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Monday, August 29, 1994 S2 The Sydney Morning Herald Games How the Australians A day 10 Bantam sees blue, and did it for dad mi lCJ. Mi illfllftlil AFP reports: Northern Ireland boxers yesterday completed their best ever Commonwealth Games haul, taking two golds and two silvers. Coach Gerry Storey, whose son Sam was simultaneously fighting for a world professional title, said "I had hoped Northern Ireland would do better. I wanted four or five golds." Storey junior lost his WBO super-middleweight title bout with Britain's Chris Eubank in Cardiff in the seventh round. "I thought Sam could have done it But I had to keep my mind on the job here and not think about it," bis father said.

Welterweight Neil Sinclair got Northern Ireland off the mark by outpointing Nigeria's Albert Ero-mosele 25-16. Then Northern Ireland's light-middleweight James Webb beat Western Samoa's Bob Gasio 10-4 on points. Haman Ramadhani kept up Kenya's tradition in the light-flyweight event as he beat out Zambia's Victor Kasote. Scotland's Paul Shepherd fought in a clever hit-and-run style for a 20-9 victory over Ramadhani's teammate Dancan Karanja to grab the flyweight title. Canada got off the mark when 19-year-old Casey Patton won the featherweight division.

Wales' Jason Cook, dubbed "the Muhammad Ali of Maesteg," had no answer to Patton's barrage. Cook, known for copying the heavyweight legend, lost 22-7 to arguably the best boxer in the competition. A IIBHIiiili Queensland's Robert Peden punishes Spencer Oliver, of England, on his way to and winning a gold medal Australia's first boxing gold in 16 years. Victor (Qld) 7th, (Vic) abandoned. Men Sprint: Michelle Ferris Gary Neiwand (Vic) bt Cutt Harnett (Canada) 2-0, Neiwand wins gold.

Darryn Hill (WA) bt Jon Andrews (NZ) 2-0, Hill wins bronze. 40km Points race: Brett Ait-ken (SA) 38pts gold, Stuart O'Grady (SA) Woods (Vic) 23 Aitken 37pts silver, Dean pts bronze. Rhythmic gymnastics Ball: Kasumi Takahashi (Vic) gold, Leigh Marning (NSW) 8th. Clubs: Takahashi gold, Marning bronze. Hoop: Takahashi gold, Marning 7th.

Ribbon: Takahashi gold, Marning 5th. Shooting Women's individual air pistol: Annette Woodward (Vic) silver, Christine Trefry (NT) eliminated. Men's individual air pistol: Michelangelo Giustiniano (WA) 8th, Bengt Sandstrom (WA) eliminated. Individual skeet: Ian Hale (Vic) gold, Craig Meuleman (Vic) 4th. Weightlifting 108kg Snatch: Nicu Vlad (Vic) 186kg gold.

Clean and jerk: Vlad 220kg gold. Overall: Vlad 405kg gold. 108kg Snatch: Steve Kettner (Vic) 165kg gold, Stefan Botev (Vic) 160kg silver. Clean and jerk: Botev 200kg gold, Kettner 195kp silver. Overall: Botev 360kg gold, Kettner 360kg silver.

Final 1 Helen Smith. (Can). 2. Gold medal. 2: Annette Woodward.

(Aust). Silver medal. 3: Sharon Cozzarin. (Can). 370-95 8-465 8.

Bronze medal. 4: Jocelyn Lees. (NZ). 3. Gerd1 Barkman.

(NZ). 6: Carol Page. (Eng). 373-86 7: Teresa, Roland. (Guernsey).

367-91 2-458 2. 6: GaJk Khtm Goi. Malaysia. Men's Individual Air Pistol Qualifying 1: Jean-Pierre Huot. (Can) 573.

2: Gregory Velavlch. (NZ). 572. 3: Stephen Haynes. (Eng).

570. 4: Jaspal Rana. (India). 570. All Noor Razlff.

(Malaysia). 569. 6: Mervyn McFarland. (N Ire). 569.

7: Inammulah Gandaour, (Pak), 568. 6: Giustiniano. (Aust) S67. 9. Frledheim Sack.

(Namibia). 566. 10: Tauflgur, Rahman. (Bangladesh). 566.

11 (tied): Nigel Freeland. (Eng). and Sajid labal. (Pak) 565.14 Bengt Sandstrom. (Aust) 564.

IS: (tied) John. Rochon. (Can). Hao LI. (HK): Vlvek Singh.

(India). 561. 18: Noel Duauemm. (Guernsey). 560.

19 (tied): Ronald Skeete. (Barbados), and Julian Lawton. (NZ). 558. 21: Gilbert U.

(HK) 557. 22: Paul Duchemin. (Guernsey). 556. 23: Asif Hossain.

(Bangladesh). 551. 24: Mohd Desa. (Malaysia). 550.

25: Floyd Reid. (Barbados). 541. 26: Scott-Emuakpor. (Nigeria).

