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South Africa has done enough. It has been a comfortable display. Not | :00:00. | :00:00. | |
entirely conventional boxing, but it has been a fact. This tall, rangy | :00:00. | :00:11. | |
boxer from South Africa. Surely Mbenge will go through to the next | :00:12. | :00:17. | |
round. Dominant display by the South African. Did what he wanted. He | :00:18. | :00:24. | |
switched from orthodox to southpaw, showing his confidence. We saw right | :00:25. | :00:27. | |
hand is going in from Mbenge and then he switches to the body shot. | :00:28. | :00:32. | |
Good stuff from Mbenge and totally in control. Long-range work was his | :00:33. | :00:41. | |
strength. He will have two tight in his guard up as he goes further in | :00:42. | :00:45. | |
the competition but nevertheless a dominant display and he will be | :00:46. | :00:48. | |
happy to get the first one under his belt. I rather weary walk to the | :00:49. | :01:02. | |
centre of the ring from Tyrell. He perhaps knows the fate that awaits | :01:03. | :01:09. | |
him. Ladies and gentlemen we have jaw -- scores. Winner by unanimous | :01:10. | :01:20. | |
decision, Mbenge! Mbenge from South Africa takes the unanimous points | :01:21. | :01:25. | |
decision over the boxer from Samoa, Henry Tyrell. His confidence is only | :01:26. | :01:30. | |
going to grow as he goes deeper into the tournament. | :01:31. | :01:42. | |
Mbenge dominant in that out and deserved the victory. This is the | :01:43. | :01:51. | |
end of me on BBC Three. Official hand over to you and so far you | :01:52. | :01:56. | |
would have been out and about at the judo and you saw some great British | :01:57. | :02:03. | |
fighters? In some respects, everybody was keeping on the medal | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
hunt as to where Scotland's first gold medal would go. A lot of money | :02:08. | :02:13. | |
would have gone on the swimming pool, but judo was the place to be. | :02:14. | :02:21. | |
Outstanding for the home nations, 11 medals in all. Gold medals won by | :02:22. | :02:30. | |
Kimberly and Louis Rennick. Fantastic story. You could not help | :02:31. | :02:40. | |
but feel proud for them because they must have had a big party last | :02:41. | :02:48. | |
night. 3-goal medals for an English fighter? Yes, Scott Oakes. He said I | :02:49. | :03:00. | |
am happy but he said your microphone close to my face. I said, this is | :03:01. | :03:03. | |
how we hold it, but enjoy your success. It was fantastic. But | :03:04. | :03:11. | |
talking of judo, John Buchanan who came out of retirement and picked up | :03:12. | :03:17. | |
the bronze medal in his home games. 38 years old and he will be joining | :03:18. | :03:22. | |
as a live on BBC Three. Of course, you have already had a few exciting | :03:23. | :03:26. | |
heats on the second day of Glasgow 2014. We reckon it will only whet | :03:27. | :03:31. | |
your appetite because there is so much to come between now and seven | :03:32. | :03:42. | |
p.m.. First of all let's go to Glasgow Green in the middle of | :03:43. | :03:46. | |
Glasgow city centre, the oldest public park in the city. It is | :03:47. | :03:58. | |
hosting the brand-new national this is the highest ranked side against | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
the lowest ranked side. Australia are taking on Wales. An early touch | :04:01. | :04:25. | |
and get rid of the nerves the Wales. Making some progress down the left | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
flank. She is surrounded by three Australian players. Not many outlets | :04:30. | :04:34. | |
are heard to get the ball. She does well and get the applause. Richards | :04:35. | :04:40. | |
was off but told back. Wilkinson. Flannigan batting the ball around | :04:41. | :05:22. | |
the pitch. Finds Kelli, White goal-scorer yesterday against | :05:23. | :05:31. | |
Malaysia. Gets the first penalty corner of the match, Kelli White. | :05:32. | :05:37. | |
The might and power of the penalty corner. Couple of choices. Brilliant | :05:38. | :05:50. | |
baseline play. She waited for the Welsh defender to see if she was | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
going to put her stick down. The teams have 40 seconds for the | :05:58. | :06:04. | |
defence to put all their gear on. Wales looked ready and Australia | :06:05. | :06:10. | |
refining what they are going to do. We have Flannigan number nine. Just | :06:11. | :06:22. | |
why this time. It was the only corner Australia used in their first | :06:23. | :06:26. | |
match. Directly off the top. The disguise Kenny gets on that. She | :06:27. | :06:32. | |
should be finding the backboard with that. Flanagan. Finds East Ham. | :06:33. | :06:47. | |
Catches the stick of the Welsh defender. White again, just showing | :06:48. | :07:02. | |
the crowd her expertise and close ball control. Underhit. | :07:03. | :07:15. | |
Double tackle on Kenny. Richards putting pressure on and it is | :07:16. | :07:32. | |
punched by Sarah Jones. Looking for the straight ball and she finds it. | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
Flanagan is too good and she cuts it off. Richards can't keep it low. | :07:38. | :07:49. | |
Promising signs from Wales. Reading some of the Australian plate and | :07:50. | :07:54. | |
three intercepts. Just over five minutes gone. -- play. | :07:55. | :08:17. | |
Drive through from Flannigan and throws her hands up in the air when | :08:18. | :08:46. | |
she realised it was going to be cut off. That was too ambitious. | :08:47. | :09:12. | |
Blyth has 288 matches for her country, the Australian skipper. | :09:13. | :09:38. | |
Barnes and the Australian players hovering, knowing the Welsh players | :09:39. | :09:58. | |
will sense their presence. Emily Smith. Now | :09:59. | :10:06. | |
will sense their presence. Emily she cannot control it. It is a | :10:07. | :10:12. | |
relentless she cannot control it. It is a | :10:13. | :10:20. | |
midfielders. Jones has got it. Hydride. -- high drive. What can the | :10:21. | :10:44. | |
Australians conjure up? Nothing right now. Barnes is dumped off the | :10:45. | :11:00. | |
ball. One of the things when you are playing Australia, you cannot afford | :11:01. | :11:04. | |
to relax rush to mark no, and when you win possession you have two | :11:05. | :11:11. | |
value it and keep it. They like to put lots of numbers around the ball. | :11:12. | :11:17. | |
If you can win a quick free kick, you can take two or three Australian | :11:18. | :11:23. | |
players out of the game. It is a good start by Australia, which is | :11:24. | :11:29. | |
what we expected. Flanagan has come over to the right side now. Kenny. | :11:30. | :11:34. | |
Strong drive over to the right side now. Kenny. | :11:35. | :11:40. | |
Strong down the left flank. Brooke Perris had a shot at goal. On the | :11:41. | :11:51. | |
run, on-the-fly. I think she is busy in the couple of games she has | :11:52. | :11:55. | |
played, but someone so young. She will be disappointed she | :11:56. | :11:57. | |
played, but someone so young. She the ball on target. But she looks | :11:58. | :12:03. | |
lively and looks like she will be created player. -- creative player. | :12:04. | :12:15. | |
Kelli White gets another penalty for her country, Australia. They went | :12:16. | :12:25. | |
for the referral. The question... Let's have a look | :12:26. | :12:49. | |
here. The regional decision has been given for a foot. This will be the | :12:50. | :13:13. | |
angle, I imagine. The question is, as the ball has come up, has it come | :13:14. | :13:24. | |
off the lake? -- leg? The umpire, from South Africa. Still waiting. I | :13:25. | :13:41. | |
have a decision for you. The ball has come off a Welsh stick onto her | :13:42. | :13:50. | |
body, a penalty corner, Wales will lose their referral. As you heard, | :13:51. | :14:00. | |
Wales have no ability to refer. The umpire relaying information to the | :14:01. | :14:06. | |
Welsh defence. They will get some time to get the gear on. All of | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
those yellow dresses lining up behind the D. Jodie Kenny. There is | :14:14. | :14:35. | |
a break at the top of the circle. This time it is Wales who lose. | :14:36. | :14:48. | |
Number seven, Sian French. Trying to get the momentum without breaking | :14:49. | :15:09. | |
the line. Edwina Phone coming in. -- Road. This time they will get it. | :15:10. | :15:25. | |
The question asked by the Australian captain, can Wales get their full | :15:26. | :15:28. | |
complement of defensive players back. From South Africa, umpire | :15:29. | :15:43. | |
Rostron says, no. Wales will play with three players and a goalkeeper | :15:44. | :15:52. | |
in defence. It is goal number one. Amid the controversy, a little bit | :15:53. | :15:56. | |
of disarray, it is Australia taking 12 minutes for them to do it. It is | :15:57. | :16:06. | |
Kenny who gets the ball. A great little dragon, flick. Wilkinson will | :16:07. | :16:13. | |
be disappointed, it looks like it has come off her stick. She has | :16:14. | :16:19. | |
tried to play at it, like a cricket shot. Australia take the lead, 1-0, | :16:20. | :16:36. | |
12 minutes gone and the first 35 in its spell. What he make of that? | :16:37. | :16:42. | |
Allowing attacking players to replace defensive ones? Interesting, | :16:43. | :16:47. | |
I would like to know the reason you are allowed to do that as an | :16:48. | :16:52. | |
attacking team, something I have not seen very often, it does not seem | :16:53. | :17:02. | |
fair and right. The fact that she was able to be replaced, rules are | :17:03. | :17:09. | |
rules, and she knew them well. The Welsh coach looking a bit bemused up | :17:10. | :17:19. | |
in the stands. Taylor, looking for Jones. Takes it on the body. | :17:20. | :17:28. | |
Flanagan, on the right, on the move. A loose ball. Corner, danger. It is | :17:29. | :17:36. | |
the reason that the penalty corner has been given. The Australians seem | :17:37. | :17:44. | |
to be able to nip in front of the Welsh defenders. You think you are | :17:45. | :17:51. | |
set and ready, then an Australian appears off your shoulder, getting a | :17:52. | :17:56. | |
little touch. Very difficult for the goalkeeper to keep the bouncing ball | :17:57. | :18:02. | |
on the floor. A lot of discipline needed by the Welsh defence, not to | :18:03. | :18:06. | |
break the back line before the ball comes into the field of play. | :18:07. | :18:10. | |
Flanagan gets the go, up into the air again. A shot on goal, goal | :18:11. | :18:21. | |
number two. Georgina Parker adding to her tally for 2014. Her third of | :18:22. | :18:29. | |
the competition, her first today. A good advantage by the umpire, she | :18:30. | :18:32. | |
could have blown for the initial shot. A great save off one of the | :18:33. | :18:42. | |
best drag flickers in the world. A simple tap in for Parker. 2-0. 20 | :18:43. | :18:57. | |
minutes to play in the first spell. A rather fragmented last ten | :18:58. | :19:03. | |
minutes. The game dominated by the execution of the penalty corner. | :19:04. | :19:27. | |
Players breaking, referrals... Xenna Hughes coming into the game for | :19:28. | :19:34. | |
Wales, the daughter of Mark Hughes. Very quickly the Australians... I | :19:35. | :19:41. | |
cannot imagine the coach will be impressed by Flanagan trying to | :19:42. | :19:45. | |
clear the ball between her legs. You can tell they were not expecting her | :19:46. | :19:50. | |
to do that. Those things can cost you in crucial matches, bad habits | :19:51. | :20:03. | |
can creep in. A good opportunity all Barnes hovering at the top. A bit | :20:04. | :20:10. | |
