Day four of the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games saw action for Scottish Para Athletes in the pool, on the track and on the greens.
Swimming
Aberdeen’s Toni Shaw was back in action at the Optus Aquatic Centre for the S9 100m Freestyle and her time of 1:08.00 in the heats qualified her comfortably for the final later in the day. In the final, Toni set a new personal best time of 1:04.19 to finish in a very creditable fifth place against a quality field.
Athletics
The Gold Coast athletics programme got underway with Scotland’s Amy Carr making her Games debut in the T38 Long Jump. The 18 year old Sports Science student from Stockton-on-Tees travelled to Gold Coast with a personal best of 3.97 and her confidence high after her gold medal in the F35-38 Long Jump at the 2017 IPC World Junior Championships. Amy couldn’t match her top performance in the final recording a jump of 3.65 to finish the event in seventh place.
Lawn Bowls
Scotland’s Para Lawn Bowlers have had mixed fortunes at the Games to date and they were now under pressure to get a win on day four of the round robin. The B6/B7/B8 Open Triple were facing England while B2/B3 Mixed Pair were paired with New Zealand.
The Mixed Pair of Irene Edgar and Robert Barr, with Directors David Thomas and Sarah Jane Ewing were back on top form and recorded a vital and emphatic 23-5 win over New Zealand to leave them on two wins and two defeats going into the last set of round robin fixtures.
It wasn’t such a good day for the Triple of Michael Simpson, Garry Brown and Mike Nicoll who suffered an 18-10 defeat to England leaving them with only one win to date in the round robin fixtures.
However, progression to the semi-finals at Gold Coast is still possible for both the Scottish B2/B3 Mixed Pair and the B6/B7/B8 Open Triple with both in need of victories in the final round of fixtures to ensure progression.
Day five of the Gold Coast Games will see the final round of the Para Lawn Bowls Round Robin with the Scottish B6/B7/B8 Open Triple taking on South Africa and the B2/B3 Mixed Pair facing Australia and Toni Shaw swims in the Optus Aquatic Centre in the SB9 100m Breaststroke.
For a comprehensive overview of the Gold Coast Games go to;
https://scottishdisabilitysport.com/2018-gold-coast-commonwealth-games/
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