Canada at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Canada competed at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held in the British Crown Dependency of Isle of Man from 7 to 13 September 2011. Their participation marked their third Commonwealth Youth Games appearance. Canada was represented by the Commonwealth Games Canada, the association which is responsible for Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth movement in Canada. The delegation of 70 people included 56 competitors and 14 coaches and supporting staff.[3]

Canada at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games
CGF code	CAN
CGA	Commonwealth Games Canada
in Isle of Man
Competitors	56 in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Asianna Covington (opening)[1] Caroline Morin-Houde (closing)[2]
Medals Ranked 15th	Gold 0 Silver 6 Bronze 10 Total 16
Officials	14
Commonwealth Youth Games appearances
2000 2004 2008 2011 2015 2017

Asianna Covington of Surrey, British Columbia, was given the honor to carry the national flag of Canada at the opening ceremony.[4] Caroline Morin-Houde of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, was selected as the flag bearer in the closing ceremony.[2] This was the first time that Canada failed to win any gold medal, and devolved to 15th position with six silvers and 16 overall medals, Canada ranking fifth in the medal table (with six golds and 26 overall medals) of the previous Commonwealth Youth Games. Sprinter Caroline Morin-Houde was the most successful competitor from Canadian side, winning three silvers. Artistic gymnast Curtis Graves was the most medal winning athlete in the Canadian delegation, winning two silvers and two bronze medals. With one silver and one bronze, Shaina Harrison and Kal Nemier were other competitors who won multiple medals at the Games.

Medalists

Further information: 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games medal table

A total of 20 out of 56 Canadian competitors won medals at the Games. The following Canadian competitors won medals at the Games. In the 'by discipline' sections below, medalists' names are emboldened.

Medal Name Sport Event Date  Silver Caroline Morin-Houde Athletics 100 m 9th  Silver Caroline Morin-Houde Athletics 200 m 11th  Silver Shaina Harrison Alexa Hrycun Caroline Morin-Houde Marie Colombe St-Pierre Athletics 4×100 m relay 11th  Silver Jessy Brown Boxing Bantamweight 11th  Silver Curtis Graves Gymnastics Horizontal bar CIII 11th  Silver Zachary Clay Curtis Graves Kal Nemier Gymnastics Men's team CIV 9th  Bronze Deshaunda Morrison Athletics 100 m hurdles 10th  Bronze Shaina Harrison Athletics 100 m 9th  Bronze Steven Ajayi Drelan Bramwell Denray Jean-Jacques Keefer Joyce Athletics 4×100 m relay 11th  Bronze Taylor Farquhar Athletics 400 m hurdles 11th  Bronze Vanessa McLeod Athletics 800 m 11th  Bronze Cody Crowley Boxing Middleweight 10th  Bronze Elliott Doyle Simon Gauthier Charles Matte David Onsow Cycling Time trial team 9th  Bronze Kal Nemier Gymnastics Horizontal bar CIII 11th  Bronze Curtis Graves Gymnastics Parallel bars CIII 11th  Bronze Curtis Graves Gymnastics Still rings CIII 11th

Medals by discipline Discipline Total Athletics 0 3 5 8 Badminton 0 0 0 0 Boxing 0 1 1 2 Cycling 0 0 1 1 Gymnastics 0 2 3 5 Rugby sevens 0 0 0 0 Total 0 6 10 16

Multiple medalists

Name	Medal	Sport	Event
Caroline Morin-Houde	Silver  Silver  Silver	Athletics	100 m 200 m 4×100 m relay
Curtis Graves	Silver  Silver  Bronze  Bronze	Gymnastics	Men's team CIV Horizontal bar CIII Parallel bars CIII Still rings CIII
Shaina Harrison	Silver  Bronze	Athletics	4×100 m relay 100 m
Kal Nemier	Silver  Bronze	Gymnastics	Men's team CIV Horizontal bar

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Athletics Canada, the national governing body of athletics in Canada, selected 21 athletes (nine men and twelve women) as a part of the delegation to participate in the athletics events. This was the second time in the history of the Games that Canada sent contingents for the athletics. Canada made its appearance in the athletics events of the Commonwealth Youth Games in 2008, where they won one gold, three silver and three bronze medals.[5]

