abstract: New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 127 competitors and 45 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening and closing ceremonies was sculler Stephanie Foster. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 38 medals, eight of which were gold. New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

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# New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games

**New Zealand at the 1986 Commonwealth Games** was represented by a team of 127 competitors and 45 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Edinburgh, Scotland, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening and closing ceremonies was sculler Stephanie Foster. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 38 medals, eight of which were gold.

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

## Medal tables

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Gold | Jimmy Peau | Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| Gold | Ian Dickison | Lawn bowls | Men's singles |
| Gold | Robin Clarke
Stephanie Foster | Rowing | Women's double scull |
| Gold | Stephanie Foster | Rowing | Women's single scull |
| Gold | Greg Yelavich | Shooting | Open air pistol |
| Gold | Greg Yelavich | Shooting | Open free pistol |
| Gold | Sylvia Hume | Swimming | Women's 100 m backstroke |
| Gold | Anthony Mosse | Swimming | Men's 200 m butterfly |
| Silver | Anne Audain | Athletics | Women's 10,000 m |
| Silver | Lorraine Moller | Athletics | Women's marathon |
| Silver | Gary Anderson | Cycling | Men's 1 km time trial |
| Silver | Gary Anderson
Russell Clune
Stephen Swart
Andrew Whitford | Cycling | Men's 4000 m team pursuit |
| Silver | Blair Cox
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch
Graeme Miller | Cycling | Men's 100 km team time trial |
| Silver | Brian Fowler | Cycling | Men's individual road race |
| Silver | Nigel Atherfold
Andrew Bird
Bruce Holden
Greg Johnston
Chris White | Rowing | Men's coxed four |
| Silver | Philippa Baker
Andrew Bird
Bruce Holden
Greg Johnston
Chris White | Rowing | Women's lightweight single scull |
| Silver | Neil Gibson
Shane O'Brien
Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon | Rowing | Men's coxless four |
| Silver | Barrie Mabbott
Ian Wright | Rowing | Men's coxless pair |
| Silver | Paul Kingsman | Swimming | Men's 100 m backstroke |
| Silver | Paul Kingsman | Swimming | Men's 200 m backstroke |
| Silver | Anthony Mosse | Swimming | Men's 100 m butterfly |
| Silver | Clayton Chelley | Weightlifting | Men's bantamweight |
| Silver | Robert Algie | Wrestling | Men's heavyweight |
| Silver | Steve Reinsfield | Wrestling | Men's bantamweight |
| Bronze | Gavin Lovegrove | Athletics | Men's javelin throw |
| Bronze | Simon Poelman | Athletics | Men's decathlon |
| Bronze | Kerrin Harrison
Glenn Stewart | Badminton | Men's doubles |
| Bronze | Johnny Wallace | Boxing | Men's featherweight |
| Bronze | Gary Anderson | Cycling | Men's 10 mile scratch race |
| Bronze | Gary Anderson | Cycling | Men's 4000 m individual pursuit |
| Bronze | Mike Burrell
Neil Gibson
Andy Hay
Barrie Mabbott
Shane O'Brien
Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon
Carl Vincent
Ian Wright | Rowing | Men's eight |
| Bronze | Eric Verdonk | Rowing | Men's single scull |
| Bronze | John Farrell
John Woolley | Shooting | Open skeet pairs |
| Bronze | Rex Hamilton
Barry O'Neale | Shooting | Open centre-fire pistol pairs |
| Bronze | Barrie Wickins
Greg Yelavich | Shooting | Open air pistol pairs |
| Bronze | Mike Davidson | Swimming | Men's 400 m freestyle |
| Bronze | Katie Sadleir | Synchronised
swimming | Women's solo |
| Bronze | Stephen Bell | Wrestling | Men's featherweight |

| **Medals by sport** | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Sport** |  |  |  | **Total** |
| Rowing | 2 | 4 | 2 | **8** |
| Swimming | 2 | 3 | 1 | **6** |
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 3 | **5** |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 | **2** |
| Lawn bowls | 1 | 0 | 0 | **1** |
| Cycling | 0 | 4 | 2 | **6** |
| Athletics | 0 | 2 | 2 | **4** |
| Wrestling | 0 | 2 | 1 | **3** |
| Weightlifting | 0 | 1 | 0 | **1** |
| Badminton | 0 | 0 | 1 | **1** |
| Synchronised swimming | 0 | 0 | 1 | **1** |
| **Total** | **8** | **16** | **14** | **38** |

| **Medals by gender** | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Gender** |  |  |  | **Total** |
| Male | 3 | 13 | 10 | **26** |
| Female | 3 | 3 | 1 | **7** |
| Mixed / open | 2 | 0 | 3 | **5** |
| **Total** | **8** | **16** | **14** | **38** |

## Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Athletics | 13 | 12 | 25 |
| Badminton | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Boxing | 5 |  | 5 |
| Cycling | 15 |  | 15 |
| Diving | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Lawn bowls | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Rowing | 21 | 2 | 23 |
| Shooting | 11 | 0 | 11 |
| Swimming | 9 | 4 | 13 |
| Synchronised swimming |  | 1 | 1 |
| Weightlifting | 4 |  | 4 |
| Wrestling | 5 |  | 5 |
| Total | 96 | 31 | 127 |

## Athletics

### Track and road

| Athlete | Event | Heat | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| **Anne Audain** | Women's 10,000 m |  | | 31:53.31 |  |
| John Bowden | Men's 10,000 m |  | | 29:25.65 | 9 |
| David Burridge | Men's 5000 m |  | | 13:36.79 | 6 |
| John Campbell | Men's marathon |  | | 2:21:25 | 13 |
| Murray Day | Men's 30 km walk |  | | 2:15:11 | 6 |
| Debbie Elsmore | Women's 10,000 m |  | | DNF | |
| Terry Genge | Women's 100 m hurdles | 14.06 | 8 | did not advance | |
| Michael Gilchrist | Men's 1500 m | 3:45.91 | 6 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |  | | 8:43.96 | 6 |
| Anne Hare | Women's 1500 m | 4:14.44 | 5 **q** | 4:17.56 | 9 |
| Christine McMiken | Women's 10,000 m |  | | DNF | |
| **Lorraine Moller** | Women's 3000 m |  | | 9:03.89 | 5 |
| | Women's marathon |  | | 2:28:17 |  |
| Mary O'Connor | Women's marathon |  | | 2:46.48 | 9 |
| Wayne Paul | Men's 5000 m | 53.39 | 4 | did not advance | |
| Christine Pfitzinger | Women's 1500 m | 4:27.70 | 4 **Q** | 4:16.81 | 6 |
| | Women's 3000 m |  | | 9:09.35 | 6 |
| Peter Renner | Men's 1500 m | 3:47.06 | 9 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 3000 m steeplechase |  | | 8:27.12 | 4 |
| Kerry Rodger | Men's 5000 m |  | | 13:52.04 | 11 |
| Graham Seatter | Men's 30 km walk |  | | 2:22:48 | 9 |
| Lynette Stock | Women's 100 m hurdles | 13.67 | 5 | did not advance | |
| John Walker | Men's 5000 m |  | | 13:35.34 | 5 |

### Field

| Athlete | Event | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Result | Rank |
| **Gavin Lovegrove** | Men's javelin throw | 76.22 m |  |
| Jayne Moffitt | Women's long jump | 6.19 m | 6 |
| Lyn Osmers | Women's javelin throw | 38.70 m | 12 |
| John Stapylton-Smith | Men's javelin throw | 65.76 m | 9 |
| Trudy Woodhead | Women's high jump | 1.86 m | 6 |

