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Falkland Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Falkland Islands at the
2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of the Falkland Islands
CGF codeFLK
CGAFalkland Islands Overseas Games Association
in Birmingham, England
28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors16 (8 men and 8 women) in 4 sports
Flag bearers Doug Clark
Daphne Arthur-Almond
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
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Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)

The Falkland Islands was represented at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom by the Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association.

In total, 16 athletes including eight men and eight women represented the Falkland Islands in four different sports including badminton, cycling, lawn bowls and table tennis.

Badminton athlete Doug Clark and lawn bowler Daphne Arthur-Almond were the country's opening ceremony flagbearers.[1]

Competitors

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In total, 16 athletes represented the Falkland Islands at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, United Kingdom across four different sports.[2]

Sport Men Women Total
Badminton 4 5 9
Cycling 1 0 1
Lawn bowls 2 3 5
Table tennis 1 0 1
Total 8 8 16

Badminton

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Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

In total, nine Falkland Islander athletes participated in the badminton events – Ben Chater, Doug Clark and Duane March in the men's singles, the men's doubles and the mixed doubles, Vicky Chater in the women's singles, the women's doubles and the mixed doubles, Soraye March in the women's singles and the mixed doubles, Louise Williams in the women's singles and the women's doubles, Dwight Joshua in the men's doubles and the mixed doubles and Cheryl March and Laura Harada in the women's doubles and the mixed doubles.[2]

The badminton events took place at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) in Marston Green between 29 July and 8 August 2022.[3]

Singles
Athlete Event First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ben Chater Men's singles  Caden Kakora (RSA)
L (10–21, 8–21) 		did not advance
Doug Clark  Ahmed Nibal (MDV)
L (10–21, 11–21) 		did not advance
Duane March  Callum Smith (SCO)
L (3–21, 4–21) 		did not advance
Vicky Chater Women's singles  Ghazala Siddique (PAK)
L (4–21, 3–21) 		did not advance
Soraye March Bye  Deidre Laurens Jordaan (RSA)
L (12–21, 1–21) 		did not advance
Louise Williams  Tamisha Williams (BAR)
L (8–21, 10–21) 		did not advance
Doubles
Athlete Event First Round Second Round Third Round Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Ben Chater
Dwight Joshua 		Men's doubles —  Ahmed Nibal &
Ajfan Rasheed (MDV)
L (14–21, 11–21) 		did not advance
Doug Clark
Duane March 		—  Tran Hoang Pham &
Jack Yu (AUS)
L (5–21, 7–21) 		did not advance
Vicky Chater
Cheryl March 		Women's doubles —  Prospera Nantuo &
Cindy Tornyenyor (GHA)
L (17–21, 20–22) 		did not advance
Laura Harada
Louise Williams 		—  Julie MacPherson &
Ciara Torrance (SCO)
L (4–21, 5–21) 		did not advance
Ben Chater
Vicky Chater 		Mixed doubles Bye  Daniel Wanagaliya &
Husina Kobugabe (UGA)
L (13–21, 7–21) 		did not advance
Doug Clark
Cheryl March 		 Yingxiang Lin &
Gronya Somerville (AUS)
L (4–21, 3–21) 		did not advance
Duane March
Laura Harada 		 Samuel Ricketts &
Tahlia Richardson (JAM)
L (3–21, 4–21) 		did not advance
Dwight Joshua
Soraye March 		 Tran Hoang Pham &
Angela Yu (AUS)
L (2–21, 5–21) 		did not advance

Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

In total, one Falkland Islander athlete participated in the cycling events – Jim Horton in the men's road race and the men's time trial.[2]

The men's road race took place at Myton Fields in Warwick on 7 August 2022.[4] The men's time trial took place at West Park in Wolverhampton on 4 August 2022.[5]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Jim Horton Road race DNF
Time trial 1:02:45.73 46

Lawn bowls

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Main article: Lawn bowls at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

In total, five Falkland Islander athletes participated in the lawn bowls events – Chris Locke in the men's singles and the men's doubles, Garry Tyrell in the men's doubles, Daphne Arthur-Almond in the women's singles and the women's triples and Andrea Stanworth and Trudi Clarke in the women's triples.[2]

The lawn bowls events took place at Victoria Park in Leamington Spa between 29 July and 6 August 2022.[6]

Men
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Chris Locke Singles  McLean (SCO)
L 5―21 		 Borgohain (IND)
L 5-21 		 Davis (JEY)
L 7-21 		 McIlroy (NZL)
L 5―21 		5 did not advance
Garry Tyrell
Chris Locke 		Pairs  Cook Islands
L 12–23 		 India
L 4–36 		 England
L 5–47 		 Malaysia
L 6–35 		5 did not advance
Women
Athlete Event Group Stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Daphne Arthur-Almond Singles  Daniels (WAL)
L 2–21 		 Choudhury (IND)
W 21–20 		 O'Neill (NIR)
L 2–21 		 Hoggan (SCO)
L 5–21 		5 did not advance
Andrea Stanworth
Daphne Arthur-Almond
Trudi Clarke 		Triples  Northern Ireland
L 10 - 22 		 Singapore
L 10 - 23 		 Australia
L 8 - 29 		 South Africa
L 14 - 20 		5 did not advance

Table tennis

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Main articles: Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

In total, one Falkland Islander athlete participated in the table tennis events – Javier Sotomayor in the men's singles.[2]

The table tennis events took place at the NEC in Marston Green between 29 July and 8 August 2022.[3]

Athletes Event Group stage Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Opposition
Score 		Rank
Javier Sotomayor Men's singles  Cogill (RSA)
L 0 - 4 		 Chambers (AUS)
L 0 - 4 		3 did not advance

References

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  1. ^ Christie, Darnell (8 July 2022). "Falklands Flag Bearers for Commonwealth Games Revealed". Falkland Islands Television. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d e "(FLK) Falkland Islands". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b "The NEC". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Warwick". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  5. ^ "West Park". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  6. ^ "Victoria Park". Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
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