Falkland Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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Falkland Islands at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of the Falkland Islands.svg
Flag of the Falkland Islands
CGF code FLK
CGA Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors16 (8 men and 8 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearers Doug Clark
Daphne Arthur-Almond
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

The Falkland Islands was represented at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom by the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

Contents

In total, 16 athletes including eight men and eight women represented the Falkland Islands in four different sports including badminton, cycling, lawn bowls and table tennis.

Badminton athlete Doug Clark and lawn bowler Daphne Arthur-Almond were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers. [1]

Competitors

In total, 16 athletes represented the Falkland Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom across four different sports. [2]

SportMenWomenTotal
Badminton 459
Cycling 101
Lawn bowls 235
Table tennis 101
Total8816

Badminton

In total, nine Falkland Islander athletes participated in the badminton events – Ben Chater, Doug Clark and Duane March in the men's singles, the men's doubles and the mixed doubles, Vicky Chater in the women's singles, the women's doubles and the mixed doubles, Soraye March in the women's singles and the mixed doubles, Louise Williams in the women's singles and the women's doubles, Dwight Joshua in the men's doubles and the mixed doubles and Cheryl March and Laura Harada in the women's doubles and the mixed doubles. [2]

The badminton events took place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Marston Green between 29 July and 8 August 2022. [3]

Singles
AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Ben Chater Men's singles Flag of South Africa.svg  Caden Kakora  (RSA)
L (10–21, 8–21)		did not advance
Doug Clark Flag of Maldives.svg  Ahmed Nibal  (MDV)
L (10–21, 11–21)		did not advance
Duane March Flag of Scotland.svg  Callum Smith  (SCO)
L (3–21, 4–21)		did not advance
Vicky Chater Women's singles Flag of Pakistan.svg  Ghazala Siddique  (PAK)
L (4–21, 3–21)		did not advance
Soraye March ByeFlag of South Africa.svg  Deidre Laurens Jordaan  (RSA)
L (12–21, 1–21)		did not advance
Louise Williams Flag of Barbados.svg  Tamisha Williams  (BAR)
L (8–21, 10–21)		did not advance
Doubles
AthleteEventFirst RoundSecond RoundThird RoundQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Ben Chater
Dwight Joshua 		Men's doubles —Flag of Maldives.svg  Ahmed Nibal &
Ajfan Rasheed (MDV)
L (14–21, 11–21)		did not advance
Doug Clark
Duane March 		—Flag of Australia.svg  Tran Hoang Pham &
Jack Yu  (AUS)
L (5–21, 7–21)		did not advance
Vicky Chater
Cheryl March 		Women's doubles —Flag of Ghana.svg  Prospera Nantuo &
Cindy Tornyenyor  (GHA)
L (17–21, 20–22)		did not advance
Laura Harada
Louise Williams 		—Flag of Scotland.svg  Julie MacPherson &
Ciara Torrance  (SCO)
L (4–21, 5–21)		did not advance
Ben Chater
Vicky Chater 		Mixed doubles ByeFlag of Uganda.svg  Daniel Wanagaliya &
Husina Kobugabe  (UGA)
L (13–21, 7–21)		did not advance
Doug Clark
Cheryl March 		Flag of Australia.svg  Yingxiang Lin &
Gronya Somerville  (AUS)
L (4–21, 3–21)		did not advance
Duane March
Laura Harada 		Flag of Jamaica.svg  Samuel Ricketts &
Tahlia Richardson  (JAM)
L (3–21, 4–21)		did not advance
Dwight Joshua
Soraye March 		Flag of Australia.svg  Tran Hoang Pham &
Angela Yu  (AUS)
L (2–21, 5–21)		did not advance

Cycling

In total, one Falkland Islander athlete participated in the cycling events – Jim Horton in the men's road race and the men's time trial. [2]

The men's road race took place at Myton Fields in Warwick on 7 August 2022. [4] The men's time trial took place at West Park in Wolverhampton on 4 August 2022. [5]

AthleteEventTimeRank
Jim Horton Road race DNF
Time trial 1:02:45.7346

Lawn bowls

In total, five Falkland Islander athletes participated in the lawn bowls events – Chris Locke in the men's singles and the men's doubles, Garry Tyrell in the men's doubles, Daphne Arthur-Almond in the women's singles and the women's triples and Andrea Stanworth and Trudi Clarke in the women's triples. [2]

The lawn bowls events took place at Victoria Park in Leamington Spa between 29 July and 6 August 2022. [6]

Men
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Chris Locke Singles Flag of Scotland.svg  McLean  (SCO)
L 5―21		Flag of India.svg  Borgohain  (IND)
L 5-21		Flag of Jersey.svg  Davis  (JEY)
L 7-21		Flag of New Zealand.svg  McIlroy  (NZL)
L 5―21		5did not advance
Garry Tyrell
Chris Locke 		Pairs Flag of the Cook Islands.svg  Cook Islands
L 12–23		Flag of India.svg  India
L 4–36		Flag of England.svg  England
L 5–47		Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia
L 6–35		5did not advance
Women
AthleteEventGroup StageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Daphne Arthur-Almond Singles Flag of Wales 2.svg  Daniels  (WAL)
L 2–21		Flag of India.svg  Choudhury  (IND)
W 21–20		Ulster banner.svg  O'Neill  (NIR)
L 2–21		Flag of Scotland.svg  Hoggan  (SCO)
L 5–21		5did not advance
Andrea Stanworth
Daphne Arthur-Almond
Trudi Clarke 		Triples Ulster banner.svg  Northern Ireland
L 10 - 22		Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore
L 10 - 23		Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
L 8 - 29		Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
L 14 - 20		5did not advance

Table tennis

In total, one Falkland Islander athlete participated in the table tennis events – Javier Sotomayor in the men's singles. [2]

The table tennis events took place at the NEC in Marston Green between 29 July and 8 August 2022. [3]

AthletesEventGroup stageRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / BM
Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		RankOpposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Opposition
Score		Rank
Javier Sotomayor Men's singles Flag of South Africa.svg  Cogill  (RSA)
L 0 - 4		Flag of Australia.svg  Chambers  (AUS)
L 0 - 4		3did not advance

References

  1. ↑ Christie, Darnell (8 July 2022). "Falklands Flag Bearers for Commonwealth Games Revealed". Falkland Islands Television. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 "(FLK) Falkland Islands". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. 1 2 "The NEC". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Warwick". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "West Park". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ↑ "Victoria Park". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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