Canada competed at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man from September 7 to 13, 2011. Their participation marked their third Commonwealth Youth Games appearance. Canada was represented by the Commonwealth Games Canada, the association which is responsible for Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth movement in Canada. The delegation of 70 people included 56 competitors and 14 coaches and supporting staff.
Asianna Covington of Surrey, British Columbia, was given the honor to carry the national flag of Canada at the opening ceremony. Caroline Morin-Houde of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, was selected as the flag bearer in the closing ceremony. This was the first time that Canada failed to win any gold medal, and devolved to 15th position with six silvers and 16 overall medals, Canada ranking fifth in the medal table (with six golds and 26 overall medals) of the previous Commonwealth Youth Games. Sprinter Caroline Morin-Houde was the most successful competitor from Canadian side, winning three silvers. Artistic gymnast Curtis Graves was the most medal winning athlete in the Canadian delegation, winning two silvers and two bronze medals. With one silver and one bronze, Shaina Harrison and Kal Nemier were other competitors who won multiple medals at the Games.
Medalists
A total of 20 out of 56 Canadian competitors won medals at the Games. The following Canadian competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medalists' names are emboldened.
| width="78%" align="left" valign="top" | Medal Name Sport Event Date Athletics 100 m September 9 Athletics 200 m September 11 Athletics 4×100 m relay September 11 Boxing Bantamweight September 11 Gymnastics Horizontal bar CIII September 11 Gymnastics Men's team CIV September 9 Athletics 100 m hurdles September 10 Athletics 100 m September 9 Athletics 4×100 m relay September 11 Athletics 400 m hurdles September 11 Athletics 800 m September 11 Boxing Middleweight September 10 Cycling Time trial team September 9 Gymnastics Horizontal bar CIII September 11 Gymnastics Parallel bars CIII September 11 Gymnastics Still rings CIII September 11 | width="22%" align="left" valign="top" | Medals by disciplineDisciplineTotalAthletics0358Badminton0000Boxing0112Cycling0011Gymnastics0235Rugby sevens0000Total061016
Multiple medalists Name Medal Sport Event Athletics 100 m200 m4×100 m relay Gymnastics Men's team CIVHorizontal bar CIIIParallel bars CIIIStill rings CIII Athletics 4×100 m relay100 m Gymnastics Men's team CIVHorizontal bar
Athletics
Athletics Canada, the national governing body of athletics in Canada, selected 21 athletes (nine men and twelve women) as a part of the delegation to participate in the athletics events. This was the second time in the history of the Games that Canada sent contingents for the athletics. Canada made its appearance in the athletics events of the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008, where they won one gold, three silver and three bronze medals.
In the athletics team, there were nine men: Steven Ajayi (100 m), Drelan Bramwell (100– and 200 m), Jeremy Coughler (2000 m steeplechase), Christian Gravel (3000 m), Denray Jean-Jacques (400 m), Keefer Joyce (100 m), Troy Smith (1500 m), Matthew Swanson (800 m), and Jordan Wand (800 m), and twelve women: Mireille Aylwin-Descôteaux (2000 m steeplechase), Asianna Covington (discus and hammer throw), Adrianne Erdman (2000 m steeplechase), Taylor Farquhar (400 m hurdles), Emma Galbraith (800 m), Shaina Harrison (100 m), Alexa Hrycun (1500 m), Cassandra Jones (400 m), Vanessa McLeod (800 m), Caroline Morin-Houde (200 m), Brooke Rowland (javelin throw), and Marie-Colombe St-Pierre (200 m) athletes. The team was also accompanied by Christine Laverty as head coach, Jean-François Roy as team manager, and two event coaches George Kerr and Gregory Peters.
