Norfolk Island at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Norfolk Island at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Norfolk Island
CGF code	NFK
CGA	Norfolk Island Amateur Sports and Commonwealth Games Association
Website	facebook.com/teamnorfolkisland (Facebook)
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	10 (5 men and 5 women) in 1 sport
Flag bearers (opening)	Tim Sheridan Shae Wilson
Flag bearer (closing)	Ellie Dixon
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Norfolk Island was represented at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom by the Norfolk Island Amateur Sports and Commonwealth Games Association.

In total, 10 athletes including five men and five women represented Norfolk Island in one sport: lawn bowls.

Lawn bowlers Tim Sheridan and Shae Wilson were the delegated flagbearers during the opening ceremony. ^{[1] [2]}

Competitors

In total, 10 athletes represented Norfolk Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom across one sport. ^[3]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Lawn bowls	5	5	10
Total	5	5	10

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

In total, 10 Norfolk Islander athletes participated in the lawn bowls events – Ryan Dixon in the men's singles and the men's triples, Tim Sheridan and John Christian in the men's pairs and the men's fours, Trevor Gow and Hadyn Evans in the men's triples and the men's fours, Shae Wilson in the women's singles and the women's pairs, Carmen Anderson in the women's pairs and the women's fours and Petal Jones, Essie Sanchez and Ellie Dixonin the women's triples and the women's fours. ^[3]

The lawn bowls events took place at Victoria Park in Leamington Spa between 29 July and 6 August 2022. ^[4]

Norfolk Island had mixed success in the lawn bowls events. In the four men's events, Norfolk Islands representatives were eliminated at the group stage. The men's triples lost all of their matches while the rest only recorded one win in the group stage. In the women's events, only the triples were eliminated at the group stage. Wilson and Anderson lost to Australia in the pairs quarter-finals and, similarly, the fours lost to India in the quarter-finals. In the singles, Wilson reached the semi-finals but lost Ellen Ryan of Australia. In the bronze medal match, she lost to Siti Zalina Ahmad of Malaysia. ^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Ryan Dixon	Singles	Kelly  (NIR) L 12 - 21	Tagelagi  (NIU) W 21 - 13	Bester  (CAN) L 8 - 21	Salmon  (WAL) L 11 - 21	4	did not advance
Tim Sheridan John Christian	Pairs	Jamaica L 16–17	Northern Ireland W 20–15	Namibia L 12–19	Wales L 16–19	4	did not advance
Trevor Gow Hadyn Evans Ryan Dixon	Triples	Northern Ireland L 10–24	Fiji L 12–20	Wales L 10–31	—	4	did not advance
John Christian Trevor Gow Hadyn Evans Tim Sheridan	Fours	Wales L 8―19	Malaysia L 11―19	Brunei W 17―4	—	3	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Group Stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shae Wilson	Singles	Tikoisuva  (FIJ) W 21–16	Mataio  (COK) W 21–13	Piketh  (RSA) W 21–18	—	1 Q	Daniels  (WAL) W 21–11	Ryan  (AUS) L 17–21	Ahmad  (MAS) L 10–21	4
Shae Wilson Carmen Anderson	Pairs	Cook Islands W 26―14	Malta W 21―18	Guernsey L 10―20	Malaysia W 22―17	2 Q	Australia L 12―19	did not advance
Petal Jones Essie Sanchez Ellie Dixon	Triples	Canada L 10 - 22	Malaysia L 8 - 24	Fiji W 16 - 13	—	4	did not advance
Petal Jones Carmen Anderson Essie Sanchez Ellie Dixon	Fours	Malaysia W 21–12	Malta W 16–12	Northern Ireland W 17–6	—	1 Q	India L 9–17	did not advance

References

1. "With only 10 days to go until Birmingham 2022, our small but might team are ready 🇳🇫". www.facebook.com/. Team Norfolk Island. 17 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
2. "Pacific at the Opening Ceremony of Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games". www.oceanianoc.org/. Oceania National Olympic Committees. 30 July 2022. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
3. "(NFK) Norfolk Island". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
4. "Victoria Park". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
5. "Results - Lawn Bowls and Para Lawn Bowls". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.

External links

• Team Norfolk Island Facebook site