524. 27: Okoro Kalu. (Nigeria). 521. Abandoned: Johan Claassens and Van Sth Afr): Fosl Levi and Thor Netzler.

(Western Samoa). Qualified for final: Huot: Velavlch. Haynes. Rana. Raziff.

McFarland, Gandaour. Giustiniano. Final 1: Jean-Pierre Huot. (Can), (Games record) gold medal. 2: Jaspal Rana (India), silver medal I Gregory Yelavidx (NZ).

bronze medal 5. 4: Stephen Haynes. (Eng) 5: Inammulah Gandaour. (Pak) 568- 98.7-666. 6: Mervyn McFarland.

(N Ire) 5 8. 7: All Noor Razlff. (Malaysia) 569- 94 4-663 4. 8: Giustiniano. (Aust) WEIGHTLIFTING 108 kg Snatch 1: Nicu Vlad.

(Aust) 185kg. 2: Innocent Chika. (Nigeria) 160.0. 3: Gareth Hives. (Wales) 130.0.

4: Marc Marais. (Sth Afr) 12S.0. Clean and Jerk 1: Nicu Vlad. (Aust) 220.0. 2: Innocent Chika.

(Nigeria) 200.0. 3. Gareth Hives. (Wales) 160.0. 4: Marc Afr) 160.0.

Total 1: Nicu Vlad. (Aust) 185-220-405. 2: Innocent Chika. (Nigeria) 160-200-360. 3: Gareth Hives.

(Wales) 130-160-290. 4: Marc Marais. (Sth Afr) 108 kg plus Snatch 1: Steven Kettner. (Aust). Gold medal 165 0 2: Stefan Botev.

(Aust). Silver medal 1 60 0. 3 Victor Edem. (Nigeria). Bronze medal 155 0.

4: Darren Liddel. (NZ) 142.5. Talona Taua. (W Samoa) 1375. 6: Terance Perdue.

(Wales) 125.0. 7: Frank Accouche. (Seychelles) 105 0. 8: Gerard Jones. (Nauru) 100.0.

Giles Greenwood. (Eng). failed to make required lifts. Clean And Jerk 1: Stefan Botev. (Aust).

Gold medal 200 01 2: Steven Kettner. (Aust). Silver medal 1 95 0. 3: Victor Edem. (Nigeria).

Bronze medal 190.3. 4: Talona Taua. (Western Samoa) 185.0. Darren Liddel. (NZ) 175 0.

6: Terance Perdue. (Wales) 165 0. 7: Frank Accouche. (Seychelles) 140.0. 7: Gerard 137.5.

Giles Greenwood. (Eng). did not start. Total 1: Stefan Botev. (Aust) 160.0-2000-260.0.

2: Steven Kettner. (Aust) 165.0-1 95.0-360 0 3: Victor Edem. (Nigeria) 155 0. 4: Talona Taua. (Western Samoa) 137 Darren Liddel.

(NZ) 142.5-175.0-317.5. 6: Frank Accouche. (Seychelles) 105.0-140 8: Gerard Jones. (Nauru) 100.0-137.5-237.5. A i.lfl.n.-nr.rtrnn.rr.xinilrl From Page SI was fighting internationally for the first time, he said: I knew he would be His left hooks were his main scoring shots and my straight left hand was my best" Told the separate ring scores, he breathed an exaggerated sigh of relief.

Only the Australian trainer, Bill Burow, was prepared to endorse the round scores, declaring. his opinion after they had been announced. Most observers thought Peden dominated the first round, particularly when a stinging left jab opened a cut under Oliver's right eye. Peden hurt the Englishman with a flurry of rights in the second but the power of a blow is irrelevant in computerised counting. However, the system aided Peden in the final round when his left jabs had all the power of a sick flower, but they nonetheless arrived and counted.

Peden said he may retire and concentrate on a career. He intends to apply to join the Queensland police force. An unassuming, home loving young man with simple tastes, he has no aspirations to turn professional. "Peden said he may continue through to Atlanta, but he says his main motivation now is to put food on the family table. His father begins work at 4 am and they train most days at 5 pm.

"Sometimes I don't want to train and we have our off days," he said. "But most days I do what Dad says and we go and watch TV together afterwards." GAMES RESULTS: DAY 1 0 ATHLETICS Women's Marathon 1: Carole Rouillard. (Can) 2hrs 30min 41 sees 2: Lizanne Bussieres. (Can) 2.31.37. 3: Yvonne Danson.

(Eng) 2 32.24 4: Karen McLeod. (Scot) 2.33.16. 5: Nyia Carroll. (NZ) 2.34.03. 6: Angeline Kanana.

(Kenya) 2.35.02. 7: Haley Nash. (Wales) 2.35.39. 8: Sally Ellis. (Eng) 2.37.14.

9: Carmen Galea. (Malta) 2 3940. 10: Kerryn McCann. (Aust) 2 40.10. 11: Danuta Bartoszelc.