Men AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankDrelan Bramwell100 m10.761 Q10.723 Q10.604200 m21.792 Q22.043did not advanceKeefer Joyce100 m10.691 Q10.612 Q10.635Steven Ajayi200 m22.072 Q22.293did not advanceDenray Jean-Jacques400 m49.163 Q50.334did not advanceMatthew Swanson800 m1:52.742 Q1:52.722 Q1:54.094Jordan Wand800 m1:55.182 Q2:03.856did not advanceChristian Gravel1500 m4:01.504 QN/A3:58.81 6Troy Smith1500 m4:01.955 QN/A4:04.098Thomas Jeremy Coughler2000 m steeplechaseN/A6:14.3664×100 m relayN/A41.44
Women AthleteEventsHeatSemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankCaroline Morin-Houde100 m11.971 Q11.671 Q11.81200 m24.401 Q24.741 Q24.44Shaina Harrison100 m12.001 Q11.822 Q11.81Marie-Colombe St-Pierre200 m24.892 Q25.142 Q25.046Cassandra Jones400 m58.152 Q57.563 QDQEmma Galbraith800 m2:16.421 QN/A2:16.08 5Vanessa McLeod800 m2:15.343 QN/A2:13.08Alexa Hrycun100 m hurdles13.861 QN/A13.964Deshaunda Morrison100 m hurdles13.873 QN/A13.77Taylor Farquhar400 m hurdlesN/A62.00Mireille Aylwin-Descôteaux2000 m steeplechaseN/A7:17.816Adrianne Erdman2000 m steeplechaseN/A7:14.5854×100 m relayN/A46.58Asianna CovingtonDiscus throwN/A43.52 m5Hammer throwN/A49.94 m4
Badminton
Commonwealth Games Canada sent eight—four men and four women—badminton players to the Games, competing in all the events. None of the players succeeded in winning a medal. The doubles pair of Nathan Choi and Nyl Yakura advanced to the bronze final match where they lost to Srikanth Kidambi and Hema Thandarang of India. AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRefOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankClinton WongMen's singlesBye Matthew Carder (SCO)W 21–15, 18–21, 21–16 Matthew Carder (WAL)L 22–24, 18–21did not advanceNyl YakuraMen's singlesByeW 21–8, 21–8L 18–21, 15–21did not advanceAdrianna GiuffreWomen's singlesBye Alannah Stephenson (NIR)W 21–16, 21–16did not advanceWan-Ting TsaiWomen's singlesByeW 21–6, 21–3L 15–21, 21–13, 8–21did not advanceAndrew Lau,Clinton WongMen's doublesN/A Jason Ramjas,Matthaus Wilford (TRI)W 21–6, 21–9 Srikanth Kidambi,Hema Thandarang (IND)L 21–18, 16–21, 15–21did not advanceNathan Choi,Nyl YakuraMen's doubles Matthew Carder,Josh Neil (SCO)W 21–14, 21–10 Hu-Wen Chew,Toby Wong (AUS)W 21–9, 21–11 Nelson Heg,Ee yi Teo (IND)L 17–21, 11–21Bronze final Srikanth Kidambi,Hema Thandarang (IND)L 14–21, 21–15, 12–214Adrianna Giuffre,Wan-Ting TsaiWomen's doublesN/A Sonia Cheah,Li lian Yang (MAS)L 13–21, 18–21did not advanceVivian Kwok,Kacey TungWomen's doublesN/A Matthew Carder,Josh Neil (FLK)W 21–3, 21–8 Jacqueline Guan,Gronya Somerville (AUS)L 11–21, 12–21did not advanceKacey Tung,Clinton WongMixed doublesN/A Aminath Suhaila HussainMohamed Shabin (MDV)W 21–2, 21–2 Daniel FontJordan Hart (WAL)L 21–15, 15–21, 19–21did not advanceWan-Ting Tsai,Nyl YakuraMixed doublesN/A Andries Malan,Jennifer van den Berg (RSA)W 21–11, 21–10 Emily Trebert,Jordan Trebert (GGY)W 21–8, 21–10 Nelson Heg,Meng yean Lee (MAS)L 21–18, 21–17, –21, 16–21did not advance
Boxing
Canada entered four pugilists—Brody Pigeon (light flyweight), Jessy Brown (bantamweight), Luis Valdivia (welterweight) and Cody Crowley (middleweight)—to compete in the boxing events. Both Pigeon and Brown received byes in their first round matches. Pigeon eliminated in the second round (quarterfinal) after losing to Nyiko Ndukula of South Africa. Brown was the only medal winning Canadian boxer. He defeated Benjamin Henry of Guyana in the quarterfinal and Obedy Mutapa of Zambia in the semifinal. In the final bout, Brown lost to Qais Ashfaq of England by the points difference of 3 to 15, but his appearance in the final round helped him with the podium finish—a silver medal. Opponent of Valdivia, Kieran Smith, won the quarterfinal match due to walkover. Crowley defeated Tevita Pomale of Tonga in the quarterfinal, but lost to Dylan Hardy of Australia in the semifinal. AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalRefOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBrody PigeonLight flyweightByeL 11–16did not advanceJessy BrownBantamweightByeW opponent retired injuredW 19–7 Qais Ashfaq (ENG)L 3–15Luis ValdiviaWelterweightN/A Kieran Smith (SCO)L opponent won by walkoverdid not advanceCody CrowleyMiddleweightN/AW 16–5W 12–14did not advance
