Commonwealth Games: Host Australia most successfull

Adam Wong (CAN)
(photo: CG melbourne)

Aussie's Balance: 6-6-6 ...Gold, Silver, Bronze...!
Australian Joshua Jefferis has won gold for Australia in the Men’s All-Around Artistic Gymnastics final at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne with an overall score of 89.45. Canadian Nathan Gafuik won the silver and Australian Philippe Rizzo secured the bronze. Rizzo and Jefferis are both members of the Men’s Team that won silver behind Canada on the first day of the competition.
Not Olympic Champion Shewfelt but another Canadian won the gold medail on floor: Adam Wong - Shewfelt captured gold on vault ...
Australia's Chloe Sims has won gold in the Women's All-Around Final at the Gymnastics with an extraordinary finish. Canada's Elyse Hopfner Hibbs (gold at uneven bars and beam) achieved the same score as Chloe of 57.100 but had to settle for silver as judges deemed a tie was against the rules....

Joshua Jeffris: '... a dream comes true!'
(photo: CG melbourne)

2006 Commonwealth Games
- Saturday, March 18, Melbourne -

RESULTS: Men's All-Around
1. Joshua Jefferis AUS 89.450
2. Nathan Gafuik CAN 88.350
3. Philippe Rizzo AUS 88.200

4. Adam Wong CAN 87.400
5. Ng Shu Wai MAS 87.050
6. Ross Brewer ENG 86.400
7. Ryan Bradley ENG 86.300
8. David Eaton WAL 85.000
9. Adam Cox SCO 84.950
10. Steven Friedman RSA 83.950
11. Mark Holyoake NZL 82.700
12. Kristian Thomas ENG 82.650
13. Ooi Wei Siang MAS 82.200
14. Gerhard Swiegers RSA 82.150
15. Daniel Good NZL 82.000
16. Ashish Kumar IND 79.950
17. John Honiball NAM 79.800
18. Troy Sender RSA 79.400
19. Alexander Hedges IOM 77.450
20. Misha Koudinov NZL 77.400
21. Rohit Jaiswal IND 75.500
22. Eranda N. Gunasekara Dias SRI 71.600
23. Ekanayake Mudi Anselagep SRI 57,100
24 Srivastava Myank IND 28.350
>> Detailed Men's AA Results

Luis Smith (GBR): ... first big success!

MEN's Apparatus Finals
- March 20/21, Melbourne -

Floor Exercise
1. Adam Wong CAN 14.975
2. Shu Wai Ng MAS 14.850
3. Kyle Shewfelt CAN 14.700
4. Ross Brewer ENG 14.475
5. Samuel Offord AUS 14.325
6. Ryan Bradley ENG 14.300
7. Joshua Jefferis AUS 14.300
8. Constantinos Aristotelous CYP 13.750

Pommel Horse
1. Louis Smith ENG 15.775
2. Prashanth Sellathurai AUS 15.600
3. Grant Golding CAN 14.875
4. David Kikuchi CAN 14.525
5. Ross Brewer ENG 13.675
6. Andrew Mackie SCO 13.250
7. Shu Wai Ng MAS 12.950
8. Philippe Rizzo AUS 12.875

Still Rings
1. Joshua Jefferis AUS 15.825
2. Damian Istria AUS 15.700
3. Irodotos Georgallas CYP 15.300
4. Grant Golding CAN 15.275
5. Adam Wong CAN 15.200
6. Steven Friedman RSA Barry
7. Ross Brewer ENG 14.525
8. Steve Frew SCO 14.200

Vault
1. Kyle SHEWFELT CAN 16.337
2. Nathan GAFUIK CAN 16.112
3. Samuel OFFORD AUS 15.862
4. Luke FOLWELL ENG 15.712
5. OOI Wei SiangMAS 15.575
6. Kristian THOMAS ENG 15.562
7. Mayank SRIVASTAVA IND 15.462
8. NG Shu Wai MAS 15.225

Parallel Bars

1. Grant GOLDING CAN 15.450
2. Philippe RIZZO AUS 15.275
3. Joshua JEFFERIS AUS 14.800
4. Ross BREWER ENG 14.725
5. Adam COX SCO14.350
6. Nathan GAFUIK CAN 14.250
7. Mark HOLYOAKE NZL 14.050
8. Ryan BRADLEY ENG 14.025

High Bar
1. DamianI STRIA AUS 15.600
2. David EATON WAL 15.000
3. Adam COX SCO14.95
4. NG Shu Wai MAS 14.700
5. Samuel OFFORD AUS 14.625
6. Nathan GAFUIK CAN 14.600
7. Kyle SHEWFELT CAN14.525
8. Ross BREWER ENG 14.425

Chloe Sims (AUS), Australian Triumph!