(Can) 2.40.44. 12: Lvnn Harding. (Scot) 2.40.57. 13: Sally Eastall. (Eng) 2.41.32.

14: Pauline Vea. (Tonga) 2 56 59. 15: Tani Ruckle. (Aust) 3.06.27. Susan Hobson.

(Aust) abandoned. Women's 100m Hurdles Final 1: Michelle Freeman. (Jamaica) 13.12 sees. 2: Jacaueilne Agyeoong. (Eng) 13.14.

3: Samantha Faraunarson. (Eng) 13.38. 4: Dionne Rose. Jamaica 13.42. 5: Donalda Duorey.

(Can) 1 3.75. 6: Lesley Tashlin. (Can) 13.85. 7: Jane Flemming. (Aust) 13.98.

Clova Court (Eng) abandoned. Men's Semi-finals (first five from each neat plus two fastest losers go through to final): Heat 1:1: Graham Hood. (Can). 3.45.95. 2: Kevin Sullivan.

(Can). 3.46 16. 3: Reuben Chesang. (Kenya). 3 46 29.

4: David Strang. (Scot). 3.46.30. 5: Whaddon Nieuwoudt. (Sth Afr).

3.46.42. 6: Andrew Keith. (Eng). 3.46.52. 7: David Wilson.

(N Ire). 3 47.11. 8: Simon Dovle. (Aust) 3.48 22. 9: Linton McKenzie.

(Jamaica) 3.49.78. 10: Scott MacDonald, (Can). 3.50.15. 11: Desmond Hector. (Guyana).

3.54.37. 12: Richard Potts. (NZ) 3.57.78. Heat 2 1: John Mayodc. (Eng).

3 42 59. 2: Julius Tanul. (Kenya). 3.4269. 3: Kevin McKay.

(Eng). 3.43.18. 4: Julius Action. (Uganda). 3 43 69.

5: Gary Brown. (Scot). 3.43.98. 6: Brian Treacv. Ire).

3.44.50. 7: Stephen Green. (Jamaica). 3.45.85. 8: Geoffrey Seury.

(Kenya). 3.46.93. 9: Passmore Furusa. (Zwe). 3.49.96 10: Pat Scammell.

(Aust) 4 01.95. Disqualified: Gary Lough. (N Ire). Did not finish: Johan Landsman. (Sth Afr).

Qualifiers: Hood. Sullivan. Chesang. Strang. Nieuwoudt.

Mayock. Tanul. McKay. Achon. Brown.

Treacy. Green. Men's Pol Vault Final 1: Nell Winter. (Wales) S.40 (Games record). Gold medal.

2: Curtis Heywood. (Can). 5.30. (Silver medal). 3.

James Miller. (Aust) 5.30 (Bronze medal). 4: Photis Stefani. (Cyprus) 5.30. 5: Michael Edwards.

(Eng) 5.20. 6: Andrew Ashurst. (Eng) 5.20. 7: Gregory Halliday. (Aust) 5 20.

8: Nicholas Buckfieid. (Eng) 5 20. 9: Jeff Miller. (Can) 5 20. 10: Owen Clements.

(Can) 5.00. 11: Demi go Kaoal. (Brunei) 4 20. Riaan Botha. South Africa.

Adam Steinhardt. (Aust) Okkert Brits. (Sth Afr). failed to make required vaults. Men's 4x1 00m Relay Semi-finals Heat 1 1: Jamaica (Garth Robinson.

Michael Green. Leon Gordon. Warren Johnson). 39.33. 2: Australia (Shane Naylor.

Timothy Jackson. Paul Henderson. Kyle Vander-Kuyp). 39 49. 3: Sierra Leone (Denton Guy-William.

Horace Dove-Edwin. Francis Keita. Sansui Turay). 39.71. 4: Gambia (Abodourahman Jallow.

Samuel Johnson. Ebrima Bojang. Abdoulie Janneh). 41.97. 5: Btsh Vgn Islands (Derwin Scatdiffe.

Ralston Vartack. Keita Cline. Mario Todman). 41.99. 6: Tonga (Sekona Vi.

Tevita Fauonuku. Tolutau Koula. Paea Funaki). 42.89. Nigeria (Frank Nwakoa.

Deji Aim. Kayode Oluyemi. Olapade Adeniken). abandoned. Heat 2 1: Canada (Donovan Bailey.

Glenroy Gilbert. Carlton Chambers. Bruny Surin). 38.63. (Games record).

2: England (Mark Smith. Tobias Box. Philip Goedluck. Terry Williams). 39.51.

3: Ghana (Christian Nsiah. Eric Nkan-sah. Salaam Gariba. Nelson Boateng). 39.84.

4: Scotland (Duncan Mathieson. Ian Mackie. Jamie Henderson. Douglas Walker). 40.16.

5: Botswana (Jwagamang Karesaza. Justice Dloeba. Kenneth Moima. Moatshe Molebatsi). 41.31.

6: Belize (Michael Joseph. Elston Shaw. Leopold Lamb. Linford Castillo). 42.55.

Qualifiers for final: Jamaica. Australia. Sierra Leone. Canada. England.

Ghana. Scotland. Botswana. Women's Long Jump Final 1: Nicole Boegman. (Aust).

6 82. 2:. Olu-yinka Idowu. (Eng) 6.73. 3: Christy Opara-Thompson.

(Nigeria) 6.72. 4: Jackie Edwards. (Bah) 6 68. 5: Joanne Henry. (NZ) 6 65.

6: Chantal Brunner. (NZ) 6.63. 7: Dionne Rose. (Jamaica) 6 47. 8: Denise Lewis.

(Eng) 6 32. 9 equal: Leslie Estwick. Canada, 6.21. 9 equal: Jane Flemming. (Aust) 6 21.11: Deora Davis.

(Bah) 5.98. 12: Ruth Irving. (Scot). Men's 4 40Om relay semi-finals Heat 1 ACN 004 384 338 TCO 2187 Moto Brits. South Africa, failed to make required vaults.

BADMINTON Men's Singles Final Rashid Sldek. (Malaysia) Ong Ewe Hock. (Malaysia) 15-6 15-4. Women's Singles Final Lisa Campbell. (Aust).

Sl-an Deng. (Can). 11-2. 11-5. Women's Doubles Final Joanne Muggeride and Joanne Wright.

(Eng) Gillian Clark and Julie Bradbury. (Eng). 1 5-9. 15-11. Men's Doubles Final Soon Kit Cheah and Beng Kiang Soo.

(Malaysia), Simon Archer and Christopher Hunt. (Eng). 15-10. 15-9. Mixed Doubles Final Christopher HuntGillian Clark.

(Eng) Simon ArcherJulie Bradbury. (Eng) 15-11. 15-4. BOWLS Men's Singles Round-Robin Pool A New Zealand 25 Norfolk Island 9. Australia 25 Namibia 15.

Botswana 25 Papua New Guinea 17. England 25 Northern Island 20. New Zealand 25 Zimbabwe 23. Cook Islands 25 Namibia 18. Norfolk Island 25 Papua New Guinea 21.

Australia 25 Botswana 15. Final Standings 1: England. 9 pts. 2: Australia. 8.

3: Zimbabwe. 8. 4: New Zealand. 6. 5: (N Ire).

6. 6: Cook Islands. 5. 7: Norfolk Island 4. 8: Namibia.

3. 9: Papua New Guinea, 3. 10: Botswana. 2. 1 1 Brunei.

1 Zambia 25 Western Samoa 1 3, Guernsey 25 Singapore 1 9. Canada 25 Zambia 1 9. Scotland 25 South Africa 12. Guernsey 25 Kenya 3. Wales 25 Hong Kong 17.

Jersey 25 Singapore 24. fared on Athletics Women Marathon: Kerryn McCann (NSW) 10th, Tani Ruckle (NSW) 15th, Sue Hobson (ACT) abandoned. 100m hurdles final: Jane Flemming (ACT) 7th. High jump: Alison Inverarity (WA) gold, Andrea Hughes (Tas) 5th. Long jump: Nicole Boegman (ACT) gold, Jane Flemming (ACT) 9th.

Men semi-final: Simon Doyle (Qld) 8th, Pat Scammell (NSW) 10th, both eliminated. final: Paul Patrick (Vic) 8th. 4 100m semi-final: Australia (Shane Naylor Vic, Tim Jackson NSW, Paul Henderson NSW, Kyle Vander-Kuyp Vic) 2nd, qualified for final. 4 400m semifinal: Australia (Simon Holling-sworth Tas, Michael Joubert Qld, Brett Callaghan Vic, Paul Greene NSW) 2nd, qualified for final Pole vault: James Miller (SA) bronze, Greg Halliday (SA) 7th, Adam Steinhardt (SA) no jump. Triple jump: Andrew Murphy (Vic) qualified for final.

Badminton Women's singles final: Lisa Campbell (Vic) bt Si-an Deng (Canada) 11-2 11-5. Campbell wins gold. Bowls Women's singles: Hong Kong bt Edda Bonutto (Qld) 25-19. -Men's singles: Rob Parrella (NSW) bt Namibia 25-15, Parrella bt Botswana 25-15. Parrella wins bronze.

Boxing Bantamweight: Robert Peden (Qld) bt Spencer Oliver (England) pts 20-18. Peden wins gold. Cycling Women 25km Points race: Kathy Watt (Vic) 4th, Rachel medals. Debbie Southwidc. (Eng).

8.700. 8: Rebecca Blake. (NZ). and Joanne Walker. (Scot).

8.600. 8: Leigh Marning. (Aust). and Melanie Aitken. (NZ).

