Singapore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Singapore at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
CGF code	SIN
CGA	Singapore National Olympic Council
Website	www.singaporeolympics.com
in Melbourne, Australia
Competitors	63 in 8 sports
Officials	38
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 5 Silver 6 Bronze 7 Total 18
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022 2026 2030

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Singapore was represented at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne by a 101-member strong contingent comprising 63 sportspersons and 38 officials. Singapore won a total of 18 medals, 5 of them gold: its best ever performance at the Commonwealth Games.

Medallists

Further information: 2006 Commonwealth Games medal table

				Total
Singapore	5	6	7	18

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Li Jiawei Sharon Tan Zhang Xueling	Table Tennis	Women's Team
Gold	Yang Zi Zhang Xueling	Table Tennis	Mixed Doubles
Gold	Li Jiawei Zhang Xueling	Table Tennis	Women's Doubles
Gold	Zhang Xueling	Table Tennis	Women's Singles
Gold	On Shaw Ming	Shooting	Men's 25m Centre Fire Pistol
Silver	Cai Xiaoli Jason Ho Yang Zi	Table Tennis	Men's Team
Silver	Cai Xiaoli Li Jiawei	Table Tennis	Mixed Doubles
Silver	Sharon Tan Yan Xu	Table Tennis	Women's Doubles
Silver	Li Jiawei	Table Tennis	Women's Singles
Silver	Zhang Jin	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Rifle
Silver	Jiang Yan Mei Li Yujia	Badminton	Mixed doubles
Bronze	Ong Jun Hong Zhang Jin	Shooting	Men's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)
Bronze	Zhang Jingna Vanessa Yu Zhen Yong	Shooting	Women's 10m Air Rifle (Pairs)
Bronze	Vanessa Yu Zhen Yong	Shooting	Women's 10m Air Rifle (Singles)
Bronze	Jason Ho Sharon Tan	Table Tennis	Mixed Doubles
Bronze	Cai Xiaoli Yang Zi	Table Tennis	Men's Doubles
Bronze	Yan Xu	Table Tennis	Women's Singles
Bronze	Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Li Yujia	Badminton	Mixed doubles

Athletics

Field events

Women

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Position
Du Xianhui	Shot put	16.76	5
Zhang Guirong		17.39	4

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hendra Wijaya	Singles	John Moody  (NZL) W (21–15, 21–9)	Chetan Anand  (IND) L (16–21, 21–13, 11–21)	Did not advance
Kendrick Lee		Dinuka Karunaratne  (SRI) W (21–11, 21–4)	Wong Choong Hann  (MAL) L (17–21, 20–22)	Did not advance
Tan Wei Kiat Aaron		Aamir Ghaffar  (ENG) L (11–21, 9–21)	Did not advance
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Ronald Susilo	Doubles	—	Koo Kien Keat / Chan Chong Ming  (MAL) L (17–21, 17–21)	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarter-finals	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Li Li	Singles	Aparna Popat  (IND) L (21–10, 21–23, 17–21)	Did not advance
Liu Fan Frances		Anna Rice  (CAN) W (21–16, 21–19)	Susan Hughes  (SCO) L (18–21, 19–21)	Did not advance
Xing Aiying		Saina Nehwal  (SRI) W (14–21, 21–13, 21–6)	Wong Mew Choo  (MAL) L (10–21, 10–21)	Did not advance
Jiang Yanmei Li Yujia	Doubles	—	Nicole Gorden / Sara Petersen  (NZL) W (21–13, 21–4)	Gail Emms / Donna Kellogg  (ENG) W (21–8, 21–14)	Chin Eei Hui / Wong Pei Tty  (MAL) L (17–21, 19–21)

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Quarter-finals	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Hendri Kurniawan Saputra Li Yujia	Doubles	Travis Denney / Kate Wilson-Smith  (AUS) W (23–21, 21–17)	Nathan Robertson / Gail Emms  (ENG) L (21–19, 14–21, 17–21)	Koo Kien Keat / Wong Pei Tty  (MAL) W (21–14, 21–23, 21–6)

