Scotland at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Scotland competed at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 16 to 25 July 1970.

Scotland named an initial 61 athletes in their team, before four sports including athletics declared their athletes.

Scotland came 4th overall with 6 golds, 8 silver and 11 bronze medals.

Medalists

Gold Tom Imrie (boxing) Sandy Leckie (fencing) Rosemary Payne (discus throw) Ian Stewart (5,000 metres) Lachie Stewart (10,000 metres) Rosemary Stirling (800 metres)

Silver Jim Alder (marathon) John Gillan (boxing) Ian McCafferty (10,000 metres) Brian Temple (cycling) Men's Sabre Team (fencing) Men's Épée Team (fencing) Women's Foil Team (fencing) Men's fours (Lawn bowls)

Bronze Grant Anderson (wrestling) Alex McHugh (boxing) Tommy Joyce (boxing) John McNiven (weightlifting) Stewart Ogilvie (boxing) John Rafferty (boxing) Bill Sutherland (20 miles walk) Don Urquhart (wrestling) Moira Walls (high jump) David Wilkie (swimming) Susan Youngs (fencing)

Results

Team Athletics

Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsJim Alder marathon Stuart Hamilton Bell 200m David Birkmyre javelin David Bryan-Jones steeplechase Laurie Bryce hammer Crawford Fairbrother high jump Raymond Anthony Paul Gordon 400m Ian C. Grant decathlon Don Halliday 100, 200m David Jenkins 400m David Frederick Kidner decathlon Mike Lindsay discus, shot put Michael John Maclean 800m Ian McCafferty 1500, 5000m Niall McDonald hammer Donald Macgregor marathon Norman Scott Morrison 1500m Alan Thomas Murray 110m hurdles Alister Fergus Murray marathon Les Piggot 100, 200m Hamish Copland Robertson long jump, triple jump Gordon W. Rule pole vault Dave Stevenson pole vault Ian Stewart 5,000m Lachie Stewart 5000, 10,000m Peter Stewart 1500m Bill Sutherland 20 miles walk Highgate Harriers William Richard Taylor 400m hurdles Stuart Harold Tufton pole vault Ian William Turnbull 100m David P. Walker long jump Andrew Webb 400m hurdles Richard L. Wedlock 10,000m David Nicholson Wilson high jump Andrew Jardine Wood 400m Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsAvril Beattie 400m Wendy Blackwood discus Linda Carruthers 100m hurdles Margaret Coomber 1500m Georgena Craig 800m Lilias Dykes discus throw Dunfermline AC Helen Hogarth 100, 200m Jean Hamilton Jamieson long jump Barbara Lyall 400m Maureen McLeish 200m Moira Cunningham Niccol pentathlon Rosemary Payne discus Patricia M. G. Pennycook 100m Christine Price 1500m Mary Speedman 800m Alix Stevenson long jump Heather McKay Stuart shot put Elizabeth Ann Sutherland 100, 200m Moira Walls high jump, long jump, pentathlon Rosemary Wright 800m

Badminton

Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsAdam Flockhart singles, mixed Newmills, Fife Fraser Gow singles, doubles, mixed Alexandria, Dunfermline Ian Hume doubles Glasgow Bob McCoig singles, doubles, mixed Perrivale BC, Middlesex Jim McNeillage singles, doubles, mixed Edinburgh Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsChristine Evans mixed Whitburn Joanna Flockhart singles, doubles, mixed Newmills, Fife Maureen Hume singles, doubles, mixed Glasgow Helen Kelly singles, doubles, mixed Union & Exiles BC, Aberdeen Mary Thompson singles, doubles Glasgow

Boxing

AthleteEventsClubMedalsIan Cameron 57kg featherweight Larkfield ABC John Gillan 60kg lightweight Aberdeen ABC Jim Gilmour 91kg heavyweight Sighthill ABC Peter Harrison 63.5kg light-welterweight Glasgow Transport ABC Mike Imrie 75kg middleweight Buccleuch ABC, Edinburgh Tom Imrie 71kg Light-middleweight Buccleuch ABC, Edinburgh Tommy Joyce 67kg Welterweight Doncaster Plant Works ABC Tony Kerr -48kg light-flyweight Aberdeen ABC Alex McHugh 51kg flyweight Kelvin ABC, Glasgow Stewart Ogilvie 54kg bantamweight Camperdown ABC, Dundee John Rafferty 81kg light-heavyweight Clarkston ABC, Airdrie

