Barbados at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Barbados at the
2018 Commonwealth Games
Barbados at the; 2018 Commonwealth Games
	Flag of Barbados
CGF code	BAR
CGA	Barbados Olympic Association
Website	olympic.org.bb
in Gold Coast, Australia; 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	45 in 11 sports
Flag bearer	Meagan Best
Medals; Ranked 0th	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
	1954; 1958; 1962; 1966; 1970; 1974; 1978; 1982; 1986; 1990; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006; 2010; 2014; 2018; 2022;

Barbados competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.[1] It was Barbados's 16th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.

Squash athlete Meagan Best was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.[2]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	5	3	8
Badminton	2	0	2
Boxing	1	1	2
Cycling	0	1	1
Netball	—	12	12
Shooting	7	1	8
Squash	1	2	3
Swimming	1	0	1
Table tennis	4	0	4
Triathlon	2	0	2
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Total	25	20	45

Athletics

Barbados participated with 8 athletes (5 men and 3 women).

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Ramon Gittens	100 m	10.50	2 Q	10.44	7	did not advance
Stephen Headley	100 m	10.70	4	did not advance
Shane Brathwaite	200 m	DSQ		did not advance
Nicholas Deshong		21.26	4	did not advance
Burkheart Ellis Jr		21.02	2 Q	20.79	6	did not advance
Shane Brathwaite	110 m hurdles	13.64	5 q	—		13.53	6
Shane Brathwaite Nicholas Deshong Burkheart Ellis Jr Ramon Gittens	4 × 100 m relay	38.95	4 q	—		39.04	5

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sada Williams	200 m	DNS		did not advance
Kierre Beckles	100 m hurdles	13.66	6	—		did not advance
Tia-Adana Belle	400 m hurdles	56.55	7	—		did not advance

Badminton

Barbados participated with two athletes (two men)

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Cory Fanus	Men's singles	Yang (CAN) L 0 - 2	did not advance
Dakeil Thorpe	Men's singles	BYE	Mulenga (ZAM) L 0 - 2	did not advance
Cory Fanus Dakeil Thorpe	Men's doubles	—	BYE	Dunn / Hall (SCO) L 0 - 2	did not advance

Boxing

Barbados participated with a team of 2 athletes (1 man and 1 woman)

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jabali Breedy	Men's −52 kg	Brendan Irvine (NIR) L 0-5	did not advance
Kimberly Gittens	Women's −60 kg	Sarita Devi (IND) L 0-5	did not advance

Cycling

Barbados participated with 1 athlete (1 woman).

Track

Points race

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Amber Joseph	Women's points race	0	15

Scratch race

Athlete	Event	Final
Amber Joseph	Women's scratch race	16

Netball

Barbados qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.[3][4][5]

Roster

Shonette Azore
Latonia Blackman
Vanessa Bobb
Damisha Croney
Rieah Holder
Teresa Howell
Rhe-Ann Niles
Nikita Piggott
Tonisha Rock-Yaw
Shonte Seale
Sabreena Smith
Shonica Wharton

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Australia (H)	5	5	0	413	162	+251	10	Semi-finals
2	Jamaica	5	4	1	351	221	+130	8	Semi-finals
3	South Africa	5	3	2	310	205	+105	6	Classification matches
4	Northern Ireland	5	2	3	224	307	−83	4
5	Barbados	5	1	4	185	333	−148	2
6	Fiji	5	0	5	171	426	−255	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2018. Source: GC2018
(H) Hosts

6 April 2018 20:30	Report	Barbados	24–79	Australia		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Lisa McPhail Kristie Simpson Reserve umpire: Kate Stephenson
		Wharton 12/17 (71%) Blackman 8/10 (80%) Payne 4/5 (80%)		Thwaites 24/24 (100%) Bassett 23/26 (88%) Wood 17/17 (100%) Pettitt 15/15 (100%)

7 April 2018 20:30	Report	Fiji	44–65	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Michelle Phippard
		M. Rusivakula 27/31 (87%) U. Rusivakula 10/12 (83%) Waqa 7/8 (88%)		Wharton 33/38 (87%) Blackman 22/28 (79%) Payne 10/12 (83%)

9 April 2018 18:30	Report	Jamaica	76–32	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Maria van der Merwe Marc Henning Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Fowler-Reid 32/36 (89%) Aiken 28/33 (85%) Beckford 12/14 (86%) Robinson 4/8 (50%)		Blackman 17/19 (89%) Wharton 9/12 (75%) Payne 6/9 (67%)

10 April 2018 13:00	Report	Barbados	39–49	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Theresa Prince Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Maria van der Merwe
		Wharton 27/29 (93%) Blackman 9/12 (75%) Payne 3/3 (100%)		L. Bowman 20/25 (80%) Lennon 15/16 (94%) Oonagh McCullough 9/15 (60%) K. Bowman 5/7 (71%)

11 April 2018 11:00	Report	South Africa	85–25	Barbados		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jackie Mizon Kate Stephenson Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Venter 34/35 (97%) Burger 33/35 (94%) Holtzhausen 10/14 (71%) Stoltz 8/9 (89%)		Blackman 14/15 (93%) Payne 11/17 (65%)

Ninth place match

12 April 2018 11:00	Report	Barbados	48–50	Scotland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Helen George Maria van der Merwe Reserve umpire: Gary Burgess
		Payne 22/24 (92%) Blackman 15/17 (88%) Wharton 11/12 (92%)		Gallagher 35/37 (95%) Goodwin 13/21 (62%) Pettitt 2/5 (40%)

Shooting

Barbados participated with 8 athletes (7 men and 1 woman).