Cycling Men AthleteEventTimeRankRefElliott DoyleTime trial10.0215Road race@1Lap22Criterium@34Laps 27Simon-Pierre GauthierTime trial9.449Road race2:37:2415Criterium57.48 8Charles MatteTime trial9.438Road race2:36:227Criterium@34Laps 26David OnsowTime trial10.3727Road race@2Laps24Criterium@35Laps 28Elliott Doyle,Simon-Pierre Gauthier,Charles Matte,David OnsowTime trial team19.27Elliott Doyle,Simon-Pierre Gauthier,Charles Matte,David OnsowRoad race team—6
Women AthleteEventTimeRankRefAllyson GillardTime trial11:44 12Road race1:14:5215Criterium@3Laps15Tennessee MayerTime trial11:45 13Road race1:16:0116Criterium@2Laps13Janie Rioux-CoulombeTime trial11:50 15Road race1:08:1111Criterium@2Laps12Allyson Gillard,Tennessee Mayer,Janie Rioux-CoulombeTime trial team23.295Allyson Gillard,Tennessee Mayer,Janie Rioux-CoulombeRoad race team—6
Gymnastics Artistic Men AthleteEventApparatusFinalFloorPommel horseRingsVaultParallel barsHorizontal barTotalRankZachary ClayQualification13.400 Q13.050 Q10.45014.650 Q13.600 Q12.95078.1003 QAll-around13.650 12.600 11.650 14.850 13.500 10.800 77.0507Floor13.300 N/A13.300 4Pommel horseN/A12.950N/A12.9504VaultN/A14.175N/A14.1755Parallel barsN/A12.850N/A12.8504Kal NemierQualification12.650 10.350 13.050 Q14.500 13.000 13.450 Q77.000 5 QAll-around13.100 10.700 13.450 14.900 12.900 13.550 78.6005RingsN/A12.850 N/A12.8505Horizontal barN/A13.60013.600Curtis GraveQualification12.050 8.500 12.550 Q14.100 13.400 Q13.450 Q74.05011RingsN/A13.400N/A13.400Parallel barsN/A13.250N/A13.250Horizontal barN/A13.75013.750
Rugby sevens
Canadian roster for the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games consisted of 12 players. Players were selected evenly from British Columbia and Ontario only. Shane Thompson, head coach of the Canadian National Under-18 Men's Sevens team, joined the team as coach, Jeff Williams as assistant coach and Darrell Devine as co-coach/manager. Team Roster
Lukas Balkovec Justin Douglas Fergus Hall Conor McCann Andrew Battaglia Haydn Evans Lucas Hammond Jorden Sandover-Best Byron Boville Scott Gauer Patrick Kay Nathan Yanagiya
Pool A TeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts3 3 0 097 5+92 93 2 0 163 38 +25 73 1 0 2 65 46 +19 53 0 0 3 5 140 −135 3
Quarterfinals Canadian team qualified for the quarterfinal after finishing third in the pool A. On 11 September, team Canada played its quarterfinal match against the runner-up of pool B South Africa. South African team won the match with a goal difference of 24–12, and qualified for the semifinals.
Semi-final plate and bowl After losing to South African team in the quarterfinal, Canadian team played against Trinidad and Tobago to qualify for the Grand Final Plate match. Canada beat Trinidad and Tobago with a goal difference of 60–7, largest margin victory of Canada in the tournament.
Grand Final Plate Canada faced Isle of Man in the Grand Final Plate match. Isle of Man earned a place after beating Sri Lanka in the other semi Final Plate match. Similar to pool round match, Isle of Man remained scoreless and Canadian team with a goal difference of 52–0 won Grand Final Plate—equivalent to fifth position in the final standings.
See also 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games medal table Canada at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics
References
External links Official website (results) of the Games Official website of the Commonwealth Games Canada (for 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games)