too high. Has to be no higher than 18 inches. , lower, preferably. | :20:11. | :20:16. | |
Barnes. Hughes. She will not be happy to give that | :20:17. | :20:33. | |
one away. Allowing White to overrun the ball. A corner they use a lot, | :20:34. | :20:41. | |
Wilkinson will be disappointed, she slaps it along the floor for Emma | :20:42. | :21:03. | |
Batton to flick it. The Welsh get the free hit. Wilkinson. Jones | :21:04. | :21:21. | |
looking to Jordan, opts to go back instead. The captain has a bit of | :21:22. | :21:30. | |
room to move, chased by the Australian captain. She will get the | :21:31. | :21:51. | |
free hit. Eight bit there, she may have hit herself in the process. | :21:52. | :22:21. | |
Wales cannot find any inroads to get the ball into the circle. Across the | :22:22. | :22:33. | |
field. They will lose possession. A quick counterattack from Australia. | :22:34. | :22:45. | |
Look at that, the commitment of the Australian skipper, Madonna live. -- | :22:46. | :23:06. | |
Blyth. Eastern. The most important statistic, the | :23:07. | :23:25. | |
one on the top of the screen, it is two to Australia, Wales hanging on | :23:26. | :23:40. | |
so far. Easton, a good strong tackle on her. Not very often you see | :23:41. | :23:49. | |
advantage played out of defence, unless it helps the defensive team. | :23:50. | :24:03. | |
Madonna Blyth. Blyth needs to take a few seconds. Once again, a very | :24:04. | :24:14. | |
quick play. She has to get some end product on that, she is not under | :24:15. | :24:18. | |
pressure on that shot. She could take an extra touch or so on the | :24:19. | :24:23. | |
backhand. How many times have we seen them going over the bar. Wales | :24:24. | :24:28. | |
giving the ball away, a pretty crucial area. She gets the free | :24:29. | :24:41. | |
hit. The chance to relieve the pressure. That will be an Australian | :24:42. | :24:55. | |
ball. Driving it goal words. Penalty corner. -- goalwards. | :24:56. | :25:10. | |
It is a simple ball in, the Australian just behind the Welsh | :25:11. | :25:20. | |
player, Wilkinson has just slipped, you take the choice, try to take the | :25:21. | :25:25. | |
ball, or keep yourself up. You could see her disappointment once it was | :25:26. | :25:30. | |
given. Two from seven, not a bad statistic. Better than Game one. | :25:31. | :25:40. | |
Jodie Kenny and Anna Flanagan waiting. That was a real boomer. The | :25:41. | :25:56. | |
penalty corners are on song. Jodie Kenny known for her drag flicking, | :25:57. | :26:01. | |
really difficult when somebody has the ability to hit the ball and | :26:02. | :26:08. | |
flick the ball. The goalkeeper will be disappointed it has not made her. | :26:09. | :26:14. | |
3-0 is probably what Australia deserved. -- nutmegged. 30 minutes | :26:15. | :26:34. | |
left in the first spell, two lots of 35. Wales not in a hurry to take | :26:35. | :26:52. | |
this. Brooks beautiful angled pass, but under a lot of pressure from the | :26:53. | :26:54. | |
Australians. Catching Flannigan's foot. Hughes. | :26:55. | :27:15. | |
Up and over into the sunshine. In the shadow of the | :27:16. | :27:15. | |
Up and over into the sunshine. In the shadow main stand. Local time is | :27:16. | :27:30. | |
just after 2:30pm in the afternoon. Australian conditions when you look | :27:31. | :27:38. | |
at the heat. Flanagan, has her captain to her left but drives | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
forward, putting pressure on the Welsh defence. | :27:45. | :28:05. | |
Nearly picked off and Male having to boot it out. Georgie Parker. Number | :28:06. | :28:30. | |
19, for Australia. Wales having trouble getting the ball out of | :28:31. | :28:32. | |
their defensive third. Still locked in their defensive | :28:33. | :28:58. | |
third. Trouble now as they steamed towards the goal. There it is. You | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
could almost sense that building up for Australia. Emily Smith. Very | :29:05. | :29:16. | |
patient play. They had three or four players overloading the left side. | :29:17. | :29:22. | |
Straight ball through, used her body well. Simple goal, really. Australia | :29:23. | :29:31. | |
opened their account yesterday against Malaysia. That was a | :29:32. | :29:38. | |
40-macro win. Wales looking disorganised. | :29:39. | :29:57. | |
-- 4-0. Another penalty corner. Just Australian pressure and the strength | :29:58. | :30:14. | |
in the tackle. Could have been stronger and lower in the tackle but | :30:15. | :30:19. | |
the amounts of work she is having to cover defensively, just rolled the | :30:20. | :30:22. | |
ball onto her foot. Another variation here. And goal number | :30:23. | :30:29. | |
five. Australia seem able to score at will. Kenny gets her hat-trick. | :30:30. | :30:39. | |
She can drag flick, she can hit. This seems to be the favoured side. | :30:40. | :30:46. | |
It is highly up. It should either goalkeeper trying to make that | :30:47. | :30:56. | |
same. As a player you should be trying to stop anything low on the | :30:57. | :31:00. | |
ground but then anything how you should allow the goalkeeper to use | :31:01. | :31:06. | |
the gloves. Bit of frustration creeping in. Time for Wales at the | :31:07. | :31:14. | |
break to compose themselves. 5-0 Australia. You get the impression | :31:15. | :31:19. | |
they are not operating at 100%. Sian French Bowden, up and over into | :31:20. | :31:57. | |
the sun. Danger. That was a good steel by Jones. They are on the way. | :31:58. | :32:05. | |
Danielle Jordan had the ball for Wales and went into the circle. She | :32:06. | :32:18. | |
was in the right place. Nearly got a touch, but Rachael Lynch in golf | :32:19. | :32:30. | |
Australia was very short. -- in goal for Australia. Good to see the | :32:31. | :32:41. | |
commitment. Brilliant ball in. Two Welsh players with the opportunity | :32:42. | :32:54. | |
to get a touch. Emma Batten, that it had trademark, sliding in. Fair play | :32:55. | :33:01. | |
to Rachael Lynch keeping her eye on the ball. Flanagan to take the ball. | :33:02. | :33:12. | |
Pushing up high. breathe, the Australians. They sense | :33:13. | :33:44. | |
any chink in your defence. They are looking to hurt you. Hughes, not | :33:45. | :34:01. | |
much opened up in front. But again, gives the ball away. The ball is | :34:02. | :34:11. | |
live, Australia looking for goal number six. Might have been looking | :34:12. | :34:19. | |
for a bit more than just a long corner. Australia on the hunt again. | :34:20. | :34:26. | |
Reverse hits? No, just wide. They are running into the right spots, | :34:27. | :34:30. | |
running off the ball. Yes they are. The build-up to late to this final | :34:31. | :34:35. | |
opportunity by Kellie White. She will be disappointed she has not hit | :34:36. | :34:41. | |
the target. Wales had the ball in defence, but the Australians are | :34:42. | :34:44. | |
winning the ball high up the pitch. Getting numbers up there to support | :34:45. | :34:47. | |
the baulk area. -- ball carrier. Wales are pushing up now. Wilkinson. | :34:48. | :35:13. | |
Just the pressure isn't it, Brooks Peris. Off-loads to Kellie White. | :35:14. | :35:18. | |
Drive into the circle again. Better pass from use, but wasn't | :35:19. | :35:43. | |
ready for the one back. Brooks Peris has the chance again. Good save by | :35:44. | :36:09. | |
Ria Male. Into the circle again. Not a lot of room to exit the ball. | :36:10. | :36:25. | |
Madonna Blyth, gets through three players. Flanagan. Across the | :36:26. | :36:36. | |
circle. Clumsy, trying to regain the ball. | :36:37. | :36:49. | |
Budd. Need to get it out of here, Wales. When she looks up, all she | :36:50. | :37:06. | |
can see is yellow. 12 passes at some magic being weaved by Georgie | :37:07. | :37:15. | |
Parker. Brooks Perris. Anna Flanagan. Pouring on towards the | :37:16. | :37:21. | |
Welsh defence. That is better from Hughes. Debt of commitment. -- bit | :37:22. | :37:29. | |
of commitment. Anna Flanagan. Australia pouring on | :37:30. | :38:14. | |
the pressure here. She will take a two-minute break that stick tackle. | :38:15. | :38:21. | |
She will be there until half-time, Jodie Kenny. Here is another card | :38:22. | :38:28. | |
coming. This time it looks like Georgie Parker is off for Wales. | :38:29. | :38:35. | |
Alys Brooks has been given a green card as well. Both teams playing | :38:36. | :38:43. | |
with ten players. Into the last minute of the first spell. | :38:44. | :39:02. | |
Madonna Blyth, the captain for Australia. Good work from her. A | :39:03. | :39:18. | |
corner to finish the half. Some determined defensive work needed by | :39:19. | :39:28. | |
Wales. Already 5-0. Great skills on the baseline. It is so difficult | :39:29. | :39:34. | |
a defender to try to defend against. Australia | :39:35. | :39:40. | |
a defender to try to defend against. attack with pace. Wales are | :39:41. | :39:44. | |
struggling to get numbers around the baulk area. Kenny is after. She has | :39:45. | :39:57. | |
already scored a hat-trick. -- ball carrier. Madonna Blyth is waiting. | :39:58. | :40:05. | |
Went to Flanagan. It is high and wide. It will remain the five goals. | :40:06. | :40:17. | |
Flanagan running off, to get the liquid intake. Chance for Wales to | :40:18. | :40:21. | |
compose themselves and hope to put together a better 35 minutes. | :40:22. | :40:27. | |
Australia showing all their class and number two status in the world. | :40:28. | :40:34. | |
Flanagan goes over to the coach. 5-0, to Australia. | :40:35. | :40:43. | |
Unfortunately for Wales, that contest going through to form. | :40:44. | :40:48. | |
Australia have won four out of the last five Commonwealth titles. They | :40:49. | :40:53. | |
are the team to beat. We will be back at the National hockey centre. | :40:54. | :40:59. | |
But let's take the time during the half-time break to reflect on what | :41:00. | :41:04. | |
was a sensational opening day for Scotland, as far as the judo is | :41:05. | :41:10. | |
concerned. 11 medals went to the home nations yesterday. | :41:11. | :41:12. | |
concerned. 11 medals went to the home nations One man came out of | :41:13. | :41:16. | |
retirement especially or his home Championships. | :41:17. | :41:21. | |
retirement especially or his home gains in 12 years. John Buchanan, | :41:22. | :41:30. | |
you won a bronze medal yesterday, as it's sunk in? It has been immense. | :41:31. | :41:36. | |
When I woke up this morning, I had to pinch myself an as, did that | :41:37. | :41:38. | |
really happen? The way everybody delivered yesterday, it was | :41:39. | :41:41. | |
amazing. I think we have got the team off to a great start. Act I had | :41:42. | :42:15. | |
an overwhelming sense of relief. As I walked on for the bronze medal, | :42:16. | :42:20. | |
walking up the steps, they were on the front row. My wife, Claire, with | :42:21. | :42:27. | |
her head in her hands. The kids were really into it by then, as was the | :42:28. | :42:33. | |
rest of the crowd. Really nice, it would be difficult to top that. If I | :42:34. | :42:43. | |
came back into judo, which I will not do again! Is Rio in your | :42:44. | :42:52. | |
sights, I asked yesterday? You were in fact it, no way I will be back on | :42:53. | :43:13. | |
that map. -- mat. No way, the chap you beat me, Ashley, he will be | :43:14. | :43:18. | |
going to Rio, fast and sharp, training full-time. Difficult for a | :43:19. | :43:26. | |
dad of three to come in after ten years, I gave him a good run for his | :43:27. | :43:32. | |
money, but he is a frontrunner. It is keeping your weight, with a busy | :43:33. | :43:42. | |
family life, a huge challenge? It is really tough, sacrificing. It does | :43:43. | :43:46. | |
