First Athletes Selected for Glasgow 2014
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COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCOTLAND NEWSLETTER ISSUE 21 – WINTER 2013 Jon Doig and Elinor Middlemiss celebrate with the first selected athletes First athletes selected for Glasgow 2014 There was much excitement when with only 300 days to go until the start of the qualifying standard performances Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) after missing out on the European U23 announced the first athletes to be selected to represent Team Scotland. Championships earlier in the summer and is one of only two men’s track After a busy and successful summer of extremely pleased that Team Scotland representatives announced so far, along sporting action across all 17 sports on the selection is now underway with the first with USA based Chris O’Hare in the 1500m. Games programme, athletes from four 36 athletes booking their places for sports have now produced the necessary Glasgow. We have witnessed some amazing Team Scotland is also set to be well performances to lay claim to a coveted performances from athletes this summer, represented on the track in the Para-Sport place on the Team, for what promises to be striving to secure their places to compete events for the very first time. Libby Clegg an amazing home Games. at our home Games next year. will compete in the T12 100m and would love to add to her collection of major In September, Scottish Athletics had 23 “Congratulations to all of them. They can championship medals when she makes athletes named alongside four squash now go into their winter training period her debut for Scotland in Glasgow. Libby players. Then a month later, eight shooters fully focused on reaching their peak next won silver at the Paralympics in London and one triathlete joined them and a total July in front of an enthusiastic home and then two more at the IPC World of 21 will make their Commonwealth Games crowd. I am also confident that over the Championships in Lyon over 100m and debut in Glasgow. Of the 36 selected so far, next nine months they will be joined by a 200m this summer. 20 are women. record number of fellow Scots, as we aim to have our largest and most successful team 20-year-old Meggan Dawson-Farrell is an Making the announcement Team Scotland ever at Glasgow 2014.” established world-class wheelchair athlete Chef de Mission, Jon Doig said: “I am who will compete in the T54 1500m, where The first athletes with their names inked she will be joined by 17-year-old Samantha on the team sheet were marathon runners Kinghorn, the youngest athlete to be Susan Partridge and Derek Hawkins, selected so far. Sammi’s achievements who posted the required times back in since taking up the sport 12 months ago April at the London Marathon. Whilst on are nothing short of remarkable, going the track Scotland’s women have had a from a beginner to a fully stellar season with 2010 silver medallist fledged international 400m hurdler Eilidh Child, Eilish McColgan ranked second in in the steeplechase and Laura Muir at Europe in her T53 800m and 1500m all making their mark in classification. She international competition. will compete up a classification in Samantha Scotland’s 800m champion Guy Glasgow. Kinghorn Learmonth posted two late-season Alford’s Shona Marshall who took silver in the clay target trap event in Delhi has assured her place following two World Cup top eight finishes this year. She has been a regular contender on the Great Britain team over the last two years, just missing out 36 SELECTED on London 2012. ATHLETES Caroline Brownlie will make her second Games ATHLETICS (23): appearance in Glasgow Susan Partridge, Marathon; Derek in the 10m air pistol, Hawkins, Marathon; Libby Clegg, T12 100m; Eilidh Child, 400m Hurdles; Guy having secured her place Jennifer McIntosh Learmonth 800m; Chris O’Hare 1500m; in June when she set a Laura Muir, 1500m; Meggan Dawson- new Scottish record on Farrell, T54 1500m; Samantha Kinghorn, The growing strength of Scottish athletes the way to winning the British Pistol Club T54 1500m; Eilish McColgan 3000m in field events shows in the 11 athletes who Championships. She also got her first GB Steeplechase; Laura Whittle, 5000m; also booked their places. They include call-up this year. Stephanie Twell, 5000m; Mark Dry, three hammer throwers, with Mark Dry Hammer; Andrew Frost, Hammer; Susan heading the Commonwealth rankings; Sian Bruce is the only new face amongst McKelvie, Hammer; Nicholas Percy, Discus; Allan Smith, High Jump; David the shooters announced so far. The 20 four high jumpers; two long jumpers and Smith, High Jump; Jayne Nisbet, High the new Scottish record holder in the year old from Dundee will make her Games Jump; Emma Nuttall, High Jump; Jade pole vault, Jax Thoirs. 