Cycling

AthleteEventsClubMedal Thomas Banks sprint, time trial Billy Bilsland road race Andrew Brunton road race John Clark scratch, pursuit Alex Gilchrist road race Alex Gordon scratch, time trial Andy McGhee road race Philip Spiers sprint Brian Temple scratch, time trial, pursuit Kenneth Whitson sprint

Diving

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Maurice Campbell springboard, platform Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Jennifer Emery platform Katherine Ingram springboard, platform Ann McCarroll springboard

Fencing

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Ian Hunter épée, épée team SFC, Edinburgh Sandy Leckie sabre, sabre team London Fencing Club , Tony Mitchell sabre, sabre team Glasgow Fencing Club Norman H. Rouxel épée SFC, Edinburgh Derek Russell épée, épée team, foil SFC, Edinburgh George Sandor épée, épée team, foil SFC, Edinburgh Lewis M. Smith foil Heriot-Watt University Gordon Wiles sabre, sabre team Leicester YMCA Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Judith Bain foil, foil team Glasgow Fencing Club Barbara Williams foil, foil team Glasgow Fencing Club Susan Youngs foil, foil team Dunfermline CPE ,

Lawn bowls

AthleteEventsClubMedals Alex Henderson pairs Craigentinny BC Alex McIntosh fours/rinks Newbattle BC Bob Motroni singles Dumfries BC David Pearson fours/rinks Newbattle BC Norman Pryde fours/rinks Newbattle BC Bill Scott pairs Craigentinny BC John Slight fours/rinks Newbattle BC

Swimming

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Downie Brown 100m Freestyle Paisley Alex Galletly 200, 400m medley Perth Pullars Eric Henderson 100, 200m butterfly Warrender Alastair MacGregor 100, 200, 400m freestyle Warrender John McClatchey 100, 200m backstroke, 400 freestyle Perth Pullars Martin Shore 100, 200m freestyle Inverness Hamilton Simpson 100, 200m backstroke, 200 medley Paisley Gordon Souter 200, 400m freestyle Kirkintilloch Gordon G. Stirton 100, 200m breaststroke Warrender David Wilkie 100, 200m breaststroke, 200 medley Warrender Archibald Young 100m breaststroke Glasgow Univ

Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Linda Armour 100, 200m backstroke, 200 medley Warrender A Blyth 200m breaststroke Heather Blyth 100, 200m butterfly Dumfries Moira Brown 100, 200m butterfly, 100m Freestyle Dumfries Margaret Fenton 100, 200m backstroke, 100m Freestyle Carol Flynn 100, 200m freestyle Warrender Sally Hogg 200m butterfly, 400, 800 freestyle Warrender Andrea Mackie 200, 400, 800m freestyle Thistle Ladies Jean Ross 100, 200m backstroke Motherwell Kathleen Stewart 100m breaststroke Warrender Diane Walker 100, 200m breaststroke, 200, 400 medley Thistle Ladies Pamela Wilson 100, 200m breaststroke, 200 medley Warrender

Weightlifting

AthleteEventsMedals Grant Anderson +110kg super-heavyweight George Byng 75kg middleweight Phil Caira 82.5kg light-heavyweight Derek Gillies 90kg middle-heavyweight Jack Hynd 110kg heavyweight N. McLeod 82.5kg light-heavyweight John McNiven 52kg flyweight E. Parkes 75kg middleweight Charlie Revolta 52kg flyweight

Wrestling

AthleteEventsClubMedals Tam Anderson 68kg lghtweight Milngavie Wallace Booth 100kg heavyweight Milton WC, Edinburgh Finlay Buchanan 74kg welterweight Glasgow Robert Grant 57kg bantamweight Alastair McNeill 90kg light-heavyweight Dunfermline John McCourtney 62kg featherweight Milngavie 41 Club Ronnie Mitchell 82kg middleweight Alloa David Simpson 52kg flyweight Bo'ness Don Urquhart 48kg light-flyweight Duntocher

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