not make me the easiest person to live with, especially a couple of | :43:47. | :43:50. | |
weeks out from a major championships. I have to take my hat | :43:51. | :43:55. | |
off to Claire, for taking over, dealing with the kids. I am | :43:56. | :44:01. | |
definitely finished now, which will make family life a lot easier. You | :44:02. | :44:13. | |
have nine clubs along with Claire? We run nine clubs, along with my | :44:14. | :44:16. | |
business partner, he used to be my coach. Between us we have 700 kids | :44:17. | :44:25. | |
doing judo. I'm hoping after yesterday's performance and | :44:26. | :44:31. | |
today's, all the guys fighting for medals, with Sarah Clark in the | :44:32. | :44:36. | |
final, that will catapult the sport into the public eye again, | :44:37. | :44:41. | |
especially for the girls. Judo is seen as a male pastime, we are | :44:42. | :44:52. | |
hoping for more gold medals, and girl will flock to the clubs. A | :44:53. | :44:58. | |
dream start for Team Scotland? And this weather? It has been immense, | :44:59. | :45:10. | |
never known Glasgow to be like this. Look at us on the quayside. Good to | :45:11. | :45:24. | |
see you. Well done for yesterday. Before we head off to the National | :45:25. | :45:35. | |
hockey centre. Let's hear from the Englandwomen's camp. Kate | :45:36. | :45:40. | |
Richardson-Walsh won almost everything there is to be won in | :45:41. | :45:46. | |
hockey, she wants to go out on a high, and has been talking to Gabby | :45:47. | :45:48. | |
hockey, she wants to go out on a high, and has been talking Logan in | :45:49. | :45:54. | |
the run-up to the games. Hello, how are you. This is our training | :45:55. | :46:05. | |
centre. Can you believe we are coming up to almost two years since | :46:06. | :46:10. | |
London? The Commonwealth Games seemed an age away? I have to pinch | :46:11. | :46:16. | |
myself, when I go into schools, and I have a little video clip of 2012, | :46:17. | :46:24. | |
they must think, get over it! I cannot believe it, it has gone so | :46:25. | :46:31. | |
quickly. I think you can tell straight away, that is not good. The | :46:32. | :46:36. | |
pain must have been immediate, you must have known this was quite | :46:37. | :46:41. | |
serious. I cannot remember specifically feeling pain, I got | :46:42. | :46:47. | |
cramp, and having some shock. Straightaway my teeth were in the | :46:48. | :46:53. | |
middle of my mouth. I had fractured my jaw all the way to the end. The | :46:54. | :47:01. | |
surgeon came in and said he could fix it. I thought that would be the | :47:02. | :47:06. | |
end of it. I thought I would play again in the Olympics. They said | :47:07. | :47:14. | |
they could get me back. Whatever he said, I was living with hope. | :47:15. | :47:20. | |
Anybody would have done the same thing, you have trained that hard, | :47:21. | :47:23. | |
you have the dream of winning the gold medal at a home games, I was | :47:24. | :47:29. | |
going to take any option to get onto the pitch. As the tournament | :47:30. | :47:35. | |
developed, and he came back, what was that like? Knowing an Olympic | :47:36. | :47:39. | |
medal could be yours? Interesting, we had lost the semifinal against | :47:40. | :47:44. | |
Argentina, 24 hours previously to the bronze medal game. We had 24 | :47:45. | :47:51. | |
hours of darkness. A lot of tears, soul-searching. We had discussed it. | :47:52. | :48:00. | |
We knew how to deal with it. By the time it got to the bronze medal | :48:01. | :48:04. | |
game, the feeling among the team, I will never forget it. Just knowing, | :48:05. | :48:13. | |
we were going to do this. Absolutely brilliant. What a comeback this has | :48:14. | :48:22. | |
been. Great Britain have won the bronze medals. If 2012 was an | :48:23. | :48:29. | |
emotional roller-coaster, professionally a very high year, | :48:30. | :48:35. | |
2013 was a very big year for you? It was a big year on and off the pitch. | :48:36. | :48:40. | |
I got engaged and married. That was amazing. There are so few openly gay | :48:41. | :48:51. | |
sports across any sport. -- openly gay sportspeople. Your wife is in | :48:52. | :48:59. | |
the same team, I cannot think of that in any sport, you are unique? | :49:00. | :49:04. | |
Yes, it is funny, you don't see it from the outside perspective. We | :49:05. | :49:08. | |
were a couple, we love each other, we happen to play in the same team. | :49:09. | :49:15. | |
Our team-mates, friends, family have been so supportive, we don't see | :49:16. | :49:17. | |
anything strange or different. Certainly I know this is my last | :49:18. | :49:31. | |
season playing in the international team. He last fitness test, the last | :49:32. | :49:39. | |
tournament, the last one. -- it is the last fitness test. That is for | :49:40. | :49:44. | |
definite? If you come away with the gold medal that has eluded you? It | :49:45. | :49:53. | |
is not that long to Rio? My body feels quite good, funnily enough, it | :49:54. | :49:59. | |
is everything else. I have spoken to a lot of people who have retired, | :50:00. | :50:05. | |
they say, you just know. It is time for me, time for the squad, there | :50:06. | :50:09. | |
are a lot of other things I want to do. The next chapter is ready. | :50:10. | :50:17. | |
As you can see, they have already restarted the second half at the | :50:18. | :50:28. | |
National Hockey Centre. Let's rejoin our commentators. | :50:29. | :50:33. | |
Taking over the position. Interesting, both sets of players | :50:34. | :50:43. | |
taking longer to come out onto the turf, given the temperatures. It is | :50:44. | :50:51. | |
into the high 30s. A very hot day in Glasgow. The temperature sitting at | :50:52. | :51:00. | |
around 24, but hotter in the middle. What can they do with this | :51:01. | :51:04. | |
possession? It has been gold for them. Wilkinson has the ball for | :51:05. | :51:15. | |
Wales. Keen to put some dominance into the, Wales. It has been a bit | :51:16. | :51:27. | |
tentative. Across to Westwood. She has the look up, what is on offer? | :51:28. | :51:32. | |
They will keep possession, good option. Brooks coming back on for | :51:33. | :51:37. | |
Wales. Kenny is back on, 11 aside. option. Brooks coming back on for | :51:38. | :51:46. | |
Wales. Kenny That lifted ball given Jake Jade Taylor won to chase. | :51:47. | :52:17. | |
Australia on the move. Westwood. Forcing Wales to go back. The screen | :52:18. | :52:27. | |
is set up by her team-mates, losing possession. Here they go, the | :52:28. | :52:41. | |
Australians. Madonna Blyth, a quick look across the park. It is still in | :52:42. | :52:49. | |
play, a marvel, Australia keep the ball, it never goes out. Penalty | :52:50. | :52:55. | |
corner. Good result. Patient defending. | :52:56. | :53:06. | |
A stronger start by Wales in the opening minutes of this half. | :53:07. | :53:20. | |
The Wales coach has been in the job since 2002. Westwood. Can she keep | :53:21. | :53:36. | |
it? More Wales players surrounding the ball. When they are out letting | :53:37. | :53:43. | |
from the back, not just going with a back four, trying to push Wilkinson | :53:44. | :53:51. | |
through. You have to give them credit. They are trying different | :53:52. | :53:59. | |
things, and trying to implement the coach's tactics. They are doing | :54:00. | :54:02. | |
their best, which is all you can really ask for. Absolutely right. | :54:03. | :54:08. | |
They did magnificently well against England, keeping them to two. They | :54:09. | :54:13. | |
had to work hard, has that game taking something out of the legs of | :54:14. | :54:18. | |
the Welsh team? Not to take anything away from Australia, they have been | :54:19. | :54:24. | |
top drawer. Just intercepted to easily. A chance. A sixth goal for | :54:25. | :54:34. | |
Australia, you cannot leave them alone. Anything she may have stolen | :54:35. | :54:47. | |
it, the ball was going in, you can tell from her reaction, she has | :54:48. | :54:55. | |
tapped in Emily Smith's ball. She has grabbed a goal off her mate. It | :54:56. | :55:01. | |
is something you do in practice, instinctive. She is on the | :55:02. | :55:17. | |
scoresheet. Brooke Peris. They all count. Being a defender, I just look | :55:18. | :55:22. | |
for a team result, but I'm sure the strikers will disagree. They are | :55:23. | :55:26. | |
testing the Welsh resolve, this Australian side. Structure, | :55:27. | :55:30. | |
positioning, running off the ball. The wave of gold again. Pushing | :55:31. | :55:56. | |
towards the Welsh keeper. Going into the circle, Wales get to relieve the | :55:57. | :56:18. | |
pressure. Even the 16s are not easy exits. They have determined running, | :56:19. | :56:24. | |
Australia, causing a turnover straightaway. Ball into the circle. | :56:25. | :56:33. | |
Madonna Blyth, can she get the shot away? Not quite, but the ball will | :56:34. | :56:36. | |
be back in there. ball. Australia basically press with | :56:37. | :57:08. | |
seven players. ball. Australia basically When you | :57:09. | :57:17. | |
look up as a defender, it is very intimidating? | :57:18. | :57:50. | |
When you think you have got a bit of momentum, it is not good. | :57:51. | :58:02. | |
Taylor outside, she opts not to use it, but now she puts the little pass | :58:03. | :58:13. | |
on and catches Taylor's feet. It won't be an Australian ball, Jones | :58:14. | :58:20. | |
finds Tucker, dispossessed. This time the fast legs of Eastham. She | :58:21. | :58:26. | |
is busy, Eastham, isn't she? A bit of indecision that time | :58:27. | :58:43. | |
between the Australians. They have got possession back, a nice little | :58:44. | :58:45. | |
soft pass. There is a lot of unheralded work | :58:46. | :59:08. | |
for Australia, McMahon. Yeah, she does, and being so young, if you | :59:09. | :59:12. | |
know she's going to have a big future ahead of her, taking over the | :59:13. | :59:18. | |
central midfield position that Eastham and Blyth are playing. Into | :59:19. | :59:20. | |
the circle now again. McMahon gets the ball back, but | :59:21. | :59:37. | |
always a couple of Australians surrounding the ball. So Eastham | :59:38. | :59:44. | |
now. She finds Kenny. Tribune into the circle, a free shot at goal, | :59:45. | :59:50. | |
what a super finish. That is Georgina Parker, she is on the | :59:51. | :59:53. | |
scoresheet again today, as she was yesterday, with two goals. Jodie | :59:54. | :00:01. | |
Kenny hitting the ball, a fantastic lead, first touch, putting the ball | :00:02. | :00:10. | |
exactly where she wanted to go. Male stood no chance, 7-0 Australia. That | :00:11. | :00:16. | |
is one of the best we have seen today from Georgie Parker. | :00:17. | :00:43. | |
Bone, across to Flannigan, out on the left. | :00:44. | :00:53. | |
Well read this time, gets past two, she will get the free hit, good work | :00:54. | :00:59. | |
from the captain. Lee Wilkinson. -- Lee. Squeezing the | :01:00. | :01:19. | |
Welsh defenders, reducing the options. | :01:20. | :01:31. | |
A subtle paint from Blyth. -- feint. You will not get many determined | :01:32. | :01:47. | |
players than Madonna Blyth. Nanscawen. Flannigan cannot take it | :01:48. | :01:54. | |
cleanly. Here she is, got the ball, into the circle now, off-loads, but | :01:55. | :02:01. | |
straight back into Bone. Reading it so well, and they? A couple of | :02:02. | :02:13. | |
options always. Peris. Switching the point of attack from left to right, | :02:14. | :02:15. | |
back to Eastham in the middle. She will leave it for Hughes to take | :02:16. | :02:57. | |
out on the left flank. Lifting it up and over, good bit of work. Keeping | :02:58. | :03:06. | |