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Artistic

Men

Ho was the first gymnast to qualify for the Commonwealth games ^[1] and was the only gymnast representing Singapore. ^[2]

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Ho Wah Toon	Vault	15.700		Did not advance
	Floor	12.150		Did not advance

Netball

Singapore qualified for the netball at the 2006 Commonwealth Games after winning the 2005 Asian Netball Championships. In their opening match they played Jamaica. They finished 12th in tournament. In the 11th/12th playoff, they lost 52–46 to Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]}

Pool 2

Friday 17 March 13:00 (UTC+11)	Stats	Jamaica	67–22	Singapore		Umpires: Sharon Kelly Marion Johnson-Hurley Reserve umpire: Amanda Nottingham
		Scoring by quarter:19-7, 15-8, 18-5, 15-2
		Elaine Davis  25/32 (78%) Latoya Thomas  23/26 (88%) Simone Forbes  11/14 (79%) Jodi Ann Ffrench  8/10 (80%)		Tan Hui Yan  10/14 (71%) Li Ling  7/10 (70%) Chen Hui Fen  3/5 (60%) Jeanine Heng Wei Ping  2/5 (40%)

Saturday 18 March 15:00 (UTC+11)	Stats	Singapore	33–76	Samoa		Umpires: Michelle Phippard Carolene Logan Reserve umpire: Jacqui Jashari
		Scoring by quarter: 6-21, 10-18, 9-16, 8-21
		Jeanine Heng Wei Ping  12/15 (80%) Li Ling  9/11 (82%) Tan Hui Yan  8/8 (100%) Pearline Chan  2/2 (100%) Chen Hui Fen  2/4 (50%)		Cathrine Latu  44/51 (86%) Monika Fuimaono  15/16 (94%) Malu Fa'asavalu  13/17 (76%) Ida Vaai  3/7 (43%) Monalisa Tofilau  1/1 (100%)

Monday 20 March 20:30 (UTC+11)	Stats	Barbados	51–40	Singapore		Umpires: Bronwyn Meek Michelle Phippard Reserve umpire: Bill Alexander
		Scoring by quarter: 7-14, 15-9, 17-8, 12-9
		Laurel Browne  37/40 (93%) Lydia Bishop  14/20 (70%)		Tan Hui Yan  22/32 (69%) Li Ling  14/19 (74%) Jeanine Heng Wei Ping  4/7 (57%)

Tuesday 21 March 20:30 (UTC+11)	Stats	Wales	45–36	Singapore		Umpires: Bill Alexander Stacey Campton Reserve umpire: Sharon Kelly
		Scoring by quarter:11-8, 12-6, 13-8, 9-14
		Rhiannon Ace  22/30 (73%) Rebecca James  13/19 (68%) Jamilla Abbott  10/20 (50%) Nicola Lewis  0/1 (0%)		Tan Hui Yan  24/31 (77%) Jeanine Heng Wei Ping  11/13 (85%) Li Ling  1/7 (14%)

Thursday 23 March 14:00 (UTC+11)	Report Stats	Singapore	19–107	Australia		Umpires: Carolene Logan Chris Campbell Reserve umpire: Bronwyn Meek
		Scoring by quarter: 4-25, 4-28, 4-26, 7-28
		Tan Hui Yan  9/18 (50%) Jeanine Heng Wei Ping  5/9 (56%) Li Ling  4/5 (80%) Chen Hui Fen  1/2 (50%) Tan Lee Hiang Wendy  0/1 (0%)		Catherine Cox  44/51 (86%) Megan Dehn  35/42 (83%) Sharelle McMahon  17/20 (85%) Susan Pratley  11/11 (100%)