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Louis Estwick	50 metre rifle prone	577.8	29	did not advance
Bernard Chase	50 metre pistol	470	20	did not advance
Ronald Sargeant	50 metre pistol	481	19	did not advance
Bernard Chase	10 metre air pistol	537	18	did not advance
Ronald Sargeant	10 metre air pistol	519	21	did not advance
Michael Maskell	Trap	102	29	did not advance
Justin St. John	Trap	103	27	did not advance
Michael Maskell	Skeet	118	8	did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Michelle Elliot	Skeet	62	11	did not advance

Open

Athlete	Event	Day 1		Day 2		Day 3		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Overall	Rank
Richard Arthur	Queen's prize individual	96-1v	28	139-4v	29	139-13v	27	374-18v	28
Jason Wood	Queen's prize individual	102-4v	23	142-12v	27	147-14v	10	391-30v	22
Richard Arthur Jason Wood	Queen's prize pairs	274-20v	14	250-5v	14	—		524-25v	14

Squash

Barbados participated with 3 athletes (1 man and 2 women).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shawn Simpson	Men's singles	Seth (GUY) L 1 - 3	did not advance
Meagan Best	Women's singles	Bye	Waters (ENG) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Amanda Haywood	Women's singles	Laing (CAY) W 3 - 2	Massaro (ENG) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Meagan Best Shawn Simpson	Mixed doubles	Mua / Henry (FIJ) W 2 - 0	Waters / Selby (ENG) L 0 - 2	2 Q	King / Coll (NZL) L 0 - 2	did not advance

Swimming

Barbados participated with 1 athlete (1 man).

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Alex Sobers	50 m freestyle	23.75	28	did not advance
	100 m freestyle	51.12	29	did not advance
	200 m freestyle	1:51.87	20	—		did not advance

Table tennis

Barbados participated with 4 athletes (4 men).

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kristian Doughty	Men's singles	Rameez (PAK) L 0 - 4	Mutua (KEN) W 4 - 2	2	did not advance
Mark Dowell		Taucoory (MRI) L 2 - 4	Howieson (SCO) L 0 - 4	3	did not advance
Tyrese Knight		Sam (GHA) L 3 - 4	Bryan (GUY) W 4 - 1	2	did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kristian Doughty Marcus Smith	Men's doubles	Bye	Choong / Leong (MAS) L 0 - 3	did not advance
Mark Dowell Tyrese Knight	Men's doubles	Bye	Hu / Yan (AUS) L 0 - 3	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group Stage			Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kristian Doughty Mark Dowell Tyrese Knight Marcus Smith	Men's team	Singapore (SGP) L 0 - 3	Mauritius (MRI) L 2 - 3	3	did not advance

Triathlon

Barbados participated with 2 athletes (2 men).

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Jason Wilson	Men's	9:13	0:34	31:12	0:27	16:48	58:14	23
Matthew Wright	Men's	10:12	0:37	30:48	0:28	16:41	58:46	25

Weightlifting

Barbados participated with two athletes (two men).[6]

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Romario Forde	Men's −77 kg	117	13	160	7	277	11
Ivorn McKnee	Men's −105 kg	145	6	did not finish

References

"71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
Pavitt, Michael (15 March 2018). "Barbados named best flagbearer for Gold Coast 2018 Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
Pavitt, Michael (25 July 2017). "Uganda to make Commonwealth Games netball debut at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
Dakin, Rebecca (24 July 2017). "Competing nations announced for GC2018 Netball Competition". www.mygc.com.au/. myGC. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
"International Netball Federation: 2018 Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 17 April 2017.
"Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

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[1] "71 Nations and Territories. 6 Continents. 2 Billion citizens. 1 commonwealth family". www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[2] Pavitt, Michael (15 March 2018). "Barbados named best flagbearer for Gold Coast 2018 Opening Ceremony". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 20 March 2018.

[3] Pavitt, Michael (25 July 2017). "Uganda to make Commonwealth Games netball debut at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[4] Dakin, Rebecca (24 July 2017). "Competing nations announced for GC2018 Netball Competition". www.mygc.com.au/. myGC. Retrieved 28 July 2017.

[5] "International Netball Federation: 2018 Commonwealth Games". Retrieved 17 April 2017.

[6] "Qualification List of the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games" (PDF). www.iwf.net/. International Weightlifting Federation. March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018.

Associations at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Africa	Botswana Cameroon Gambia Ghana Kenya Lesotho Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Nigeria Rwanda Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Americas	Bahamas Belize Bermuda Canada Falkland Islands Guyana Saint Helena
Asia	Bangladesh Brunei India Malaysia Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka
Caribbean	Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Dominica Grenada Jamaica Montserrat Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands
Europe	Cyprus England Gibraltar Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey Malta Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
Oceania	Australia Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati Nauru New Zealand Niue Norfolk Island Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu