06-08-14 COMMONWELTH BLOG

THIS WILL BE MY FINAL BLOG FROM THE COMONWELTH GAMES

 

MEDAL TEAM OF THE TOURNAMENT:    TEAM ENGLAND FOR TOPPING THE MEDAL AND DOING SO FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE

MATCH OF THE TOURNAMENT: ENGLAND VS NEW ZEALAND NETBALL SUCH A CLOSE MATCH

PLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENT: ERIN DAVIES A YOUNG WELSH SWIMMER WHO WON A MEDAL IN THE COMMONWELTH GAMESD

NORTHERN IRELAND PREFORMANCE: PADDY BARNES FOR BEING THE FIRST BOXER TO RETAIN A COMENWELTH TITLE IN 40 YEARS

 

SURPRISE SPORT TO WAYCH OF THE TOURNAMENT: NETBALL OR SQUASH VERY DISAPOINTED NOT TO SEE EITHER AT THE OLYMPICS

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WALSH BEATEN BY THE BETTER BOXER

 

 

 

 

Nicola Adams defeated Northern Irelands Michella Walsh by a split decision the fact that Adams was the smarter boxer was what helped her win this was the first ever commonwealth medal for a lady boxer

Scotland’s Flynn managed to beat Joe Fitzpatrick to secure a Scottish gold medal

IT’S IRISH GOLD TIME

 

Michael Conlan secured gold after defeating England’s Aspas but he did loose the first round

Paddy Barnes became the first boxer to retain his commonwealth title in over 40 years and the only home nation’s fighter ever to retain it. The boxing final itself was quite close  

ENGLAND DISAPOINTMENT AGAIN

Australia beat England 4-1 in the semi final of the men’s hockey

India will be their opponents after they bat New Zealand 3-2

ENGLAND ARE A STEP BEHIND

India beat England 2-0 to win Badminton gold

In table tennis Canada Beat England by 3 games to 1 Singapore Beat Australia by 3 games to 1 and in badminton Malaysia lost to Scotland 21-16 21-11

A PERFCT ENGLAND DAY

In the final day of the commonwealth games in the morning was the women’s road race where Lizzie Armistead from England won gold silver was Emma Pooley also from England and bronze went to Passio from South Africa

LIVING THE WELSH DREAM

Geraint Thomas from Wales win the men’s road race silver went to Jack Bauer from New Zealand and bronze went to Scot Waits from England

In squash David Palmer came out of retirement to allow Australia to beat England by 2 sets to 1

THE PERFECT MARRIAGE

Married couple Charles and Gabby Alcock won the final of the mixed doubles beating a fellow English pair Tin Tin Ho who is 15 and Lee Pichford

David Parmer and Rachel Grimmer win 11-8 11-10 against a fellow English pair

AISIN PERFECTION

Team Malysia beat team Singapore in the men’s doubles badminton 21-12 12-21 21-15  

 

TALK ABOUT UNLUCKY ENGLAND 

 

Australia defeated New Zealand 58-40

Jamaica beat England by 52 points to 48 which is a little cruel for England as they lost by 1 point in their semi final

ENGLAND GAIN BRONZE ON PENALTIES

England drew 3-3 in the third place play off of the field hockey England won 4-2 on penalties

Australia defeated India 4-0 in the final  

ENGLAND LOOSE GOLD ON PENALTIES

In the Women’s Australia beat England on Penalties after a 1-1 draw

New Zealand beat South Africa to secure bronze 5-2

 

  

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DISAPOINTMENT BUT HEART SHOWN IN THEESE BIG MATCHES

Tony Murphy from Northern Ireland lost to Kieran Mirliles from Scotland 21-15 21-8 in badminton.

Northern Ireland beat the Caymon Islands mixed doubles team in there pool match to reach the knockout stage they did loose the first set 10-11 but came back to win the second 11-8 and the third 11-2.

NI SECURE AMAZING WIN OVER JERSEY

NI beat Wales by 58 goals to 36 3 of the 4 quarters were won by team NI.

NI secured a 15-14 win over Jersey to secure a bronze medal in the lawn bowls this was a match that Jersey had control of at certain periods but team Ni were able to come back.

 

AUSTRALIANS SHOW HOW EASY IT CAN BE

Australia cruise to the play offs with a 5-0 win over Scotland in men’s hockey.

In women’s Australia beat South Africa 7-1.  

Moran and Clark lost to the Australian pair 11-2 11-10 in squash.

 

THERE IS STILL HOME HOPE

Team Scotland beat team Singapore 21-14 21-11 and got through to the quarters.

Australia’s Larissa Miller got gold and Rebecca Downey from England got silver and England’s Ruby Harold gets bronze in the women’s all round gymnastics.

 

DAVID WEIR SHOWS LEGENDARY STATUS

In the men’s discus Midus Vicus Shane from Canada won gold silver went to Apostolos Parells from Cyprus and bronze to Jason Morgan from Jamaica.

England’s David Weir won the T54 wheelchair race silver went to Kurt Furnway and bronze to Canada’s Ales Duport.

BOTSWANA WIN GOLD

Nijel Amos from Botswana won gold David Roudisha from Kenya won silver and Andre Oliver got the bronze in the men’s 800metres.

In the men’s 400 metres Fredricks from South Africa wins gold Gordon from Trinidad and Tobago got silver bronze Jeffery Gibson of the Bahamas.

CHILD CAN HANDLE PRESURE

Amy Child the reprehensive from Scotland got a silver medal.

Bruce of Nigeria got gold in the long jump England’s Jasmine Sunders getting silver and the bronze going to Cristobel Netty of Canada.

 

ENGLAND SHOW THEY ARE NEARLY THERE

In the women’s 200 metres Blessing Okagbare from Nigeria won gold silver went to Jodie Williams from England and bronze. England has 2^nd 3^rd and 4^th position in this race.