in that pocket, but the execution of the next pass is not flash. But you | :03:07. | :03:12. | |
can see what they are trying to do. That is the thing, they are trying | :03:13. | :03:17. | |
to play hockey, and some things are not quite coming off for them, but | :03:18. | :03:20. | |
it is a positive thing that they want to keep passing the ball to | :03:21. | :03:23. | |
each other and running their patterns of play. But this is a | :03:24. | :03:29. | |
dominant Australian performance. Good screen that time by Wales, and | :03:30. | :03:33. | |
they have picked up the ball, but not for long. Parker has it, looking | :03:34. | :03:36. | |
for support on the right not for long. Parker has it, looking | :03:37. | :03:41. | |
get it on the back of her foot. So I guess, when you look at the | :03:42. | :03:56. | |
Australian side, as Wales try to exit that ball, a couple of new | :03:57. | :04:01. | |
famous Australian women are key players, Jayde Taylor, Brooke | :04:02. | :04:11. | |
Perris. -- Peris. Here comes Wales, into the attacking third. | :04:12. | :04:19. | |
She cannot get past the wall of Australian players, and it is only | :04:20. | :04:31. | |
loose for a brief second as White slams the ball down. That is a magic | :04:32. | :04:39. | |
finish, what a goal! What a team goal from Australia, and it is | :04:40. | :04:45. | |
Georgina Parker who finishes off. Brilliant bit of play, initially I | :04:46. | :04:49. | |
thought White hat not got hold of the ball in the middle of the field, | :04:50. | :04:53. | |
but a fantastic reverse stick pass, very soft hands to deflect the ball | :04:54. | :04:57. | |
exactly where Parker wanted it to go, three goals for her in the game. | :04:58. | :05:06. | |
There she is, Georgina Parker, and the salutation at the end of that | :05:07. | :05:10. | |
was for the build-up, the team goal, not so much for the self, and that | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
is what they practice, they spend hours putting that together. That | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
has come together superbly well. Any young person watching, male or | :05:21. | :05:27. | |
female, can take a lot from that. That is real gold, isn't it? It is, | :05:28. | :05:33. | |
and it is the willingness of the other forwards to run out, to | :05:34. | :05:37. | |
and it is the willingness of the up the passing lane straight down | :05:38. | :05:41. | |
the middle of the pitch for them. Passes always going to their | :05:42. | :05:51. | |
team-mate's stakes. -- sticks. The offside was not successful, but she | :05:52. | :05:52. | |
was in the right place. Bone, it comes off her legs, play on | :05:53. | :06:37. | |
is the call. Blyth will have to bring the ball back. | :06:38. | :06:42. | |
Such high standards, a re-occurrence in this match when the ball did not | :06:43. | :06:57. | |
go to an Australian stick. -- a rare occurrence. | :06:58. | :07:07. | |
Oh, the tackle from McMahon, does it well, re-gains possession for her | :07:08. | :07:19. | |
side, that wave again. A tidal wave, you would call it. Good work by | :07:20. | :07:25. | |
Jones for Wales, Jordan popped that flank. Good, fast play, this is | :07:26. | :07:35. | |
better from Wales. The new player into the Welsh white, Sophie | :07:36. | :07:46. | |
Clayton, driving into the circle. -- the Welsh squad. Better from Wales. | :07:47. | :07:54. | |
No-one at the top. Conscious of the fast break out, and here it comes. | :07:55. | :08:00. | |
Melanie Smith, will she get the ball back? It will be Peris who latches | :08:01. | :08:06. | |
onto this, free space into the circle, can she get the shot away? | :08:07. | :08:11. | |
Oh, it is in, it is goal number nine! It is the angle, across, and | :08:12. | :08:20. | |
Nanscawen goes over to thank the parser, Peris. Reverse stick into | :08:21. | :08:26. | |
the circle. Fantastic play by Peris, I thought she was going to take the | :08:27. | :08:31. | |
shot on the backhand, rolled back onto a strong side, squeezes the | :08:32. | :08:35. | |
ball into the turf to get it over the Welsh defender's stick. | :08:36. | :08:40. | |
Nanscawen was there to tap it in, basically. They are stiffing them | :08:41. | :08:46. | |
out, Australia, Nanscawen is one of the hardest workers in the | :08:47. | :08:48. | |
international game, and she is rewarded for that goal. | :08:49. | :08:55. | |
16 minutes left in the match, and I am sure Australia have not finished | :08:56. | :08:58. | |
with that scoreline. Jason Kenny -- Jodie Kenny starting | :08:59. | :09:05. | |
the scoring. Perfect, accurate pass. McMahon has | :09:06. | :09:32. | |
got Flanagan waiting. I am sure she would love to get on the | :09:33. | :09:41. | |
scoresheet, Anna Flanagan. It is Blyth, the captain. She gets the | :09:42. | :09:49. | |
boot in, Male, the goalkeeper has a real verbal goal at her players, and | :09:50. | :09:51. | |
it is not over yet. Unselfish play, and this is the one | :09:52. | :10:03. | |
side of Madonna Blyth's game that she really needs to look at, she | :10:04. | :10:08. | |
does so much hard work around the field. By the time she finds herself | :10:09. | :10:12. | |
in the circle, she has probably run out of steam a bit. But you know, | :10:13. | :10:18. | |
Male has made a good save, and from Blyth's perspective, she put the | :10:19. | :10:23. | |
ball on target. Locked in that defensive third, Wales. It is all | :10:24. | :10:31. | |
good practice. It is a team ranked 32nd in the world against the team | :10:32. | :10:37. | |
ranked number two. How else do you get to be better, unless you played | :10:38. | :10:38. | |
the best? Be tall, lanky frame of Jodie Kenny | :10:39. | :11:10. | |
across to McMahon. Strong, not quite as accurate. Adam Cummins will be | :11:11. | :11:16. | |
very happy with his team in this match so far. | :11:17. | :11:29. | |
McMahon, there she goes. Just cannot quite link up. It doesn't matter, | :11:30. | :11:45. | |
does it? 13 minutes left in the match and they are still operating | :11:46. | :11:47. | |
on high octane gas. And she is asking for the stroke. | :11:48. | :12:26. | |
No, she is not. She instinctively put your hand up. And they are | :12:27. | :12:41. | |
continuing. Into the circle, and that hedge your own player on the | :12:42. | :12:45. | |
back of the legs. Wales, through the midfield. Richards was there, she | :12:46. | :12:51. | |
has got the ball. Phoebe Richards. midfield. Richards was there, she | :12:52. | :13:02. | |
There is too much pace. There is too much precision. And it pass. | :13:03. | :13:15. | |
Wilkinson, she did not want to lose that. This is better from Wales. | :13:16. | :13:31. | |
Richards. She was pushing too far ahead. Flannigan. She is not on the | :13:32. | :14:06. | |
scoresheet. Casey Eastham. Three passes and then that midfield | :14:07. | :14:13. | |
dribble. She still finds the player in the circle. She gets the corner. | :14:14. | :14:40. | |
20 seconds for the defenders to get their gear on and Casey Eastham to | :14:41. | :14:47. | |
inject the ball from the baseline. She has got Jodie Kenny at the top. | :14:48. | :14:54. | |
And Karri McMahon. The other flanker is on the bench at the moment. Will | :14:55. | :14:59. | |
it be the lay-off or the direct shot? And she makes two saves. The | :15:00. | :15:16. | |
long corner. Ria Male, for Wales. Any saved is a good save against a | :15:17. | :15:25. | |
world-class unit. I do not know if she quite got a hold of that as much | :15:26. | :15:30. | |
as she wanted to. But that was a very good save by Ria Male in goal. | :15:31. | :15:34. | |
The ball is out of trouble for Wales. Xenna Hughes. Jordan. She | :15:35. | :16:00. | |
off-loads. This is better from Wales. Just infringing on a five | :16:01. | :16:10. | |
metre zone. For the person bringing down the aerial ball. Taylor, drives | :16:11. | :16:15. | |
that at the goal. Anna Flanagan is back on. And | :16:16. | :16:39. | |
Georgia Nanscawen. White is hovering. | :16:40. | :16:48. | |
Again, very quick to turn on the spot, Brooke Peris. If they have a | :16:49. | :17:00. | |
training session, this will be something she will be keen to work | :17:01. | :17:06. | |
on. They are about perfection, the Australians. There is only one | :17:07. | :17:13. | |
player who did not make it here. And that is Emily Hewitt. Downfield, | :17:14. | :17:18. | |
accurate, hard and fast. The Wales coach, Amanda Partington. | :17:19. | :17:49. | |
Always looking, scanning to see where she is going to put the ball | :17:50. | :17:51. | |
next. There is always the second player, | :17:52. | :18:00. | |
and third. That was good from Emma Batten but | :18:01. | :18:30. | |
she had no support. That is a clever pass from Australia. Again, they | :18:31. | :18:36. | |
have players in position. Strong clearance. She catches the stick in | :18:37. | :18:46. | |
her rib cage. We will see what happened. She has been head on her | :18:47. | :18:57. | |
stick -- on her chin, underneath her jawline. -- hit on her. They have | :18:58. | :19:11. | |
covered so much, the Australians, they do not stay down for long. That | :19:12. | :19:24. | |
was an unforced error, you do not see much of that. And the difference | :19:25. | :19:35. | |
in speed, they are trying to execute these passes, one, two, three. | :19:36. | :19:38. | |
Wales, Xenna Hughes. Quick hands, the top of the D. She | :19:39. | :19:58. | |
has the shot at goal. Emily Smith, she wanted more. Better accuracy. | :19:59. | :20:05. | |
She did not even give a chance to her team-mate to get her stick onto | :20:06. | :20:08. | |
it. They have toiled hard. Jo Westwood, | :20:09. | :20:25. | |
Leah Wilkinson. Can she get the ball across? Can she | :20:26. | :20:51. | |
have a shot yourself? That was worth a go. -- herself. James Taylor was | :20:52. | :21:11. | |
in there. Madonna Blyth was signalling that she wanted a | :21:12. | :21:19. | |
referral, anyway. --. They are both on the field, Anna Flanagan and | :21:20. | :21:27. | |
Jodie Kenny. Three out of those five goals. In the first half. | :21:28. | :21:48. | |
That is Anna Flanagan, at the goal, that was taken on the body. That | :21:49. | :21:53. | |
courageous running! I think they were going for the | :21:54. | :22:08. | |
option because the ball was further back and Anna Flanagan was probably | :22:09. | :22:12. | |
looking for the deflection. That was great running down the barrel to | :22:13. | :22:21. | |
stop the ball getting there. Soft hands, but she does not find Emily | :22:22. | :22:29. | |
Smith. Wales have quickened up their exit ball. | :22:30. | :22:39. | |
Georgia Nanscawen. Fast running. Getting into position for the second | :22:40. | :22:52. | |
pass. Still operating in Top Gear, this is high octane hockey from the | :22:53. | :22:55. | |
Australian side. Not really wishing one bit. -- billing wishing. The | :22:56. | :23:06. | |
last time the sides met was in 2012 in Dublin. Australia were the | :23:07. | :23:16. | |
winners, 4-0. They started their campaign under Adam Commens and | :23:17. | :23:20. | |
every tournament they have been in in the last 18 months, they have | :23:21. | :23:26. | |
been getting a medal. That is a new beginning for this hockey side. | :23:27. | :23:36. | |
She will take the deflection and take up just outside. -- take that. | :23:37. | :24:21. | |
She drives her own player, just a little bit of self-preservation. | :24:22. | :24:37. | |
On the move. Elie Barnes and Leah Wilkinson. That just catches her | :24:38. | :25:00. | |
foot. The umpire said on the line. We are near the end of the match. | :25:01. | :25:09. | |
Can they get anything out of this? This is better for Wales. Asking for | :25:10. | :25:23. | |