### Combined

Men's decathlon

| Athlete | 100 m | Long jump | Shot put | High jump | 400 m | 110 m hurdles | Discus throw | Pole vault | Javelin throw | 1500 m | Overall points | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Simon Poelman** | 10.80
906 pts | 7.02 m
818 pts | 14.32 m
748 pts | 2.05 m
850 pts | 51.07
766 pts | 14.51
910 pts | 44.40 m
754 pts | 4.80 m
849 pts | 56.68 m
688 pts | 4:32.87
726 pts | 8015 pts |  |

Women's heptathlon

| Athlete | 100 m hurdles | Shot put | High jump | 200 m | Long jump | Javelin throw | 800 m | Overall points | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Terry Genge | 13.92
990 pts | 13.22 m
742 pts | 1.61 m
747 pts | 25.60
833 pts | 6.02 m
856 pts | 34.68 m
566 pts | 2:14.62
898 pts | 5632 pts | 6 |
| Lyn Osmers | 15.21
814 pts | 11.33 m
617 pts | 1.79 m
966 pts | 26.38
764 pts | 5.75 m
774 pts | 48.74 m
836 pts | 2:26.29
740 pts | 5511 pts | 7 |

## Badminton

### Singles

| 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 | |
| Kerrin Harrison | Men's singles | Bye | Rees (WAL)
**W** 9–15 15–10 15–5 | Butler (CAN)
**L** 5–15 8–15 | did not advance | | | |
| Phil Horne | Men's singles | Bye | Sutton (WAL)
**W** 15–12 15–11 | Scandolera (AUS)
**W** W/O | Yates (ENG)
**L** 2–15 2–15 | did not advance | | |
| Katrin Lockey | Women's singles | Bye | Gammie (GUE)
**W** 11–0 11–0 | Troke (ENG)
**L** 4–11 1–11 | did not advance | | | |
| Karen Phillips | Women's singles | Bye | Clark (ENG)
**L** 3–11 2–11 | did not advance | | | | |
| Graeme Robson | Men's singles | Bye | Tse (HKG)
**W** 15–4 15–5 | McKenna (GUE)
**W** 15–3 15–4 | Baddeley (ENG)
**L** 5–15 9–15 | did not advance | | |
| Glenn Stewart | Men's singles | Bye | Le Tisser (GUE)
**W** 15–0 15–5 | Sze (AUS)
**L** 8–15 1–15 | did not advance | | | |
| Toni Whittaker | Women's singles | Bye | Tong (HKG)
**W** 12–9 11–5 | Gowers (ENG)
**L** 2–11 8–11 | did not advance | | | |

### Doubles

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | |
| **Kerrin Harrison
Glenn Stewart** | Men's doubles | Sutton / Spencer (WAL)
**W** 15–10 15–9 | Podger / Stuart (GUE)
**W** 15–1 15–5 | De Belle / Bitten (CAN)
**W** 12–15 15–10 18–13 | Goode / Tier (ENG)
**L** 9–15 5–15 | Scandolera / Kong (AUS)
**W** 15–12 15–11 |  |
| Phil Horne
Graeme Robson | Men's doubles | Bye | Gilliland / Travers (SCO)
**L** 2–15 15–11 14–18 | did not advance | | | |
| Katrin Lockey
Toni Whittaker | Women's doubles |  | Chan / Poon (HKG)
**W** 18–14 15–7 | Troke / Elliott (ENG)
**L** 12–15 5–15 | did not advance | | |
| Karen Phillips
Ann Stephens (NIR) | Women's doubles |  | Troke / Elliott (ENG)
**L** 4–15 2–15 | did not advance | | | |
| Phil Horne
Katrin Lockey | Mixed doubles | Pringle / Allen (SCO)
**L** 15–11 13–18 5–15 | did not advance | | | | |
|
| Graeme Robson
Toni Whittaker | Mixed doubles | Butler / Sharpe (CAN)
**L** 10–15 12–15 | did not advance | | | | |
| Glenn Stewart
Karen Phillips | Mixed doubles | Keag / Stephens (NIR)
**W** 15–8 5–15 15–9 | Goss / Skillings (CAN)
**W** 15–5 15–10 | Gilliland / Heatly (SCO)
**L** 5–15 3–15 | did not advance | | |

### Teams

| Athlete | Event | Group stage | | | | Semifinal | Final / BM | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | |
| Kerrin Harrison
Phil Horne
Katrin Lockey
Karen Phillips
Graeme Robson
Glenn Stewart
Toni Whittaker | Mixed team | England
**L** 1–4 | Australia
**L** 1–4 | Northern Ireland
**W** 5–0 | Wales
**W** 5–0 | did not advance | | |

## Boxing

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | |
| Shane Buckley | Bantamweight | Evans (CAN)
**L** | did not advance | | | |
| **Johnny Wallace** | Featherweight | Bye | Mkangala (MAW)
**W** | Downey (CAN)
**L** | Did not advance |  |
| Apelu Ioane | Light welterweight | Bye | Clencie (AUS)
**L** | did not advance | | |
| Raeli Raeli | Light heavyweight |  | Kosolofski (CAN)
**L** | did not advance | | |
| **Jimmy Peau** | Heavyweight |  | Bye | D'Amico (CAN)
**W** | Young (SCO)
**W** |  |

## Cycling

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stephen Cox | Men's individual road race | 4:11:25 | 7 |
| **Brian Fowler** | Men's individual road race | 4:08:50 |  |
| Craig Griffin | Men's individual road race | 4:12:47 | 11 |
| Graeme Miller | Men's individual road race | 4:11:19 | 5 |
| **Blair Cox
Greg Fraine
Paul Leitch
Graeme Miller** | Men's 100 km team time trial | 2:14:50 |  |

### Track

Men's 1000 m sprint

| Athlete | Round 1 | First-round
repechages | Round 2 | Second-round
repechages | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | |
| Mike McRedmond | **L** | **W** | **L** | **W** | Neiwand (AUS)
**L**, **L** | did not advance | | 6 |
| William Rastrick | **W** | Bye | **L** | **W** | Alexander (SCO)
**L**, **L** | did not advance | | 5 |
| Murray Steele | **L** | **W** | **L** | **L** | did not advance | | | |

Men's 1 km time trial

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Gary Anderson** | 1:06.334 |  |
| Pierre Jordan | 1:08.633 | 9 |
| Murray Steele | 1:08.661 | 10 |

Men's 4000 m pursuit

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Time | Rank | Opponent
Result | Opponent
Result | Opponent
Result | |
| **Gary Anderson** | Individual pursuit | 4:54.87 | 4 **Q** | Patterson (AUS)
**W** 4:52.11 | Sturgess (ENG)
**L** | Muzio (ENG)
**W** 4:51.073 |  |
| Stephen Swart | Individual pursuit | 5:04.27 | 10 | did not advance | | | |
| Andrew Whitford | Individual pursuit | 4:56.08 | 6 **Q** | Sturgess (ENG)
**L** | did not advance | | 6 |
| **Gary Anderson
Russell Clune
Stephen Swart
Andrew Whitford** | Team pursuit | 4:29.87 | 2 **Q** |  | England
**W** 4:29.17 | Australia
**L** |  |

Men's 10 miles scratch race

| Athlete | Time | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- |
| **Gary Anderson** |  |  |
| Murray Steele |  | 11 |

## Diving

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nicky Cooney | Women's 3 m springboard | 469.62 | 5 |
| Mark Graham | Men's 3 m springboard | 478.14 | 13 |
| Raymond Vallance | Men's 3 m springboard | 528.21 | 9 |
| | Men's 10 m platform | 449.37 | 11 |