8.500. 10: Angela Georgiou. Cyprus. 8.400. 1: Kasumi Takahashi.

(Aust). 9.400. Gold medal. 2: Camille Martens. (Can).

9.1 50. Silver medal. 3: Leigh Marning. (Aust). 9.000.

Bronze medal. 4: Gretchen McLennan. (Can). 8.750. Joanne Walker.

(Scot). 8.700. 6: Debbie Southwick and Aicha 8 600. 8: Melanie Aitken. (NZ).

8.4C0. 9: Belinda Moore. NZ. 8.350. MMon 1: Kasumi Takahashi.

(Aust). 9.200 (Gold medal). 2: Camille Martens. Canada. 9.050 (Silver medal).

3: Grechen McLennan. Canada. 9.000 (Bronze medal). 4: Leigh Marning, Australia, and Debbie Southwidc (Eng) 8.900. 6: Aicha McKenzie.

(Eng). 8.750. 7: Melanie Aitken. (NZ). and Joanne Walker, (Scot).

8.650. 9: Belinda Moore. (NZ). 8.600. 10: Angela Georglou.

(Cyprus). 8.550. SHOOTING Women's Individual Smallbore Rifle 3-Posl- Uon: Qualifying: 1: Sharon Bowes. (Can). 574.

2: Lindsay Volpin. (Eng) 572. 3: Christina Ashcroft. (Can). 570.

4: Roopa Unlkrtshnan. (India). 566. Julie Malcolm. (Wales).

562. 8: Pushpamalee Ramanayake (Sri Lanka). 558. 7: Shirley Mcintosh. (Scot).

552. 8: Malee Wickremasinghe. (Sri Lanka). 551 9: Karen Morton. (Eng).

548. 10: Kuhell Ganguiee. (India). 548. 11: Susan Hartoo.

(Wales). 538. 12: Llttlechlld. (Scot). 537.

13: Cheryl Brook. (NZ). 530. 14: Razia Nawshad. (Bangladesh).

526. 15: Cheryl Best. (Barbados). 517. 18: Choudhury Akhl.

(Bangladesh). 516. 17: Forde-Brome. (Barbados), 501. Ruth Ibrahim.

Nigeria, and Ruth Start. New Zealand, did not start. Qualified for final: Bowes. Volpin. Ashcroft.

Unlkrishnan. Malcolm. Ranmanayake. Mcintosh. Wickremasinghe.

Finals 1: Sharon Bowes. (Can). Gold medal. 2: Roopa Unlkrishnan. (India).

Silver medal. 3: Christina Ashcroft. (Can). Bronze medal. 4: Lindsay Volpin.

(Eng). 572-83 Julie Malcolm. (Wales). 8: Pushpamalee Ramanayake. (Sri Lanka).

S58-89 7: Shirley Mcintosh. (Scot). 8: Malee Wickremasinghe. (Sri Lanka). Open IndMdual Skeet Quattfvtng 1: Chrlstos Kourtellas.

(Cyprus). 120. 2: Inderjit Singh. (India), and Austin Andrew. England.

1 1 9. 4: Ian Hale. (Aust) 1 19. Brian Thomson, (NZ). 119.

8: Craig Meuleman. (Aust). 1 1 9. 7: Desmond Davtes. (Wales).

1 1 8. 8: Geoffrey Jukes. (NZ). 118. 9: Antonls Andreou.

(Cyprus). 118. 10: Jason Caswell. (Can). 1 17.

11: Kenneth Harman. (Eng). and Don Kwasnvcla. (Can). 117.

13: Michael Maskell. (Barbados). 1 16. 14: Michael Thomson, (Scot), and Paul Vella. (Malta).

115. 16: Geoffrey Bynoe. Barbados. Fun-YIng Kaw. (Malaysia) and Harinder Bedi.

(India). 114. 19: Ian Marsden. (Scot) 113. 20: Melville Halns.

(Sth Afr) 112. 21: Andre Carre. (Guernsey). 111. 22: De Flaumtngh.

(Sth Afr). 110. 23: Nigel Kelly. Isle of Man. (109).

24: Chee-Yueng Lau. (Malaysia). 107. 25: Antony Lewis. (Wales).

98. 26: Keith Dukes. (Swazi). and John Morris. (Swaziland).

75. Hail Besa Pengiran. (Brunei), and Roy Peters, (Western Samoa), did not start. Qualified for final: Kourtellas. Singh.

Austin. Hale. Thomson. Meuleman. Final 1 Ian Hale.

(Aust). 1 1 9-25-1 44. Gold medal. 2: Christos Kourtellas. (Cyprus).

120-23-143. Silver medal. 3: Andrew Austin. (Eng). 119-24-143.

Bronze medal. 4: Craig Meuleman. (Aust). 1 19-23-142. 5: Brian Thomson.

(NZ). 119-21-140. 6: Inderjit Singh. (India). 119-16-137.