In the athletics team, there were nine men: Steven Ajayi (100 m), Drelan Bramwell (100– and 200 m), Jeremy Coughler (2000 m steeplechase), Christian Gravel (3000 m), Denray Jean-Jacques (400 m), Keefer Joyce (100 m), Troy Smith (1500 m), Matthew Swanson (800 m), and Jordan Wand (800 m), and twelve women: Mireille Aylwin-Descôteaux (2000 m steeplechase), Asianna Covington (discus and hammer throw), Adrianne Erdman (2000 m steeplechase), Taylor Farquhar (400 m hurdles), Emma Galbraith (800 m), Shaina Harrison (100 m), Alexa Hrycun (1500 m), Cassandra Jones (400 m), Vanessa McLeod (800 m), Caroline Morin-Houde (200 m), Brooke Rowland (javelin throw), and Marie-Colombe St-Pierre (200 m) athletes. The team was also accompanied by Christine Laverty as head coach, Jean-François Roy as team manager, and two event coaches George Kerr and Gregory Peters.[5]

Men

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Drelan Bramwell	100 m[6]	10.76	1 Q	10.72	3 Q	10.60	4
	200 m[7]	21.79	2 Q	22.04	3	Did not advance
Keefer Joyce	100 m[6]	10.69	1 Q	10.61	2 Q	10.63	5
Steven Ajayi	200 m[7]	22.07	2 Q	22.29	3	Did not advance
Denray Jean-Jacques	400 m[8]	49.16	3 Q	50.33	4	Did not advance
Matthew Swanson	800 m[9]	1:52.74	2 Q	1:52.72	2 Q	1:54.09	4
Jordan Wand	800 m[9]	1:55.18	2 Q	2:03.85	6	Did not advance
Christian Gravel	1500 m[10]	4:01.50	4 Q	N/A		3:58.81	6
Troy Smith	1500 m[10]	4:01.95	5 Q	N/A		4:04.09	8
Thomas Jeremy Coughler	2000 m steeplechase[11]	N/A				6:14.36	6
Steven Ajayi Drelan Bramwell Denray Jean-Jacques Keefer Joyce	4×100 m relay	N/A				41.44

Women

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Caroline Morin-Houde	100 m[12]	11.97	1 Q	11.67	1 Q	11.81
	200 m[13]	24.40	1 Q	24.74	1 Q	24.44
Shaina Harrison	100 m[12]	12.00	1 Q	11.82	2 Q	11.81
Marie-Colombe St-Pierre	200 m[13]	24.89	2 Q	25.14	2 Q	25.04	6
Cassandra Jones	400 m[14]	58.15	2 Q	57.56	3 Q	DQ
Emma Galbraith	800 m[15]	2:16.42	1 Q	N/A		2:16.08	5
Vanessa McLeod	800 m[15]	2:15.34	3 Q	N/A		2:13.08
Alexa Hrycun	100 m hurdles[16]	13.86	1 Q	N/A		13.96	4
Deshaunda Morrison	100 m hurdles[16]	13.87	3 Q	N/A		13.77
Taylor Farquhar	400 m hurdles[17]	N/A				62.00
Mireille Aylwin-Descôteaux	2000 m steeplechase[18]	N/A				7:17.81	6
Adrianne Erdman	2000 m steeplechase[18]	N/A				7:14.58	5
Shaina Harrison Alexa Hrycun Caroline Morin-Houde Marie Colombe St-Pierre	4×100 m relay[19]	N/A				46.58
Asianna Covington	Discus throw[20]	N/A				43.52 m	5
	Hammer throw[21]	N/A				49.94 m	4