## Lawn bowls

| 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 | |
| **Ian Dickison** | Men's singles | Young (MAW)
**W** 21–16 | Thomson (ENG)
**W** 21–20 | Bosley (HKG)
**W** 21–4 | Smith (GUE)
**W** 21–8 | Fong (FIJ)
**W** 21–14 | Le Marquand (JER)
**W** 21–12 | Wallace (CAN)
**W** 21–20 | David (BOT)
**W** 21–16 | Schuback (AUS)
**W** 21–10 | Hill (WAL)
**W** 21–15 | Corsie (SCO)
**W** 21–12 | Espie (NIR)
**L** 18–21 |  |
| Maurice Symes
Wayne Nairn | Men's pairs | Jersey
**D** 21–21 | Australia
**W** 23–18 | Fiji
**W** 23–17 | Northern Ireland
**L** 12–20 | England
**L** 15–22 | Canada
**L** 17–19 | Botswana
**W** 25–14 | Wales
**L** 15–24 | Guernsey
**W** 24–21 | Malawi
**W** 25–14 | Scotland
**L** 13–17 | Hong Kong
**L** 20–23 | 7 |
| Stewart McConnell
Keith Slight
John Murtagh
Morgan Moffat | Men's fours | Northern Ireland
**L** 13–27 | Guernsey
**W** 17–13 | Hong Kong
**W** 21–18 | Fiji
**W** 32–10 | England
**W** 22–19 | Canada
**W** 20–14 | Botswana
**L** 16–23 | Australia
**L** 17–23 | Wales
**L** 15–21 | Swaziland
**W** 29–14 | Scotland
**W** 25–17 |  | 4 |
| Rhoda Ryan | Women's singles | Blattman (JER)
**W** 21–16 | McCrone (SCO)
**L** 18–21 | Le Tissier (GUE)
**W** 21–10 | Humphreys (HKG)
**L** 14–21 | Lum On (FIJ)
**L** 20–21 | Hunter (CAN)
**W** 21–7 | Line (ENG)
**L** 4–21 | Anderson (BOT)
**L** 18–21 | Fahey (AUS)
**L** 19–21 | Dainton (WAL)
**W** 21–5 | Bell (NIR)
**W** 21–19 |  | 9 |
| Joyce Osborne
Millie Khan | Women's pairs | Fiji
**W** 26–12 | Hong Kong
**L** 14–25 | Guernsey
**L** 16–21 | Northern Ireland
**L** | England
**L** | Canada
**W** 23–19 | Botswana
**W** 36–8 | Australia
**W** 19–16 | Wales
**W** 26–19 | Scotland
**L** 20–22 |  | | 6 |
| Daphne Le Breton
Vera Bindon
Denise Page
Jennifer Simpson | Women's fours | Australia
**L** 13–27 | Scotland
**L** 18–22 | Hong Kong
**W** 28–19 | Guernsey
**W** 21–12 | England
**L** 9–32 | Fiji
**L** 15–29 | Canada
**W** 21–15 | Botswana
**W** 26–18 | Malawi
**W** 30–11 | Wales
**L** 14–17 | Northern Ireland
**W** 24–16 | Swaziland
**W** 33–10 | 5 |

## Rowing

| Athlete | Event | Heats | | Repechage | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| **Eric Verdonk** | Men's single scull | 7:23.74 | 2 **R** | 7:22.38 | 1 **Q** | 7:39.11 |  |
| **Stephanie Foster** | Women's single scull |  | | | | 7:43.22 **GR** |  |
| Dale Maher
Eric Verdonk | Men's double scull | 7:24.70 | 2 **R** | 6:46.44 | 2 **Q** | 6:28.95 | 4 |
| **Robin Clarke
Stephanie Foster** | Women's double scull |  | | | | 7:21.52 |  |
| Dale Maher | Men's lightweight single scull | 7:41.55 | 3 **R** | 7:33.50 | 4 **Q** | 7:44.14 | 6 |
| **Philippa Baker** | Women's lightweight single scull |  | | | | 7:45.82 |  |
| **Barrie Mabbott
Ian Wright** | Men's coxless pair | 7:27.76 | 2 **R** | 7:15.78 | 2 **Q** | 6:42.63 |  |
| **Andrew Stevenson
Don Symon
Neil Gibson
Shane O'Brien** | Men's coxless four | 6:42.41 | 1 **Q** | Bye | | 6:00.85 |  |
| **Bruce Holden
Chris White
Greg Johnston
Nigel Atherfold
Andrew Bird** (cox) | Men's coxed four | 6:30.99 | 2 **R** | 6:48.30 | 2 **Q** | 6:09.89 |  |
| Gary Hay
Martin Eade
Michael Westenra
Simon Koller | Men's lightweight coxless four |  | | | | 6:37.14 | 4 |
| **Andrew Stevenson
Barrie Mabbott
Carl Vincent
Don Symon
Ian Wright
Mike Burrell
Neil Gibson
Shane O'Brien
Andy Hay** (cox) | Men's eight |  | | | | 5:47.97 |  |

## Shooting

### Pistol

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rex Hamilton | Open centre-fire pistol | 579 | 4 |
| | Open free pistol | 547 | 4 |
| Barry O'Neale | Open centre-fire pistol | 577 | 5 |
| | Open rapid-fire pistol | 567 | 14 |
| Barrie Wickins | Open air pistol | 570 | 6 |
| **Greg Yelavich** | Open air pistol | 575 |  |
| | Open free pistol | 551 |  |
| **Barrie Wickins
Greg Yelavich** | Open air pistol pairs | 1140 |  |
| **Rex Hamilton
Barry O'Neale** | Open centre-fire pistol pairs | 1153 |  |
| Rex Hamilton
Greg Yelavich | Open free pistol pairs | 1067 | 5 |

### Rifle

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eddie Adlam | Open air rifle | 574 | 8 |
| | Open small-bore rifle 3 position | 1136 | 6 |
| Chester Burt | Open full-bore rifle | 389 | 11 |
| Frank Godfrey | Open full-bore rifle | 388 | 14 |
| Roger Harvey | Open small-bore rifle prone | 593 | 13 |
| Stephen Petterson | Open air rifle | 561 | 13 |
| | Open small-bore rifle prone | 594 | 8 |
| Eddie Adlam
Stephen Petterson | Open air rifle pair | 1118 | 7 |
| | Open small-bore rifle 3 position pair | 2198 | 6 |
| Chester Burt
Frank Godfrey | Open full-bore rifle pairs | 582 | 5 |
| Roger Harvey
Stephen Petterson | Open small-bore rifle prone pair | 1162 | =4 |

### Shotgun

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John Farrell | Open skeet | 192 | 7 |
| John Woolley | Open skeet | 194 | 4 |
| **John Farrell
John Woolley** | Open skeet pairs | 189 |  |

