Guernsey at Delhi 2010

by Dell Sat 09 Oct 2010, 5:37 pm

Guernsey at Delhi 2010: Day Five round-up

Guernsey swimmer Tom Hollingsworth smashed the island record for the 200m individual medley in his heat at the Commonwealth Games.

He broke the old record by two seconds, finishing in 2 minutes, 5.9 seconds and - as the 14th fastest overall - only just failed to make the final. Also in the pool, Ian Hurbert set a new personal best in the 50m freestyle.

Guernsey had two entrants in swimming's blue riband event with Ben Lowndes also having an excellent heat.
Guernsey's men's table tennis players have bowed out of the team event, losing by the narrowest of margins against Mauritius to finish 14th overall out of 26 nations.

The trio of Gary Dodd, Olly Langlois and Matt Stubbington performed beyond their expectations throughout the week.

Highlights of day five in Delhi

Team manager Derek Webb was full of praise for his players, describing it as a cracking match to end a cracking week. He said Dodd in particular was superb, winning both his matches and coming from two sets down in the second against the Mauritius number one to win 3-2. This performance set up a nail-biting last rubber between Olly Langlois and the Mauritius number two. Every set was close but Langlois lost 3-0.
With just one group match to play, the Guernsey men's triples bowls team are still in with a chance of a Commonwealth Games medal.

After beating Botswana and losing to Kenya, the trio of Garry Collins, Dan De La Mare and Gary Pitschou must beat Norfolk Island on Saturday to remain in contention for a semi-final place.

Druce has suffered from a string of injuries in the run up to the games

The Guernsey pairs teams of Don Batiste and Ian Merrien, and Gwen De La Mare and Lucy Beere cannot progress into the finals. Zephanie Curgenven missed out on the squash consolation plate prize after losing a five-set marathon to India's Anwesha Reddy. Curgenven said: "I was not playing my own game but I managed to come back in the third and fourth. I guess it was just not good enough in the fifth."

Day Five Results - Friday, 8 October

Aquatics - Swimming

50m freestyle - Ian Hubert set a personal best and won his heat in 25.07 seconds and Ben Lowndes finished in a time of 25.37 seconds, but neither qualified for the final
200m individual medley - Tom Hollingsworth smashed the island record in a time of 2 minutes 5.9 seconds, but as the 14th fastest swimmer did not qualify for the final

Athletics
Men's 400m semi-finals - Tom Druce came last in his heat of eight in 48.3 seconds

Bowls
Men's triples - Guernsey beat Botswana on the tie-break but lost to Kenya the same way
Men's pairs - Guernsey beat Samoa and Namibia on the tie-break
Women's pairs - Guernsey lost to both Samoa and Malaysia 2-0

Squash
Consolation plate competition final - Zephanie Curgenven lost to Anwesha Reddy (India) 11-5 11-5 5-11 6-11 11-6

Table Tennis
Men's team event - Guernsey lost a tight match 3-2 to Mauritius to finish 14th out of 26 countries
Women's singles - Kay Chivers won 4-0 against Mueena Mohamed (Maldives) and lost 4-3 to Amina Lukaaya (Uganda)
Alice Loveridge won 4-1 against Kavindi Sahabandu (Sri Lanka)
Dawn Morgan won 4-2 against Jaisina Newaj (Mauritius)

From BBC News.

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by GD Sun 10 Oct 2010, 9:33 pm

Both of Guernsey's badminton players have made it through to the last 16 of the singles competition at the Commonwealth Games in Delhi.
Gayle Lloyd beat Uganda's Daisy Nakalyango 21-10 21-13 in 17 minutes.
And Elena Johnson beat Wales's world number 255 Carissa Turner 25-23 19-21 24-22 in a 50-minute match.
Badminton team manager John Stuart said: "Elena was not expected to win this match, but she played quite probably the best match of her life."
In the last 16 of the ladies singles Johnson faces number two seed Mew Choo Wong of Malaysia, who is ranked 17 in the world, while Lloyd has drawn sixth seed Anna Rice of Canada, who is ranked 42.

