0 Have your say SCOTLAND’S Duncan Scott has won a Commonwealth bronze medal after an epic men’s 200m freestyle showdown at the Gold Coast Aquatic Centre. The 20-year-old from Alloa finished behind an Australian 1-2 of Kyle Chalmers and Mack Horton in a race which also included South Africa’s Chad le Clos and England’s James Guy. Fellow Scot Stephen Milne finished eighth.Scott, who was fastest qualifier for the final, added an individual gong to a medal collection which already included two relay silvers from the Rio Olympics and a 4x200m world championships gold.It was Team Scotland’s seventh medal of the Games.Ross Murdoch was back in the pool after his silver in the 200m breaststroke yesterday. Swimming in the same heat as Olympic champion and world record holder Adam Peaty of England, Murdoch eased into the semi-finals of the 100m breaststroke and was joined by fellow Scots Craig Benson and Calum Tait. … [Read more...] about Commonwealth Games: Swimming bronze for Duncan Scott
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Commonwealth Games: Burns shines in Gold Coast
0 Post a comment Friday, 6 April 2018 - Commonwealth Games Nicole Burns produced a good performance on the opening day of the all-round individual gymnastics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. The Manx Gymnastics Centre of Excellence athlete delivered a score of 12.250 on vault, before recording 10.600 on uneven bars, 11.900 on balance beam and 10.375 on the floor exercise for a total score of 45.2.This placed the 20-year-old ninth in her subdivision and therefore it’s a waiting game to see if the Manx gymnast will progress.Away from the Coomera Indoor Sports Centre, cyclist Matt Draper set a new personal best time of 4m 38.602s on his way to finishing 22nd in the men’s 4,000m individual pursuit qualifying, more than nine seconds quicker than his previous best.Lawn bowlers Mark (pictured) and Clive McGreal are due to go up against their Northern Ireland counterparts today, having beaten Jamaica 21-10 in the second outing on Thursday. Add Comment … [Read more...] about Commonwealth Games: Burns shines in Gold Coast
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to attend UK team trials for Invictus Games
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will attend the UK team trials for the Invictus Games. Harry and his fiancee will join Invictus Games hopefuls on Friday as they try out on the athletics track, before meeting those taking part in the indoor sitting volleyball trials. The trials are being held at the University of Bath Sports Training Village but the Games will be staged in Sydney this October. Harry founded the Invictus Games, an international Paralympic-style sporting event for wounded, injured and sick servicemen and women, both serving and veterans. The Games use the power of sport to inspire recovery, support rehabilitation and generate a wider understanding for all those who serve their country. Sydney is the fourth city to host the Invictus Games, after London in 2014, Orlando in 2016, and Toronto last year which was attended by Ms Markle.. It is likely Ms Markle and the prince, who is patron of the Invictus Games Foundation, which oversees the delivery of the … [Read more...] about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to attend UK team trials for Invictus Games
Now Play This: the games to play at Somerset House this weekend
Take a trip to Somerset House this weekend and you will see the beautiful London building transformed into a playground full of games, visual arts and experiments. This is because Now Play This is in town, an exhibition of games and interactive installation, as part of the London Games Festival. The exhibition brings together gaming design in different formats, using the work of visual artists, architects and digital games designers. It looks at the experimental ways people approach games and brings it all together in one event. This is the fourth time Now Play This has been staged, its third as part of the games festival, and this year is focusing on place, pattern and game making. “Games can address place in two very different ways,” Now Play This’s curator Holly Gramazio, from Matheson Marcault tells the Standard. “Game makers can use the tools at their disposal to communicate the sense of what it’s like to be somewhere. … [Read more...] about Now Play This: the games to play at Somerset House this weekend
Ipswich hockey duo help England to fine start at Commonwealth Games
PUBLISHED: 11:15 06 April 2018 | UPDATED: 11:15 06 April 2018 Ipswich and England's Harry Martin (right) and Liam Sandford celebrate their sides foutrth goal of the match against Malaysia during the Men's Pool B match at the Gold Coast Hockey Centre during day two of the 2018 Commonwealth Games. Photo: Mike Egerton/PA Wire. PA Wire Ipswich’s George Pinner had the best seat in the house to watch his England side kick off their Commonwealth campaign in style – the goalkeeper barely having to lift a finger in the 7-0 romp past Malaysia. Sam Ward and Mark Gleghorne both bagged doubles while another Ipswich player, Harry Martin grabbed the fifth after a fine team move in a victory that kicked off their Pool B campaign in fine fashion. And co-captain Pinner – one of the remaining players from the squad that claimed bronze in Glasgow four years ago – could find little to criticise in his side’s showing. “That was the perfect start for us really, and … [Read more...] about Ipswich hockey duo help England to fine start at Commonwealth Games