina with functioning thigh muscles. ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Male Class A	Dick Thompson   England 61 ' 2 1/2 "	Frank Ponta   Australia 16 ' 18 1/4 "	J. Redgewick   England 15 ' 4 1/2 "
Male Class B	Gary Hooper   Australia 20 ' 3 3/4 "	P. Pickering   England 19 ' 1 1/4 "	Bill Mather-Brown   Australia 15 ' 9 1/2 "
Male Class C	L. Manson Bishop   Rhodesia 20 ' 2 1/4 "	N. McDonald   Scotland 19 ' 6 "	M. Shelton   England 19 ' 2 3/4 "
Male Class D	R. Scott   Australia 22 ' 4 "	John Turich   Australia 22 ' 1/2 "	Roger Cockerill   Australia 19 ' 11"
Female Class A	Lorraine Dodd   Australia 11 ' 3 1/2 "	Janet Laughton   England 10 ' 5 "	No medal
Female Class B	Lynne Gilchrist   Rhodesia 15 ' 2 1/4 "	G. Buck   England 11 ' 8 1/4 "	R. Harvey   Scotland 11 ' 4 "
Female Class C	V, Forder   England 11 ' 1 3/4 "	Daisy Flint   England 10 ' 9 1/2 '	No medal
Female Class D	Daphne Ceeney   Australia 15 ' 7 1/2 "	Marion Edwards   England 13 ' 2 1/4 "	Margaret Ross   Australia 12 ' 4 1/2"

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Swimming

Swimming events took place in the Beatty Park Pool that was built for the main Games. It was the only event not held at the Showgrounds and therefore posed transport problems for the organisers. This was overcome through volunteer drivers and their cars. ^[4] Classes for swimming – Class A – paralysed from C8 to T6 segment, Class B – paralysed from T7 to T10 segment – complete paralysis, Class C – paralysed from T7 to T10 segment – incomplete paralysis, Class D – paralysed from T11 to L2 segment and Class E (Caudia equina). ^[3] 5,500 spectators including Hon. David Brand, Premier of Western Australia attended the second (and final) day of swimming at the Beatty Park Pool. The events were interspersed by swimming and diving demonstrations by members of the Australian British Empire Games team including Murray Rose, Dawn Fraser and David Dickson. ^[5]