the penalty. The last ten seconds. The corner. They will get a chance. | :25:24. | :25:30. | |
They will get to play this. No, they won't. So, Australia are 9-0 up. | :25:31. | :25:41. | |
They have the corner. Team referral. I can hear you. They say they | :25:42. | :26:18. | |
already had a shot at goal. But for me, there was no shot at goal. Can | :26:19. | :26:26. | |
you have a look for me. I am going to save they had an advantage and a | :26:27. | :26:30. | |
shot at goal. I will have a look. Thank you. What does it say about | :26:31. | :26:38. | |
Australia, they could have defended and it would be quite good to be in | :26:39. | :26:43. | |
that pressure, but they have read that well. The goalkeeper has not | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
had anything to do today, Rachael Lynch. She has been looking. | :26:49. | :26:57. | |
Clearly, there was the foot writer. You can see the excitement from the | :26:58. | :27:02. | |
Welsh players. She does not have that shot at goal, she misses that. | :27:03. | :27:06. | |
The hooter went off before she gave that corner. There was that | :27:07. | :27:08. | |
2-pronged attack. I have a decision for you, OK? There | :27:09. | :27:27. | |
was no advantage, you can award the penalty corner and they will lose | :27:28. | :27:35. | |
the advantage. So a worthwhile exercise may be for Australia, the | :27:36. | :27:38. | |
upshot is that they will defend this. I guess it is all in the | :27:39. | :27:46. | |
interpretation, and that is what has been deemed. | :27:47. | :28:06. | |
Wales, have they got it, one last opportunity? Lynch makes a great | :28:07. | :28:19. | |
save, but it is a wonderful display of hockey skill, and look at that | :28:20. | :28:26. | |
scoreline, it tells you so much. Jodie Kenny, a hat trick in the | :28:27. | :28:34. | |
game, Georgie Parker, the same score as against Malaysian yesterday. So | :28:35. | :28:37. | |
impressive, and they have offered such different skills. They keep the | :28:38. | :28:43. | |
opposition guessing, the subtleties of the ball. What do you say about a | :28:44. | :28:50. | |
team like this? Just stunning hockey. It is stunning, and it is | :28:51. | :28:54. | |
their basic skill level which is so much better than any other team I | :28:55. | :28:59. | |
have seen so far. A couple of teams we have not seen yet, but it does | :29:00. | :29:03. | |
not matter whether ball is, they are still able to get a pass away, | :29:04. | :29:09. | |
fantastic performance by Australia. Here we are, 9-0, Australia over | :29:10. | :29:15. | |
Wales. So Australia's women in formidable | :29:16. | :29:20. | |
form, winning 9-0 against Wales, and they are clearly the favourites for | :29:21. | :29:25. | |
the title. They have won it three times out of the last four occasions | :29:26. | :29:29. | |
as far as the Commonwealth Games goes, so there's for the taking. For | :29:30. | :29:36. | |
Wales, though, two defeats in two, and as was the prediction before the | :29:37. | :29:39. | |
tournament had started, the lowest ranked side clearly well and truly | :29:40. | :29:43. | |
up against it in terms of qualifying from the group stages. We have moved | :29:44. | :29:47. | |
away from the safety of the studio by the big stage here at the | :29:48. | :29:51. | |
quayside in the middle of Glasgow, and we are now on the bridge, a | :29:52. | :29:56. | |
fantastic backdrop. If you have not had a look at it, that is the | :29:57. | :30:05. | |
Allianz Arena of Glasgow, it kind of changes, the one in the middle, | :30:06. | :30:08. | |
which changes colour depending on what kind of concert or sporting | :30:09. | :30:13. | |
occasion is taking place. That is soon to host the boxing finals, as | :30:14. | :30:16. | |
well as the netball finals. Next to it, affectionately known as the | :30:17. | :30:24. | |
Armadillo, officially the Clyde Auditorium. Two lifting competitions | :30:25. | :30:29. | |
for the 2014 Commonwealth Games, powerlifting and weightlifting. And | :30:30. | :30:33. | |
I suppose the one structure that overlooks everything here is the | :30:34. | :30:38. | |
crane, there it is, hugely impressive, actually, it is my first | :30:39. | :30:44. | |
time in Glasgow for at least 20 years. It is one of only 11 | :30:45. | :30:49. | |
cantilever cranes in the world. In fact, there are four of them | :30:50. | :30:52. | |
alongside the River Clyde in itself. And then the bridge, just behind | :30:53. | :31:02. | |
us. And it is a fantastic day two for Glasgow 2014. These are the | :31:03. | :31:07. | |
pictures from above Kelvingrove, the people's Palace actually, Vasco once | :31:08. | :31:12. | |
again bathed in sunshine. It is a fantastic occasion. -- Glasgow. This | :31:13. | :31:19. | |
is Glasgow Green, the biggest public park in the city of Glasgow. | :31:20. | :31:24. | |
Kelvingrove for the bowling is just there, you can see the university | :31:25. | :31:27. | |
building, the gallery and art museum, a fantastic backdrop for the | :31:28. | :31:32. | |
lawn bowls. If anybody is on the way up, it is picturesque, to say the | :31:33. | :31:37. | |
least. Time now to catch the latest news updates, all you need to know | :31:38. | :31:41. | |
in 60 seconds. And it's about time | :31:42. | :31:47. | |
that I did something about that. Hi, we'll get you back to the Games | :31:48. | :31:59. | |
after the headlines in 60 seconds. Three-year-old Mikaeel Kular's | :32:00. | :32:25. | |
badly beaten body was found in woodland | :32:26. | :32:27. | |
near Kirkcaldy in January. Today his mother Rosdeep | :32:28. | :32:29. | |
admitted killing him. His disappearance prompted | :32:30. | :32:30. | |
a huge police search. You might not feel any richer, | :32:31. | :32:32. | |
but the economy's booming. before the global financial crash | :32:33. | :32:34. | |
six years ago. David Cameron's called the trend | :32:35. | :32:38. | |
a milestone. Welsh hurdler Rhys Williams | :32:39. | :32:40. | |
is out of the Commonwealth Games He says he's not knowingly taken | :32:41. | :32:43. | |
a banned substance. Williams was co-captain | :32:44. | :32:47. | |
of Team Wales. Tulisa's been convicted | :32:48. | :32:49. | |
of assaulting a celebrity blogger. She hit Savvas Morgan at the | :32:50. | :32:52. | |
V Festival in Essex last year. And a bit of dancing | :32:53. | :32:55. | |
and riding a bike. Yes, even the royals | :32:56. | :32:59. | |
filmed themselves for an exhibition | :33:00. | :33:01. | |
about the royal childhood. You're up to date, | :33:02. | :33:07. | |
so back to Manish in Glasgow. Yeah, I am looking for | :33:08. | :33:18. | |
a Prince Charming. I don't think I'm ugly, but I don't | :33:19. | :33:20. | |
think I'm, like, really pretty. I say, "You've got something | :33:21. | :33:24. | |
on your bum." "Really?" And I say, Hello there, welcome back to BBC | :33:25. | :34:24. | |
Three's live coverage of Glasgow 2014, and fabulous day here in | :34:25. | :34:30. | |
Scotland. The sun is shining once again, there are reports the weather | :34:31. | :34:34. | |
will turn in the next 24 hours, but the people are out, whether they are | :34:35. | :34:38. | |
Scottish, tourists, or indeed the athletes mingling around in the city | :34:39. | :34:42. | |
centre. As far as they are concerned, they are having a | :34:43. | :34:46. | |
terrific time. We have been reporting from the drama of London | :34:47. | :34:50. | |
2012, the boxing event back in the excel Arena. I have been looking | :34:51. | :34:54. | |
2012, the boxing event back in the forward to seeing more boxing at the | :34:55. | :34:56. | |
Commonwealth Games, and it is all happening at the FCC -- SECC | :34:57. | :35:10. | |
Precinct, which is hosting six ports, including the boxing. Our | :35:11. | :35:20. | |
next bout is Lewis Benson of Scotland, and ringside as Richie | :35:21. | :35:22. | |
Woodhall and Ron McIntosh. So the opening bell sounds in the 69 | :35:23. | :35:36. | |
kilograms welterweight contest. It is between Scotland's first | :35:37. | :35:40. | |
representative in the boxing tournament so far, the first | :35:41. | :35:42. | |
Scottish boxer in the ring, wearing blue, fighting out of the orthodox | :35:43. | :35:49. | |
stance, Lewis Benson, 22 years of age, and his opponent wearing red, | :35:50. | :35:55. | |
25 years of age from Christchurch, New Zealand, Bowyn Morgan, making | :35:56. | :36:05. | |
his first appearance at a Commonwealth Games. He went on to | :36:06. | :36:12. | |
win the first of four consecutive national titles. All at 69 | :36:13. | :36:17. | |
kilograms, the most dominant boxer in his nation, here he is making his | :36:18. | :36:21. | |
Commonwealth Games debut against a home fighter who got hit with a good | :36:22. | :36:29. | |
left hand. Benson has got the height and reach, and he has got to use | :36:30. | :36:33. | |
that to good effect, jab, right hand as his opponent comes forward. His | :36:34. | :36:38. | |
opponent is more compact. It is important that boxes in the centre | :36:39. | :36:43. | |
of the ring, rather than back onto the ropes. If he can do that, keep | :36:44. | :36:48. | |
the punches nice and straight and long, he shouldn't have too much | :36:49. | :36:52. | |
trouble against this Kiwi boxer, who is easier to hit going forward. But | :36:53. | :36:57. | |
Benson has got to stick to long-range tactics here. Four | :36:58. | :37:01. | |
successive national titles for Bowyn Morgan. Lewis Benson almost | :37:02. | :37:07. | |
replicated that, a looping right hand over the top there. He has | :37:08. | :37:13. | |
taken national titles for the past three years, Benson, only one of | :37:14. | :37:20. | |
them at 69 kilograms. His first two, in 2012 and 2013, came in the 64 | :37:21. | :37:24. | |
kilograms light-welterweight division. Recently moved up to 69, | :37:25. | :37:28. | |
where he contested the World Championships in Baku in Kaz extant | :37:29. | :37:34. | |
last year. He looks comfortable at the wait here. -- Kazakhstan. That | :37:35. | :37:43. | |
is a punch that he can target, but the jab is the main weapon for | :37:44. | :37:49. | |
Benson. He has to move to the side, rather than being pushed back. Stay | :37:50. | :37:53. | |
in the centre of the ring, controlled the ring space at little | :37:54. | :37:54. | |
bit better. Inside the final 30 seconds of this | :37:55. | :38:06. | |
opening round. There you see the contrast in physics up close, the | :38:07. | :38:10. | |
tall, lean, rangy physique of Lewis Benson. -- physiques. Far more | :38:11. | :38:21. | |
compact and muscular figure of Bowyn Morgan, who was trying to use that | :38:22. | :38:25. | |
muscularity to walk away at close quarters. There is the bell. That | :38:26. | :38:31. | |
concludes this opening round, what a round of applause Lewis Benson is | :38:32. | :38:34. | |
receiving as he makes his way back to the corner. | :38:35. | :38:42. | |
Not too bad a first round from Benson, you can see he is a little | :38:43. | :38:49. | |
bit nervous, but he has got the tools to win this contest. Back in a | :38:50. | :38:52. | |
straight line, a bad position to be in, but he got better as the round | :38:53. | :38:57. | |
went on, starting to box at range, punching long. Nice little left | :38:58. | :39:03. | |
lock, but then he is caught. A better one -to coming back, he has | :39:04. | :39:06. | |
to hit and move, maintain the gap, concentrate on boxing at distance | :39:07. | :39:15. | |
without panicking. -- 1-2. All three of the judges have favoured the | :39:16. | :39:20. | |
long-range boxing of Benson over the aggressive style of Morgan, he has | :39:21. | :39:27. | |
taken it unanimously. That is encouraging, because the judges are | :39:28. | :39:32. | |