Women's Individual Air Pistol Qualifying 1: Helen Smith. (Can). 377. 2: Annette Woodward. (Aust).

373. 3: Carol Page. (Eng). 373. 4: Jocelyn Lees.

(NZ). 371. 5: Sharon Cozzarin. (Can). 370.

6: Galk Khtm Goi. (Malaysia). 369. 7: Terresa Roland. (Guernsey).

367. 8: Gerd Barkman. (NZ). 367. 9: Margaret Thomas.

(Eng). 365. 10: Irene Panteli. (Cyprus). 365.

11: Carol Benest. (Jersey). 364. 12: Christine Trefry. (Aust).

363. 13: Janet De Jersey. (Guernsey). 361. 14: Abha Dhillan.

(India). 361. IS: Lai Har Yu. (HK). 359.

16: Sonica Manon. (India). 356. Qualified for final: Smith: Woodward. Page.

Lees. Cozzarin. Goi. Roland. Barkman.

If 22-7. Lightweight (60-tcg) Mike Strange, (Can), Martin Renaghan. (N Ire). 18-11. Light Welterweight (633 kg) Peter Richardson.

(Eng). Mark Winters. (N Ire). 20-17. Welterweight (67 kg) Neil Sinclair.

(N Ire), Albert Eromosele. (Nigeria). 25-16. Light Middleweight (71 kg) James Webb. (N Ire) Bob Gasio.

(W Samoa). 10-4. MMdlwelght (75 kg) Rowan Donaldson. (Can), Rasmus Oje-maye. Nigeria.

26-13. Light Heavyweight (81 kg) Dale Brown, (Can), John Wilson. (Scot), bout stopped, 2.27 first. Heavyweight (91 kg) Omsaar Ahmed. (Kenya), Stephen Gallln-aer.

(Can). 23-3. Super Heavyweight (plus 91 kg) Duncan Doklwari. (Nigeria), Miriambo Anyim. (Kenya).

13-9. CYCLING Men's Sprint Semifinals (best-of-three): Curt Harnett. (Can), Jon Andrews. (NZ). by 13.178 seconds and 12.154.

Gary Neiwand, (Aust). Darryn Hill. (Aust). won 1 1.225. lost 10.731.

won 11.235. Final (best of three): Neiwand Harriet. 11.399 and 11.488. 3rd4th places (best-of-three): Darryn Hill. (Aust).

Jon Andrews. (NZ). 10.857 and 11.101. 5th-8th Places: 5: Clinton Grant. (Trin) 11.606.

6: Jean-Pierre Van Zvl. Sth (Afr) 11.670. 7: John Rastriek. (NZ) 11.739. 8: Stewart Brydon.

(Scot). Women's 25km Points Race Final 1: Yvonne McGregor, (Eng(. five pts Gold medal. 2: Jacaueilne Nelson. (NZ).

one lap down. 32 pts Silver medal. 3: Sally Hodge. (Wales). 1 lap, 28 Bronze medal.

4: Kathryn Watt. (Aust). 1 lap. 27. 5: Sarah Ulmer, (NZ).

1 Commonwealth Australia Canada ngfand Nigeria India Kenya Scotland New Zealand Wales Northern Ireland Nauru South Africa Malaysia Jamaica Cyprus Sri Lanka Zambia Namibia Zimbabwe PNG Sierra Leone Western Somoa Hong Rang GOLD SILVER 86 SO 39 AO 42 tO 13 II 6 4 3 IS 7 1 3 4 1', 3 I I a 1 i 0 3 I I I 1: Trinidad and Tobago. (3.02.97). 2: Kenya. 3.03.14. 3: Nigeria 3 03.48.

4: Wales 3.03.68. 5: (Sth Afr) 3.07.47. 6: (Zwe) 3.07.50. Heat 2 1: Jamaica 3 04.74. 2: Australia 3.05.30.

3: England 3 07.12. 4: Canada 3.07.81. 5: Mauritius 3.11.48. 6: British Virgin Islands 3.23.62. Qualifies for final: Trinidad and Tobago.

Kenya. Nigeria. Wales. South Africa. Jamaica.

Australia. England. Women's High Jump Final 1: Alison Inverarity. (Aust). (Games record) gold medal 1.94.

2: Charmaine Weavers. (Sth Afr) (eqls Games record) silver medal 1.94. 3: Debora Marti. (Eng). bronze medal 1.91.

4: Tania Dixon. (NZ) 1 91. 5: (tie) Lea Haggett. (Eng). Andrea Hughes.

(Aust) 1.88. 7: Julia Bennett. (Eng) 1.85. 8: Sara McGladdery. (Can) 1 85 9 (tie) Desire Duolessis.

(Sth Afr). Tracy Phillips. (NZ) 1.80. 11: Leslie Estwick, (Can) 1.80. 12: Corinna Wolf.

(Can) 1.75. Men's 4 4O0m Relay Semifinals Heat 1 1: Trinidad (Patrick Delice. Neil De Sllva Hayden Stephens. Ian Morris 3.02.97. 2: Kenya (Abednego Matilu.

