New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games explained

Cga:	NZL
Cganame:	New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Games:	British Commonwealth Games
Year:	1970
Location:	Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors:	65
Flagbearer:	Opening: Les Mills Closing: Harry Kent
Rank:	11
Gold:	2
Silver:	6
Bronze:	6
Officials:	19

New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 65 competitors and 19 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was field athlete Les Mills. The New Zealand team finished 11th on the medal table, winning a total of 14 medals, two of which were gold.

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

New Zealand was 11th in the medal table in 1970, with a total of 14 medals, including two gold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's individual road race
			Men's 1 km time trial
			Men's discus throw
			Women's shot put
			Men's 1500 m
			Men's pairs
			Men's light heavyweight
			Men's middleweight
			Men's shot put
			Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
			Men's 1500 m freestyle
			Men's lightweight
			Men's middleweight
			Men's welterweight

Medals by sport
Sport	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
	2	0	1	3
	0	3	1	4
	0	2	1	3
	0	1	0	1
	0	0	2	2
	0	0	1	1
Total	2	6	6	14

Medals by gender
Gender	bgcolor=#f7f6a8		bgcolor=#dce5e5		bgcolor=#ffdab9		Total
Male	2	5	6	13
Female	0	1	0	1
Total	2	6	6	14

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left	Jack Foster	align=left	Men's marathon	2:14:44	4
align=left rowspan=2	Penny Hunt	align=left	Women's 100 m	11.7	2 Q	11.9	7	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m	23.9	3 Q	23.9	4 Q	23.8	8
align=left	Roger Johnson	align=left	Men's 400 m hurdles	51.9	3 Q	52.0	5	did not advance
align=left	Jeff Julian	align=left	Men's marathon	2:24:03	18
align=left rowspan=2	Sylvia Potts	align=left	Women's 800 m	2:07.4	2 Q	2:09.7	5
align=left	Women's 1500 m	4:25.2	9
align=left rowspan=2	Dick Quax	align=left	Men's 1500 m	3:44.2	1 Q	3:38.1
align=left	Men's 5000 m	14:01.6	4 Q	13:43.4	7
align=left	Val Robinson	align=left	Women's 1500 m	4:22.2	6
align=left rowspan=2	Anne Smith	align=left	Women's 800 m	2:07.3	6	did not advance
align=left	Women's 1500 m	4:26.8	10
align=left rowspan=2	Dick Tayler	align=left	Men's 1500 m	3:44.3	4 Q	3:45.0	10
align=left	Men's 5000 m	14:11.8	5 Q	13:48.8	10

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left	Joe Antunovich	align=left	Men's discus throw	53.50 m	7
align=left rowspan=2	Diane Charteris	align=left	Women's discus throw	44.12 m	8
align=left	Women's shot put	13.59 m	6
align=left	Pamela Hendren	align=left	Women's long jump	5.72 m	10
align=left rowspan=2	Sally Mene	align=left	Women's discus throw	45.86 m	7
align=left	Women's javelin throw	39.94 m	8
align=left rowspan=2	Les Mills	align=left	Men's discus throw	57.84 m
align=left	Men's shot put	18.40 m
align=left	Warwick Nicholl	align=left	Men's hammer throw	60.02 m	6
align=left rowspan=2	Dave Norris	align=left	Men's long jump	7.43 m	6 Q	7.64 m	5
align=left	Men's triple jump	15.01 m	=11 Q	14.46 m	11
align=left	Barbara Poulsen	align=left	Women's shot put	15.87 m
align=left	Robin Tait	align=left	Men's discus throw	53.82 m	6

Combined

Athlete	Event	100 m	Long jump	Shot put	High jump	400 m	110 m hurdles	Discus throw	Pole vault	Javelin throw	1500 m	Overall points	Rank
Roger Main	Men's decathlon	11.2 756 pts	6.40 m 693 pts	13.25 m 681 pts	1.67 m 560 pts	51.0 762 pts	15.4 807 pts	39.00 m 666 pts	3.60 m 700 pts	40.28 m 495 pts	4:56.4 428 pts	6548 pts	7
Roy Williams	Men's decathlon	11.2 756 pts	6.97 m 814 pts	12.57 m 637 pts	Withdrew

Badminton

See main article: Badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final /	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
John Compton	Men's singles	L 2–15 6–15	did not advance
Alison Glenie	Women's singles		L 11–5 5–11 2–11	did not advance
Robin Glenie	Women's singles		L 3–11 1–11	did not advance
Richard Purser	Men's singles	W 15–2 15–3	W 15–10 14–17 15–10	W 15–7 18–14	L 9–15 8–15	did not advance
John Compton Richard Purser	Men's doubles		W 15–1 15–3	L 15–5 10–15 9–15	did not advance
Alison Glenie Robin Glenie	Women's doubles	L 9–15 8–15	did not advance
Alison Glenie Richard Purser	Mixed doubles		W 18–13 3–15 15–12	L 12–15 5–15	did not advance
Robin Glenie John Compton	Mixed doubles		W 15–6 15–2	L 3–15 18–17 6–15	did not advance

