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.