## Swimming

| Athlete | Event | Heat | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Ross Anderson | Men's 100 m butterfly | 55.66 | 6 **Q** | 55.93 | 7 |
| | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:03.01 | 6 **Q** | 2:02.96 | 8 |
| | Men's 100 m freestyle | 52.83 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Carmel Clark | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:05.49 | 7 **Q** | 1:05.34 | 7 |
| | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:19.36 | 4 **Q** | 2:19.29 | 5 |
| | Women's 200 m individual medley | 2:24.43 | 11 | did not advance | |
| **Mike Davidson** | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:57.89 | 13 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 400 m freestyle | 3:58.96 | 6 **Q** | 3:56.96 |  |
| | Men's 1500 m freestyle | 15:55.23 | 7 **Q** | 15:38.54 | 6 |
| Grant Forbes | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:05.89 | 8 **Q** | 1:06.34 | 8 |
| | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:24.89 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Brent Foster | Men's 200 m freestyle | 1:59.07 | 16 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 400 m freestyle | 4:15.75 | 14 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 200 m individual medley | 2:14.25 | 13 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:43.33 | 11 | did not advance | |
| **Sylvia Hume** | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:05.02 | 3 **Q** | 1:04.00 |  |
| | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:21.95 | 9 | did not advance | |
| | Women's 100 m freestyle | 1:01.83 | 22 | did not advance | |
| Gary Hurring | Men's 100 m backstroke | 58.97 | 11 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:10.20 | 14 | did not advance | |
| **Paul Kingsman** | Men's 100 m backstroke | 57.76 | 2 **Q** | 57.17 |  |
| | Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:05.19 | 3 **Q** | 2:02.90 |  |
| Richard Lockhart | Men's 100 m breaststroke | 1:06.74 | 13 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 200 m breaststroke | 2:25.50 | 13 | did not advance | |
| Fiona McLay | Women's 100 m freestyle | 59.62 | 11 | did not advance | |
| | Women's 200 m freestyle | 2:04.95 | 4 **Q** | 2:04.01 | 4 |
| | Women's 400 m freestyle | 4:32.52 | 14 | did not advance | |
| **Anthony Mosse** | Men's 100 m butterfly | 54.61 | 2 **Q** | 54.31 |  |
| | Men's 200 m butterfly | 2:00.26 | 2 **Q** | 1:57.27 **GR** |  |
| Kirk Torrance | Men's 100 m backstroke | 58.81 | 9 | did not advance | |
| | Men's 200 m backstroke | 2:06.63 | 8 **Q** | 2:07.79 | 8 |
| | Men's 100 m butterfly | 58.10 | 15 | did not advance | |
| Kerrylyne Torrance | Women's 100 m backstroke | 1:06.16 | 10 | did not advance | |
| | Women's 200 m backstroke | 2:21.45 | 7 **Q** | 2:19.87 | 6 |
| | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:05.64 | 12 | did not advance | |
| | Women's 100 m freestyle | 1:02.44 | 24 | did not advance | |
| Paul Kingsman
Anthony Mosse
Grant Forbes
Ross Anderson | Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay | 3:54.84 | 3 **Q** | 3:48.58 | 4 |
| Carmel Clark
Fiona McLay
Kerrylyne Torrance
Sylvia Hume | Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay |  | | 4:02.43 | 5 |

## Synchronised swimming

| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Katie Sadleir** | Women's solo | 175.08 |  |

## Weightlifting

| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean and jerk | Total | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| **Clayton Chelley** | Bantamweight | 95.0 kg | 122.5 kg | 217.5 kg |  |
| Michael Bernard | Light heavyweight | NVL | DNF | | |
| Allister Nalder | Middle heavyweight | 147.5 kg | NVL | DNF | |
| Kevin Blake | Sub heavyweight | 147.5 kg | 175.0 kg | 322.5 kg | 5 |

## Wrestling

| Athlete | Event | Group rounds | | Final / BM | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | |
| Shane Stannett | Flyweight | McAlary (AUS)
**L** | Giordmania (MLT)
**W** | Donohue (ENG)
**L** | 4 |
| **Steve Reinsfield** | Bantamweight | Farrugia (MLT)
**W** | Nedley (SCO)
**W** | Ostberg (CAN)
**L** |  |
| **Stephen Bell** | Bantamweight | Bowman (NIR)
**W** | Hughes (CAN)
**L** | Beswick (ENG)
**W** |  |
| Zane Coleman | Welterweight | Marsh (AUS)
**L** | McNeil (SCO)
**L** | did not advance | |
| **Robert Algie** | Heavyweight | Kilpin (ENG)
**W** | Robertson (SCO)
**W** | Davis (CAN)
**L** |  |

## Officials

1. Leggat, David (22 March 2021). "Where is she now? Stephanie Foster". *Newsroom*. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
2. "Athletes turn closing into one big party". *The Press*. 4 August 1986. p. 33. Retrieved 17 September 2024  via PapersPast.
3. "New Zealanders honoured by Queen". *The Press*. 31 December 1986. p. 3. Retrieved 17 September 2024  via PapersPast.

## InfoBox

| New Zealand at the
1986 Commonwealth Games | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| CGF code | NZL |
| CGA | New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association |
| Website | www.olympic.org.nz |
| in Edinburgh, Scotland | |
| Competitors | 127 |
| Flag bearer | Stephanie Foster |
| Officials | 45 |
| Medals
Ranked 4th | Gold 8 Silver 16 Bronze 14 Total 38 |
| Commonwealth Games appearances (overview) | |
|  | |


title: Newfangle

abstract: Newfangle is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom written by Adam Rosenthal and Viv Ambrose, first broadcast on 1 June 2009. The series is set hundreds of thousands of years ago amongst a tribe of proto-humans. Newfangle, is a low status member of his tribe who tries to improve his status in the tribe by coming up with new inventions such as language, fire and money. However, all of his inventions are stolen by the tribe's alpha male, Alf.

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# Newfangle

***Newfangle*** is a BBC Radio 4 sitcom written by Adam Rosenthal and Viv Ambrose, first broadcast on 1 June 2009. The series is set hundreds of thousands of years ago amongst a tribe of proto-humans. Newfangle (played by Russell Tovey), is a low status member of his tribe who tries to improve his status in the tribe by coming up with new inventions such as language, fire and money. However, all of his inventions are stolen by the tribe's alpha male, Alf (Hugh Bonneville).

## Plot

Newfangle is a low status member of an early tribe of proto-humans living hundreds of thousands of years ago. What time exactly is unknown and different times are given on different websites. The BBC website says it takes place in 100,000 B.C., while an earlier statement from the BBC Press Office said it was set, "hundreds of thousands of years ago", and the website for the show's production company, Above the Title Productions, claims it is set two million years ago.

Newfangle's father, Fangle, was the alpha male before he was ambushed and killed by the current alpha male Alf. Newfangle tries to constantly improve his position in the tribe by inventing new things such as language, warfare and music. However, Alf constantly steals Newfangle's ideas in order to keep his position.

Newfangle also tries to use his ideas to impress other members of the tribe, especially a female he is in love with, Snaggle (Pippa Evans) but his ideas tend to fail rather than impress. Although, in the last episode, she confesses her love for Newfangle to the Voice in the Tree-Stump (unaware it is Newfangle) He also tries to impress his mother Coco (Maureen Lipman), but she considers him to be weak and places more confidence in Newfangle's half-brother Crag (Gabriel Vick).

## Reception

*Newfangle* received positive reviews. Gillian Reynolds from the *Daily Telegraph* described it as a, "Thoughtful, inventive comedy", adding, "Soon prehistory turns out to quite a lot like life anywhere, anytime. But funnier."

Frances Lass from the *Radio Times* also praised the programme saying that:

> "I love this. I love everything about it - from Russell Tovey's aping of the lowly hominid of the title who invents language to express his unrequited love and his protests about always being beaten up by the alpha male, to Adam Rosenthal and Viv Ambrose's gloriously scrumptious and clever script. Set in the primordial mud, a group of apes on the brink of evolving into humans grapple with those things that progress entails. And yet, their hierarchies and obsessions seem awfully familiar and modern. Probably coming to a TV series near you. Og me if it doesn't!"

