Guernsey at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Guernsey
CGF codeGGY
CGAGuernsey Commonwealth Games Association
Websiteguernseycga.org.gg
in Gold Coast, Australia
4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors31 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Matthew Guille
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

Guernsey competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from 4 April to 15 April 2018.[1] Guernsey's team consisted of 31 athletes across eight sports.[2] It was Guernsey's 13th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

The first seven competitors were announced in September 2017.[3] The final team members were announced on 24 November 2017.[4][5] The overall team consisted of 24 men and seven women.

Sport shooter Matthew Guille was the island's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[6]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Spa hrvatska cgort Men Women Total
Athletics (track and field) 3 1 4
Badminton 2 2 4
Boxing 1 0 1
Cycling 7 1 8
Lawn bowls 3 1 4
Shooting 5 1 6
Swimming 2 1 3
Triathlon 1 0 1
Total 24 7 31

Athletics (track and field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's athletics team consisted of four athletes (three men and one woman).[4]

Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Cameron Chalmers Men's 400 m 46.16 4 q 46.34 5 did not advance
Alastair Chalmers Men's 400 m hurdles 51.10 7 — did not advance
Lee Merrien Men's Marathon — 2:24:10 8
Sarah Mercier Women's 5000 m — 17:00.52 16

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's badminton team consisted of four athletes (two men and two women).[4]

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Chloe Le Tissier Women's singles  Katherine Wynter (JAM)
L 0 – 2 		did not advance
Elena Johnson
Chloe Le Tissier 		Women's doubles —  Eyram Migbodzi (GHA)
 Stella Koteikai Amasah (GHA)
W 2 – 0 		 Chloe Birch (ENG)
 Jessica Pugh (ENG)
L 0 – 2 		did not advance
Elena Johnson
Jordan Trebert 		Mixed doubles  Brian Yang (CAN)
 Michelle Li (CAN)
L 0 – 2 		did not advance
Chloe Le Tissier
Stuart Hardy 		 Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (IND)
 Ashwini Ponnappa (IND)
L 0 – 2 		did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's entered one boxer.[4]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final Rank
Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result 		Opposition
Result
William Le Poullain −69 kg  Gul Zaib (PAK)
L 2–3 		did not advance

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's cycling team consisted of eight athletes (seven men and one woman).[4]

Road

Men
Athlete Event Time Rank
Jack English Road race 3:59:25 33
Tobyn Horton 3:57:01 7
James McLaughlin 3:59:11 29
James Roe DNF
Michael Serafin DNF
Sebastian Tremlett DNF
Jack English Time trial 53:07.65 17
James McLaughlin 49:54.12 6
Sebastian Tremlett 52:10.73 12
Women
Athlete Event Time Rank
Karina Jackson Road race DNF
Time trial 42:36.36 17

Mountain bike

Athlete Event Time Rank
Andrew Colver Men's cross-country -3LAP 21
James Roe 1:27:06 13
Michael Serafin -1LAP 16

Lawn bowls

Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's lawn bowls team consisted of four athletes (three men and one woman).[4]

Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Todd Priaulx Men's Singles  Rusli (MAS)
L 11 – 21 		 Bell (SAM)
W 21 – 3 		 Burnett (SCO)
L 13 – 21 		 Tagelagi (NIU)
W 21 – 7 		 Omar (BRU)
W 21 – 20 		3 did not advance
Matthew Le Ber
Matthew Solway 		Men's Pairs  Canada
L 14 – 16 		 Malta
L 10 – 16 		 Australia
L 15 – 18 		 Brunei
W 20 – 12 		— 4 did not advance
Lucy Beere Women's Singles  Daniels (WAL)
L 15 – 21 		 MacDonald (JER)
W 21 – 12 		 Brown (SCO)
L 6 – 21 		 Matali (BRU)
L 17 – 21 		— 4 did not advance

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's entered six shooters (five men and one woman).[4]

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Matthew Guille 50 metre rifle prone 601.7 24 did not advance
Darren Burtenshaw Trap 102 30 did not advance
Stefan Roberts 108 21 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Nikki Trebert 25 metre pistol 545 12 did not advance
10 metre air pistol 360 16 did not advance
Open
Athlete Event Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Total
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank Overall Rank
Adam Jory Queen's prize individual 104-6v 14 148-12v 15 143-8v 23 395-26v 19
Peter Jory 103-9v 19 149-18v 8 147-10v 14 399–37 14
Adam Jory
Peter Jory 		Queen's prize pairs 294.30v 10 281-15v 9 — 575-45v 9

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's entered three swimmers (two men and one woman).[4]

Men
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Thomas Hollingsworth 50 m backstroke 26.78 10 Q 27.08 11 did not advance
100 m backstroke 57.61 16 Q 58.14 16 did not advance
Miles Munro 50 m freestyle 22.94 17 did not advance
100 m freestyle 50.80 26 did not advance
50 m butterfly 24.76 17 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Tatiana Tostevin 50 m freestyle 27.52 23 did not advance
100 m freestyle 1:00.31 25 did not advance
50 m backstroke 30.19 20 did not advance
100 m backstroke 1:04.90 19 did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Guernsey's entered one triathlete.[4]

Individual
Athlete Event Swim (750 m) Trans 1 Bike (20 km) Trans 2 Run (5 km) Total Rank
Joshua Lewis Men's 9:31 0:45 30:29 0:30 17:30 58:45 24

References

  1. ^ "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  2. ^ "Guernsey's first Commonwealth Games athletes selected". ITV. 10 September 2017. Retrieved 3 November 2017.
  3. ^ McKay, Duncan (29 September 2017). "Guernsey announce first selections for Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Guernsey name full team for 2018 Commonwealth Games". ITV. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Gold Coast 2018: Guernsey add 19 to squad for Commonwealth Games". BBC. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
  6. ^ Batiste, Rob (20 March 2018). "Guille to carry flag at opening ceremony". Guernsey Press. Guernsey. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
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