Scotland at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Scotland competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 25 January to 2 February 1974.

The Scotland team was named on 21 October 1973.

Scotland came 7th overall with 3 golds, 5 silver and 11 bronze medals.

Medalists

Gold David Wilkie (200 m breaststroke) David Wilkie (200 m individual medley) Men's pairs (Lawn bowls)

Silver Cy Harrison (boxing) Colin McEachran (shooting) Rosemary Payne (discus throw) Kim Wickham (swimming) David Wilkie (100 m breaststroke)

Bronze Alister Allan (shooting) Maurice Allan (wrestling) John Bambrick (boxing) Steve Cooney (boxing) Sandra Dickie (swimming) James Douglas (boxing) Ian Duncan (wrestling) John McNiven (weightlifting) Willie Wood (Lawn bowls) Men's fours (Lawn bowls) women's 4 × 100 m medley relay (swimming)

Team Athletics

Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsKenneth Atkins long jump Chris Black hammer throw, discus throw Laurie Bryce hammer throw William James Clark long jump, triple jump Don Halliday 100, 200m, 4x100 relay David Jenkins 200, 400m, 4x100 relay William McCallum decathlon Donald Macgregor marathon Gus McKenzie 110m hurdles 4x100 relay David James McMeekin 800m Norman Morrison 5,000, 10,000m Les Piggot 100, 200m, 4x100 relay Ian Stewart 5,000, 10,000m Lachie Stewart 10,000m, marathon James K. Wright marathon Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Margaret Coomber 800m, 4x400 relay Helen Golden 100, 200m, relay x 2 Evelyn McMeekin 200m, 400m, 4x400 relay Alison MacRitchie 100m, 200m, 4x100 relay Myra Nimmo 100m hurdles, long jump, pentathlon, 4x100 relay Rosemary Payne discus throw, shot put Meg Ritchie discus throw, shot put Christine Salmond 100m Mary Stewart 1500m Ruth L. Watt high jump, 4x100 relay Rosemary Wright 800m, 4x400 relay

Badminton

Men AthleteEventsClubMedalsJim Ansari singles, doubles, mixed Glasgow Fraser Gow singles, doubles, mixed Alexandria Bob McCoig singles, doubles, mixed Glasgow Central Nicol McCloy singles, doubles Greenock Women AthleteEventsClubMedalsJoanne Flockhart singles, doubles, mixed Newmills Helen Kelly singles, mixed Edinburgh Christine Stewart singles, doubles, mixed Whitburn

Boxing

AthleteEventsClubMedals John Bambrick -48kg light-flyweight Edinburgh Transport ABC Steve Cooney 67kg welterweight St.Francis ABC, Dundee Jim Douglas 63.5kg light-welterweight Camperdown ABC, Dundee John Gillan 60kg lightweight Aberdeen ABC Cy Harrison 71kg light-middleweight Denbeath ABC John Lawless 51kg flyweight Grangemouth ABCStewart Ogilvie 54kg bantamweight Camperdown ABC, Dundee

Cycling

AthleteEventsClubMedal John Clark time trial, indiv & team pursuit Glasgow Alex Gilchrist road race, time trial, team pursuit Penicuik Alex Gordon scratch, team pursuit Glasgow William Nickson road race, scratch, time trial, indiv & team pursuit Edinburgh

Diving

Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Fiona Joan Hotson springboard, platform Edinburgh

Lawn bowls

AthleteEventsClubMedals Jack Christie pairs Edinburgh Northern BC John Marshall fours Mossley BC Alex McIntosh pairs Newbattle BC John McRae fours Uddingston BC Morgan Moffat fours Whitehouse & Grange BC Bill Scott fours Errol BC Willie Wood singles Gifford BC

Shooting

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Alister Allan rifle prone Oxford William Edgar rapid fire pistol Kent David Hossack fullbore rifle Edinburgh Colin McEachran fullbore rifle Edinburgh Robin Macdonald 50m free pistol London Louis Stewart trap Inverness Brian Weld 50m free pistol Edinburgh

Swimming

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals James Carter 100 back, 400, 1500 free, 200, 400 medley, 1xrelay Sydney Gordon Downie 100, 200, 400 free, 3xrelay New York Ian Hughes 100, 200m backstroke, medley relay Eastleigh Alan McClatchey 100, 200 butterfly, 100, 200, 400, 1500 free, 3xrelay Perth ASC Wilson Mills 100, 200m freestyle, 2xrelay Edinburgh Alan Thompson 100, 200m breaststroke Aberdeen David Wilkie 100, 200m breaststroke, 200, 400 medley, 2xrelay Florida , , Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Sandra Dickie 100, 200m breaststroke, relay Paisley ASC , Gillian Fordyce 100, 200m backstroke, relay Aberdeen Jayne Lornie 100, 200m breaststroke, 400 medley Morag McGlashan 100 free, relay Edinburgh Louise Ross 100, 200m butterfly Edinburgh Debbie Simpson 100 butterfly, 200, 400, 800 free, 200 medley Dundee Jackie Simpson 100, 200, 400 free, 200 medley Dundee Diane Walker 100, 200, 400, 800 free, 200, 400 medley Aberdeen Kim Wickham 100, 200 butterfly, 100 back, relay Darlington ,

Weightlifting

AthleteEventsClubMedals Grant Anderson +110kg super-heavyweight Dundee Kenneth Holland 90kg middle-heavyweight Edinburgh Jack Hynd +110kg super-heavyweight Edinburgh John McNiven 52kg flyweight Glasgow Charlie Revolta 52kg flyweight Edinburgh Thomas Yule 90kg middle-heavyweight Glasgow

Wrestling

AthleteEventsClubMedals Maurice Allan 90kg light-heavyweight Balerno Tam Anderson 68kg lightweight Milngarvie Ian Duncan 100kg heavyweight Edinburgh Charles Kelly 82kg middleweight Dunfermline Willie Robertson +100kg super-heavyweight Kirkliston

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