## Episodes

| # | Title | Original airdate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1–1 | "Insult to Injury" | 1 June 2009 (2009-06-01) |
| Newfangle invents language in the hope it will improve his standing, but soon finds the system is open to abuse from gossip, lies, slang and swearing. | | | |
| 1–2 | "Changing Tunes" | 8 June 2009 (2009-06-08) |
| Alf orders the tribe to make him a giant mound. While making it, Newfangle makes a rhythm by hitting pieces of flint together and thus he invents music. | | | |
| 1–3 | "Grows on Trees" | 15 June 2009 (2009-06-15) |
| Newfangle and Crag discover the piles of mud shaped like shelters help to protect the tribe from the heat. They become so popular that Newfangle tries to cash in by inventing a system of payment to use them. | | | |
| 1–4 | "Bright Ideas" | 22 June 2009 (2009-06-22) |
| Newfangle is forced by Alf to come up with a new invention for the annual feast because of the alpha male's recent hunting disasters. A lightning strike results in his latest discovery - fire. | | | |
| 1–5 | "Sticks and Stones" | 29 June 2009 (2009-06-29) |
| Newfangle's latest invention, diplomacy, fails when Alf upsets another tribe. Newfangle is then forced to come up with a new weapon to help win the war. | | | |
| 1–6 | "Trees in the Forest" | 6 July 2009 (2009-07-06) |
| Newfangle offends the elders of the tribe and hides away to avoid being savaged to death. While in hiding, he discovers his words carry a new power. | | | |

General * "Newfangle - Episode Guide". *British Comedy Guide*. Retrieved 1 June 2009.

Specific

## InfoBox

Newfangle
| Genre | Sitcom |
| --- | --- |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom |
| Language(s) | English |
| Home station | BBC Radio 4 |
| Starring | Russell Tovey
Maureen Lipman
Gabriel Vick
Hugh Bonneville
Pippa Evans
Amy Shindler |
| Written by | Adam Rosenthal
Viv Ambrose |
| Produced by | Adam Bromley |
| Recording studio | The Soundhouse, London |
| Original release | 1 June
6 July 2009 |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Website | Above the Title (Production company) |


title: New Zealand one-cent coin

abstract: The New Zealand one-cent coin, was the smallest denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar from the currency's introduction in 1967 to its demonetisation, along with the two-cent coin, on 30 April 1990. With a diameter of 17.53 millimetres, it is the smallest coin ever issued of the dollar, and at 2.07 grams in mass the lightest as well. Its reverse featured a fern leaf, a sign of New Zealand. The image was designed by Reginald George James Berry, who designed the reverses for all coins introduced that year.

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# New Zealand one-cent coin

The **New Zealand one-cent coin** (minted 1967-1987, demonetised 1990), was the smallest denomination coin of the New Zealand dollar from the currency's introduction in 1967 to its demonetisation, along with the two-cent coin, on 30 April 1990. With a diameter of 17.53 millimetres, it is the smallest coin ever issued of the dollar, and at 2.07 grams in mass the lightest as well. Its reverse featured a fern leaf, a sign of New Zealand. The image was designed by Reginald George James Berry, who designed the reverses for all coins introduced that year.

## History

Coins of the New Zealand dollar were introduced on 10 July 1967 to replace the pre-decimal New Zealand pound. The dollar was pegged at two to a pound, thus 200 cents to the pound. New Zealand's one-penny coin was 1/240 of a pound. The original obverse was Arnold Machin's portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, and was used until 1985.

In 1986 the portrait was changed to the version by Raphael Maklouf, introduced to the coins of the pound sterling in 1985. In 1988, the bronze one and two-cent coins had become too expensive to produce as inflation lowered the value of the dollar and their minting ceased. They remained legal tender until 30 April 1990.

## Minting figures

According to the Reserve Bank of New Zealand no one-cent coins were issued in 1968 or 1969 due to the large amount issued on their introduction in 1967, or in 1977. In years with no regular mintings, coins were still issued in mint sets.

* **1967**: 120,000,000
* **1970**: 10,100,000
* **1971**: 10,000,000
* **1972**: 10,000,000
* **1973**: 15,000,000
* **1974**: 35,000,000
* **1975**: 60,000,000
* **1976**: 20,000,000
* **1978**: 15,000,000
* **1979**: 35,000,000
* **1980**: 40,000,000
* **1981**: 10,000,000
* **1982**: 10,000,000
* **1983**: 40,000,000
* **1984**: 30,000,000
* **1985**: 40,000,000
* **1986**: 25,000,000
* **1987**: 27,500,000
* Total issued: 552,600,000
* Total value: $5,526,000.00

Counting proofs and coins in mint sets, a total of 553,466,065 (553 million) coins of the denomination were minted during its existence.

## InfoBox

One cent
| New Zealand | |
| --- | --- |
| Value | 0.01 New Zealand dollars |
| Mass | 2.07 g |
| Diameter | 17.53 mm |
| Edge | Plain |
| Composition | bronze |
| Years of minting | 1967-1987 |
| Catalog number | - |
| Obverse | |
| Design | Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand |
| Designer | Raphael Maklouf |
| Design date | 1986 |
| Reverse | |
| Design | A fern leaf around the number 1 |
| Designer | Reginald George James Berry |
| Design date | 1967 |


title: Nguyễn Chí Bảo

abstract: Nguyễn Chí Bảo was a Vietnamese footballer who played as a defender.

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# Nguyễn Chí Bảo

**Nguyễn Chí Bảo** (1972 – September 1, 2023) was a Vietnamese footballer who played as a defender.

## Early life

He had three brothers.

## Career

He played for Vietnamese side Hồ Chí Minh City Police FC, helping the club win the league.

## Style of play

He mainly operated as a right-back and was described as "possessing a small physique, a rolling, mischievous, and mobile playing style with high-damage side-climbs and crosses".

## Personal life

After retiring from professional football, he worked as a security guard.


title: News Literacy Project

abstract: The News Literacy Project (NLP) is an American nonpartisan national education nonprofit, based in Washington, D.C., that provides resources for educators, students, and the general public to help them learn to identify credible information, recognize misinformation and disinformation, and determine what they can trust, share, and act on. It was founded in 2008 by Alan C. Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at the Los Angeles Times' Washington bureau. As an academic discipline, news literacy is widely considered a subset of media literacy and information literacy. The American Society of News Editors' Youth Journalism Initiative defines news literacy as "the acquisition of 21st-century, critical-thinking skills for analyzing and judging the reliability of news and information, differentiating among facts, opinions and assertions in the media we consume, create and distribute. It can be taught most effectively in cross-curricular, inquiry-based formats at all grade levels. It is a necessary component for literacy in contemporary society.”

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# News Literacy Project

The **News Literacy Project** (**NLP**) is an American nonpartisan national education nonprofit, based in Washington, D.C., that provides resources for educators, students, and the general public to help them learn to identify credible information, recognize misinformation and disinformation, and determine what they can trust, share, and act on. It was founded in 2008 by Alan C. Miller, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter at the *Los Angeles Times*' Washington bureau.

As an academic discipline, news literacy is widely considered a subset of media literacy and information literacy. The American Society of News Editors' Youth Journalism Initiative defines news literacy as "the acquisition of 21st-century, critical-thinking skills for analyzing and judging the reliability of news and information, differentiating among facts, opinions and assertions in the media we consume, create and distribute. It can be taught most effectively in cross-curricular, inquiry-based formats at all grade levels. It is a necessary component for literacy in contemporary society.”

## History

In 2006, Miller was invited to tell 175 sixth-grade students at his daughter's middle school in Bethesda, Maryland, what he did as a journalist and why it was important. When the students responded with 175 handwritten thank-you notes, he began to think about the impact that many journalists could have if they shared their expertise and experience in classrooms across the country.

