Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games


Wales competed at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland. Prior to the games the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales set itself a target of 27 medals, surpassing the 2010 total of 20 medals won in Delhi. After the withdrawal of World champion competitors Helen Jenkins, Non Stanford and Becky James, Chef de Mission Brian Davies conceded that the initial target was optimistic, but the target was actually attained by 30 July, the sixth day of the competition. Wales finished 13th in the overall medal table, but joint 8th, with Nigeria, in terms of the total medals won.
Wales finished with 36 medals, making the team the most successful Welsh squad in Commonwealth Games history. The country secured five gold medals, won by Francesca Jones, Geraint Thomas, Natalie Powell, Jazz Carlin and Georgia Davies. Francesca Jones was the most successful member of the Welsh squad securing six medals, with five silvers to add to her gold. Other multiple medal athletes includes fellow gymnasts Laura Halford and Georgina Hockenhull, swimmer Jazz Carlin and cyclist Geraint Thomas. Gymnastics was the country's most successful sport winning ten medals, but podium finishes were achieved across ten of the 18 sports contested. Wales medal total also included four from para-sport events.
During the closing ceremony Francesca Jones was awarded the David Dixon Award as the outstanding athlete of the Games, reflecting not only her performance as a competitor but also as a role model to her sport and as an ambassador of fair play.

Administration

The national body created to select the Wales team at the 2014 Commonwealth Games was the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales .
The CGCW Board is managed by its Council which is made up of members from all sports that can attend a Commonwealth Games. The Chair of the board to see Team Wales through the Games is Helen Phillips, who is also the Chair of Wales Gymnastics. The Company Secretary is Sue Holvey while its directors are Deborah Godbold, Nicola Phillips and Ron Davies. The President of CGCW is Anne Ellis while the CEO is Chris Jenkins, the only full-time employed member of the board.
The chef de mission for Team Wales is Brian Davies, the first time he has held the position after serving on the team in the previous two competitions. Paralympic world record holding athlete Aled Davies was confirmed as team captain at the official team send-off at the Swalec Stadium in Cardiff on 23 June 2014.

Build up to the Games

High Standards were set in the run up to the 2014 Commonwealth Games for the Wales team, with a target of 27 medals set by the Commonwealth Games Council for Wales. This surpassed the team's total achieved at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. The first major set back for the team was the withdrawal in June of world triathlete champion Non Stanford, who was unable to recover in time from a stress fracture to her ankle. Two weeks later it was announced that double cycling world champion Becky James would also be withdrawing from the Games, also due to an injury. A week before the Games began triathlete Helen Jenkins, another medal hopeful, was forced to leave the Welsh team, again through injury. Other team members forced to withdraw through injury close to the opening of the Games included weightlifter Faye Pittman and judoka Kyle Davies.
As well as the athletes who left the squad through injury, several hopefuls' withdrawals were more controversial. On 16 July it was announced that 800m runner Gareth Warburton had been charged with anti-doping rule violations and was unable to be selected, this was followed on the opening day of the Games with the withdrawal of 400m hurdler and team Wales vice captain Rhys Williams again after failing a drug test at a Grand Prix event earlier that month.
Further disappointment for Welsh medal hopes came from the boxing team. Olympic silver medalist Fred Evans was unable to compete after long negotiations between the Welsh camp and the Home Office and Games officials resulting in a refusal of accreditation. Earlier in the year Evans had admitted his part in a nightclub assault. A second loss from the boxing team was female fighter Ashley Brace, who was disqualified from taking part in the Games as she was adjudged to have once been a professional kick-boxer and was thus not an amateur fighter.
The loss of so many world class athletes led Chef de Mission Brian Davies to conceded that the initial target of 27 medals was now optimistic.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
GoldFrancesca JonesRhythmic gymnasticsWomen's rhythmic individual ribbon
GoldNatalie PowellJudoWomen's 78 kg
GoldJazz CarlinSwimmingWomen's 800 metre freestyle
GoldGeorgia DaviesSwimmingWomen's 50 metre backstroke
GoldGeraint ThomasCyclingMen's road race
SilverFrancesca Jones
Laura Halford
Nikara Jenkins		Rhythmic gymnasticsWomen's rhythmic team all-around
SilverFrancesca JonesRhythmic gymnasticsWomen's rhythmic individual all-around
SilverElena AllenShootingWomen's skeet
SilverFrancesca JonesRhythmic gymnasticsWomen's rhythmic individual hoop
SilverFrancesca JonesRhythmic gymnasticsWomen's rhythmic individual ball
SilverFrancesca JonesRhythmic gymnasticsWomen's rhythmic individual clubs
SilverGeorgia DaviesSwimmingWomen's 100 metre backstroke
SilverElinor BarkerCyclingWomen's points race
SilverAled DaviesAthleticsMen's discus throw F42/44
SilverJazz CarlinSwimmingWomen's 400 metre freestyle
SilverSally PeakeAthleticsWomen's pole vault
BronzeLaura HalfordRhythmic gymnasticsWomen's rhythmic individual all-around
BronzeCalum JarvisSwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle
BronzeMatt Ellis
Ieuan Williams 		CyclingMen's tandem 1km time trial B
BronzeLaura HalfordRhythmic gymnasticsWomen's rhythmic individual ball
BronzeElinor BarkerCyclingWomen's scratch race
BronzeMichaela BreezeWeightliftingWomen's 58 kg
BronzeJack ThomasSwimmingMen's 200 metre freestyle S14
BronzeMark ShawJudoMen's +100 kg
BronzePaul Taylor
Jonathan Tomlinson
Marc Wyatt		Lawn bowlsMen's triples
BronzeRhys JonesAthleticsMen's 100 m T37
BronzeCraig PillingWrestlingMen's freestyle 57 kg
BronzeLizzie Beddoe
Georgina Hockenhull
Jessica Hogg
Angel Romaeo
Raer Theaker		Artistic gymnasticsWomen's artistic team all-around
BronzeDaniel JervisSwimmingMen's 1500 metre freestyle
BronzeGeraint ThomasCyclingMen's road time trial
BronzeSean McGoldrickBoxingMen's Bantamweight
BronzeNathan ThorleyBoxingMen's Light heavyweight
BronzeGeorgina HockenhullArtistic gymnasticsWomen's balance beam
BronzeLauren PriceBoxingWomen's middleweight
BronzeAshley WilliamsBoxingMen's Light flyweight
BronzeJoseph CordinaBoxingMen's Lightweight