RESULTS: Women's All-Around
1. Chloe Sims AUS 57.100
2. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 57.100
3. Hollie Dykes AUS 55.800

4. Imogen Cairns ENG 55.750
5. Shavahn Church ENG 55.000
6. Alyssa Brown CAN 54.600
7. Gael Mackie CAN 54.050
8. Becky Downie ENG 53.700
9. Lynette Lisle WAL 53.500
10. Carol Galashan SCO 53.300
11. Rosalie Hutton SCO 52.550
12. Katie Slader NIR 51.600
13. Emma White SCO 51.350
14. Chanel Moonsammy RSA 50.800
15. Belinda Castles NZL 50.600
16. Olivia Jobsis NZL 50.550
17. Francki van Rooyen RSA 49.950
18. Melanie Roberts WAL 49.950
19. Nabihah Binti Ali MAS 48.200
20. B. Abd Hamid Nurul Fatiha MAS 48.050
21. Kathryn Ward NIR 47.800
22. Candice Cronje RSA 47.450
23. Kaisey Griffith BER 46.100
24. Caitlyn Mello BER 46.000
>> Detailed Women's AA Results

Imogen Cairns (GBR), the new face...

WOMEN's apparatuds Finals
- March 20/21, Melbourne -

Vault
1. Imogen Cairns ENG 14.325
2. Alyssa Brown CAN 14.275
3. Naomi Russell AUS 14.137
4. Jessica Gazzi WAL 14.112
5. Chloe Sims AUS 14.062
6. Emma White SCO 13.862
7. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 13.737
8. Francki Van Rooyen RSA 6.912

Uneven Bars
1. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs CAN 15.100
2. Shavahn Church ENG 14.875
3. Monette Russo AUS 14.850
4. Naomi Russell AUS 14.525
5. Becky Downie ENG 14.000
6. Rhian Pugh WAL 13.950
7. Lynette Lisle WAL 13.400
8. Belinda Castles NZL 12.700

Balance Beam
1. Elyse HOPFNER-HIBBS CAN 14.950
2. Hollie DYKES AUS14.925
3. Becky DOWNIE ENG 14.075
4. Monette RUSSO AUS 13.850
5. Rosalie HUTTON SCO 13.775
6. Francki VAN ROOYEN RSA 13.5
7. Helen GALASHAN SCO 13.375
8. Alyssa BROWN CAN 13.050

Floor Exercises
1. Hollie DYKES AUS 14.650
2. Ashleigh BRENNAN AUS 13.925
3. Francki VAN ROOYEN RSA 13.900
4. Jenny HANNAH SCO 13.775
5. Hannah CLOWES ENG 13.650
6. Elyse HOPFNER-HIBBS CAN 13.625
7. Rosalie HUTTON SCO 12.775
8. ImogenCAIRNS ENG12.350

Gold for Australian Women's Team
Strong performances on the beam and the vault helped the Australian gymnasts secure the Women's Team gold medal ahead of England and Canada.
The Australians scored 172.600 points to win by 8.250 points from England, which was without its injured captain, Beth Tweddle.
Australian captain, Monette Russo, competed with an ankle injury, but produced a particularly strong routine.
The Australian team included Hollie Dykes in her first senior international competition performance, with the best score of 58,550.
'I think it's very exciting especially for my first comp, ' she said afterwards.
'It was really exciting, it just lifted me.'
Canada won the bronze medal with 162.550 points....

Hollie DYKES (AUS)
- best of qualification

Commonwealth Games 2006, MELBOURNE, AUS
- Friday, March 17, Melbourne/AUS -

WOMEN's Team Competition
1. Australia 172,600
2. Great Britain 164,350
3. Canada 162,550 4. Wales 158,750
5. Scottland 156,450
6. Republic of South Africa 155,000
7. New Zealand 151,500
8. Malaysia 141,950
9. Bermuda 134,950
10. India 129,400
>> Women's detailed TEAM Results

Canadian Men's Team

Gold for Canadian Men's Team
Thursday, 16-Mar-2006
Canada broke a 12-year gold-medal drought in men's team artistic gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games on Thursday in Melbourne, beating Australia and defending champion England in the final.
<< Canada - with Kyle Shewfelt, Adam Wong, Nathan Gafuik and Grant Golding, all of Calgary, and David Kikuchi of Halifax - won the event with a total of 269.750 points, followed by Australia (268.850) and England (260.000)....

It was Canada's first men's team gold medal since a home victory in 1994 in Victoria. The Canadians also won Commonwealth Games gold in 1978 and 1990.
Kyle Shewfelt (23), scored a competition-high 16.600 on vault, performing his trademark Yurchenko layout 2 1-2, and a Tsukahara layout double-twist. The 2004 Athens Olympic champion also registered the best score on the floor.
The Australians got off to a bad start with their two most-experienced competitors, Philippe Rizzo and Damian Istria, falling from the high bar and on their floor routines...

MEN's Team Competition
1. Canada 269.750
2. Australia 268.850
3. England 260.000

4. Scotland 254.450
5. Malaysia 253.350
6. South Africa 245.000
7. New Zealand 239.700
8. Sri Lanka 213.400

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