The idea seemed particularly meaningful as more and more Americans, young and old, were turning to social media as a news source, and as it was becoming increasingly challenging to distinguish fact-based news from spin, misinformation and raw information. Two years later, Miller left the *Times* and founded NLP.

Its lessons and materials, initially aimed at educators and students in middle school and high school, "are apolitical, created with input from real journalists," Mark Sullivan and Tim Bajarin of *Fast Company* wrote in 2018. "It teaches students how to recognize the earmarks of quality journalism and credible information, and how to know if articles are accurate and appropriately sourced. It teaches kids to categorize information, make and critique news judgments, detect and dissect viral rumors, interpret and apply the First Amendment, and recognize confirmation bias."

In September 2020, NLP announced that it was making its programs for schools available at no charge and was expanding its work to include resources for the general public. Three years later, NLP returned to its roots to concentrate on K-12 education programming; in August 2024, the organization made a "strategic pivot" that "tightens our focus on bringing systemic change to public education at a national scale" — including support for legislation in all 50 states that would require news literacy classes in schools.

Miller retired as CEO on June 30, 2022. He was succeeded by Charles Salter, NLP's president and chief operating officer.

## NLP board

Members of NLP's board of directors have backgrounds in journalism, communications, education, technology, and philanthropy. The board chair is Karen Wickre, a former communications executive at Google and Twitter; Walt Mossberg, former technology columnist at *The Wall Street Journal* and co-founder of the tech website *Recode,* is vice chair. Among the current board members are Tucker Eskew, a political and communications strategist who was deputy assistant to the President for media affairs and global communications under President George W. Bush; philanthropist Eva Haller; Abby Phillip, the anchor of CNN's *NewsNight with Abby Phillip*; and Liz Ramos, a U.S. history and government teacher at Alta Loma High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California.

Past board members include Donald A. Baer, a former senior advisor to President Bill Clinton and former worldwide chair and CEO of Burson-Marsteller; Alison Bernstein, a director of the Institute for Women's Leadership at Rutgers University and a former program officer at the Ford Foundation; John Carroll, former editor of the *Los Angeles Times*, the *Baltimore Sun,* and the *Lexington* *Herald-Leader*; Michael Gerson, a *Washington Post* opinion columnist and former chief speechwriter for President George W. Bush; Gwen Ifill, moderator of PBS's *Washington Week* and co-anchor of the *PBS NewsHour*; Greg McCaffery, the former chairman, CEO, and president of Bloomberg Industry Group; and Vivian Schiller, former president and CEO of NPR.

## Resources and programs

Introduced in 2016, the Checkology virtual classroom is a browser-based platform with interactive lessons, hosted by journalists and subject matter experts, that examine topics such as "Introduction to Algorithms," "Misinformation," "Conspiratorial Thinking," "Understanding Bias," and "The First Amendment." The international education nonprofit HundrED, which identifies "inspiring innovations" in K-12 education, named the platform as a winner of its 2019 Spotlight on Digital Wellbeing award. In April 2024, Checkology received a Webby People's Voice Award in the category of Websites and Mobile Sites: Responsible Information, which "recognizes products, platforms, software and other technologies working to combat disinformation, misinformation and false or misleading information online."

In addition to its student-centered programming, NLP has held webinars in conjunction with AARP's Older Adults Technology Services to help older people learn to identify inaccurate information online and provide them with the tools and knowledge needed to verify factual information.

Two weekly newsletters — The Sift (for educators) and Get Smart About News (for the general public) — discuss news literacy topics, including viral rumors and journalism ethics. NLP's RumorGuard website identifies and debunks examples of viral misinformation; in 2023 the American Association of School Librarians included the platform in its list of "best digital tools for teaching and learning." In August 2024 NLP launched Misinformation Dashboard: Election 2024 to counter rampant misinformation and disinformation related to the presidential election.

NewsLitCamp is a day-long professional development program for educators, held in conjunction with one or more news outlets.

The *Informable* mobile app helps users practice distinct types of news literacy skills in a game-like format. When *Informable* was released in December 2019, Apple's App Store included it in its "Apps We Love Right Now" list.

In September 2020, NLP developed a podcast, *Is That a Fact?*, where journalists, educators, and experts on misinformation and disinformation discuss news literacy topics with NLP staff. Guests have included Maria Ressa, chief executive officer of the digital news site *Rappler* and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize; tech journalist Kara Swisher, a co-founder of *Recode* and a former contributor to *The New York Times'* Opinion section; Dr. Vivek Murthy, the U.S. surgeon general; Michael Luo, the editor of *The New Yorker*'s website; and Joan Donovan, research director at Harvard University's Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy.

### National News Literacy Week

NLP and The E.W. Scripps Co. sponsor National News Literacy Week, an annual public awareness campaign "to promote news literacy as a fundamental life skill and to provide the public with the tools needed to be an informed and empowered populace." The first National News Literacy Week was held Jan. 27–31, 2020.

## Honors and awards

NLP was the 2023 winner of the David M. Rubenstein Prize, the highest honor of the Library of Congress's Literacy Awards Program. The $150,000 prize is presented annually on International Literacy Day (September 8) to an organization that "has demonstrated exceptional and sustained depth in its commitment to the advancement of literacy" and meets "the highest standards of excellence in its operations and services."

Media Literacy Now

## External resources


title: Rakojady, Greater Poland Voivodeship

abstract: Rakojady is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skoki, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

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# Rakojady, Greater Poland Voivodeship

**Rakojady** \[rakɔˈjadɨ\] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skoki, within Wągrowiec County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.

## InfoBox

| Rakojady | |
| --- | --- |
| Village | |
| Street of Rakojady | |
| Rakojady | |
| Coordinates: 52°40′57″N 17°11′50″E / 52.68250°N 17.19722°E / 52.68250; 17.19722 | |
| Country | Poland |
| Voivodeship | Greater Poland |
| County | Wągrowiec |
| Gmina | Skoki |


title: Grande Hotel da Póvoa

abstract: Grande Hotel da Póvoa, in earlier times Palace Hotel, is a historic hotel located in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It has a modernist style of great impact and is located at Passeio Alegre square, in Póvoa de Varzim City Center waterfront. The façade and cover were designed by architect Rogério de Azevedo, a prominent New State architect, who also designed Casino da Póvoa.

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# Grande Hotel da Póvoa

**Grande Hotel da Póvoa**, in earlier times **Palace Hotel**, is a historic hotel located in Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. It has a modernist style of great impact and is located at Passeio Alegre square, in Póvoa de Varzim City Center waterfront.

The façade and cover were designed by architect Rogério de Azevedo, a prominent New State architect, who also designed Casino da Póvoa.

## History

The hotel was built in early 1930s, was grouped in the same project as Casino da Póvoa, built during the same time. This hotel and casino project was during this period one of the largest investments in Portugal. In 1931, Rogério de Azevedo had substituted the early architect responsible for the project, José Coelho. Rogério de Azevedo was influenced by his master José Marques da Silva, and by the French and Flemish Renaissance while studying in Paris. Rogério de Azevego was a notable architect who designed the Comércio do Porto building in Porto and, in Póvoa, participated in the restoration works of the Monastery of Rates church, an ancient Romanesque site.

The Casino-Hotel project was overseen by Empresa de Turismo Praia Póvoa de Varzim, who got the gambling license. Both the casino and the hotel were later managed by Sopete, a Povoan tourism company that changed the name from Palace Hotel to Grande Hotel, and the later name kept being popularly used even when Accor hotels re-branded it as Mercure Hotel. It was bought by Grupo Elpo Hotéis in late 2000s, that changed the name back to Grande Hotel da Póvoa.

