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England At The 1974 British Commonwealth Games ...
England competed at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand, from 24 January - 2 February 1974. England finished second in the medal table. Medal table (top three) The athletes that competed are listed below. Athletics Badminton Bowls Boxing Cycling Diving Shooting Swimming Weightlifting Wrestling References {{Commonwealth Games medallists 1974 Nations at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games British Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commonwealth Games England
Commonwealth Games England (CGE) is the national Commonwealth Games Association for England. The council is responsible for supporting and managing the participation of England at the Commonwealth Games, Team England at the Commonwealth Games'. Predecessor The Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE) was originally responsible for 'Team England' and oversaw each team between the 1930 British Empire Games and 2006 Commonwealth Games, Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games and the England teams at the Commonwealth Youth Games. Membership of the Games Council consisted of representatives from 26 different sports on the Commonwealth Games#List of Commonwealth sports, Commonwealth Games' Sports Programme, supported by a small salaried team.CGCE's President was gold medallist Sir Christopher Chataway, the first ever winner of the BBC Sports Personality of the Year, BBC's Sports Personality of the Year award and a teammate of Sir Roger Bannister. Present organisation Following a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ian Chipchase
Ian Alan Chipchase (born 26 February 1952) is an English former track and field athlete who competed in the hammer throw. He was the gold medallist in the event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games with a games' record performance. His career best was , set in 1974. He also represented England at the 1978 Commonwealth Games and Great Britain at the 1974 European Athletics Championships. Career Chipchase was born in Hebburn in the north of England. He rose to prominence at national level as a junior in 1969 when he won the English Schools Championships, AAA Junior Championships and the British Schools International Match. He retained all of those titles for following year. His international championship debut came at the 1970 European Athletics Junior Championships, where he placed eighth with a mark of . His first senior hammer throw title at the North of England Athletics Championships was achieved while he was still a teenager in 1970. He would go on to take that title six ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymond Edward Hearn
Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Raginmund'') or ᚱᛖᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ (''Reginmund''). ''Ragin'' (Gothic) and ''regin'' (Old German) meant "counsel". The Old High German ''mund'' originally meant "hand", but came to mean "protection". This etymology suggests that the name originated in the Early Middle Ages, possibly from Latin. Alternatively, the name can also be derived from Germanic Hraidmund, the first element being ''Hraid'', possibly meaning "fame" (compare ''Hrod'', found in names such as Robert, Roderick, Rudolph, Roland, Rodney and Roger) and ''mund'' meaning "protector". Despite the German and French origins of the English name, some of its early uses in English documents appear in Latinized form. As a surname, its first recorded appearance in Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Hartley (athlete)
William John Hartley (born 27 June 1950) is an English former athlete. Athletics career Hartley was raised in Lydiate, Lancashire (now Merseyside) on the outskirts of Liverpool where his family ran a market garden. He began his athletic career at age 13 as a high jumper. By age 18 he held the Under-19 record for 400m hurdles (52.9 seconds). Following success in national and international competition, Hartley won a silver medal representing England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand and then a gold medal at the European Championships in Rome in the 400m relay. He also represented England in the 400 metres hurdles event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. He was a member of the winning Europa Cup 4 × 400 m relay team, along with Alan Pascoe, David Jenkins and Jim Aukett. An achilles tendon problem ended his running career in 1982, after which he became a sprint coach and conditioner for Widnes Rugby League Club and then ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Hartley
Donna Hartley-Wass MBE, born Donna-Marie Louise Murray and formerly known as Donna Hartley (1 May 1955 – 7 June 2013), was a British athlete. Career Hartley was born in Southampton, England in 1955. She was a south of England sprint champion, and won the AAA's 200 metres in 1972 then the 400 metres in 1975. In 1977 she was U.K. 400 metres champion. In 1977, she married fellow athlete Bill Hartley. The marriage later ended in divorce. In 1978, Hartley won two Commonwealth gold medals in Edmonton, Canada, where she won the 400 metres, and the 4x400 relay. In 1979, she was European cup semi finalist winner in both 400, and 400 relay again. She also was runner up in European cup finals in 1975, and 1977 in 400, and 400 relay again. Sponsored by the Midland Bank, Worked in Liverpool. In 1980, she competed at the Moscow Olympic Games where she won a bronze medal in the 4 x 400 relay. Later life After retiring from athletics Hartley married Robert Wass, better known as comedi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Val Rutter
Valerie Joy Rutter née Valerie Harrison (born 1954), is a female former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career Rutter became the 1974 National champion (under her maiden name of Harrison) after winning the British AAA high jump championship. She represented England in the high jump event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. Four years later she represented England again in the high jump event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References 1954 births English female high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1978 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Green (athlete)
Brian William Green (born 15 May 1941 in Ormskirk) is a British former sprinter. Background Green attended Walton Grammar School and worked as an advertising assistant. He came to sprinting late, having previously divided his time between other sporting interests including squash, badminton, and hockey. Sprinting career Standing at Green was once told he was too short to be a sprinter. Despite this, at the age of 31, Green became the fastest man in Britain, recording a time of 10.1 seconds in Bratislava. Green competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He represented England and won a bronze medallist at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in the 4×100 metres relay. He represented England in the sprint events, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand and represented England in the 100 metres and 100 metres relay events, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Graham Gower
Graham John Gower (1947-2017) was a male athlete who competed for Great Britain and England. In the early 1970s, and at the time of his appearance for GB in the 1974 Commonwealth Games, he taught geography at Watford Boys Grammar School. Athletics career Gower was three times National silver medallist and three times National bronze medallist at the British AAA championships in the 110 metres hurdles. He represented England in the 110 metres hurdles, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... References 1947 births 2017 deaths English male hurdlers Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{England-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brendan Foster
Sir Brendan Foster (born 12 January 1948) is a British former long-distance runner, athletics commentator and road race organiser, who founded the Great North Run, one of the sport's most high profile half-marathon races. As an athlete, he won the bronze medal in the 10,000 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics, and the gold medal in the 5,000 metres at the 1974 European Championships and the 10,000 metres at the 1978 Commonwealth Games. He later provided commentary and analysis on athletics, particularly long-distance events, for BBC Sport after his running career ended. Early life Educated at St Joseph's RC Grammar School in Hebburn, the University of Sussex and Carnegie College of Physical Education, Foster returned to St Joseph's Grammar School as a chemistry teacher. His pupils included footballer turned manager Phil Brown, whom he tried to encourage to take up running over football. Athletics career Brendan Foster's athletic career saw him compete in three Olympic Game ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prudence French
Prudence Elizabeth French (born 1950), is a female former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career French became the 1972 National champion after winning the British AAA javelin championship. She represented England in the javelin event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... References 1950 births English female javelin throwers Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Living people Commonwealth Games competitors for England {{England-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Lowe-Cropper
Patricia Barbara Lowe-Cropper (born 15 September 1943) is a British middle-distance runner. She competed in the 800 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the 1972 Summer Olympics. She was appointed MBE in the 1974 Birthday Honours. She also represented England at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Kingston, Jamaica. Four years later she won a silver medal in the 800 metres, at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. In 1974 she competed in her third consecutive Games at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch Christchurch ( ; mi, Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. Christchurch lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula on Pegasus Bay. The Avon River / ..., New Zealand. References 1943 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics Bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sharon Corbett
Sharon Corbett (married name Sharon Avann) (born 1953), is a former athlete who competed for England. Athletics career She represented England and won a bronze medal in the javelin event, at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count .... References 1953 births English female javelin throwers Commonwealth Games medallists in athletics Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England Athletes (track and field) at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games Living people Medallists at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games {{England-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |