New Zealand at the 2002 Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Manchester, England
Competitors	200
Flag bearers	Opening: Sarah Ulmer Closing: Nigel Avery
Officials	102
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 11 Silver 13 Bronze 21 Total 45
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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New Zealand sent a team of 200 competitors and 102 officials to the 2002 Commonwealth Games, which were held at Manchester, England. The flagbearer at the opening ceremony was Sarah Ulmer, and at the closing ceremony was Nigel Avery.

New Zealand has competed in every Games, starting with the first British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medals

	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
New Zealand	11	13	21	45

Gold

Athletics:

Beatrice Faumuina, women's discus throw

Cycling:

Greg Henderson, men's points race

Sarah Ulmer, women's individual pursuit

Lawn bowls:

Joanna Edwards, Sharon Sims, women's pairs

Rugby sevens:

Craig De Goldi, Brad Fleming, Chris Masoe, Mils Muliaina, Craig Newby, Roger Randle, Bruce Reihana, Eric Rush, Rodney So'oialo, Karl Te Nana, Anthony Tuitavake, Amasio Valence, men's rugby sevens

Shooting:

Teresa Borrell, Nadine Stanton, women's double trap (pairs)

Squash:

Carol Owens, Leilani Joyce, women's doubles

Leilani Joyce, Glen Wilson, mixed doubles

Table tennis:

Chunli Li, women's singles

Weightlifting:

Nigel Avery, men's +105kg clean & jerk

Nigel Avery, men's +105kg total

Silver

Athletics:

Craig Barrett, men's 50km walk

Philip Jensen, men's hammer throw

Valerie Vili, women's shot put

Badminton:

Nicole Gordon, Sara Petersen, women's doubles

Cycling:

Susy Pryde, women's cross country

Hockey:

Ryan Archibald, Michael Bevin, Phil Burrows, Dean Couzins, Dion Gosling, Bevan Hari, Blair Hopping, David Kosoof, Wayne McIndoe, Umesh Parag, Mitesh Patel, Hayden Shaw, Darren Smith, Peter Stafford, Simon Towns, Paul Woolford, men's hockey

Netball:

New Zealand national netball team

Shooting:

Nadine Stanton, women's double trap

Squash:

Carol Owens, women's singles

Swimming:

Elizabeth Van Welie, women's 400m individual medley

Table tennis:

Chunli Li, Karen Li, women's doubles

Weightlifting:

Nigel Avery, men's +105kg snatch

Olivia Baker, women's +75kg snatch

Bronze

Badminton:

Geoff Bellingham, Chris Blair, John Gordon, Nicole Gordon, Rebecca Gordon, Tammy Jenkins, Rhona Robertson, Sara Petersen, Daniel Shirley, mixed team event

Sara Petersen, Daniel Shirley, mixed doubles

Boxing:

Shane Cameron, men's 81-91kg (heavyweight)

Danny Codling, men's 64-69kg (welterweight)

Cycling:

Greg Henderson, Matthew Randall, Hayden Roulston, Lee Vertongen, men's team pursuit

Judo:

Tim Slyfield, men's 73-81kg (half-middleweight)

Lawn bowls:

Marlene Castle, women's singles

Wendy Jensen, Patsy Jorgensen, Jan Khan, Anne Lomas, women's fours

Mike Kernaghan, men's singles

Shooting:

Diane Collings, Open fullbore

Tania Corrigan, Jocelyn Lees, women's 25m pistol (pairs)

Juliet Etherington, women's 50m prone rifle

Jocelyn Lees, women's 25m Pistol

Swimming:

Toni Jeffs, women's 50m freestyle

Table tennis:

Peter Jackson, Chunli Li, mixed doubles

Chunli Li, Karen Li, Tracey McLauchlan, Laura-Lee Smith, women's team

Triathlon:

Hamish Carter, men's individual

Weightlifting:

Olivia Baker, women's +75kg clean & jerk

Olivia Baker, women's +75kg total

Terry Hughes, men's 62kg clean & jerk

Terry Hughes, men's 62kg total

New Zealand's team at the Games

Athletics

Men's competition

• Michael Aish
• Craig Barrett
• Phil Costley
• John Henwood
• Philip Jensen
• Craig Kirkwood
• Dallas Roberts
• Tony Sargisson
• Jonathan Wyatt

Women's competition

• Valerie Adams
• Jane Arnott
• Chantal Brunner
• Beatrice Faumuina
• Gabrielle Gorst
• Melina Hamilton
• Tasha Williams

Field hockey

Men's team competition

• Ryan Archibald
• Michael Bevin
• Phil Burrows
• Dean Couzins
• Dion Gosling
• Bevan Hari
• Blair Hopping
• David Kosoof
• Wayne McIndoe
• Umesh Parag
• Mitesh Patel
• Hayden Shaw
• Darren Smith
• Peter Stafford
• Simon Towns
• Paul Woolford

Women's team competition

• Sandy Bennett
• Helen Clarke
• Tara Drysdale
• Paula Enoka
• Amanda Christie
• Anne-Marie Irving
• Caryn Paewai
• Suzie Pearce
• Jaimee Provan
• Niniwa Roberts
• Rachel Robertson
• Moira Senior
• Colleen Gubb-Suddaby
• Rachel Sutherland
• Michelle Turner
• Diana Weavers