appreciating that style of boxing. Into the second round we go, then, | :39:33. | :39:36. | |
Bowyn Morgan will be aware that he is trailing. He has come out | :39:37. | :39:43. | |
charging hard and fast to begin this second session. It is all about | :39:44. | :39:47. | |
getting the timing right here. This fella is just going to keep coming | :39:48. | :39:52. | |
forward, Morgan. He knows he is behind, he is marauding forward, but | :39:53. | :39:56. | |
he is quite easy to heed if you get your timing right. It is all about | :39:57. | :40:01. | |
timing, good foot movement. Demonstrating its beautifully right | :40:02. | :40:05. | |
now, the art of hitting without being hit, Lewis Benson. Lovely. He | :40:06. | :40:12. | |
said on social media that his face is too pretty to take punches, and | :40:13. | :40:18. | |
he is defending it right... Oh, what a shot! That puts Benson in trouble. | :40:19. | :40:23. | |
He says he is OK, but that is the danger when fighting a marauding | :40:24. | :40:27. | |
aggressor like Bowyn Morgan. He can get in and wreak havoc. If you take | :40:28. | :40:33. | |
shots like that, that is how your face becomes ugly. He has got to | :40:34. | :40:37. | |
move, and still low, back onto the ropes. Get off the ropes, stay in | :40:38. | :40:42. | |
the ring space, box at distance. Moved to the side! Fuchs really | :40:43. | :40:48. | |
thundering in from Bowyn Morgan, who as closed the distance. -- hooks. | :40:49. | :40:56. | |
Benson tux up his right hand. Just holding on to allow his head to | :40:57. | :41:01. | |
clear, Lewis Benson. Still half of the round to negotiate, just under | :41:02. | :41:09. | |
one minute 30 to go. A good stiff right hand from Benson, not too bad, | :41:10. | :41:13. | |
but he has to be more accurate with his jab. | :41:14. | :41:19. | |
Trying to encourage the first Scottish man in the rain in these | :41:20. | :41:28. | |
Commonwealth Games. -- the ring. Good right hand over the top from | :41:29. | :41:32. | |
Morgan once again, and that reverberated all the way around this | :41:33. | :41:41. | |
arena and brought an audible ooh from the crowd, and the late | :41:42. | :41:43. | |
movement of Benson is a little unsteady with just a minute to go in | :41:44. | :41:47. | |
this round, and Morgan is encouraged, waging war, targeting | :41:48. | :41:52. | |
the head and body of Benson. He has not got the strength to keep his man | :41:53. | :41:56. | |
at bay, and the body shots are taking their toll, they have slowed | :41:57. | :42:00. | |
him down. Movement is so important from Benson. Lewis Benson started | :42:01. | :42:13. | |
effectively, petting and moving. He is back at long range. Ten seconds. | :42:14. | :42:21. | |
This one-minute interval will be welcome respite for Lewis Benson to | :42:22. | :42:30. | |
get his thoughts back together. He concludes that second round, he | :42:31. | :42:34. | |
thinks he has done enough to take it. And this was how he didn't. | :42:35. | :42:46. | |
Morgan, coming forward. -- that -- did it. He messes that with his | :42:47. | :42:53. | |
right hand, and the left court Benson. When he is boxing at Grange, | :42:54. | :43:01. | |
keeping straight, he knocks is much better. He is allowing his man too | :43:02. | :43:10. | |
much on the inside. -- he knocks is much better. -- boxes. So, we have | :43:11. | :43:23. | |
got parity after two rounds. One round each. Morgan is going to come | :43:24. | :43:29. | |
in here like a steam train for this last round. The third and final | :43:30. | :43:35. | |
round is underway. And this contest is for grabs. What style will | :43:36. | :43:40. | |
prevail? The long-range sharpshooting of Lewis Benson or the | :43:41. | :43:46. | |
front hooded aggression of Bowyn Morgan? Contrasting styles. This is | :43:47. | :43:53. | |
where he got himself into trouble previously, touching the ropes. | :43:54. | :44:03. | |
Lewis Benson has two very his movement, he must switch direction | :44:04. | :44:08. | |
but stay in the centre and keep those punches straight. He gets | :44:09. | :44:15. | |
caught out again. That low, left hand of Lewis Benson. And the | :44:16. | :44:21. | |
punches from Bowyn Morgan are producing inside that reverberates | :44:22. | :44:32. | |
around the ring. He is being put to the test during this third round. | :44:33. | :44:36. | |
Just over one minute gone. Bowyn Morgan, unloading with heavy | :44:37. | :44:44. | |
leather. Lewis Benson is struggling to establish his rhythm. This is | :44:45. | :44:50. | |
better from Lewis Benson, straight shots, get the timing right, do not | :44:51. | :44:56. | |
panic. That is a dangerous position. He has to move. We're just past the | :44:57. | :45:02. | |
halfway stage of this third and final round. Lewis Benson trying to | :45:03. | :45:09. | |
get back to long range. He dipped his knees slightly and went just | :45:10. | :45:17. | |
above the belt line. Morgan, in possible to the chair. He is | :45:18. | :45:30. | |
comparatively short armed. -- to deter. Good left hand again. His | :45:31. | :45:36. | |
punching is having a significant effect. Morgan is less effective, he | :45:37. | :45:47. | |
has to give those punches long and straight. -- keep those. This | :45:48. | :45:56. | |
contest is still up for grabs. They break free of that clench. Morgan | :45:57. | :46:04. | |
continuing to come forward. Inside the final 20 seconds. The | :46:05. | :46:09. | |
continuing to come forward. Inside could well be determined in these | :46:10. | :46:14. | |
closing moments. And again. He has gathered some momentum. He must keep | :46:15. | :46:23. | |
his guard up. The final ten seconds. Lewis Benson has had a string of | :46:24. | :46:30. | |
successful shots. Bowyn Morgan was less effective in the closing | :46:31. | :46:33. | |
moments with his aggression. Morgan thinks he has done enough. How will | :46:34. | :46:41. | |
those judges see this? It was even coming into the final round. Benson | :46:42. | :46:47. | |
did better in the last round. In the last minute, he managed to box at | :46:48. | :46:52. | |
Grange much better and he kept his man at range. -- at range. This is | :46:53. | :47:07. | |
very close indeed. Would you appreciate someone going forward and | :47:08. | :47:14. | |
looking to win on the front foot? Ladies and gentlemen, after three | :47:15. | :47:24. | |
rounds, we have a split decision. The winner, in the red corner... And | :47:25. | :47:38. | |
your appreciation for Lewis Benson, representing Scotland. Lewis Benson | :47:39. | :47:44. | |
acknowledging the cry, his Commonwealth Games tournament comes | :47:45. | :47:48. | |
to an end, courtesy of the man who is holding the ropes. Bowyn Morgan, | :47:49. | :47:54. | |
the winner honest but decision. Two of the judges favoured his style. It | :47:55. | :48:01. | |
was that type of contest. One round each going into the final round. Nip | :48:02. | :48:06. | |
and tuck final round. That is just how close it was. Disappointment for | :48:07. | :48:18. | |
the home interest in the boxing. These are the Commonwealth Games | :48:19. | :48:21. | |
where you can take your pick as to what you watch in terms of all the | :48:22. | :48:25. | |
various sports on offer. If you switch across to BBC One, this is | :48:26. | :48:31. | |
what they have. The badminton. Gary, Hazel and Clare are broadcasting | :48:32. | :48:37. | |
from that building. It does look like an overgrown sauna! They are at | :48:38. | :48:42. | |
the top of a tower for the output from BBC One. On the Red Button you | :48:43. | :48:49. | |
can get the boxing for the best part of day number two. We saw there was | :48:50. | :48:54. | |
Benson coming second in his contest and he is from Edinburgh. Compared | :48:55. | :48:59. | |
to some of the other athletes who are here at Glasgow, he had to make | :49:00. | :49:04. | |
a relatively short journey. But spare a thought for the shooters and | :49:05. | :49:09. | |
athletes who have come from the tiny Pacific island of St Helena. | :49:10. | :49:14. | |
Katherine Grainger went to meet them. | :49:15. | :49:23. | |
I am at Glasgow airport for one of the busiest days for Commonwealth | :49:24. | :49:30. | |
Games arrivals. I will meet one very special team. We leave on the 11th | :49:31. | :49:44. | |
of July, we get to Cape Town on the 16th of July and we fly from Cape | :49:45. | :49:48. | |
Town to Amsterdam and then Glasgow. This is the first trip? No, I have | :49:49. | :50:22. | |
been away some other times, twice to the previous games. We had a good | :50:23. | :50:37. | |
night last night. We had a couple of games. Where are you going tonight? | :50:38. | :51:08. | |
The cocktail party! NAFU hours we will be docking in Cape Town so we | :51:09. | :51:13. | |
will see in Glasgow in a couple of days. -- in a few hours. Fellow! | :51:14. | :51:26. | |
Welcome to Scotland! -- hello. How was the journey? You are smiling! | :51:27. | :51:32. | |
Are you excited? Ten days to get here and the competition starts? | :51:33. | :51:39. | |
Shooting is on the 25th of July. Good luck with everything. And enjoy | :51:40. | :51:47. | |
your time in Scotland. The Commonwealth Games only lasts 11 | :51:48. | :51:51. | |
days so they are going to spend almost twice as long getting here | :51:52. | :51:55. | |
and getting back home. If they can get the competition right, it is all | :51:56. | :52:02. | |
worth it. Good to see them here safely and we | :52:03. | :52:07. | |
wish them well. There are competitions going on outside of | :52:08. | :52:12. | |
Glasgow and the shooting around to some of those others. -- we are | :52:13. | :52:19. | |
shooting. At Carnoustie, at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre, that | :52:20. | :52:23. | |
is where the shooting competition has been taking place. Skeet started | :52:24. | :52:40. | |
today. Here is a guide. Shot gun requires competitors to fire at | :52:41. | :52:45. | |
moving targets, desks which are made of pitch and truck. These are | :52:46. | :52:48. | |
launched into the air in different directions from the trap. The | :52:49. | :52:53. | |
targets are released on or after the command from the shooter. The head | :52:54. | :52:57. | |
is declared with at least one visible piece of clay is seen to | :52:58. | :53:03. | |
fall. The targets or 11 centimetres in diameter and a travel at a speed | :53:04. | :53:08. | |
of 60 mph. In all shotgun events the shooter must be standing with both | :53:09. | :53:12. | |
hands supporting the gun. In Glasgow there are three separate shotgun | :53:13. | :53:17. | |
events. Skeet, trap and double trap. In skeet, one or two different clays | :53:18. | :53:23. | |
are launched a different heights. One just over three metres and the | :53:24. | :53:27. | |
other over one metre. Any trap, shooters fire at single ones lost | :53:28. | :53:31. | |
from 50 metres in front of them. They get to shots per target in | :53:32. | :53:36. | |
qualification but only one of them in the final. In the double trap, | :53:37. | :53:42. | |
they stand 50 metres away while two are launched simultaneously. The | :53:43. | :53:46. | |
shooters have one shot at each clay. In all events, the top six from the | :53:47. | :53:50. | |
qualification and fans to the semifinals. -- advance. Those are | :53:51. | :53:58. | |
the rules but in terms of the venue, it is at Carnoustie. At the Barry | :53:59. | :54:04. | |
Buddon Shooting Centre. And we can join David Currie. All eyes today or | :54:05. | :54:12. | |
on the England teenage sensation and Young personality of the year | :54:13. | :54:16. | |
winner, Amber Hill. It has been eventful for her? Yes, you could say | :54:17. | :54:27. | |