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Australia	5	4	1	0	387	169	+218	9
2	Jamaica	5	4	1	0	324	174	+150	9
3	Samoa	5	3	0	2	264	254	+10	6
4	Wales	5	2	0	3	185	271	-86	4
5	Barbados	5	2	0	3	183	279	-96	4
6	Singapore	5	0	0	5	150	346	-196	0

  Qualified for Semi-finals
  Qualified for Classification

Sources: ^[4]

11th/12th playoff

Friday 24 March 13:00 (UTC+11)	Stats	Singapore	46–52	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines		Umpires: Chris Campbell Marion Johnson-Hurley Reserve umpire: Carolene Logan
		Scoring by quarter:15-12, 10-10, 13-15, 8-15
		Tan Hui Yan  30/50 (60%) Jeanine Heng Wei Ping  9/15 (60%) Li Ling  7/9 (78%)		Galeine Gordon  27/32 (84%) Samathea Christopher  22/23 (96%) Nicole Sandy  3/4 (75%)

Squad

Singapore roster
Players	Coaches
Name Pos DOB Height Club Nat Caps Pearline Chan (c) C, WA (1979-08-21)21 August 1979 (aged 26) 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) Nike Chen Hui Fen GA, GS (1985-03-11)11 March 1985 (aged 21) 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Blaze Jeanine Heng GS, GA (1979-01-20)20 January 1979 (aged 27) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Sneakers Premila Hirubalan GD, GK (1982-08-17)17 August 1982 (aged 23) 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Nike Vanessa Lee (1983-11-24)24 November 1983 (aged 22) – Li Ling GS, GA (1987-12-26)26 December 1987 (aged 18) 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Blaze Lin Qingyi GK, GD (1985-06-24)24 June 1985 (aged 20) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) Blaze Puay Loo C (aged 27) 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Jean Ng GD, GK (1978-03-21)21 March 1978 (aged 27) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in) Nike Grace Sim WD, C (1985-11-06)6 November 1985 (aged 20) 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Nike Tan Hui Yan GA, GS (1982-11-16)16 November 1982 (aged 23) 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) Blaze Wendy Tan WA (1978-11-24)24 November 1978 (aged 27) 1.64 m (5 ft 5 in) Nike Zhang Ting Jun WD, GD (1982-08-27)27 August 1982 (aged 23) 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) Sneakers	Head coach Kate Carpenter Assistant coach Yeo Mee Hong Manager: Vicki Woo Notes (c)– Captain (cc)– Co-captain (vc)– Vice-captain – Injury / maternity leave (TRP)– Temporary Replacement Player

Sources: ^{[5] [6] [7]}

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Choo Choon Seng	Trap	—		107	24
Lee Wung Yew		—		114	13
Choo Choon Seng Lee Wung Yew	Trap Pairs	—		182	5
On Shaw Ming	25m Centre Fire Pistol	—		578
Ong Jun Hong	10m Air Rifle	587	7	100.8	6
Zhang Jin		595	2	101.9
Ong Jun Hong Zhang Jin	10m Air Rifle Pairs	—		1177
Poh Lip Meng	10m Air Pistol	—		568	11
Soo Kwok Seng				560	20
Poh Lip Meng Soo Kwok Seng	10m Air Pistol Pairs	—		1141	4

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Lim Chea Rong	50m Rifle Prone	—		576	13
	50m Rifle 3 Position	—		552	21
Vanessa Yu Zhen Yong	10m Air Rifle	397	3	102.9
Zhang Jingna		391	9	Did not advance
Zhao Huijing	10m Air Pistol	376	6	93.5	6
Lim Chea Rong Zhang Jingna	50m Rifle 3 Position	—		182	5
Vanessa Yu Zhen Yong Zhang Jingna	10m Air Rifle Pairs	—		781