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Brian Kendall	Featherweight	W	L	did not advance
Ali Afakasi	Welterweight	L	did not advance

Cycling

Road

Men's road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Bryce Beeston	4:41:24	5
Bruce Biddle	4:38:58

Track

Men's 1000 m sprint

Athlete	Round 1	First-round repechages				Round 2	Second-round repechage	Round 3	Third-round repechages			Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final /
		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4				Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harry Kent	W 11.80	W 11.56		W 11.95	W 12.31, W 12.63	W 11.95, L, L	L, W 11.94, L	4
Bryce Preston	W 12.23	L	W 13.07	L	W 12.36		W 13.32	L, W 12.94, L	did not advance		=5
Max Vertongen	W 12.04	L	L	did not advance							=13

Men's tandem 2000 m sprint

Men's 1 km time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
Harry Kent	1:08.69
Blair Stockwell	1:12.33	10

Men's 4000 m individual pursuit

Men's 10 miles scratch race

Athlete	Heats		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Harry Kent		4 Q	20:54.56	6
Bryce Preston		5 Q	20:53.95	5
Max Vertongen		5 Q	20:53.80	4

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Cyril Buscke	Men's 3 m springboard
Rebecca Ewert	Women's 3 m springboard	337.74	7
Mark Gazley	Men's 3 m springboard	436.44	6

Fencing

Men

Individual

Épée

Athlete	First round pool								Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins
Arthur Gatland	W 5–3	W 5–3	W 5–0	L 2–5	L 1–5	L 2–5	L 1–5	3	Did not advance
Michael Henderson	L 1–5	L 0–5	L 4–5	L 4–5	L 2–5	W 5–2	W 5–2	2	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	W 5–4	W 5–3	W 5–2	W 5–4	W 5–3	L 4–5		5 Q	W 5–5	L 2–5	L 2–5	L 4–5	L 3–5	1	did not advance

Foil

Athlete	First round pool								Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins
Michael Henderson	L 1–5	L 2–5	W 5–2	W 5–2	W 5–2	L 3–5	L 1–5	3	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	W 5–4	L 1–5	W 5–2	W 5–3	L 1–5	W 5–1	L 2–5	4	Did not advance
Brian Pickworth	L 3–5	L 3–5	W 5–3	W 5–2	W 5–0	W 5–0	L 4–5	4 Q	W 5–1	W 5–2	L 3–5	L 4–5	L 3–5	2 Q	L 1–5	L 4–5	L 4–5	L 3–5	W 5–4	1	5

Sabre

Athlete	First round pool							Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins
Michael Henderson	W 5–3	L 1–5	L 2–5	L 4–5	W 5–3	L 4–5	2	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	W 5–2	L 3–5	L 1–5	W 5–4	W 5–1	W 5–4	4 Q	L 2–5	L 0–5	L 1–5	L 5–3	Play stopped as result could not be affected	0	did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 pool		Semifinal pool		Final pool			Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Arthur Gatland Michael Henderson Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth	Men's team épée	W 6–3		W 7–2		L 3–5	L 4–5		4
Arthur Gatland Michael Henderson Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth	Men's team foil	W 8–1		L 2–7	L 1–5	did not progress
Michael Henderson Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth	Men's team sabre	W 7–2		L 4–5	L 1–5	did not progress

Women

Individual

Foil

Athlete	First round pool						Semifinal pool						Final pool						Rank
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins
Gaye McDermit	W 4–2	W 4–2	L 2–4	2 Q	L 1–4	L 3–4	L 1–4	L 3–4	W 4–3	1	did not advance
Rosemary Sharfe	W 4–0	L 1–4	W 4–0	W 4–3	W 4–1	4 Q	W 4–1	L 1–4	L 1–4	L 2–4	L 3–4	1	did not advance
Helen Whitcher	W 4–0	L 0–4	W 4–2	W 4–0	L 1–4	3 Q	L 2–4	L 0–4	L 1–4	L 0–4	W 4–2	1	did not advance

Team

Lawn bowls

See main article: Lawn bowls at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games.

Athlete	Event	Round robin													Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Phil Skoglund	Men's singles	L 9–21	L 17–21	L 5–21	L 18–21	L 17–21	W 21–19	L 7–21	L 16–21	L 17–21	L 20–21	L 12–21	L 14–21	W 21–14	12
Bob McDonald Robbie Robson	Men's pairs	W 19–15	L 17–28	W 22–15	W 22–8	W 23–11	L 14–19	W 25–10	W 22–18	W 27–12	W 28–24	W 26–11	W 19–14	L 24–26
Gordon Jolly Robbie Robson Percy Jones Bob McDonald	Men's fours	W 28–8	W 23–22	L 12–26	L 15–22	W 26–23	L 15–20	L 15–27	W 31–13	L 16–17	L 13–23	L 13–16	L 16–22	W 32–12	11