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Commonwealth Games Canada sent eight—four men and four women—badminton players to the Games, competing in all the events. None of the players succeeded in winning a medal. The doubles pair of Nathan Choi and Nyl Yakura advanced to the bronze final match where they lost to Srikanth Kidambi and Hema Thandarang of India.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final		Ref
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Clinton Wong	Men's singles	Bye	Matthew Carder (SCO) W 21–15, 18–21, 21–16	Matthew Carder (WAL) L 22–24, 18–21	Did not advance				[22]
Nyl Yakura	Men's singles	Bye	Daniel Sebunnya (UGA) W 21–8, 21–8	Pratul Joshi (IND) L 18–21, 15–21	Did not advance				[22]
Adrianna Giuffre	Women's singles	Bye	Alannah Stephenson (NIR) W 21–16, 21–16	Did not advance					[23]
Wan-Ting Tsai	Women's singles	Bye	Kristi Reno-Singh (TRI) W 21–6, 21–3	Pusarla Sindhu (IND) L 15–21, 21–13, 8–21	Did not advance				[23]
Andrew Lau, Clinton Wong	Men's doubles	N/A		Jason Ramjas, Matthaus Wilford (TRI) W 21–6, 21–9	Srikanth Kidambi, Hema Thandarang (IND) L 21–18, 16–21, 15–21	Did not advance			[24]
Nathan Choi, Nyl Yakura	Men's doubles	N/A		Matthew Carder, Josh Neil (SCO) W 21–14, 21–10	Hu-Wen Chew, Toby Wong (AUS) W 21–9, 21–11	Nelson Heg, Ee yi Teo (IND) L 17–21, 11–21	Bronze final Srikanth Kidambi, Hema Thandarang (IND) L 14–21, 21–15, 12–21	4	[24]
Adrianna Giuffre, Wan-Ting Tsai	Women's doubles	N/A		Sonia Cheah, Li lian Yang (MAS) L 13–21, 18–21	Did not advance				[25]
Vivian Kwok, Kacey Tung	Women's doubles	N/A		Matthew Carder, Josh Neil (FLK) W 21–3, 21–8	Jacqueline Guan, Gronya Somerville (AUS) L 11–21, 12–21	Did not advance			[25]
Kacey Tung, Clinton Wong	Mixed doubles	N/A		Aminath Suhaila Hussain Mohamed Shabin (MDV) W 21–2, 21–2	Daniel Font Jordan Hart (WAL) L 21–15, 15–21, 19–21	Did not advance			[26]
Wan-Ting Tsai, Nyl Yakura	Mixed doubles	N/A		Andries Malan, Jennifer van den Berg (RSA) W 21–11, 21–10	Emily Trebert, Jordan Trebert (GGY) W 21–8, 21–10	Nelson Heg, Meng yean Lee (MAS) L 21–18, 21–17, –21, 16–21	Did not advance		[26]

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Canada entered four pugilists—Brody Pigeon (light flyweight), Jessy Brown (bantamweight), Luis Valdivia (welterweight) and Cody Crowley (middleweight)—to compete in the boxing events. Both Pigeon and Brown received byes in their first round matches. Pigeon eliminated in the second round (quarterfinal) after losing to Nyiko Ndukula of South Africa. Brown was the only medal winning Canadian boxer. He defeated Benjamin Henry of Guyana in the quarterfinal and Obedy Mutapa of Zambia in the semifinal. In the final bout, Brown lost to Qais Ashfaq of England by the points difference of 3 to 15, but his appearance in the final round helped him with the podium finish—a silver medal. Opponent of Valdivia, Kieran Smith, won the quarterfinal match due to walkover. Crowley defeated Tevita Pomale of Tonga in the quarterfinal, but lost to Dylan Hardy of Australia in the semifinal.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final		Ref
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Brody Pigeon	Light flyweight	Bye	Nyiko Ndukula (RSA) L 11–16	Did not advance			[27]
Jessy Brown	Bantamweight	Bye	Benjamin Henry (GUY) W opponent retired injured	Obedy Mutapa (ZAM) W 19–7	Qais Ashfaq (ENG) L 3–15		[28]
Luis Valdivia	Welterweight	N/A	Kieran Smith (SCO) L opponent won by walkover	Did not advance			[29]
Cody Crowley	Middleweight	N/A	Tevita Pomale (TGA) W 16–5	Dylan Hardy (AUS) W 12–14	Did not advance		[30]

Cycling

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Ref
Elliott Doyle	Time trial	10.02	15	[31]
	Road race	@1Lap	22	[32]
	Criterium	@34Laps	27	[33]
Simon-Pierre Gauthier	Time trial	9.44	9	[31]
	Road race	2:37:24	15	[32]
	Criterium	57.48	8	[33]
Charles Matte	Time trial	9.43	8	[31]
	Road race	2:36:22	7	[32]
	Criterium	@34Laps	26	[33]
David Onsow	Time trial	10.37	27	[31]
	Road race	@2Laps	24	[32]
	Criterium	@35Laps	28	[33]
Elliott Doyle, Simon-Pierre Gauthier, Charles Matte, David Onsow	Time trial team	19.27		[34]
Elliott Doyle, Simon-Pierre Gauthier, Charles Matte, David Onsow	Road race team	—	6	[35]

