New Zealand at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

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 at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Commonwealth Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Edinburgh, Scotland
Competitors	65
Flag bearer	Opening: Les Mills Closing: Harry Kent
Medals Ranked 11th	Gold 2 Silver 6 Bronze 6 Total 14
Officials	19
British Commonwealth Games appearances
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018

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
Gold	Bruce Biddle	Cycling	Men's individual road race
Gold	Harry Kent	Cycling	Men's 1 km time trial
Silver	Les Mills	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Barbara Poulsen	Athletics	Women's shot put
Silver	Dick Quax	Athletics	Men's 1500 m
Silver	Bob McDonald Robbie Robson	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Silver	John Bolton	Weightlifting	Men's light heavyweight
Silver	Tony Ebert	Weightlifting	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Les Mills	Athletics	Men's shot put
Bronze	Blair Stockwell	Cycling	Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Bronze	Mark Treffers	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle
Bronze	Bruce Cameron	Weightlifting	Men's lightweight
Bronze	David Aspin	Wrestling	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Gordon Mackay	Wrestling	Men's welterweight

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Cycling	2	0	1	3
Athletics	0	3	1	4
Weightlifting	0	2	1	3
Lawn bowls	0	1	0	1
Wrestling	0	0	2	2
Swimming	0	0	1	1
Total	2	6	6	14

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	2	5	6	13
Female	0	1	0	1
Total	2	6	6	14

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Track and road

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

1. Ranks given are within the heat
2. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

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

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
John Compton	Men's singles	Goel (IND) L 2–15 6–15	Did not advance
Alison Glenie	Women's singles	N/A	Ridgway (CAN) L 11–5 5–11 2–11	Did not advance
Robin Glenie	Women's singles	N/A	Nyirati (AUS) L 3–11 1–11	Did not advance
Richard Purser	Men's singles	Gulam (KEN) W 15–2 15–3	Yeo (SIN) W 15–10 14–17 15–10	Bhatia (IND) W 15–7 18–14	Paulson (CAN) L 9–15 8–15	Did not advance
John Compton Richard Purser	Men's doubles	N/A	Ward / Montegriffo (GIB) W 15–1 15–3	Charron / Paterson (CAN) L 15–5 10–15 9–15	Did not advance
Alison Glenie Robin Glenie	Women's doubles	N/A		Tan / Ng (MAS) L 9–15 8–15	Did not advance
Alison Glenie Richard Purser	Mixed doubles	N/A	Ang / Ng (MAS) W 18–13 3–15 15–12	Whetnall / Eddy (ENG) L 12–15 5–15	Did not advance
Robin Glenie John Compton	Mixed doubles	N/A	Haddad / Haddad (JAM) W 15–6 15–2	Rickard / Whetnall (ENG) 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	Yang (PNG) W	Mir (PAK) L	Did not advance
Ali Afakasi	Welterweight	Olulu (KEN) 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 / BM
		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	Crutchlow (ENG) W 11.80	Bye				John (TTO) W 11.56	Bye	Bicknell (ENG) W 11.95	Bye			Attong (TTO) W 12.31, W 12.63	Johnson (AUS) W 11.95, L, L	King (TTO) L, W 11.94, L	4
Bryce Preston	Beattie (NIR) W 12.23	Bye				Perkins (AUS) L	Crutchlow (ENG) W 13.07	Harvey (CAN) L	Rowe (ENG) W 12.36	Bye	Bicknell (ENG) W 13.32	Nicholson (AUS) L, W 12.94, L	Did not advance		=5
Max Vertongen	McMillan (JAM) W 12.04	Bye				Hunte (GUY) L	John (TTO) L	Did not advance							=13

Men's tandem 2000 m sprint

Athletes	Round 1	Repechage	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Bryce Preston Max Vertongen	Attong / Farrell (TTO) W 11.65, W 11.74	Bye	Harvey / Lovell (CAN) W 14.82, L, L	Hatfield / Beswick (WAL) L, L	4

Men's 1 km time trial

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

Men's 4000 m individual pursuit

Athlete	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
	Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result
Blair Stockwell	5:11.93	4 Q	Moore (ENG) W 5:12.32	Clark (AUS) L 5:09.17	Watson (AUS) W OVL

Men's 10 miles scratch race

Athlete	Heats		Final
	Time	Rank[lower-roman 1]	Time	Rank
Harry Kent	NR	4 Q	20:54.56	6
Bryce Preston	NR	5 Q	20:53.95	5
Max Vertongen	NR	5 Q	20:53.80	4

1. Ranks given are within each of the two heats. First 10 finishers in each heat advanced to the final.

Diving

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Cyril Buscke	Men's 3 m springboard	DNF
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	Gray  (NIR) W 5–3	Chong  (MAS) W 5–3	Scotland  (DMA) W 5–0	Nasralla  (JAM) L 2–5	Mills  (AUS) L 1–5	Sandor  (SCO) L 2–5	Johnson  (ENG) L 1–5	3	Did not advance
Michael Henderson	Hoskyns  (ENG) L 1–5	Widmaier  (CAN) L 0–5	Rouxel  (SCO) L 4–5	Simon  (AUS) L 4–5	Turner  (WAL) L 2–5	Magill  (NIR) W 5–2	Cunningham  (HKG) W 5–2	2	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	Bakonyi  (CAN) W 5–4	Richardson  (NIR) W 5–3	Elliott  (HKG) W 5–2	Chan  (MAS) W 5–4	Jacobs  (ENG) W 5–3	Lucas  (WAL) L 4–5	N/A	5 Q	Johnson  (ENG) W 5–5	Bakonyi  (CAN) L 2–5	Jacobs  (ENG) L 2–5	Redhead  (GUE) L 4–5	Rouxel  (SCO) 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	Magill  (NIR) L 1–5	G. Paul  (ENG) L 2–5	Sandor  (SCO) W 5–2	Chong  (MAS) W 5–2	Nasralla  (JAM) W 5–2	Mills  (AUS) L 3–5	Edwards  (WAL) L 1–5	3	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	Wiedel  (CAN) W 5–4	Russell  (SCO) L 1–5	Redhead  (GUE) W 5–2	A. Reynolds  (WAL) W 5–3	B. Paul  (ENG) L 1–5	Cunningham  (HKG) W 5–1	Theseira  (MAS) L 2–5	4	Did not advance
Brian Pickworth	Breckin  (ENG) L 3–5	Simon  (AUS) L 3–5	Widmaier  (CAN) W 5–3	Gray  (NIR) W 5–2	Jackson  (JAM) W 5–0	Scotland  (DMA) W 5–0	Elliott  (HKG) L 4–5	4 Q	Smith  (SCO) W 5–1	Wiedel  (CAN) W 5–2	Benko  (AUS) L 3–5	Breckin  (ENG) L 4–5	Russell  (SCO) L 3–5	2 Q	Breckin  (ENG) L 1–5	B. Paul  (ENG) L 4–5	G. Paul  (ENG) L 4–5	Benko  (AUS) L 3–5	Conyd  (CAN) 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	Richardson  (NIR) W 5–3	Acfield  (ENG) L 1–5	Samek  (CAN) L 2–5	Tornallyay  (AUS) L 4–5	Chan  (MAS) W 5–3	Edwards  (WAL) L 4–5	2	Did not advance
Richard Peterson	Gray  (NIR) W 5–2	Urban  (CAN) L 3–5	Craig  (ENG) L 1–5	Mitchell  (SCO) W 5–4	Tye  (HKG) W 5–1	Chong  (MAS) W 5–4	4 Q	Craig  (ENG) L 2–5	Samek  (CAN) L 0–5	Arato  (AUS) L 1–5	R. Reynolds  (WAL) 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	Hong Kong W 6–3	N/A	Wales W 7–2	N/A	Canada L 3–5	Scotland L 4–5	N/A	4
Arthur Gatland Michael Henderson Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth	Men's team foil	Hong Kong W 8–1	N/A	Scotland L 2–7	Australia L 1–5	Did not progress
Michael Henderson Richard Peterson Brian Pickworth	Men's team sabre	Hong Kong W 7–2	N/A	Australia L 4–5	Scotland 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	Reynolds  (WAL) W 4–2	Exelby  (AUS) W 4–2	Green  (ENG) L 2–4	N/A		2 Q	Sharfe  (NZL) L 1–4	Bain  (SCO) L 3–4	Williams  (SCO) L 1–4	Barkley  (WAL) L 3–4	Green  (ENG) W 4–3	1	Did not advance
Rosemary Sharfe	McDougall  (AUS) W 4–0	Bain  (SCO) L 1–4	Weidel  (CAN) W 4–0	Henley  (ENG) W 4–3	Brown  (WAL) W 4–1	4 Q	McDermit  (NZL) W 4–1	Green  (ENG) L 1–4	Barkley  (WAL) L 1–4	Williams  (SCO) L 2–4	Bain  (SCO) L 3–4	1	Did not advance
Helen Whitcher	Van Eyk  (AUS) W 4–0	Wardell-Yerburgh  (ENG) L 0–4	Chatel  (CAN) W 4–2	Barkley  (WAL) W 4–0	Youngs  (SCO) L 1–4	3 Q	Exelby  (AUS) L 2–4	Wardell-Yerburgh  (ENG) L 0–4	Youngs  (SCO) L 1–4	Henley  (ENG) L 0–4	Weidel  (CAN) W 4–2	1	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Semifinal pool		Final pool			Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Gaye McDermit Rosemary Sharfe Helen Whitcher	Women's team foil	Canada L 3–6	England L 1–5	Did not advance

