New Zealand at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia was represented by 249 athletes competing in over 19 disciplines, with 119 officials. This was the largest team that New Zealand had ever sent to a Commonwealth Games.
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.
Glyn Cawley Daer Barnett, is a male British international rifleman who won a shooting gold medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.
Ian Roy Ballinger was a New Zealand shooter who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ballinger competed at three consecutive Olympic Games and two Commonwealth Games in the 50m Rifle - prone event.
Diane Rosalind Collings is a New Zealand sport shooter.
Maurice George Gordon was a New Zealand competitive rifle shooter who won a gold medal representing his country at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch.
Jonathan William James Hammond is a British sport shooter, who has competed for Scotland at the Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the Olympics. He is currently the head coach of the rifle team at the West Virginia University.
David Phelps is a Welsh sport shooter, who won Gold in the 50 meter rifle prone individual competition and Bronze in the corresponding pairs event for Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He went on to win individual Gold in the event at the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
John Snowden is a sport shooter from New Zealand.
Parag Patel FRCS is a British sport shooter who works as an ear, nose and throat consultant at Kingston Hospital in London.
Ross Murray Geange is a New Zealand sports shooter. He competed at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where he was 8th in the fullbore rifle Queen's prize pair and 12th in the Queen's prize individual, and at the 1998 Commonwealth Games, finishing 9th in the fullbore rifle Queen's prize pair and 17th in the Queen's prize individual.
Michael Babb is a British sport shooter. He has competed for Team GB in small-bore rifle prone at two Olympics, and has been close to an Olympic medal in 2004, finishing in seventh position. Apart from his Olympic career, Babb has won a total of seven medals in a major international competition, including two silvers at the Commonwealth Games. Throughout his sporting career, Babb trains full-time under assistant head coach Kimmo Yli-Jaskari of the national team, while he shoots at Appleton Rifle Club in Warrington.
Kim Frazer is an Australian sport shooter. She has been selected to compete for Australia in small-bore rifle shooting at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and has yielded a tally of ten medals in a major international competition, spanning the Oceanian Championships and four editions of the Commonwealth Games. Before her retirement in 2006, Frazer also became a full-fledged member of Melbourne International Shooting Club, where she trained under the tutelage of John Dismore.
Natalie Ellen Rooney is a New Zealand sport shooter, competing primarily in trap shooting events.
Seonaid McIntosh is a British sports shooter who became the World Champion at the 2018 ISSF World Shooting Championships in the 50m Prone Rifle event. In 2019 she became Britain's most successful female rifle shooter of all time, winning five World Cup medals. She also became the first British Woman to rank World #1 for the 50m Rifle Three Position event and became European Champion in the 300m Rifle Prone event with an equal World Record score.
Shannon McIlroy is a New Zealand international lawn bowler.
Peter Michael Jory is a British sport shooter from the island of Guernsey.
Philip 'Phil' Scanlan is a British former sports shooter who won three Commonwealth Games medals. He was Team GB Shooting Team Leader at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
John Hastie was a New Zealand shooter and gunsmith. He competed at two Commonwealth Games, and won the Ballinger Belt in 1982.
The New Zealand Shooting Federation (NZSF) is the governing body for Target Shooting Sports in New Zealand. It holds responsibility for selecting and developing national teams for World Championships, as well as the Olympic and Commonwealth Games.