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Chen Hai Leow	50 metre EAD freestyle	31.72	13	Did not advance
	100 metre EAD freestyle	1:11.80	13	Did not advance
Lim Keng Joo	50 metre EAD freestyle	32.14	16	Did not advance
	100 metre EAD freestyle	1:11.39	12	Did not advance
Lieu Teck Hua	50 metre EAD freestyle	38.53	20	Did not advance
	100 metre EAD freestyle	1:17.03	16	Did not advance
Tay Zhirong	50 metre freestyle	24.29	18	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	52.40	18 Q	52.15	15	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	1:55.84	19	Did not advance
Su Shirong	50 metre freestyle	24.35	21	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	52.96	21	Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	26.12	23	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	56.80	18	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:12.55	15	Did not advance
Cheah Mingzhe	200 metre freestyle	1:57.70	22	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:09.68	13	Did not advance
	1500 metre freestyle	16:28.87	8 Q	—		16:18.34	8
Tan Lee Yu	100 metre backstroke	59.15	15 Q	59.38	14	Did not advance
Tan Jin Wen	50 metre breaststroke	30.47	17	Did not advance
	100 metre breaststroke	1:07.14	21	Did not advance
	200 metre breaststroke	2:27.53	10	Did not advance
Ng Cheng Xun	50 metre butterfly	26.06	22	Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	57.03	19	Did not advance
	200 metre butterfly	2:08.29	13	Did not advance
Tay Zhirong Tan Lee Yu Su Shirong Cheah Mingzhe	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	—				3:31.19	6
Tay Zhirong Tan Lee Yu Su Shirong Cheah Mingzhe	200 metre freestyle relay	—				DSQ
Tan Lee Yu Tan Jin Wen Su Shirong Tay Zhirong	100 metre medley relay	3:57.26	7 Q	—		3:56.08	7

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Goh Rui Si Theresa	50 metre EAD freestyle	45.29	10	Did not advance
	100 metre EAD freestyle	1:36.40	9	Did not advance
Ho Ruyu Ruth	50 metre freestyle	27.51	20	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	1:00.00	23	Did not advance
Ho Shu Yong	50 metre freestyle	27.45	17	Did not advance
	100 metre freestyle	59.78	19	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	2:12.50	25	Did not advance
Joscelin Yeo	50 metre freestyle	DNS		Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	DNS		Did not advance
	100 metre butterfly	DNS		Did not advance
	200 metre individual medley	DNS		Did not advance
Ong Chui Bin Mylene	100 metre freestyle	59.92	20	Did not advance
	200 metre freestyle	2:11.63	23	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:42.86	15	Did not advance
Quah Ting Wen	200 metre freestyle	2:09.10	20	Did not advance
	400 metre freestyle	4:28.91	14	Did not advance
	800 metre freestyle	9:07.93	10	Did not advance
	400 metre individual medley	5:04.52	11	Did not advance
Ng Hiang Yuet Lynette	50 metre backstroke	30.55	8 Q	30.62	9	Did not advance
	100 metre backstroke	1:06.08	13 Q	1:06.47	14	Did not advance
Tao Li	50 metre backstroke	DNS		Did not advance
	50 metre butterfly	27.70	10 Q	27.25	6 Q	27.06	5
	100 metre butterfly	1:01.35	11 Q	1:00.15	6 Q	1:00.63	8
	200 metre butterfly	2:15.49	7 Q	—		2:15.85	7
Ng Hiang Yuet Lynette Joscelin Yeo Ho Shu Yong Ong Chui Bin Mylene	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	—				3:54.15	6
Ho Shu Yong Ng Hiang Yuet Lynette Quah Ting Wen Ong Chui Bin Mylene	4 × 200 metre freestyle relay	—				8:41.28	7
Ng Hiang Yuet Lynette Joscelin Yeo Tao Li Ong Chui Bin Mylene	4 × 100 metre freestyle relay	—				4:17.30	7

