Wales at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games

Wales competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January to 22 February 1974.

Wales came 12th overall with 1 gold, 5 silver and 4 bronze medals.

Medallists Gold Pat Beavan (swimming)

Silver John Davies (athletics) Errol McKenzie (boxing) Ieuan Owen (weightlifting) Berwyn Price (athletics) Bill Watkins (shooting)

Bronze Phil Lewis (shooting) Ruth Martin-Jones (athletics) Terry Perdue (weightlifting) Robert Wrench (weightlifting)

Team Athletics

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals John Davies 1500m, steeplechase Michael Delaney 200, 400m, 4x400 Bernard Hayward 1500, 5000m, steeplechase David Lease pole vault Phil Lewis 800m, 4x400 Wynford Morgan Leyshon 400m hurdles, 4x400 Colin O'Neill 400m hurdles, 4x400 Gordon Minty 5000, 10,000m Bernard Plain 10,000m, marathon Berwyn Price 110m hurdles, 400m hurdles Malcolm D. Thomas marathon Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Gloria Dourass 400m, 800m Susan James javelin throw Jean M. Lochhead 800m, 1500m Ruth Martin-Jones long jump

Badminton

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals Howard Jennings singles, mixed Steinberg BC Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Sue Alfieri singles, mixed Gloucestershire

Boxing

AthleteEventsClubMedals William Allen light-middleweight 71kg Rhyl ABC Wayne Bennett light-welterweight 63.5kg New Tredegar ABC Chris Davies featherweight 57kg Llandaff ABC, Cardiff Bryn Griffiths flyweight 51kg Rhondda ABC Errol McKenzie welterweight 67kg Llandaff ABC, Cardiff

Cycling

AthleteEventsClubMedals John Hatfield sprint, scratch, tandem, team pursuit Edwin Demery road race, team pursuit John James road race John Pritchard time trial, indiv pursuit Barrie Smith road race, indiv & team pursuit Phillip Taylor scratch, time trial, indiv & team pursuit Colin Thornton road race John Tudor scratch, sprint, time trial, tandem

Lawn bowls

Men AthleteEventsClubMedals John Russell Evans fours Barry Athletic BC Maldwyn Evans singles Gelli Park BC Gareth Humphreys fours Barry Athletic BC Dai Richards fours Brynhyfryd BC, Llanelli Ellis Stanbury pairs Llanbradach BC Ian Sutherland fours Beaufort BC Jock Thompson pairs Rhiwbina BC

Shooting

Men AthleteEventsMedals Ronald Bevan skeet, trap Richard Cross 50m free pistol Stanley Gray fullbore rifle pair Colin Harris 50m rifle prone Robert S. Hassall 50m free pistol, rapid fire pistol Phil Lewis trap Terry O'Dwyer rapid fire pistol John Vivian fullbore rifle pair Roger Rees skeet Bill Watkins 50m rifle prone

Swimming

AthleteEventsClubMedals Nigel Culverwell 100, 200m backstroke, medley relay Vivian Davies 100, 200m breaststroke, 200, 400 medley, medley relay Rowland Jones 100, 200 backstroke, 200, 400m medley, relayx2 Clive Lewis 100m backstroke, 100, 200 free, relayx3 Sean Maher 100, 200 free, 100, 200m butterfly, relayx3 Kevan Moran 100, 200m free, relayx2 Women AthleteEventsClubMedals Anne Adams 100m breaststroke, 100 butterfly, 200, 400 medley, relayx2 Pat Beavan 100, 200m breaststroke, 200 medley, medley relay Elizabeth Davis 100, 200m backstroke Sally Hurn 100, 200 free, 100, 200 butterfly, relayx2 Penelope John 100, 200m butterfly, 200, 400 free, 200, 400 medley, relayx2 Judith Parry 100, 200m breaststroke, freestyle relay Kim Walker 100, 200 free, 100, 200m backstroke, relayx2

Weightlifting

AthleteEventsClubMedals Terry Bennett 75kg Michael James Brown +110kg John Burns 90kg Peter Nitsch 90kg Ieuan Owen 67.5kg Terry Perdue +110kg Chung Kum Weng 60kg Meurin Williams 60kg Robert Wrench 75kg

References