that. She has been eliminated from the competition in dramatic | :54:28. | :54:30. | |
circumstances. Nine shooters in the qualifying round go down to six of | :54:31. | :54:35. | |
them in the semifinal and she had a shoot out which involved her fellow | :54:36. | :54:41. | |
competitor from England, Sarah Gray. At that stage, Amber Hill, the world | :54:42. | :54:44. | |
record-holder, was eliminated and out of the competition. Tell us who | :54:45. | :54:55. | |
actually made it through. Sarah Gray from England is there and the only | :54:56. | :54:59. | |
other British shooter is Elena Allen from Wales. She is Russian born. A | :55:00. | :55:05. | |
world bronze medallist and tipped by many to pick up a medal. Perhaps | :55:06. | :55:09. | |
bronze or silver but possibly even gold. | :55:10. | :55:10. | |
many to pick up a medal. Perhaps bronze or silver And one of the big | :55:11. | :55:14. | |
personalities in the world of target shooting. Laura and Mark, three-time | :55:15. | :55:21. | |
gold medallist. If you Google her, the eyes will pop from your head! | :55:22. | :55:36. | |
The final is just about to get underway. I will put my earplugs in | :55:37. | :55:44. | |
if I can find them and leave you in the good hands of our commentator | :55:45. | :55:55. | |
Alex Smith. The semifinal and final is about to get underway but let me | :55:56. | :55:59. | |
introduced you to the six semifinalists. First of all, from | :56:00. | :56:05. | |
Wales, a warm welcome to Elena Allen. | :56:06. | :56:14. | |
She earned her position in these E final in a shoot off. From Cyprus, | :56:15. | :56:37. | |
Andri Eleftheriou. From Australia, Lauryn Mark. | :56:38. | :56:43. | |
And also representing Australia, Laura Coles. She was the top | :56:44. | :56:55. | |
qualifier. From India, are teasing row. -- are teasing row. | :56:56. | :57:03. | |
The referee in charge is John McIntyre. | :57:04. | :57:24. | |
Time for the action to get underway. The formalities are out of | :57:25. | :57:31. | |
the way and we are preparing for the competition to commence. They will | :57:32. | :57:41. | |
be doing so on station three. They will use station three, four and | :57:42. | :57:47. | |
five and then back to station for. There will be two doubles from each | :57:48. | :57:53. | |
station. The high house first and then the low house. In the second | :57:54. | :57:59. | |
double, the low house first and then the high house. It is a repeat of | :58:00. | :58:05. | |
that sequence on all four stations. Elena Allen gets down with one | :58:06. | :58:11. | |
double out of the way, two from two. This is a total out of 16, remember. | :58:12. | :58:20. | |
Now for the low house. And it is a no target as only one appeared. That | :58:21. | :58:25. | |
sometimes occurs. These are special flash targets containing and a | :58:26. | :58:31. | |
luminous pink powder that makes it easier to see the break. So she now | :58:32. | :58:43. | |
has four from four. Sarah Gray now, she got into this through a shoot | :58:44. | :58:53. | |
off. High house first. And comfortably takes that first pair. | :58:54. | :59:00. | |
Very comfortable indeed. Now for the second double. This time the low | :59:01. | :59:13. | |
house target first. They was a tiny puff of dust on that but it has been | :59:14. | :59:20. | |
given as a lost bird soap she is three from four. Andri Eleftheriou | :59:21. | :59:34. | |
now from Cyprus. Two from two. The second double as she turns to the | :59:35. | :59:41. | |
low house target which has to be shot first. | :59:42. | :59:47. | |
And she does so, so four from four. Now to Lauryn Mark of Australia. | :59:48. | :00:04. | |
There is a delay of anything to three seconds after the call, around | :00:05. | :00:20. | |
the lake, the computer selects the time interval. -- a random delay. | :00:21. | :00:37. | |
And a clean double again. Four from four, very tight at this stage of | :00:38. | :00:43. | |
this semifinal. Laura Coles was the highest placed qualifier but that | :00:44. | :00:49. | |
reflects nothing in the order. The scores are back to zero now. | :00:50. | :00:57. | |
The glasses being used here are to highlight the target against the | :00:58. | :01:08. | |
background, the tint highlights the luminescent orange, particularly | :01:09. | :01:17. | |
against a green background. Just takes it but that is enough so four | :01:18. | :01:25. | |
from four. Now Arti Singh Rao from India. The last to test this | :01:26. | :01:32. | |
station. Two cartridges income gun closed, | :01:33. | :01:44. | |
ready to call. Four from four for Arti Singh Rao as | :01:45. | :02:01. | |
well and now they move to station for and the same sequence again. | :02:02. | :02:06. | |
There we have the rankings. All even apart from Sarah Gray who is just | :02:07. | :02:16. | |
one target behind. It is the same sequence again, two doubles, high | :02:17. | :02:28. | |
house first. Elena Allen of Wales. Now another double. | :02:29. | :02:41. | |
And one bird down. She now has seven out of a possible eight as Sarah | :02:42. | :02:50. | |
Gray takes the stand. Now the second double four Sarah, | :02:51. | :03:02. | |
from station four. Four from four on that station. | :03:03. | :03:38. | |
Andri Eleftheriou now. First double dispatched, now for the second. The | :03:39. | :03:47. | |
low house first and she turns to see that exit first and then had to turn | :03:48. | :03:56. | |
to face the high house target. And puts one down. Three from four on | :03:57. | :04:05. | |
that station for her. Now Lauryn Mark. The first of her two doubles | :04:06. | :04:16. | |
on station four. She is wearing a lighter shade of glasses than the | :04:17. | :04:24. | |
other shooters. The first of that double put down. Now the second | :04:25. | :04:33. | |
double, this time turning to the low house first. | :04:34. | :04:48. | |
Another single bird down so that has been an expensive station, two | :04:49. | :04:57. | |
targets lost. Now Laura Coles, also from Australia. The first of her | :04:58. | :05:05. | |
doubles. Looking towards the high house. And she misses the first | :05:06. | :05:14. | |
target. There is enormous pressure in a competition of this standing. | :05:15. | :05:19. | |
Many competitors say that this is tougher than World Cups and World | :05:20. | :05:23. | |
Championships, there is great expectation, the pressure of | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
competition really builds. They have shot these targets thousands of | :05:29. | :05:34. | |
times before. And she makes it clean on that last double. The nerves | :05:35. | :05:44. | |
probably impacting on everyone so far with those missed targets. | :05:45. | :05:55. | |
Arti Singh Rao now facing her second double on station four, she has not | :05:56. | :06:05. | |
dropped a target yet in this competition. As she does that time, | :06:06. | :06:14. | |
just let's one go. The field now is pretty well even with just Lauryn | :06:15. | :06:24. | |
Mark one target behind. The rest of the field locked even. Now to | :06:25. | :06:29. | |
station number five and again it is two doubles with the high house | :06:30. | :06:32. | |
target first. Now for the high house to target to | :06:33. | :06:45. | |
be the first of this double. And Elena Allen puts down one, her | :06:46. | :07:03. | |
second lower case miss of this semifinal. Sarah Gray now. Low house | :07:04. | :07:08. | |
target first. And she puts down one. Now for the second double. She | :07:09. | :07:24. | |
cleans up that double. Now the first 44 Andri Eleftheriou. | :07:25. | :07:55. | |
-- the first double four Andri Eleftheriou. | :07:56. | :08:04. | |
And successfully cleans up the second double. Lauryn Mark now. | :08:05. | :08:32. | |
And she puts down the high house target. Now in this double, facing | :08:33. | :08:44. | |
the high house first. And she misses the high so that has | :08:45. | :08:53. | |
been an expensive round, two down. Laura Coles. As we approach the | :08:54. | :09:03. | |
three quarters mark. Laura Coles makes no mistake with | :09:04. | :09:26. | |
the low house double, now for the double with the high house target | :09:27. | :09:28. | |
first. And another clean two. Now for Arti | :09:29. | :09:39. | |
Singh Rao. And she drops the second of that | :09:40. | :10:06. | |
pair. And another one down. That is what | :10:07. | :10:32. | |
the pressure cooker of the semifinal does. Onto the four targets. We just | :10:33. | :10:56. | |
have two from 11. This is Elena Allen from Wales. She drops one. | :10:57. | :11:17. | |
Makes sure of that pair. That takes her total out of the 16 to 13. The | :11:18. | :11:32. | |
16 to 13. 13 from 16. Now from England, Sarah Gray. She drops one. | :11:33. | :11:51. | |
She needs to claim the stubble. -- this double. And she does. Also 13 | :11:52. | :12:07. | |
from 16 for Sarah Gray. Now Andri Eleftheriou from Cyprus. Two doubles | :12:08. | :12:20. | |
from this station. High first. And that is a double loss. That will | :12:21. | :12:28. | |
weigh heavily on the result. Now she has a second double to go but that | :12:29. | :12:36. | |
has been a very expensive miss for her. It will bring her back to the | :12:37. | :12:49. | |
pack. And she drops another. This is what the pressure of games | :12:50. | :12:57. | |
competition does. 12 from 16 now. She was in a position to take the | :12:58. | :13:12. | |
lead. Lauryn Mark of Australia. And she drops one. She throws the shell | :13:13. | :13:17. | |
into the basket. After the second double. The best she can hope for, | :13:18. | :13:31. | |
and that is a double miss, that is a huge disappointment for her. To | :13:32. | :13:41. | |
finish the station. Just nine from 16 for Lauryn Mark. Now Laura Coles | :13:42. | :13:55. | |
who was actually the top qualifier. Clean. This double would put her | :13:56. | :14:16. | |
equal in the lead. If she takes the low house double, it would put her | :14:17. | :14:27. | |
in the lead. And she does. 15 from 16 for Laura Coles. That is a big | :14:28. | :14:38. | |
semifinal. Arti Singh Rao from India. She puts down one. Not happy | :14:39. | :14:52. | |
with that result. Now the last double of the semifinal. APPLAUSE | :14:53. | :15:08. | |
. And a convincing way to finish. And we will have a clear leader but | :15:09. | :15:16. | |
there will be a shoot off to determine who will go into the medal | :15:17. | :15:21. | |
matches. We have a tie that must be broken to determine who goes into | :15:22. | :15:30. | |
the bronze medal match. Elena Allen and Sarah Gray are going to shoot | :15:31. | :15:36. | |
off to determine who will join Laura Coles in that medal match. Laura | :15:37. | :15:42. | |
Coles has to wait while the other placings are determined. Laura Coles | :15:43. | :15:53. | |
is to target out in front at 15 out of 16. We have a shoot off to | :15:54. | :15:58. | |
resolve who else can contest the medal matches. Sarah Gray. The shoot | :15:59. | :16:18. | |
off will be between Arti Singh Rao of India and Andri Eleftheriou from | :16:19. | :16:33. | |
Cyprus. We need to did determine who will go into the gold medal match | :16:34. | :16:37. | |
and we need to eliminate one to go into the bronze medal match. The | :16:38. | :16:54. | |
shoot off will be conducted in the same sequence as the semifinal. They | :16:55. | :17:01. | |
will be starting on station three. It should get underway immediately. | :17:02. | :17:11. | |
So the sequence of events is the shoot off to resolve the positions, | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
then the bronze medal match, followed by the gold, silver medal | :17:17. | :17:21. | |
match. They are going for 16 targets. The shoot of, however, is | :17:22. | :17:25. | |