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Peter Jory, the opening ceremony flag bearer, dropped three places

Stuart said: "These will be incredibly tough matches, but both girls are thoroughly looking forward to the opportunity."
Kylie Robilliard missed out on a place in the 100m hurdles final by 0.11 seconds after placing fourth in her heat with a season's best time.
Guernsey's bowls men's triples team, Garry Collins, Dan De La Mare and Gary Pitschou, lost to Wales in the play-off for a semi-final place.

Day Seven Results - Sunday, 10 October
Athletics
Women's 100m hurdles - Kylie Robilliard finished fourth in her heat in 13.94 seconds, just 0.11 seconds off the slowest qualifier
Women's 800m - Helen Hadjam finished in two minutes 15.08 seconds in sixth place in her heat
Badminton
Women's singles round two - Elena Johnson beat Carissa Turner (Wales) 25-23 19-21 24-22
Gayle Lloyd beat Daisy Nakalyango (Uganda) 21-10 21-13
Women's doubles round one - Elena Johnson and Gayle Lloyd won 2-0 against Linda Hammond and Stella Koteika (Ghana) 21-11 21-12
Cycling
Men's 168km road race - James McLaughlin was 20th in three hours 54 minutes and 11 seconds
Tobyn Horton finished 27th in three hours 55 minutes and 12 seconds
Josh Gosselin was 47th in four hours six minutes and 14 seconds
Women's 112km road race - Ann Bowditch was the last of the finishers in an eventful race in 38th with a time of three hours 8 minutes 44 seconds
Lawn Bowls
Men's triples - Guernsey lost to Wales in a play-off for a semi-final place 6-8 3-12
Men's singles - Matt Le Ber lost to Gary Kelly (Northern Ireland) 5-8 5-6
Women's singles - Alison Merrien lost on a tie-break to Claire Johnston (Scotland) 2-13 10-4 1-2, won a tie-break against Lebogang Mascarenhas (Botswana) 5-8 9-5 5-0 and lost to Carmen Anderson (Norfolk Island) 7-10 8-10
Shooting
Full bore pairs - After the 500 yards shoot Adam and Peter Jory dropped from third to 11th
Full bore singles - Mixed fortunes during the 500 yards shoot saw Adam Jory move up two places to 19th while Peter Jory dropped three to 28th
Squash
Mixed doubles pool matches - Zephanie Curgenven and Henry Birch beat Sharya Guruge and Navin Samarasinghe (Sri Lanka) in straight sets 11-3 11-9
Table Tennis
Men's singles pool matches - Garry Dodd beat Joseph Dibbs (Jamaica) 11-9 13-11 8-11 11-7 12-10 and lost to Marios Yiangou (Cyprus) 5-11 5-11 5-11 9-11
Olly Langlois beat Kevin Farley (Barbados) 11-6 11-9 11-6 11-6 and lost to Shane Overmeyer (South Africa) 5-11 1-11 9-11 6-11
Matt Stubbington lost to Mao Sheng Kho (Malaysia) 5-11 10-12 6-11 9-11
Women's singles pool matches - Alice Loveridge lost in a close match that last 31 minutes to Janet Effiom (Nigeria) 11-8 11-8 13-15 11-5 8-11 10-12 6-11
Men's doubles pool matches - Garry Dodd and Olly Langlois beat Canisius Swenhele and Masoud Mtalaso (Tanzania) 11-6 11-6 11-3
Women's doubles pool matches - Alice Loveridge and Dawn Morgan lost to Xue Jie Pang and Mengyu Yu (Singapore) 6-11 7-11 6-11
Mixed doubles pool matches - Garry Dodd and Alice Loveridge beat Masoud Mtalaso and Rose Kikma(Tanzania) 11-1 11-1 11-4 and lost to Zi Yang and Yuegu Wang (Singapore) 3-11 1-11 3-11
Matt Stubbington and Kay Chivers lost to Seun Ajetunmobi and Olaide Atinuke (Nigeria) 5-11 11-13 7-11

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