# Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

The squad to represent Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was announced by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales (CGCW) on 22 February 2006. It consisted of 143 athletes (63 Women and 80 men) competing across 14 sports; 85 fewer than the squad in 2002. The team was not able to improve on their medal tally from the 2002 Commonwealth Games when Wales won 6 Gold, 13 Silver and 12 Bronze medals. The team was captained by Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson.

## Medals

| | | | | Total |
| Wales | 3 | 5 | 11 | 19 |

### Gold

Weightlifting:
* Michaela Breeze, Women's 63 kg
Swimming:
* David Davies, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
Shooting:
* David Phelps, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone

### Silver

Athletics:
* Julie Crane, Women's High Jump
Boxing:
* Kevin Evans
Gymnastics:
* David Eaton, Men's Horizontal Bar
Lawn bowls:
* Robert Weale, Men's Singles
* Betty Morgan, Women's Singles

### Bronze

Athletics:
* Beverley Jones, Women's 100 m EAD T37
* Hayley Tullett, Women's 1500 m
Boxing:
* James Cree, Light Welterweight 64 kg
* Darren Edwards, Featherweight 57 kg
* Mohammed Nasir, Light Flyweight 48 kg
Cycling:
* Nicole Cooke, Women's Road Race
* Geraint Thomas, Men's Points Race
Shooting:
* Johanne Brekke, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone
* Gruffudd Morgan and David Phelps, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs
Swimming:
* David Davies, Men's 400 m Freestyle
* David Roberts (swimmer), Men's 100 m EAD Freestyle

## Squad

The Welsh squad for the 2006 Commonwealth Games is as follows:

### Athletics
#### Men

* 100 m: Christian Malcolm
* 200 m: Christian Malcolm
* 400 m: Gareth Warburton
* 400 m hurdles: Matt Elias, Rhys Williams.
* 4 × 400 m relay: Gareth Warburton, Matt Elias, Rhys Williams, Dai Greene, Christian Malcolm
* 1500 m: James Thie
* 5000 m: Chris Davies
* Long jump: Steven Shalders
* Triple jump: Steven Shalders
* High jump: Robert Mitchell
* Pole vault: Scott Simpson
* 100 m (Disabled): Neville Bonfield

#### Women

* 200 m: Chelsea Foster
* 400 m: Catherine Murphy
* 800 m: Hayley Tullett
* 1500 m: Hayley Tullett, Natalie Lewis
* 10,000 m: Catherine Dugdale
* High jump: Julie Crane
* Hammer: Carys Parry, Leslie Brannen, Laura Douglas
* Discus: Phillipa Roles
* Marathon: Tracey Morris
* 100 m (Disabled): Beverley Jones
* 800 m (Disabled): Tanni Grey-Thompson
* Shot (Disabled): Julie Hamzah

### Badminton

* Men's Singles: Richard Vaughan, Martyn Lewis, Matthew Hughes, Jonathan Morgan
* Men's Doubles: Martyn Lewis, Matthew Hughes, Jonathan Morgan, James Phillips
* Women's Singles: Kelly Morgan
* Mixed Doubles: Kelly Morgan, Richard Vaughan

### Boxing

* 48 kg: Mohammed Nasir (originally from Yemen)
* 51 kg: Christopher Jenkins
* 54 kg: Kris Jones
* 57 kg: Darren Edwards
* 60 kg: Robert Turley
* 64 kg: Jamie-Lee Alger Rees
* 69 kg: Aaron Thomas
* 91 kg: Kevin Evans

### Cycling
#### Men

* Mountain bike cross-country: Steven Roach
* Endurance: 20 km scratch: Geraint Thomas, Matt Brammeier, Ross Sander
* Endurance: 40 km scratch: Geraint Thomas, Ross Sander
* Endurance: 40 km points: Matt Brammeier
* Endurance: road race: Geraint Thomas, Julian Winn, Dale Appleby, Yanto Barker, Rob Partridge, Steven Roach
* Endurance: time trial: Geraint Thomas, Julian Winn

#### Women

* Endurance: 25 km points: Nicole Cooke
* Endurance: road race: Nicole Cooke

### Gymnastics
#### Men

* Artistic: David Eaton

#### Women

* Artistic: Samantha Bayley, Lynnett Lisle, Rhian Pugh, Melaine Roberts, Jessica Gazzi
* Rhythmic: Francesca Jones

### Lawn bowls

* Men's singles: Robert Weale
* Men's pairs: Jason Greenslade, Neil Rees
* Men's triples: Andrew Atwood, Martin Selway, Kevin Wall
* Women's singles: Betty Morgan
* Women's pairs: Shirley King, Gillian Miles
* Women's triples: Anwen Butten, Lisa Forey, Katharine Pearce

### Netball

Jamilla Abbott, Rhiannon Ace, Sophie Baxter, Ursula Bowers, Suzanne Drane, Amanda Evans, Sara Hale, Lynda James, Rebecca James, Nicola Lewis, Anna Mayes, Nicola Szehofner

### Power lifting

* Gideon Griffiths

### Rugby sevens

Richie Pugh (capt, Ospreys), Rhys Williams (Blues), Rhodri McAtee (Penzance), James Hook (Ospreys), James Merriman (Gloucester), Johnathan Edwards (Scarlets), Rhys Oakley (Dragons), Robin Sowden-Taylor (Blues), Wayne Evans (Blues), Gareth Baber (Dragons), Tal Selley (Scarlets), Jonathan Vaughton (Ospreys).

### Shooting
#### Men

* Skeet: Malcolm Allen, Tony Grove
* Trap: Mike Wixey, James Birkett-Evans
* 10 m air pistol: Ian Harris, Alan Green
* 25 m centre fire: Steve Pengelly, Alan Green
* 25 m standard pistol: Steve Pengelly, Alan Green
* 50 m pistol: Ian Harris
* 10 m: air rifle: Martyn Blake, John Croydon
* 50 m rifle 3 positions: Martyn Blake, John Croydon
* 50 m: rifle prone: Griff Morgan, David Phelps

#### Women

* Trap: Sarah Wixey
* 10 m air rifle: Jennifer Corish, Sian Corish
* 50 m rifle 3 positions: Jennifer Corish, Sian Corish
* 50 m rifle prone: Johanne Brekke, Ceri Dallimore

#### Open

* Full Bore(Queens Prize): Gareth Morris, Alexander Woodward

### Squash

* Men's singles: David Evans, Alex Gough, Gavin Jones
* Men's doubles: David Evans, Alex Gough
* Women's singles: Tegwen Malik
* Mixed Doubles: Tegwen Malik, Gavin Jones

### Swimming

* Men: David Davies, Thomas Haffield, Owen Morgan, Stuart Manford, David Roberts
* Women: Jazmin Carlin, Bethan Coole, Julie Gould, Jemma Lowe, Lowri Tynan, Cari-Fflur Davies, Rhiannon Henry

### Table tennis

* Men: Ryan Jenkins, Stephen Jenkins, Adam Robertson, David Buck.
* Women: Bethan Daunton, Siwan Mair Davies, Naomi Owen, Claire Harris, Sara Head

### Triathlon

* Men: Marc Jenkins
* Women: Leanda Cave, Anneliese Heard, Helen Tucker

### Weightlifting

* Men: Terry Perdue.
* Women: Michaela Breeze, Kate Howard, Natasha Perdue.