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Barnett Bond	align=left	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:06.67	11	did not advance
align=left	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:18.91	7 Q	2:20.01	8
align=left	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:23.30	8 Q	2:23.24	8
align=left	Men's 400 m individual medley	5:08.40	9	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Mike Borrie	align=left	Men's 100 m freestyle	54.95	3 Q	54.57	4
align=left	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:00.94	4 Q	2:00.74	5
align=left	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:22.11	6 Q	4:20.35	6
align=left rowspan=3	Felicity Crawford	align=left	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:12.06	12	did not advance
align=left	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:03.94	10	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:20.90	11	did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Ian Curry	align=left	Men's 100 m freestyle	57.15	14	did not advance
align=left	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:03.95	8 Q	2:02.96	8
align=left	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:20.06	5 Q	4:21.64	7
align=left rowspan=4	Susan Hunter	align=left	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:14.02	14	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:34.73	12	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:35.87	7 Q	2:33.30	5
align=left	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:20.63	2 Q	5:20.10	4
align=left rowspan=2	Glenda Stirling	align=left	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:08.95	3 Q	1:09.00	4
align=left	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:30.50	6 Q	2:29.71	6
align=left rowspan=3	Mark Treffers	align=left	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:09.31	18	did not advance
align=left	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:24.49	9	did not advance
align=left	Men's 1500 m freestyle	17:16.54	4 Q	16:44.69
align=left rowspan=4	Cathy Whiting	align=left	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:12.49	12	did not advance
align=left	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:08.66	1 Q	1:08.71	4
align=left	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:03.86	8 Q	1:03.73	7
align=left	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:19.43	9	did not advance
align=left rowspan=5	Beth Williams	align=left	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:23.59	12	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:56.79	11	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:38.65	12	did not advance
align=left	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:37.4	11	did not advance
align=left	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:34.35	10	did not advance
align=left rowspan=5	Judy Wright	align=left	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:30.80	7 Q	2:30.59	7
align=left	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:16.49	5 Q	2:17.54	7
align=left	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:46.55	5 Q	4:54.98	5
align=left	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:49.45	4 Q	9:47.54	4
align=left	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:22.10	3 Q	5:27.12	7
Barnett Bond Ian Curry Mark Treffers Mike Borrie	align=left	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:47.64	5
Barnett Bond Ian Curry Mark Treffers Mike Borrie	align=left	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:11.79	4
Barnett Bond Ian Curry Mark Treffers Mike Borrie	align=left	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	4:29.55	6
Felicity Crawford Judy Wright Susan Hunter Cathy Whiting	align=left	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:15.44	4
Glenda Stirling Felicity Crawford Beth Williams Cathy Whiting	align=left	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	4:44.81	4

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Jerk	Total	Rank
Bruce Cameron	Lightweight	107.5 kg	105 kg	142.5 kg	355 kg
Tony Ebert	Middleweight	137.5 kg	112.5 kg	152.5 kg	402.5 kg
John Bolton	Light heavyweight	147.5 kg	130 kg	167.5 kg	445 kg
John Sherley	Light heavyweight

Wrestling

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds					Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Gordon Mackay	Welterweight	W	W	W	L	L
David Aspin	Middleweight	L	D	L	Eliminated
Warren Hubber	Heavyweight	L	L	Eliminated			4
Tom Milat	Super heavyweight	L	W	L	Eliminated		4

Officials

• Team manager – Joe McManemin^[1]
• Assistant team manager – Ian Palmer^{[2] [3]}
• Chaperone – E. M. McKenna^[2]
• Team doctor – Mayne Smeeton^[2]
• Physiotherapist – Stanley Paris^[2]
• Athletics
  • Section manager – Barry Kerr^[2]
  • Coach – S. Johnson^[2]
• Badminton section manager – Roger Dunn^[2]
• Boxing section manager – Wally Darrell^[2]
• Cycling
  • Section manager – D. B. Smith^[2]
  • Coach / mechanic – Warwick Dalton^{[2] [4]}
• Lawn bowls section manager – A. J. McDonald^[2]
• Swimming
  • Section manager – Laurie Crabb^[2]
  • Coach – Pic Parkhouse^[2]
• Weightlifting
  • Section manager – R. E. Hosking^[2]
  • Coach – H. Morrison^[2]
• Wrestling
  • Section manager – Jack McInnes^[2]
  • Coach – John Armitt^[2]

See also

• • New Zealand Olympic Committee New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the 1972 Summer Olympics

External links

• NZOC website on the 1970 games
• Commonwealth Games Federation website

Notes and References

1. News: Athletics world mourns loss of top coach . 6 August 2014 . New Zealand Herald . 7 February 2020 . David . Skipwith.
2. News: Officials and managers for Games team . 21 April 1970 . . 109 . 32277 . 18 . 11 August 2022.
3. Web site: Ian Palmer . Badminton World Federation . 12 August 2022.
4. News: Rider still at the top . 31 January 2009 . Eastern Courier . 12 August 2022.

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