Grande Hotel da Póvoa was listed by IGESPAR, the Portuguese national monuments institute, along with other buildings in Passeio Alegre as an urban site of public importance in 1977.

41°22′44″N 8°46′00″W / 41.3789°N 8.7667°W / 41.3789; -8.7667

## InfoBox

Grande Hotel da Póvoa
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title: Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

abstract: Greece competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The national team of Greece was composed of 69 athletes, 53 men and 16 women, who competed in 11 sports, archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, judo, powerlifting, sailing, shooting, swimming, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair tennis. Contrary to the tradition in the Summer Olympic Games, Greece did not enter first during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony but 69th in name order in Chinese, with the swimmer Charalampos Taiganidis being the team's flag bearer.

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# Greece at the 2008 Summer Paralympics

**Greece** competed at the **2008 Summer Paralympics** in Beijing, People's Republic of China. The national team of Greece was composed of 69 athletes, 53 men and 16 women, who competed in 11 sports, archery, athletics, boccia, cycling, judo, powerlifting, sailing, shooting, swimming, wheelchair fencing, wheelchair tennis. Contrary to the tradition in the Summer Olympic Games, Greece did not enter first during the parade of nations at the opening ceremony but 69th in name order in Chinese, with the swimmer Charalampos Taiganidis being the team's flag bearer.

## Medalists

### Multiple medallists

The following Greek athletes won multiple medals at the 2008 Paralympic Games.

| Name | Medal | Sport | Events |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Charalampos Taiganidis | Gold
Gold
Silver
Silver
Silver
Bronze | Swimming | Men's 100 m freestyle S13
Men's 100 m backstroke S13
Men's 100 m butterfly S13
Men's 200 m individual medley SM13
Men's 50 m freestyle S13
Men's 400 m freestyle S13 |
| Georgios Kapellakis | Gold
Silver
Bronze
Bronze | Swimming | Men's 50 m freestyle S2
Men's 100 m freestyle S2
Men's 200 m freestyle S2
Men's 50 m backstroke S2 |
| Alexandra Dimoglou | Silver
Bronze
Bronze | Athletics | Women's 400 m T13
Women's 200 m T13
Women's 100 m T13 |

## Archery

Men

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Score | Rank | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Rank |
| Romaios Roumeliotis | Individual recurve - Standing | 475 | 24 | Zarzuela (ESP)
**L** 90-97 | did not advance | | | | |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Ranking round | | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Score | Rank | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Rank |
| Anna Tzika | Individual recurve - Standing | 550 | 10 | BYE | Byambasuren (MGL)
**W** 90-85 | Gao (CHN)
**L** 83-106 | did not advance | | |

## Boccia

| Athlete | Event | Match 1 | Match 2 | Match 3 | Rank | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Rank |
| Dimitrios Michos | Individual BC3 | Pesquera (ESP)
**L** 0-14 | Kabush (CAN)
**L** 1-6 | Raimundo (POR)
**L** 1-5 | 4 | did not advance | | | |
| **Grigorios Polychronidis** | Individual BC3 | Zhu (CHN)
**W** 11-1 | Dijkstra (NZL)
**W** 19-0 | Sukkarath (THA)
**W** 7-0 | 1 **Q** | Gauthier (CAN)
**W** 6-3 | Jeong (KOR)
**W** 4-1 | Park (KOR)
**L** 2-3 |  |
| Maria Stavropoulou | Individual BC3 | Gauthier (CAN)
**L** 1-9 | Costa (POR)
**L** 3-5 | Martin (ESP)
**L** 2-11 | 4 | did not advance | | | |
| Dimitrios Michos
Grigorios Polychronidis
Maria Stavropoulou | Pairs BC3 | Thailand (THA)
**L** 2-5 | Portugal (POR)
**L** 2-5 | New Zealand (NZL)
**D** 2-2 | 4 | did not advance | | | |

## Cycling

### Road

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Ioannis Kalaitzakis | Men's time trial LC1 | 41:13.72 | **16** |
| | Men's road race LC1/LC2/CPA | 2:02.21 | **29** |
| Stamatios Kotzias | Mixed time trial CP1/CP2 | 27:02.61 | **10** |
| | Mixed road race CP1/CP2 | 50.09 | **6** |

### Track

Men

| Athlete | Event | Heats | | Semifinals | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Ioannis Kalaitzakis | Individual pursuit (LC 1) | 5:20.026 | 15 |  | | did not advance | |
| | 1 km time trial (LC 1) |  | | | | 1:16.450 | **12** |

## Judo

Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Bronze | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | |
| Theoklitos Papachristos | +100 kg |  | Papp (HUN)
**L** 0001-1001 | did not advance | | Parasyuk (RUS)
**L** 0000-0001 | did not advance | | |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Bronze | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | |
| Maria Keramida | -57 kg |  | Karkar (ALG)
**L** 0000-0010 | did not advance | | Cete (TUR)
**W** 1000-0010 | Merenciano (ESP)
**L** 0002-0010 | Did not advance | **5** |

## Powerlifting

Men

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nikolaos Gkountanis | -75 kg | 190.0 kg | **7** |
| Pavlos Mamalos | -82.50 kg | 225.0 kg |  |
| Gkremislav Moysiadis | -67.50 kg | 187.5 kg | **5** |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Total lifted | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Anastasia Kazantzidou | -67.50 kg | 87.5 kg | **7** |

## Sailing

| Athlete | Event | Race | | | | | | | | | | | Score | Rank |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | | |
| Georgios Delikouras | 1P keelboat (2.4MR) | ~~15~~ | 13 | 9 | 3 | 13 | ~~14~~ | 7 | 14 | 12 | 8 |  | **79** | **13** |
| Vasileios Christoforou
Theodoros Alexas
Nikolaos Paterakis | 3P keelboat (Sonar) | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | ~~8~~ | 2 | 4 | ~~9~~ | 2 | 6 | 8 | **41** | **7** |

## Shooting

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Score | Rank | Score | Rank |
| Panagiotis Giannoukaris | Mixed R5-10M air rifle prone SH2 | 597 | 16 | did not advance | |
| Evangelos Kakosaios | Mixed R5-10M air rifle prone SH2 | 597 | 14 | did not advance | |
| Eleni Zampoura | Women's P2-10M air pistol SH1 | 360 | 9 | did not advance | |

## Swimming

Men

| Athlete | Events | Heat | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Konstantinos Fykas | S8 100 m freestyle | 1:00.96 | 6 **Q** | 1:01.40 | **7** |
| | S8 50 m freestyle | DSQ | | did not advance | |
| **Georgios Kapellakis** | S2 200 m freestyle | 5:12.99 | 2 **Q** | 5:05.91 |  |
| | S2 100 m freestyle | 2:31.97 | 3 **Q** | 2:23.63 |  |
| | S2 50 m freestyle | 1:11.02 | 3 **Q** | 1:04.85 |  |
| Konstantinos Karaouzas | SB3 100 m breaststroke | 56.71 | 6 **Q** | 54.47 | **4** |
| Ioannis Kostakis | S3 100 m freestyle | 1:52.89 | 3 **Q** | 1:45.72 | **4** |
| | S3 200 m freestyle |  | | 3:38.42 | **4** |
| | S3 50 m freestyle | 49.87 | 2 **Q** | 49.84 | **5** |
| **Charalampos Taiganidis** | S13 100 m butterfly | 1:00.52 | 2 **Q** | 59.20 |  |
| | S13 400 m freestyle | 4:31.17 | 6 **Q** | 4:23.59 |  |
| | S13 100 m freestyle | 54.96 | 2 **Q** | 53.37 |  |
| | SM13 200 m individual medley | 2:24.19 | 7 **Q** | 2:16.95 |  |
| | S13 100 m backstroke | 1:03.02 | 1 **Q** | 59.85 |  |
| Christos Tampaxis | S2 100 m freestyle | 2:53.19 | 10 | did not advance | |
| | S2 50 m freestyle | 1:20.84 | 9 | did not advance | |
| Vasileios Tsagkaris | SB3 100 m breaststroke | 56.04 | 5 **Q** | 55.91 | **6** |
| Stylianos Tsakonas | S4 100 m freestyle | 1:40.63 | 9 | did not advance | |
| | S4 50 m backstroke | 51.04 | 6 **Q** | 51.15 | **6** |
| | S4 200 m freestyle | 3:43.87 | 8 **Q** | 3:40.20 | **8** |
| | SM4 150 m individual medley | 3:00.27 | 7 **Q** | 2:57.99 | **7** |
| Nikolaos Tsotras | S7 100 m freestyle | 1:10.07 | 9 | did not advance | |
| | S7 100 m backstroke | 1:21.52 | 10 | did not advance | |
| | S7 50 m freestyle | 31.41 | 7 **Q** | 31.01 | **5** |
| Ioannis Kostakis
Stylianos Tsakonas
Konstantinos Karaouzas
Nikolaos Tsotras | 20 pts 4x50 m freestyle |  | | 2:57.98 | **4** |

