Commonwealth Winter Games

The Commonwealth Winter Games was a multi-sport event comprising winter sports, last held in 1970. Four editions of the Games were staged. The Winter Games were designed as a counterbalance to the Commonwealth Games, which focuses on summer sports, to accompany the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympic Games.

History The Winter Games were founded by T.D. Richardson.Semanticus.info, T.D. Richardson (accessed 7 July 2012) The 1958 Commonwealth Winter GamesCBC News, Canadian Ski Museum in trouble, 15 March 2011, Ashley Burke (accessed 7 July 2012) were held in St. Moritz, Switzerland.NZ Collector Services St. Moritz 1958 Commonwealth Winter Games silver medal (accessed 7 July 2012) This was the inaugural games for the winter edition. The 1962 Games were also held in St. Moritz, complementing the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia,Biography of Christine Smith at sports-reference.com and the 1966 event was held in St. Moritz as well,Antiques Reporter AU, St. Mortiz 1966 Commonwealth Winter Games bronze medal (accessed 7 July 2012) following the 1970 games, the idea was discontinued.

A scheme for organising the games was drawn up at the Commonwealth Games Federation 1959, where it was decided these would be recognised as "associated games" and be held in Europe to increase the number of competitors and to reduce costs - with many of the lead skaters and skiers already taking part in the European championships at this time.

A Winter Games was proposed for 2010 in India, complementing the 2010 Commonwealth Games in New Delhi. The proposed venue was Gulmarg in Jammu and Kashmir, where the Indian National Winter Games had previously been held, but the idea did not come to fruition.

List of Commonwealth Winter Games Edition Year Location I 1958 St. Moritz, Switzerland II 1962 St. Moritz, Switzerland III 1966 St. Moritz, Switzerland IV 1970 St. Moritz, Switzerland

Participating Nations

Australia Canada England Hong Kong Malta New Zealand Nigeria Northern Ireland Nyasaland Pakistan Rhodesia Scotland Wales

Overall Medal Table

Note: records kept from the time are sparse, with many planned events returning no result. The reported results are confirmed and validated. Where a partial result is returned, the medal table reflects confirmed medals but doesn't record any missing medals.

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1958 Commonwealth Winter Games

The games were first discussed at the Commonwealth Games Federation General Assembly on 2 December 1956. The games took place between 9 January 1958 to 19 January 1958.

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Sport Event Gold Silver Bronze Alpine SkiingMen's Downhill John Semmelink Shaun Fripp Jim Quarles Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom John Platt Arnold Midgley John Semmelink Alpine Skiing Men's Combined John Semmelink Arnold Midgley John Platt Bobsleigh 2 man Stuart Parkinson /Chris Williams Henry Taylor/Robin Dixon John Wodehouse/Mike Holliday Bobsleigh 4 man Norman Barclay/Chris Skinner/Peter Forsdyke/R.Dickson Stuart Parkinson/Tony Nash/A.Dawes/Chris Williams UNKNOWN Figure Skating Men's Singles Bill Cherrell David Clements UNKNOWN Figure Skating Women's Singles Anne Reynolds Doreen Denny Mildred Atherley Skeleton Men's Singles Colin Mitchell Tony Claridge Dare Wilson

1962 Commonwealth Winter Games The games once again took place in St Moritz, to attract the maximum number of skaters and skiers from the European tour. The games took place between 16 January 1962 and 4 February 1962.

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Sport Event Gold Silver Bronze Alpine SkiingMen's Downhill Lyn Cullis Renauld Argouin Richard Hampton Alpine Skiing Men's Team Downhill Lyn Cullis/Russell Legare Piers, Baron de Westenholz/Charles, Count de Westenholz/Richard Salm Ian McCormick/J. Spencer/ UNKNOWN Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom Lyn Cullis Russell Legare Richard Hampton Alpine Skiing Men's Team Slalom Piers, Baron de Westenholz/Charles, Count de Westenholz/Richard Salm UNKNOWN UNKNOWN Alpine Skiing Men's Combined Lyn Cullis Richard Hampton Renauld Argouin Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill Anna Asheshov Gina Hathorn Tessa Dredge Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom Gina Hathorn Penelope Walker Diana Tomkinson Alpine Skiing Women's Combined Gina Hathorn Diana Tomkinson Penelope Walker Bobsleigh 2 man Tony Nash/Guy Renwick W.Walker/D.Willoughby David Evans/MS Boyle Bobsleigh 4 man Robin Seel/M. F. Gordon / P. Levesque / David Hobart Bill McCowen / Pat Martin / Rupert Lycett-Green / Andrew Hedges UNKNOWN Cross Country Men's 15K Classical John Moore John Dent Ralph Walker Figure Skating Men's Singles Malcolm Cannon Hywel Evans Alan Potter Figure Skating Women's Singles Jacqueline Harbord Heather Moir Wendy Paton Skeleton Men's Singles Colin Mitchell Lesley Boyer Peter Fishbourne

NOTE: Robin Seel was recorded as a member of a Canadian sled despite being a British bobsledder. The medal is counted as a Canadian gold.

1966 Commonwealth Winter Games

The third edition also took place in St Moritz. The games took place between 26 January 1966 and 11 February 1966.

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Sport Event Gold Silver Bronze Alpine SkiingMen's Downhill David Freeth Peter Norman David Borradaile Alpine Skiing Men's Slalom Peter Norman Peter Goldstern Guy Whitley Alpine Skiing Men's Combined Peter Norman Peter Goldstern Guy Whitley Alpine Skiing Women's Downhill Anne Reid Mary Kerr Kathy Guy Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom Gina Hathorn Anne Reid Kathy Guy Alpine Skiing Women's Combined Anne Reid Kathy Guy Carol Lowry Bobsleigh 2 man Tony Nash/Guy Renwick John Lewis/Stephen Daniel John Blockey/Mike Freeman Bobsleigh 4 man UNKNOWN UNKNOWN UNKNOWN/John Blockey/Mike Freeman Curling Men's Team Wing Commander George Robertson, Joe Zedan, Ron Found and Scotty Miller Bill Black, Davie Kennedy, Jock Marr and Jim Adams Dan Kerr, Jim Kerr, Ron Thornton and Ken Duncan Figure Skating Men's Singles Harold Williams Michael Edmonds Alan Williamson Figure Skating Women's Singles Diana Clifton-Peach Sally-Anne Stapleford Patricia Dodd Skeleton Men's Singles Colin Mitchell Michael Thomson BAT Jennings

NOTE: John Blockey and Mike Freeman are recorded as winning bronze in the 2-man for Malta, as they were based at RAF Luqa. They are also recorded as finishing in bronze position in the 4-man after joining a Canadian entry. They are recorded here as Malta in the 2-man and Canada in the 4-man.

1970 Commonwealth Winter Games

The 1970 games marked a vastly reduced and last-ditch Winter Games. With the passing of Tyke Richardson in January 1971, the games sadly lost momentum and faded out of consciousness.

The final edition took place between 21 December 1970 and 23 December 1970.

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Sport Event Gold Silver Bronze Alpine SkiingMen's Slalom Aidan Ballantyne Royston Varley Chris Wormersley Alpine Skiing Men's Giant Slalom Royston Varley Aidan Ballantyne Iain Finlayson Alpine Skiing Women's Slalom Carol Blackwood Antoinette Betts Helen Carmichael Alpine Skiing Women's Giant Slalom Carol Blackwood Helen Jamieson Antoinette Betts

See also Commonwealth Youth Games Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Winter Olympic Games Asian Winter Games

References

External links Article in Outlook India.com Article in Kashmir World Press

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