Gideon Biwolt, Julius Chepwony. Charles Gitonga) 3.03.14. 3: Nigeria-(Omokaro Alohan. Jue Monye. Emmanuel Okoli.

Sunday Bada) 3.03.48. 4: Wales (Peter Maltland. James Baulch. Paul Gray. Iwan Thomas) 3.03.68.

5: South Africa (Riaan Dempers. Arnaud Malherbe. Hermanus Dejager. Bobang Phlrl) 3.07.47. 6: Zimbabwe (Arnold Payne.

Savieri Ngidhi. Fabian Muy-aba. Kenneth Harnden) 3.07.50. Heat 2 1: Jamaica (Orville Taylor. Dennis Blake.

Linval Laird. Roxbert Martin) 304.74. 2: Australia (Simon Holllngsworth. Michael Joubert. Brett Callaghan.

Paul Greene) 3.05.30. 3: England (Mark Smith, Alexander Fugallo, Hadrian Patrick. David McKenzie) 3.07.12. 4: Canada (Rayton Archer. Brian Gibbons.

Willie Best. Byron Goodwin) 3.07.81. 5: Mauritius (Dominiaue Meyeoa. Darlo Clement. Pierre Lefou.

Pierre Louis) 3.11.48. 6: Btsh Vgn Isis (Roger Mathavious. Steve Augustine. Mario Todman. Ralston Vartack) 3.2362.

Qualifiers for final: Trinidad and Tobago. Kenya Nigeria Wales. South Africa, Jamaica. Australia. England.

Men's Final 1: Lameck Agutu. (Kenya). Gold medal 28.38.22. 2: Tendai Chimusasa. (Zwe).

Silver medal 28.47.72. 3: Fackson Nkandu. Zambia. Bronze medal 28.51.72. 4: Martin Jones, (Eng).

2908 53. 5: Peter Fonseca. (Can). 29.14 85. 6: Eamonn Martin.

(Eng). 29.15.81. 7: R. Murusamy, (Malaysia). 29.30.19.

8: Paul Patrick. (Aust) 2935.95. 9: Dan Komen, Kenya. 29.37.91. 10: Christopher Robison.

(Scot) 29.50.23. 11: Phillip Clode. (NZ). 29.50.93. 12: Paul McCloy.

(Can). 30.09.91. 13: Zachariah Ditetso. (Botswana). 30.14.87.

14: Isaac Simelane. (Swazi). 30.28.42. 15: Pamenos Bailantvne. (St.

Vincent Grenadines). 31.06.70. Thabiso Moohali. (Lesotho). John Sherban.

(Scot) Robert Johnston, (NZ). abandoned. Men's Triple Jump Semifinals Heat 1 1: Brian Wellman. (Bermuda). 16.86.

2: Edrick Floreal. (Can). 16.59. 3: Francis Agyeoong. (Eng).

16.30. 4: Andrew Murphy. (Aust). 16 29. 5: James Sabulei.

(Kenya). 16.27. 6: Wikus Olivier. (Sth Afr). 16.25.

7: John McKenzie. (Scot). 16.12. 8: Michael McDonald. (N Ire).

1 5.75. 9: Lloyd Browne. (St. Kitts). 14.74.

10: Elston Shaw. (Belize). 1462. 11: Leopold Lamb. (Belize).

14.08. George Wright Canada, fouled out Heat 2 1: Jerome Romaln. (Dominica). 17.05. 2: Julian Golley.

(Eng). 16.66. 3: N. Mdhlongwa. (Zwe).

16.69. 4: Jacob Katonon. (Kenya). 16.55. 5: Jonathan Edwards.

(Eng) 16.52. 6: Vissen Mooneegan. (Mauritius). 16.35. 7: Francis Dodoo.

(Ghana). 16.22. 8: Marios Hadjiandreou. (Cyprus). 15.89.

9: Richard Duncan. (Can). 15 65. 10: Keita Cline. (British Virgin Islands).

15.49. 11: Linford Castillo. (Belize). 14.50. Quatmers for final: Wellman.

Floreal. Agyeoong. Murphy. Sabulei. Olivier.

Romain. Golley. Mdhlongwa. Katonon. Edwards.

Mooneegan. Men's Pole Vault Final 1: Nell Winter. Wales. 5.40 (Games record) Gold medal. 2: Curtis Heywood.

(Can). 5.30 Silver medal. 3: James Miller. (Aust). 5.30 Bronze medal.

4: Photis Stefani, (Cyprus). 5.30. 5: Michael Edwards. (Eng). 5 20.

8: Andrew Ashurst. (Eng) 5.20. 7: Gregory Halliday. (Aust). 5.20.

8: Nicholas Buckfieid. (Eng) 5.20. 9: Jeff Miller. (Can). 5.20.