There was also a demonstration by the Western Australian water polo team. ^[6]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Male – Crawl 25 m Class A	M. Bazeley   Australia 34.6	F. Crowder   England 44.5	Frank Ponta   Australia 47.7
Male – Crawl 50 m Class B	Bruce Thwaite   Australia 1:09.5	J. Robertson   Scotland 1:37.2	No medal
Male – Crawl 50 m Class C	Alan Yeomans   Australia 1:00.1	Bill Mather-Brown   Australia 1:00.2	Gary Hooper   Australia 1:52.7
Male – Crawl 25 m Class D	L. Manson Bishop   Rhodesia 47.3	B. Dickenson   England 49.7	Kevin Cunningham   Australia 50.4
Male – Breaststroke 25 m Class A	M. Bazeley   Australia 29.7 (record)	F. Crowder   England 48.2	Frank Ponta   Australia 55.1
Male – Breaststroke 50 m Class B	Bruce Thwaite   Australia 1:27.6	No medal	No medal
Male – Breaststroke 50 m Class C	Alan Yeomans   Australia 1:14.2	Gary Hooper   Australia 1:38.07	Bill Mather-Brown   Australia 1:44.04
Male – Breaststroke 50 m Class D	L. Manson Bishop   Rhodesia 1:02.06	Don Watts   Australia 1:09.8	B. Dickenson   England 1:10.5
Male – Backstroke 25 m Class A	F. Crowder   England 33.9	M. Bazeley   Australia 33.9	Frank Ponta   Australia 36.2
Male – Backstroke 50 m Class C	Bill Mather-Brown   Australia 1:21.04	Alan Yeomans   Australia 1:37.4	Gary Hooper   Australia 1:41.9
Male – Backstroke 25 m Class D	B. Dickenson   England 47.2	L. Manson Bishop   Rhodesia 56.4	Peter McCranor   England 1:21.3
Female –Crawl25 m Class A	Lorraine Dodd   Australia 36.2 (record) P. McCarthy   India 1.13.4 (awarded Gold Medal as incomplete Class A)	Lady Susan Masham   England 58.5	Refer to Gold Medal
Female – Crawl 50 m Class B	No race
Female – Crawl 50 m Class C	Lynne Gilchrist   Rhodesia 49.6	Daisy Flint   England 1:42.6	No medal
Female – Crawl 50 m Class D	No race
Female – Crawl 50 m Class E	Daphne Ceeney   Australia 49.4	Margaret Ross   Australia 52.6	Margaret Harriman   Rhodesia 1:00.7
Female – Breaststroke 25 m Class A	Lorraine Dodd   Australia 34.9 (record)	Lady Susan Masham   England 52.6	No medal
Female – Breaststroke 50 m Class B	Janet Laughton   England swan alone	No medal	No medal
Female – Breaststroke 50 m Class C	Lynne Gilchrist   Rhodesia 1:05.6	Daisy Flint   England 1:59.2	Shelagh Jones   England 2:31.6
Female – Breaststroke 50 Class D	V. Forder   England 1:58.7	No competitor	No medal
Female – Breaststroke 50 m Class E	Daphne Ceeney   Australia 1:41.8	Margaret Harriman   Rhodesia 1:50.0	Margaret Ross   Australia 1:56.1
Female – Backstroke 25 m Class A	Lorraine Dodd   Australia 48.7	Lady Susan Masham   England 52.6	No medal
Female – Backstroke 50 mm Class B	Janet Laughton  England swam alone	No medal	No medal
Female – Backstroke 50 m Class C	Lynne Gilchrist   Rhodesia 56.5	A. Masson   England 1:15.2	Daisy Flint   England 1:20.4
Female – Backstroke 50 m Class D	V. Forder   England 1:21.6	No medal	No medal
Female – Backstroke 50 m Class E	Daphne Ceeney   Australia 1:41.8	Margaret Harriman   Rhodesia 1:14.4	P. Foulds   England 1;15.3

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Weightlifting

This event involved a standard supine press. There were four classes: heavyweight (above 12 stone), middleweight (between 10 and 12 stone), lightweight (between 8 and 10 stone) and featherweight (under 8 stone). ^[1] Athletes from sports such as table tennis, fencing, throwing events, and swimming decided to enter this event. Vic Renaldson, an Australian athlete in the heavyweight division, set a new paraplegic world record. ^[6]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Class A Heavyweight	Vic Renalson   Australia 340 lbs	John Turich   Australia 280 lbs	J. Rowe   England 215 lbs
Class B Middleweight	T. Palmer   England 250 lbs	Bruce Thwaite   Australia 245 lbs	Chris O'Brien   Australia 220 lbs
Class C Lightweight	Bill Mather-Brown   Australia 230 lbs	Gary Hooper   Australia 200 lbs	Roger Cockerill   Australia 195 lbs
Class D Featherweight	Bruno Moretti   Australia 180 lbs	No medal	No medal

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Pentathlon

Pentathlon consisted of five events: javelin throw, club throw, shot put, archery and swimming (50 m crawl). ^[3]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Complete Lesions	Dick Thompson   England 3149 points	J. Robertson   Scotland 2090 points	–
Incomplete Lesions	Kevin Cunningham   Australia 3212 points	John Turich   Australia 3162 points	L. Manson Bishop   Rhodesia 3135 points

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Fencing

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sabre – Male – Individuals	Frank Ponta   Australia	Alastair Shields   Scotland	Dick Thompson   England
Sabre – Male – Teams	J. Thompson, Dick Thompson   England	Frank Ponta, Ross Sutton   Australia	T. Smart, S . Winters   Wales
Sabre – Females – Individuals	Shelagh Jones   England	Daphne Ceeney   Australia	M. Taylor   Scotland

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Snooker

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	J. Gibson   England	Alan Robertson   Australia	No Medal

Scores: 60–56 ; 51–27 ^{[1] [2]}

Basketball

Basketball had an exciting series of matches and these were played in front of large crowds particularly as the opening and final matches were associated with the series. Several games were played under floodlight. It was noted that the English team used four-wheel chairs and the   Australians three-wheeled sports chairs. The Australian team made up of primarily Western Australians went on to win the gold medal. ^[6]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
	Australia	England	Scotland

Scores: Australia 20 d England 18 ; Australia 36 v Scotland 6 ; England 18 v Scotland 7 ; Australia 24 v England 16; Australia 34 v Scotland 10; England 24 v Scotland 15 ^{[1] [2]}

The results do not list the athletes in the teams but the programme listed nominated athletes for basketball. There were 5 athletes per team. Australia – Frank Ponta, Roger Cockerill, Kevin Cunningham, John Turich, Bill Mather-Brown, Chris O'Brien, D. Tinsley, Bruni Moretti, J. Gidney, R. Maxwell England – R. Foster, T. Moran, J. Chilcott, K. Edwards, J. Gibson, Dick Thompson, J. Thompson, T. Palmer, R. Scott Scotland – T. Guthrie, N. Macdonald, J. Robertson, J.G. Robertson, J. Sloway, P. Stanton, J. Whitefield, A. Shields

Table Tennis

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles – Male Class A	Dudley Phillips   Wales 21–16 ; 21–3	B. Hunt   Scotland
Singles – Male Class B	Bruno Moretti   Australia 21–17 ; 21–8	Bill Mather-Brown   Australia
Singles – Male Class D	J. Gibson   England 21–14 ; 21–17	Peter McCranor   England
Singles – Female Class A	M. Taylor   Scotland 21–19 ; 21–11	Lorraine Dodd   Australia
Singles – Female Class B	G. Buck   England 14–21 ; 21–16 ; 21–19	A. Masson   England
Singles – Female Class C	Margaret Maughan   England 18–21 ; 21–8 ; 21–13	Daisy Flint   England
Singles – Female Class D	Marion Edwards   England 21–10 ; 21–14	Margaret Harriman   Rhodesia
Doubles – Male Class A	K. Edwards, R. Foster   England 19–21; 21–12; 21–17	B. Hunt, T.G. Robertson   Scotland
Doubles – Male Class B	Bruno Moretti, Bill Mather-Brown   Australia 21–18 ; 21–10	John Newton, Frank Ponta   Australia
Doubles – Male Class C	J. Robertson, Jimmy Laird   Scotland 21–11 ; 21–16	B. Maxwell, Don Watts   Australia
Doubles – Male Class D	J. Gibson, Peter McCranor   England 21–5; 21–7	Roger Cockerill, J. Gidney   Australia
Doubles – Female Open	A. Masson, Marion Edwards   England 21–8 ; 21–11	Lady Susan Masham, Sally Haynes   England

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References

1. Report of the First Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, Perth , Western Australia, 10–17 November 1962. Perth: Paraplegic Association of Western Australia. 1962.
2. Scruton, Joan (Spring 1963). "The First British Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Perth, Western Australia, 10th to 17th November 1962". The Cord. 15 (3): 7–30.
3. First Commonwealth Paraplegic Games: Official Programme. Perth: Paraplegic Association of Western Australia. 1962.
4. Scruton, Joan (1998). Stoke Mandeville Road to the Paralympics: fifty years of history. Aylesbury, England: Peterhouse Press. pp. 167–171. ISBN   0946312109.
5. "First Commonwealth Paraplegic Games". Royal Perth Hospital Journal: 1–12. March 1963.
6. Barrow, Ted (March 1963). "The First Commonwealth Games". The Australian Paraplegic. 2 (1): 3–13.