18-year-old Nick debut in the clay target skeet event. Sian Nimmo, Long Jump; Sarah Warnock, Long Percy from the Isle of Wight, a double Jump; Jax Thoirs, Pole Vault; Women’s Commonwealth Youth Games medallist Sian Bruce 4x400m Relay from 2011, qualifies in the discus, having successfully stepped up to senior level. SQUASH (4): Alan Clyne, Men’s Singles, Men’s Doubles, The four squash players confirmed, Mixed Doubles; Harry Leitch, Men’s have great experience particularly in Doubles; Frania Gillen-Buchert, Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles; Alexandra Clark, doubles events, with three of them having Women’s Doubles, Mixed Doubles represented Team Scotland before at a total of five Commonwealth Games. After SHOOTING (8): finishing just outside the medals in Delhi, Jonathan Hammond, Small Bore Rifle they are determined to go at least one - 50m Rifle 3P; Neil Stirton, Small better. Alan Clyne will compete in all three Bore Rifle - 50m Rifle Prone ; Jennifer events including the men’s singles, whilst McIntosh, Small Bore Rifle - 10m Air Rifle Harry Leitch and Alex Clark will compete & 50m Rifle 3P; Caroline Brownlie, Pistol in doubles and Frania Gillen-Buchert in -10m Air Pistol; Shona Marshall, Clay women’s doubles and mixed doubles. Target - Trap; Sian Bruce, Clay Target - Skeet; Angus McLeod, Full Bore Rifle – Queen’s Prize Individual & Pairs; Ian Shaw, The strength of Scotland’s shooters is Full Bore Rifle – Queen’s Prize Individual evident, with six of the eight athletes & Pairs announced having contributed to all nine was European U21 Champion in 2010 shooting medals won at Delhi 2010, helping and finished 7th at both U21 World and TRIATHLON (1): shooting to finish as Scotland’s top sport at European Championships this year in what David McNamee, Individual Standard Race the Games. will be her last year as a junior. Heading the shooting line-up are the most Triathlon makes a welcome return to the The next athlete selections will take place successful male and female athletes overall Commonwealth Games for a third time in March 2014 building towards the full from Delhi 2010, in Jonathan Hammond in Glasgow, having first been included on team announcement on 12 June just over a and Jennifer McIntosh. They won an the programme in Manchester 2002, then month before the Games. impressive total of seven medals between in Melbourne 2006. For Glasgow 2014 an them in small bore rifle events including exciting new mixed team relay event will four gold. Both went on to represent Team follow the individual men’s and women’s GB at London 2012 and they are hoping races, which are the first medal events of for another successful hopme Games next the Games on day one. year, despite pairs events being removed thereby reducing medal opportunities. Scotland number one, David McNamee, has had an outstanding 2013 posting Other shooters selected include Delhi three top ten finishes in the Triathlon ITU medallists Neil Stirton who won gold and World Championship Series and has been bronze in the 50m rifle prone pairs and rewarded with early selection as a result. 50m rifle 3 position pairs (with Jonathan Originally from Irvine and an Accountancy Hammond), building on his silver medal graduate from the University of Stirling, from the 2006 Commonwealth Games. Ian David now trains down in Leeds as part of Shaw and Angus McLeod who took silver the GB programme with the world’s top two in the full bore rifle pairs in Delhi have triathletes, the Brownlie brothers who look David McNamee 2 also booked their passage. set to be wearing England vests next July. Looking great at the Games! Team Scotland plans to have a stunning new look, when as the home team we are last to enter Celtic Park for the Opening Ceremony on 23 July 2014. Internationally known textile designer and artist, Jilli Blackwood has been commissioned by CGS to bring some contemporary style and flair to the parade uniforms and ensure that when the eyes of Glasgow visit sees team the world are on Scotland they live up to expectations. preparations progress The process has involved extensive athlete consultation and the specially designed team tartan is now being woven at a secret In October over 40 Team officials critical in maintaining the positive working location in the north of Scotland. CGS has including sport team managers, relationships developed so far and ensured that all the uniform has been coaches, medical, media staff and ensuring our requirements are understood, sourced in Scotland, from design to final general team management conducted as well as highlighting what will also be of production. importance to other CGAs. the second of our site visits to Plans are also well underway for the team’s Glasgow and the satellite area at Also of significant importance is the ability leisurewear and earlier this year ASICS, Barry Buddon.