Falkland Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

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The Falkland Islands was represented at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom by the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

CGAFalkland Islands Overseas Games Association
Competitors16 (8 men and 8 women) in 4 sports
Flagbearers Doug Clark
Daphne Arthur-Almond
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Falkland Islands at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
CGF codeFLK
CGAFalkland Islands Overseas Games Association
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors16 (8 men and 8 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearers Doug Clark
Daphne Arthur-Almond
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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In total, 16 athletes including eight men and eight women represented the Falkland Islands in four different sports including badminton, cycling, lawn bowls and table tennis.

Badminton athlete Doug Clark and lawn bowler Daphne Arthur-Almond were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.[1]

Competitors

In total, 16 athletes represented the Falkland Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom across four different sports.[2]

More information Sport, Men ...
Sport Men Women Total
Badminton 459
Cycling 101
Lawn bowls 235
Table tennis 101
Total8816
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Badminton

In total, nine Falkland Islander athletes participated in the badminton events – Ben Chater, Doug Clark and Duane March in the men's singles, the men's doubles and the mixed doubles, Vicky Chater in the women's singles, the women's doubles and the mixed doubles, Soraye March in the women's singles and the mixed doubles, Louise Williams in the women's singles and the women's doubles, Dwight Joshua in the men's doubles and the mixed doubles and Cheryl March and Laura Harada in the women's doubles and the mixed doubles.[2]

The badminton events took place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Marston Green between 29 July and 8 August 2022.[3]

Singles
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Athlete Event First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Ben Chater Men's singles  Caden Kakora (RSA)
L (10–21, 8–21)
did not advance
Doug Clark  Ahmed Nibal (MDV)
L (10–21, 11–21)
did not advance
Duane March  Callum Smith (SCO)
L (3–21, 4–21)
did not advance
Vicky Chater Women's singles  Ghazala Siddique (PAK)
L (4–21, 3–21)
did not advance
Soraye March Bye  Deidre Laurens Jordaan (RSA)
L (12–21, 1–21)
did not advance
Louise Williams  Tamisha Williams (BAR)
L (8–21, 10–21)
did not advance
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Doubles
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Athlete Event First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Ben Chater
Dwight Joshua
Men's doubles N/a  Ahmed Nibal &
Ajfan Rasheed (MDV)
L (14–21, 11–21)
did not advance
Doug Clark
Duane March
N/a  Tran Hoang Pham &
Jack Yu (AUS)
L (5–21, 7–21)
did not advance
Vicky Chater
Cheryl March
Women's doubles N/a  Prospera Nantuo &
Cindy Tornyenyor (GHA)
L (17–21, 20–22)
did not advance
Laura Harada
Louise Williams
N/a  Julie MacPherson &
Ciara Torrance (SCO)
L (4–21, 5–21)
did not advance
Ben Chater
Vicky Chater
Mixed doubles Bye  Daniel Wanagaliya &
Husina Kobugabe (UGA)
L (13–21, 7–21)
did not advance
Doug Clark
Cheryl March
 Yingxiang Lin &
Gronya Somerville (AUS)
L (4–21, 3–21)
did not advance
Duane March
Laura Harada
 Samuel Ricketts &
Tahlia Richardson (JAM)
L (3–21, 4–21)
did not advance
Dwight Joshua
Soraye March
 Tran Hoang Pham &
Angela Yu (AUS)
L (2–21, 5–21)
did not advance
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Cycling

In total, one Falkland Islander athlete participated in the cycling events – Jim Horton in the men's road race and the men's time trial.[2]

The men's road race took place at Myton Fields in Warwick on 7 August 2022.[4] The men's time trial took place at West Park in Wolverhampton on 4 August 2022.[5]

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Athlete Event Time Rank
Jim Horton Road race DNF
Time trial 1:02:45.73 46
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Lawn bowls

In total, five Falkland Islander athletes participated in the lawn bowls events – Chris Locke in the men's singles and the men's doubles, Garry Tyrell in the men's doubles, Daphne Arthur-Almond in the women's singles and the women's triples and Andrea Stanworth and Trudi Clarke in the women's triples.[2]

The lawn bowls events took place at Victoria Park in Leamington Spa between 29 July and 6 August 2022.[6]

Men
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Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Chris Locke Singles  McLean (SCO)
L 5―21
 Borgohain (IND)
L 5-21
 Davis (JEY)
L 7-21
 McIlroy (NZL)
L 5―21
5 did not advance
Garry Tyrell
Chris Locke
Pairs  Cook Islands
L 12–23
 India
L 4–36
 England
L 5–47
 Malaysia
L 6–35
5 did not advance
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Women
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Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Daphne Arthur-Almond Singles  Daniels (WAL)
L 2–21
 Choudhury (IND)
W 21–20
 O'Neill (NIR)
L 2–21
 Hoggan (SCO)
L 5–21
5 did not advance
Andrea Stanworth
Daphne Arthur-Almond
Trudi Clarke
Triples  Northern Ireland
L 10 - 22
 Singapore
L 10 - 23
 Australia
L 8 - 29
 South Africa
L 14 - 20
5 did not advance
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Table tennis

In total, one Falkland Islander athlete participated in the table tennis events – Javier Sotomayor in the men's singles.[2]

The table tennis events took place at the NEC in Marston Green between 29 July and 8 August 2022.[3]

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Athletes Event Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
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Javier Sotomayor Men's singles  Cogill (RSA)
L 0 - 4
 Chambers (AUS)
L 0 - 4
3 did not advance
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