Women

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Ref
Allyson Gillard	Time trial	11:44	12	[36]
	Road race	1:14:52	15	[37]
	Criterium	@3Laps	15	[38]
Tennessee Mayer	Time trial	11:45	13	[36]
	Road race	1:16:01	16	[37]
	Criterium	@2Laps	13	[38]
Janie Rioux-Coulombe	Time trial	11:50	15	[36]
	Road race	1:08:11	11	[37]
	Criterium	@2Laps	12	[38]
Allyson Gillard, Tennessee Mayer, Janie Rioux-Coulombe	Time trial team	23.29	5	[39]
Allyson Gillard, Tennessee Mayer, Janie Rioux-Coulombe	Road race team	—	6	[40]

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Final
		Floor	Pommel horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank
Zachary Clay	Qualification	13.400 Q	13.050 Q	10.450	14.650 Q	13.600 Q	12.950	78.100	3 Q
	All-around	13.650	12.600	11.650	14.850	13.500	10.800	77.050	7
	Floor	13.300	N/A					13.300	4
	Pommel horse	N/A	12.950	N/A				12.950	4
	Vault	N/A			14.175	N/A		14.175	5
	Parallel bars	N/A				12.850	N/A	12.850	4
Kal Nemier	Qualification	12.650	10.350	13.050 Q	14.500	13.000	13.450 Q	77.000	5 Q
	All-around	13.100	10.700	13.450	14.900	12.900	13.550	78.600	5
	Rings	N/A		12.850	N/A			12.850	5
	Horizontal bar	N/A					13.600	13.600
Curtis Grave	Qualification	12.050	8.500	12.550 Q	14.100	13.400 Q	13.450 Q	74.050	11
	Rings	N/A		13.400	N/A			13.400
	Parallel bars	N/A				13.250	N/A	13.250
	Horizontal bar	N/A					13.750	13.750

Rugby sevens

Main article: Rugby sevens at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

Canadian roster for the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games consisted 12 players. Players were selected evenly from British Columbia and Ontario only. Shane Thompson, head coach of the Canadian National Under-18 Men's Sevens team, joined the team as coach, Jeff Williams as assistant coach and Darrell Devine as co-coach/manager.[41]

Team Roster

Lukas Balkovec Justin Douglas Fergus Hall Conor McCann

Andrew Battaglia Haydn Evans Lucas Hammond Jorden Sandover-Best

Byron Boville Scott Gauer Patrick Kay Nathan Yanagiya

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Australia	3	3	0	0	97	5	+92	9
Scotland	3	2	0	1	63	38	+25	7
Canada	3	1	0	2	65	46	+19	5
Isle of Man	3	0	0	3	5	140	−135	3

10 September 2011 16:41

Australia	31–0	Canada
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10 September 2011 17:58

Scotland	15–14	Canada
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10 September 2011 19:36

Canada	50–0	Isle of Man
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Quarterfinals

Canadian team qualified for the quarterfinal after finishing third in the pool A. On 11 September, team Canada played its quarterfinal match against the runner-up of pool B South Africa. South African team won the match with a goal difference of 24–12, and qualified for the semifinals.[42]

11 September 2011 16:53

Canada	12–24	South Africa
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Semi Final Plate and Bowl

After losing to South African team in the quarterfinal, Canadian team played against Trinidad and Tobago to qualify for the Grand Final Plate match. Canada beat Trinidad and Tobago with a goal difference of 60–7, largest margin victory of Canada in the tournament.[42]

11 September 2011 17:49

Trinidad and Tobago	7–60	Canada
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Grand Final Plate

Canada faced Isle of Man in the Grand Final Plate match. Isle of Man earned a place after beating Sri Lanka in the other semi Final Plate match. Similar to pool round match, Isle of Man remained scoreless and Canadian team with a goal difference of 52–0 won Grand Final Plate—equivalent to fifth position in the final standings.[42]

11 September 2011 19:34

Isle of Man	0–52	Canada
	Report

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See also

• 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games medal table
• Canada at the 2010 Summer Youth Olympics

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External links

• Official website (results) of the Games
• Official website of the Commonwealth Games Canada (for 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games)