Table Tennis

Singles

Athlete	Event	Preliminary round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	GM / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cai Xiaoli	Men	Bye			Pierre-Luc Hinse  (CAN) W 4–1	Peter Jackson  (NZL) W 4–1	Sharath Kamal  (IND) L 2–4	Did not advance
Jason Ho		Rikesh Padarath  (FIJ) W 4–0	Matthew Kahn  (GUY) W 4–0	Chan Koon Wah  (MAS) W 4–1	Soumyadeep Roy  (IND) W 4–3	Adam Robertson  (WAL) L 4–0	Did not advance
Clarence Lee		Tokannata Ioatene  (KIR) W 4–0	Trevor Farley  (BAR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Lee Han Ting		Shahid Ismail  (MDV) W 4–1	David Zalcberg  (AUS) L 0–4	Did not advance
Yang Zi		Bye			Paul Drinkhall  (ENG) W 4–2	Subhajit Saha  (IND) W 4–1	William Henzell  (AUS) L 0–4	Did not advance
Li Jiawei	Women	Bye		—	Bye	Joanna Parker  (ENG) W 4–0	Zhang Mo  (CAN) W 4–0	Yan Xu  (SIN) W 4–1	Zhang Xueling  (SIN) L 3–4
Zena Sim		Offiong Edem  (NGR) L 1–4	Shirley Yan  (CAN) L 1–4	—	Did not advance
Tan Paey Fern		Bye		—	Bye	Chiu Soo Jin  (MAL) W 4–1	Miao Miao  (AUS) L 2–4	Did not advance
Yan Xu		Bye		—	Bye	Mouma Das  (IND) W 4–0	Stephanie Sang  (AUS) W 4–0	Li Jiawei  (SIN) L 1–4	Miao Miao  (AUS) W 4–0
Zhang Xueling		Bye		—	Bye	Ng Sock Khim  (MAS) W 4–1	Li Jin Karen  (NZL) W 4–1	Miao Miao  (AUS) W 4–0	Li Jiawei  (SIN) W 4–3

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	GM / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Cai Xiaoli Yang Zi	Men	Bence Csaba / Faazil Kassam  (CAN) W 3–0	Andrew Baggaley / Andrew Rushton  (ENG) L 2–3	Did not advance
Li Jiawei Zhang Xueling	Women	Joanna Parker / Kelly Sibley  (ENG) W 3–1	Li Jin Karen / Annie Yang  (NZL) W 3–0	Tan Paey Fern / Yan Xu  (SGP) W 3–0
Tan Paey Fern Yan Xu		Ng Sock Khim / Beh Lee Wei  (MAS) W 3–0	Miao Miao / Jian Fang Lay  (AUS) W 3–2	Li Jiawei / Zhang Xueling  (SGP) L 0–3
Yang Zi Zhang Xueling	Mixed	Ng Sock Khim / Chan Koon Wah  (MAS) W 3–0	Jason Ho / Tan Paey Fern  (SIN) W 3–0	Cai Xiaoli / Li Jiawei  (SIN) W 3–1
Cai Xiaoli Li Jiawei		Soumyadeep Roy / Mouma Das  (IND) W 3–0	Russ Lavale / Miao Miao  (AUS) W 3–1	Yang Zi / Zhang Xueling  (SIN) L 1–3
Jason Ho Tan Paey Fern		Ng Sock Khim / Chan Koon Wah  (MAS) W 3–0	Yang Zi / Zhang Xueling  (SIN) L 0–3	Russ Lavale / Miao Miao  (AUS) W 3–2

Team

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round							Quarterfinal	Semifinal	GM / BM	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Cai Xiaoli Jason Ho Clarence Lee Lee Han Ting Yang Zi	Men's Team	Fiji W 3–0	Trinidad and Tobago W 3–0	Malawi W 3–0	Barbados W 3–0	Canada W 3–0	Jamaica W 3–0	1 Q	Seychelles W 3–2	Wales W 3–0	India L 2–3
Li Jiawei Zena Sim Tan Paey Fern Yan Xu Zhang Xueling	Women's Team	New Zealand W 3–0	Canada W 3–0	Uganda W 3–0	—			1 Q	Wales W 3–0	India W 3–0	Wales W 3–0

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