10: Owen Clements. (Can) 5 00. 11: Demigo Kaoal. (Brunei). 4.20.

Riaan Botha. South Africa. Adam Steinhardt Australia, Okkert It Final standings 1 Scotland. 9 pts. 2: Hong Kong, 7.

3: Jersey. 7. 4: Canada. 6. 5: South Africa.

5. 6: Wales. 5. 7: Zambia, 5. 8: Guernsey.

4. 9 Singapore. 4. 1 0: Kenya. 2:11.

Western Samoa. 1 Men's Singles Final Richard Coursie. (Scot) Tony Allcock. (Eng). 25-20.

Women's Singles Round-Robin Pool A New Zealand 25 Western Samoa 1, Botswana 25 Zambia 17. England 25 Kenya 21. Scotland 25 Northern Ireland 22. Final Standings 1: Northern Ireland. 6 pts.

2: England. 6. 3: New Zealand, 6. 4: Scotland. 6.

5: Botswana, 5. 6: Western Samoa. 3. 7: Kenya, 2. 8: Cook Islands, 2.

9: Zambia. 0. Pool Guernsey 25 Papua New Guinea 12. Wales 25 Jersey 18. Canada 25 South Africa 24.

Norfolk 25 Swaziland 17. Hong Kong 25 Australia 19. Final Standings 1: Wales, 7 pts. 2: Norfolk Island. 7.

3: Guernsey. 7. 4: Swaziland. 7. 5: Australia.

4. 6: Hong Kong. 3. 7: Papua New Guinea, 3. 8: Canada.

3. 9: South Africa. 2. 10: Jersey. 2.

Women's Singles Final Margaret Johnston. (N Ire), Rita Jones, (Wales). 25-17. BOXING Finals Light-flyweight (48-kfl) Haman Ramadhani. (Kenya), Victor Kasote.

(Zambia). 15-4. Flyweight (51 -kg) Paul Shepherd. (Scot), Dancan Karanja, (Kenya). 20-9.

Bantamweight (54-kg) Robert Peden. (Aust), Spencer Oliver, (Eng). 20-18. Featherweight (57-kfl) Casey Patton. (Can), Jason Cook.

Wales. i' A zap' out-pointing the favourite Phm by craig goiding lap. 12. 6: Sarah Phillips. (Scot).

1 lap. 10. 7: Rachel Victor. (Scot). 1 lap.

9. 8: Maxine Johnson, (Eng), 1 lap. 4. 9: Clare Henderson, (Wales). 1 lap.

10: Maria Lawrence. (Eng) 1 lap. Abandoned: Esther Miller. (Barbados): Michelle Ferris. (Aust).

Lynn Minchinton. (Jersey). Did not start: Donna Wynd. (NZ) Jacqueline Martin. (Sth Afr).

Men's 40km Points Race Final 1: Brett Aitken. (Aust) 38 pts. 2: Stuart O'Grady. (Aust) 37. 3: Dean Woods.

(Aust) 23. 4: Glenn McLeay. (NZ) 21. 5: Brian Walton. (Can) 17.

6: Simon Lillistone. (Eng) 1 2. 7: Anthony Stirrat. (Scot) 9. 8: Jean-Pierre Van Zyl.

(Sth Afr) 7. 9: Anthony Doyle. (Eng) 7. 10: Glen Thomson. (NZ) 6.

11: Brendon Cameron. (NZ) 6. 12: Mike Barry. (Can) 5. 13: John McClelland, (Ire) 5.

14: Martin Mienie. (Sth Afr) 3. 15: Paul Jennings. (Eng) 2. 16: Kumaresan Murugaya.

(Malaysia). 17: Graeme Herd. (Scot). 18: Roddy Riddle, (Scot). 19: Andrew Roche.

(Isle of Man). 20: Richard Hughes. (Wales). 21: Tim Hadfield. (Can).

22: Stephen Colloby. (Wales). 23: Robbert Dale. (Sth Afr). 24: Alastair Irvine.

(N Ire). 25: Thomas Evans. (N Ire). Did not finish: Dennis Brooks. Cayman Islands William Wright.

Wales Livingston Alleyen. Barbados Mohamad Keton. Malaysia. DM not start: John Cumberbatch (Barbados). GYMNASTICS RHYTHMIC Individual Apparatus Hoop 1: Kasumi Takahashi.

(Aust). 9.300 pts Gold medal. 2: Lindsay Richards. (Can). 9.050.

3: Aicha McKenzie. (Eng). and Joanne Walker. 8.900. Bronze medals.

5: Gretchen McLennan. (Ca)n and Debbie 8.850. 7: Leigh Marning. (Aust), 8.800. 8: Belinda Moore and Rebecca Blake.

(NZ). 8.700. 10: Angela Georglou, (Cyprus). 8.500. Ball 1: Kasumi Takahashi.

(Aust). 9.200 Gold medal. 2: Camille Martens. (Can). 9.000 -Silver medal.

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