Judo

Men's competition

• Gareth Knight
• Andrew Ross
• Timothy Slyfield

Women's competition

• Mellissa Jones
• Elinore Stallworthy
• Rochelle Stormont

Netball

With a team captained by Julie Seymour and coached by Ruth Aitken, New Zealand were silver medallists in the netball at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. They lost to Australia 57–55 in the gold medal match. The match was tied at 46–46 at the end of normal time, and 14 minutes of extra-time saw the sides still level at 55–55. In sudden death extra-time, Sharelle McMahon scored the vital point to give Australia the necessary two-goal gap to win the gold medal. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Pool A

27 July 2002	New Zealand	101–17	Canada
13:00	Daneka Wipiiti  39 Donna Loffhagen  34 Irene van Dyk  20/21 (95%) Belinda Colling  8	Report	Maralyn Hope  10 Patricia Carlson  7

28 July 2002	New Zealand	116–26	Sri Lanka
13:00	Irene van Dyk  58/61 (95%) Donna Loffhagen  23 Belinda Colling  21 Daneka Wipiiti  14	Report	Prasadi Nalika  14 Sashika Samarasinghe  6 Gishanthi Jayakody  6

29 July 2002	England	35–67	New Zealand
20:30	Abby Teare  22 Alex Astle  13	Report	Irene van Dyk  44/48 (92%) Donna Loffhagen  15 Belinda Colling  8

30 July 2002	New Zealand	81–23	Wales
18:30	Donna Loffhagen  35/38 (92%) Belinda Colling  23 Daneka Wipiiti  23	Report	Mair Jones  9 Sian Edwards  7 Jamilla Harris  7

Sources: ^{[4] [5]}

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	New Zealand	4	4	0	0	365	101	+264	8
2	England	4	3	0	1	278	145	+133	6
3	Wales	4	2	0	2	138	251	-113	4
4	Canada	4	1	0	3	137	286	-149	2
5	Sri Lanka	4	0	0	4	156	291	-135	0

  Qualified for Major semi-finals
  Qualified for Minor Semi-finals
  Qualified for 7th/10th classification

Sources: ^{[5] [6]}

Major semi-finals

2 August 2002	New Zealand	69–51	Jamaica
18:30	Irene van Dyk  41/48 (85%) Donna Loffhagen  28		Elaine Davis  28 Simone Forbes  23

Sources: ^{[4] [5]}

Gold Medal Match

4 August 2002	Australia	57–55	New Zealand
13:00	Sharelle McMahon  33 Catherine Cox  15 Eloise Southby  9		Irene van Dyk  35 Donna Loffhagen  20	Attendance: 10,000

Sources: ^{[1] [2]}

Squad

New Zealand roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Jenny-May Coffin WA, C (1974-04-09)9 April 1974 (aged 28) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic Belinda Colling GA, GS, WA (1975-09-12)12 September 1975 (aged 26) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Canterbury Flames Vilimaina Davu GK (1977-01-15)15 January 1977 (aged 25) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Canterbury Flames Sheryl Clarke GD, WD (1977-09-08)8 September 1977 (aged 24) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Northern Force Donna Loffhagen GA, GS (1978-04-29)29 April 1978 (aged 24) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) Southern Sting Lesley Nicol WD, C (1973-05-09)9 May 1973 (aged 29) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Southern Sting Anna Rowberry GD (1976-03-31)31 March 1976 (aged 26) 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) Auckland Diamonds Julie Seymour  (c) C, WD (1971-03-29)29 March 1971 (aged 31) 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) Canterbury Flames Linda Vagana GK, GD (1971-07-23)23 July 1971 (aged 31) 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) Northern Force Irene van Dyk GS, GA (1972-06-21)21 June 1972 (aged 30) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) Capital Shakers Anna Veronese GK, GD, WD (1978-11-20)20 November 1978 (aged 23) 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) Southern Sting Daneka Wipiiti GS (1982-12-08)8 December 1982 (aged 19) 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Northern Force	Head coach Ruth Aitken Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: ^{[3] [7]}

Shooting

(incomplete)

Men's competition

• Mike Collings
• Greg Yelavich

Women's competition

• Teresa Borrell
• Diane Collings
• Tania Corrigan,
• Juliet Etherington
• Jocelyn Lees
• Nadine Stanton

Swimming

Men's competition

• Moss Burmester
• Cameron Gibson
• Dean Kent
• Nicholas Sheeran
• Jonathan Winter

Women's competition

• Charlotte Glynan
• Melissa Ingram
• Toni Jeffs
• Hannah Mclean
• Vivienne Rignall
• Anna Thomas
• Elizabeth Van Welie

References

1. "Aussies triumph in final drama". news.bbc.co.uk. 4 August 2002. Archived from the original on 2 October 2002. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
2. "Netball gold goes right to the wire". m2002.thecgf.com. 4 August 2002. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
3. "Media Guide – 2014 New Zealand Netball Team – 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.silverferns.co.nz. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
4. "BBC Sport – Commonwealth Games 2002 – Statistics". news.bbc.co.uk. 4 August 2002. Archived from the original on 28 November 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
5. "Women Netball Commonwealth Games Machester (ENG) 2002". www.todor66.com. Archived from the original on 4 April 2016. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
6. "Pool A Summary". m2002.thecgf.com. 30 July 2002. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
7. "Continuity key for Silver Ferns". m2002.thecgf.com. 5 July 2002. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2025.

External links

• NZOC website on the 2002 games
• Commonwealth Games Federation website