Lawn bowls

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	Woodward  (GUE) L 9–21	Bryant  (ENG) L 17–21	Kelly  (AUS) L 5–21	Motroni  (SCO) L 18–21	Fulton  (NIR) L 17–21	Ewing  (MAW) W 21–19	Liddell  (HKG) L 7–21	Bradley  (FIJ) L 16–21	Clayton  (CAN) L 17–21	Wilkins  (WAL) L 20–21	Lapsley  (PNG) L 12–21	Bryce  (ZAM) L 14–21	Gosden  (KEN) W 21–14	12
Bob McDonald Robbie Robson	Men's pairs	Guernsey W 19–15	England L 17–28	Australia W 22–15	Scotland W 22–8	Northern Ireland W 23–11	Malawi L 14–19	Hong Kong W 25–10	Fiji W 22–18	Canada W 27–12	Wales W 28–24	Papua New Guinea W 26–11	Zambia W 19–14	Kenya L 24–26
Gordon Jolly Robbie Robson Percy Jones Bob McDonald	Men's fours	Guernsey W 28–8	England W 23–22	Australia L 12–26	Scotland L 15–22	Northern Ireland W 26–23	Malawi L 15–20	Hong Kong L 15–27	Fiji W 31–13	Canada L 16–17	Wales L 13–23	Papua New Guinea L 13–16	Zambia L 16–22	Kenya W 32–12	11

Swimming

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Barnett Bond	Men's 100 m backstroke	1:06.67	11	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:18.91	7 Q	2:20.01	8
	Men's 200 m individual medley	2:23.30	8 Q	2:23.24	8
	Men's 400 m individual medley	5:08.40	9	Did not advance
Mike Borrie	Men's 100 m freestyle	54.95	3 Q	54.57	4
	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:00.94	4 Q	2:00.74	5
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:22.11	6 Q	4:20.35	6
Felicity Crawford	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:12.06	12	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:03.94	10	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:20.90	11	Did not advance
Ian Curry	Men's 100 m freestyle	57.15	14	Did not advance
	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:03.95	8 Q	2:02.96	8
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:20.06	5 Q	4:21.64	7
Susan Hunter	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:14.02	14	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:34.73	12	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:35.87	7 Q	2:33.30	5
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:20.63	2 Q	5:20.10	4
Glenda Stirling	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:08.95	3 Q	1:09.00	4
	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:30.50	6 Q	2:29.71	6
Mark Treffers	Men's 200 m freestyle	2:09.31	18	Did not advance
	Men's 400 m freestyle	4:24.49	9	Did not advance
	Men's 1500 m freestyle	17:16.54	4 Q	16:44.69
Cathy Whiting	Women's 100 m backstroke	1:12.49	12	Did not advance
	Women's 100 m butterfly	1:08.66	1 Q	1:08.71	4
	Women's 100 m freestyle	1:03.86	8 Q	1:03.73	7
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:19.43	9	Did not advance
Beth Williams	Women's 100 m breaststroke	1:23.59	12	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m breaststroke	2:56.79	11	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m butterfly	2:38.65	12	Did not advance
	Women's 200 m individual medley	2:37.4	11	Did not advance
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:34.35	10	Did not advance
Judy Wright	Women's 200 m backstroke	2:30.80	7 Q	2:30.59	7
	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:16.49	5 Q	2:17.54	7
	Women's 400 m freestyle	4:46.55	5 Q	4:54.98	5
	Women's 800 m freestyle	9:49.45	4 Q	9:47.54	4
	Women's 400 m individual medley	5:22.10	3 Q	5:27.12	7
Barnett Bond Ian Curry Mark Treffers Mike Borrie	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	N/A		3:47.64	5
Barnett Bond Ian Curry Mark Treffers Mike Borrie	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	N/A		8:11.79	4
Barnett Bond Ian Curry Mark Treffers Mike Borrie	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	N/A		4:29.55	6
Felicity Crawford Judy Wright Susan Hunter Cathy Whiting	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	N/A		4:15.44	4
Glenda Stirling Felicity Crawford Beth Williams Cathy Whiting	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	N/A		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 GR	112.5 kg	152.5 kg	402.5 kg
John Bolton	Light heavyweight	147.5 kg GR	130 kg	167.5 kg	445 kg
John Sherley	Light heavyweight	NVL	DNF

Wrestling

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds					Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Gordon Mackay	Welterweight	O'Brien (AUS) W	Amey (ENG) W	Buchanan (SCO) W	Wurr (CAN) L	Singh (IND) L
David Aspin	Middleweight	Birajdar (IND) L	Grinstead (ENG) D	Schori (CAN) L	Eliminated
Warren Hubber	Heavyweight	Millard (CAN) L	Singh (IND) L	Eliminated			4
Tom Milat	Super heavyweight	Mane (IND) L	Holden (CAN) W	Ilahi (PAK) L	Eliminated		4

Officials

• Manager – Joe McManemin[1]

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

References

1. Skipwith, David (6 August 2014). "Athletics world mourns loss of top coach". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 7 February 2020.

External links

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