Athletics

;Men
;Track & road events
;Field Events
;Combined events – Decathlon
AthleteEvent100 m400 m1500 mFinalRank
David GuestResult10.957.0112.431.8748.0814.7043.144.5051.934:51.2375168
David GuestPoints8721688232130084799552862886905751675168
Benjamin GregoryResult11.267.4213.031.9050.4914.7040.405.0054,054:34.8977256
Benjamin GregoryPoints80417192388310238944780545363637012763977256
Curtis MatthewsResult11.037.2013.531.8450.9414.8847.854.3052.094:59.72742210
Curtis MatthewsPoints854171624163077384947135539624168617422742210

;Women
;Track & road events
;Field Events

Badminton

;Singles & doubles
;Mixed team
;Pool D

Boxing

;Men
;Women

Cycling

Road

;Men
;Women

Track

;Sprint
;Pursuit
;Points race
;Scratch race
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
AthleteEventRankRank
Owain DoullMen's scratch race12 Q15
Sam HarrisonMen's scratch race11 Q7
Jonathan MouldMen's scratch race10 Q
Elinor BarkerWomen's scratch race
Katie CurtisWomen's scratch race7
Amy RobertsWomen's scratch race13

;Keirin

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men
;Team
;Individual
;Women
;Team
;Individual

Rhythmic

;Individual
;Individual finals
AthleteEventTotalRank
Laura HalfordBall14.550
Laura HalfordHoop14.2505
Laura HalfordRibbon12.8508
Francesca JonesBall14.875
Francesca JonesClubs14.800
Francesca JonesHoop14.750
Francesca JonesRibbon14.500

;Team

Hockey

;Men
;Pool A
----
----
----
;Women
;Pool B
----
----
----

Judo

;Men
;Women

Lawn Bowls

;Men
;Women
;Mixed para-sport

Netball

;Pool B
----
----
----
----

Rugby Sevens

;Pool stage
----
----
----
;Quarter-finals

Shooting

Clay Target

;Men
;Women

Pistol

;Women

Small Bore and Air Rifle

;Men
;Women

Full Bore

Squash

;Individual
;Doubles

Swimming

;Men
;Women
* – Indicates athlete swam in the preliminaries but not in the final race.

Table tennis

;Singles
;Doubles
;Team

Triathlon

;Mixed Relay
AthletesEventTotal Times per Athlete
Total Group TimeRank
Carol Bridge
Liam Lloyd
Holly Lawrence
Morgan Davies		Mixed relay20:21
18:37
19:54
19:01		1:17:538

Weightlifting

;Men
;Women

Wrestling

Freestyle

;Men
;Women