Women

| Athlete | Events | Heat | | Final | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Maria Kalpakidou | S3 50 m freestyle | 1:25.39 | 12 | did not advance | |
| Maria Liaskou | S3 50 m freestyle | 1:29.31 | 14 | did not advance | |

## Tennis

Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Opposition
Result | Rank |
| Georgios Lazaridis | Singles - Open | Majdi (FRA)
**L** 0-6 0-6 | did not advance | | | | | |

## Wheelchair fencing

Men

| Athlete | Event | Preliminary Round | | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| | | Opposition
Score | Rank | Opposition
Score | Opposition
Score | Opposition
Score | Opposition
Score |
| Pylarinos Markantonatos | Épée A | Alhaddad (KUW)
**L** 3-5
Serafini (ITA)
**W** 5-2
Saengsawang (THA)
**W** 5-1
Sanchez (ESP)
**W** 5-3
Davydenko (UKR)
**L** 4-5
Maillard (FRA)
**W** 5-4 | 2 **Q** | Betti (ITA)
**L** 12-15 | did not advance | | |
| Emmanouil Bogdos | Épée B | Alsaedi (KUW)
**W** 5-4
Latreche (FRA)
**L** 3-5
Williams (USA)
**L** 4-5
Poleshchuk (RUS)
**W** 5-2
Komar (UKR)
**L** 2-5 | 5 **Q** | Bezyazynchny (BLR)
**L** 7-15 | did not advance | | |

## InfoBox

| Greece at the
2008 Summer Paralympics | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| IPC code | GRE |
| NPC | Hellenic Paralympic Committee |
| Website | www.paralympic.gr |
| in Beijing | |
| Competitors | 69 in 11 sports |
| Flag bearer | Charalampos Taiganidis |
| Medals
Ranked 20th | Gold 5 Silver 9 Bronze 10 Total 24 |
| Summer Paralympics appearances (overview) | |
|  | |


title: Green-throated mango

abstract: The green-throated mango is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae. It is found in Brazil, the Guianas, Trinidad, and Venezuela.

text:
# Green-throated mango

The **green-throated mango** (***Anthracothorax viridigula***) is a species of hummingbird in the subfamily Polytminae. It is found in Brazil, the Guianas, Trinidad, and Venezuela.

## Taxonomy and systematics

The green-throated mango was described by the French polymath Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in 1780 in his *Histoire Naturelle des Oiseaux* from a specimen collected in Cayenne, French Guiana. The bird was also illustrated in a hand-colored plate engraved by François-Nicolas Martinet in the *Planches Enluminées D'Histoire Naturelle* which was produced under the supervision of Edme-Louis Daubenton to accompany Buffon's text. Neither the plate caption nor Buffon's description included a scientific name but in 1783 the Dutch naturalist Pieter Boddaert coined the binomial name *Trochilus viridigula* in his catalogue of the *Planches Enluminées*. The green-throated mango is now placed in the genus *Anthracothorax* that was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1831. The species is monotypic.

The generic name combines the Ancient Greek *anthrax* meaning "coal" (i.e. black) and *thōrax* meaning "chest". The specific epithet *viridigula* is from the Latin *viridis* meaning "green" and *gula* meaning "throat".

## Description

The green-throated mango is 10.5 to 12.5 cm (4.1 to 4.9 in) long. Males weigh 7.5 to 8.5 g (0.26 to 0.30 oz) and females about 6.0 g (0.21 oz). The longish black bill is slightly decurved. The male has glossy bronzy green upperparts. His throat and underparts are green with a black central line on the breast and belly. The central tail feathers are dark brown to green and the others shiny purple, and the outermost have dark blue tips. The female green-throated mango's upperparts are also bronzy green with more of a reddish tinge than the male's. She has white underparts with a black central stripe. The tail is like the male's but with white tips on the outermost feathers. Juveniles resemble females but have chestnut underparts.

This species is very similar to the closely related black-throated mango. Although the male green-throated mango has less extensive black on the underparts, this and other plumage differences are not always easy to confirm in the field because the birds can appear all black. The females of the two species can be almost inseparable, although green-throated has more extensively coppery upperparts than its relative.

## Distribution and habitat

The green-throated mango is found coastally from northeastern Venezuela through Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana into Brazil as far east as Maranhão and along the Amazon River inland to the Negro River. It is also found in Trinidad, but not Tobago. It inhabits mangrove swamp, moist lowland savanna, and similar swampy landscapes with scattered large trees. In elevation it ranges from sea level to 500 m (1,600 ft).

## Behavior

### Movement

The green-throated mango is sedentary in the coastal part of its range; inland it moves seasonally to follow the flowering of trees.

### Feeding

The green-throated mango feeds on the nectar of tall flowering trees, where males defend feeding territories. The species is also notably insectivorous, catching small arthropod prey on the wing or by gleaning from foliage.

### Breeding

Green-throated mango nests have been found year round, though in the Guianas most have been noted between January and March. Females build a cup nest on an exposed horizontal branch of a large tree, typically at least 10 m (33 ft) above ground. The clutch size is two eggs. The incubation time is 14 to 15 days with fledging usually 24 to 25 days after hatch.

### Vocalization

The green-throated mango is not highly vocal. Its song has been described as a "very high, slightly descending, trill, like 'f'srrrrrrih-tjew tjuh'." It makes a "chep...chep..." call in flight or when hovering at flowers.

## Status

The IUCN has assessed the green-throated mango as being of Least Concern, though its population size is not known and is believed to be decreasing. It is generally locally common in the coastal zone and less so along the Amazon. It is rare in Trinidad due to habitat loss.

## Further reading

* Hilty, Steven L (2003). *Birds of Venezuela*. London: Christopher Helm. ISBN 0-7136-6418-5.
* ffrench, Richard (1991). *A Guide to the Birds of Trinidad and Tobago* (2nd ed.). Comstock Publishing. ISBN 0-8014-9792-2.

## InfoBox

| Green-throated mango | |
| --- | --- |
|  | |
| Conservation status | |
|
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) | |
| CITES Appendix II (CITES) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| *Clade*: | Strisores |
| Order: | Apodiformes |
| Family: | Trochilidae |
| Genus: | *Anthracothorax* |
| Species: | ***A. viridigula*** |
| Binomial name | |
| ***Anthracothorax viridigula***
(Boddaert, 1783) | |
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