sudden death. The referee is conferring now. Now, | :17:26. | :18:03. | |
this is the first time that these new rules have been shot at the | :18:04. | :18:06. | |
Commonwealth Games. They were only brought into play at the end of the | :18:07. | :18:11. | |
London Olympic Games. It is the first time that the qualification | :18:12. | :18:17. | |
scores did not carry through as an aggregate into the finals. Up until | :18:18. | :18:24. | |
the 1st of January 2013, it was an aggregate scoring system. The jury | :18:25. | :18:30. | |
members are checking the scores to make sure that what you can see on | :18:31. | :18:34. | |
the scoreboard tallies with what they have written down. Obviously, | :18:35. | :18:40. | |
these are anxious moments for the athletes. They have to go through | :18:41. | :18:48. | |
this procedure to make sure that both scorecards tally with the | :18:49. | :18:54. | |
electronic scorecard. In a minute or two we should be back under way. The | :18:55. | :18:59. | |
way it works, we will start from the bottom. The first shoot off will be | :19:00. | :19:06. | |
between Arti Singh Rao of India and Andri Eleftheriou from Cyprus. | :19:07. | :19:10. | |
Afterwards, we will have the play-off to decide who goes into the | :19:11. | :19:14. | |
gold medal match. The first shoot off will be to determine who makes | :19:15. | :19:27. | |
up the bronze medal shoot. There is a break in proceedings. Bringers of | :19:28. | :19:36. | |
the speed exactly what happening in Carnoustie. -- bring us up to speed. | :19:37. | :19:48. | |
We have one woman definitely through to the final, Laura Coles of | :19:49. | :19:53. | |
Australia. She is into the gold medal match. We have a play-off to | :19:54. | :20:02. | |
determine, I say a shoot off, to determine who goes into that | :20:03. | :20:09. | |
gold-medal match. There will definitely be a British athlete in | :20:10. | :20:14. | |
that. Before that, we have a shoot off between Andri Eleftheriou of | :20:15. | :20:25. | |
Cyprus and arty rousing of India -- Arti Singh Rao from India. The crowd | :20:26. | :20:34. | |
here has been treated to a real afternoon of drama and it is a | :20:35. | :20:38. | |
learning experience for many of us here is a learning experience for | :20:39. | :20:46. | |
many of us here this this is due to a change in rules this afternoon. It | :20:47. | :20:56. | |
certainly is making it a much more interesting than when the scores | :20:57. | :21:01. | |
were carried forward from qualification. At the semifinal | :21:02. | :21:06. | |
stage, everything is turned back to zero and drama is practically | :21:07. | :21:14. | |
unlimited. For now, David, thank you very much indeed. Let's head back to | :21:15. | :21:24. | |
the commentary team. COMMENTATOR: It is in the order so Andri Eleftheriou | :21:25. | :21:31. | |
will be the first to shoot. There will be a double shown and then they | :21:32. | :21:44. | |
will be into it. No. No double show. No target. Nothing emerged. A system | :21:45. | :21:56. | |
reset. Waiting now. For the machinery to be ready. The referee | :21:57. | :22:03. | |
is saying yes. Again, Andri Eleftheriou on the mark, preparing | :22:04. | :22:06. | |
for the first double of the shoot off. So, clean for Andri | :22:07. | :22:29. | |
Eleftheriou. Now, Arti Singh Rao. So it is now another double. Another | :22:30. | :22:35. | |
double, this time with the low house target first. So, the first to miss | :22:36. | :22:49. | |
will be out after the scores at the double R added. So far, locked even. | :22:50. | :23:10. | |
-- are added. And Arti Singh Rao has dropped both targets. That puts | :23:11. | :23:14. | |
Andri Eleftheriou into the bronze medal match. Conrad chill a share | :23:15. | :23:23. | |
and to Andri Eleftheriou who goes through to the bronze medal match. | :23:24. | :23:30. | |
Now we have two determined which of Elena Allen and Sarah Gray will go | :23:31. | :23:43. | |
into the gold-medal match. They have eight shots each. So, now, this | :23:44. | :23:53. | |
determines who will go into the gold-medal match. Elena Allen will | :23:54. | :24:07. | |
shoot first. Now, this shoot off is ready to get underway. So that | :24:08. | :24:31. | |
double dispatched by Elena Allen of Wales. Now, Sarah Gray for her | :24:32. | :24:46. | |
double. And that resolves the shoot off. It will be Elena Allen who goes | :24:47. | :24:52. | |
into the gold-medal match against Laura Coles of Australia. And Sarah | :24:53. | :24:59. | |
Gray will contest the bronze medal match. Please give your | :25:00. | :25:13. | |
congratulations to Elena Allen for making it through to the gold-medal | :25:14. | :25:19. | |
match. APPLAUSE Now the business end gets underway | :25:20. | :25:20. | |
with the bronze medal match. The first match we will be seeing is | :25:21. | :25:38. | |
the bronze medal match between Andri Eleftheriou and Sarah Gray to | :25:39. | :25:42. | |
determine who wins the bronze medal and then it will be the gold medal | :25:43. | :25:46. | |
match between Laura Coles and Elena Allen. The scores are reset to zero | :25:47. | :25:55. | |
for these matches, there will be 16 targets. It is a repeat of the | :25:56. | :26:04. | |
semifinal procedure, the same four stations, stations three, four and | :26:05. | :26:10. | |
five and then back to station five again with a double on each station | :26:11. | :26:13. | |
for both medal matches. The crowd getting enthusiastic and | :26:14. | :26:43. | |
supporting the tension that has been in the air. It is a rum at the tents | :26:44. | :26:48. | |
way of conducting this elimination for the medals -- it is a remarkably | :26:49. | :26:56. | |
tense way. It is not unusual for the top | :26:57. | :27:12. | |
qualifier not to make the medal match but in this case that is not | :27:13. | :27:17. | |
what has happened. We have the top qualifier as the first into the gold | :27:18. | :27:23. | |
medal match. The nerves and pressure often produce upsets. The squad | :27:24. | :27:35. | |
sheet is being too prepared -- being prepared to mark the manual scores. | :27:36. | :27:42. | |
It always takes a little bit of time to do the paperwork. | :27:43. | :27:52. | |
So the competitors are ready. They will be shooting in bib order so | :27:53. | :28:04. | |
Sarah Gray of England will shoot first followed by Andri Eleftheriou | :28:05. | :28:05. | |
of Cyprus. Eleftheriou won the gold medal in | :28:06. | :28:21. | |
the Skeet at the Melbourne games in 2006. She started shooting when she | :28:22. | :28:33. | |
was just nine years of age. She is sitting on the bronze medal flag and | :28:34. | :28:39. | |
that might be the position she ends up in. | :28:40. | :28:54. | |
Sarah Gray readies herself for the first double of this bronze medal | :28:55. | :29:06. | |
match. Onto the mark... Ready, high house target first. And she puts one | :29:07. | :29:19. | |
down. Now the second double. This is 816 target competition again, | :29:20. | :29:27. | |
starting from zero. -- a 16 target competition. And a successful double | :29:28. | :29:40. | |
so three from four for Sarah Gray. Now Andri Eleftheriou, her first | :29:41. | :29:47. | |
double, high house target first. A clean double. Requires a mix of | :29:48. | :29:55. | |
confidence and aggression. And she puts one down so they are | :29:56. | :30:10. | |
locked even after station one, both one down. Moving on to station four. | :30:11. | :30:12. | |
Again, two doubles here. And Sarah Gray drops that first | :30:13. | :30:36. | |
target. She picks up the low house second. Now for the double with the | :30:37. | :30:41. | |
low house first. And successfully dispatches that. | :30:42. | :30:56. | |
Eleftheriou prepares to take the station. Ready for the first double | :30:57. | :31:04. | |
with the high house target coming from her left, the targets do 100 | :31:05. | :31:12. | |
kilometres per hour. She makes it look easy. Incredible gun speed | :31:13. | :31:21. | |
required to pick up that second target and get in front of it. The | :31:22. | :31:27. | |
trigger needs to be pulled well ahead of the target as she drops the | :31:28. | :31:34. | |
second of that double. They are still even, six from eight. Moving | :31:35. | :31:39. | |
now on to station five. The double sequence changes slightly | :31:40. | :31:52. | |
here with the low house target to be shot first. | :31:53. | :31:59. | |
Sarah Gray dispatches that double, now for the second. | :32:00. | :32:04. | |
And that is a double loss, that is expensive. Eight from 12 with four | :32:05. | :32:27. | |
more to go for Sarah Gray. Eleftheriou, two down. And she drops | :32:28. | :32:41. | |
another to make it three down. She needs to be clean on this double to | :32:42. | :32:43. | |
stay ahead of Sarah Gray. Which she does. That moves her to a | :32:44. | :33:00. | |
one target lead going into the final four targets on station four. So | :33:01. | :33:10. | |
this is the last Station, the last four targets of this bronze medal | :33:11. | :33:17. | |
match, the first medal match of the shooting at the Commonwealth Games. | :33:18. | :33:25. | |
She snaps up that first double. Now the last double of the contest with | :33:26. | :33:28. | |
the low house target first. And she does. Taking her to 12 from | :33:29. | :33:51. | |
16. Now Eleftheriou to see if she can retain her lead and take the | :33:52. | :33:55. | |
bronze medal. Four targets remaining. First double dispatched | :33:56. | :34:02. | |
and now just two targets to go. She needs to shoot both to get the medal | :34:03. | :34:11. | |
or they will be able shoot-off. -- there will be. And she does so the | :34:12. | :34:16. | |
bronze medal goes to Andri Eleftheriou of Cyprus. Eight tenths. | :34:17. | :34:24. | |
It was a tense battle with Sarah Gray. | :34:25. | :34:32. | |
Eleftheriou, a big relief now that the competition is over, are huge | :34:33. | :34:43. | |
amount of pressure out there. There she is, she is at last allowed to | :34:44. | :34:55. | |
relax after a tense day. Now for the gold medal match, the battle to | :34:56. | :35:04. | |
determine gold and silver. Between Elena Allen of Wales and Laura Coles | :35:05. | :35:15. | |
of Australia. They will shoot in the order of their bib. | :35:16. | :35:32. | |
All is set now for the gold medal match. | :35:33. | :35:51. | |
And no mistake. A good start for her. Two from two for Elena Allen. | :35:52. | :36:09. | |
And drops the high house target of that pair so she is now one down, | :36:10. | :36:25. | |
three from four. Laura Coles now for her first four targets of this gold | :36:26. | :36:27. | |
medal match. Confident precision. Now the second | :36:28. | :36:34. | |
double. Laura Coles. As we move on to | :36:35. | :37:08. | |
station three and the beautiful blue skies of earlier today are beginning | :37:09. | :37:12. | |
to get overtaken by some fog rolling in from the North Sea, the light is | :37:13. | :37:24. | |
dulling here slightly. Elena Allen cleans up the first double on this | :37:25. | :37:28. | |
station and now another with the low house target to be shot first. | :37:29. | :37:33. | |
station and now another with the low has dulled significantly here in | :37:34. | :37:35. | |
station and now another with the low last few minutes with the fog. She | :37:36. | :37:41. | |
drops the last of that double as well, her second target lost. Now | :37:42. | :37:43. | |
Laura Coles. Those losses can give confidence to | :37:44. | :37:56. | |
a competitor but it can also add further to the pressure. Very | :37:57. | :38:05. | |
confident double from Laura Coles. She has not missed a target yet in | :38:06. | :38:09. | |
this round. Six from six. And another clean double. Eight from | :38:10. | :38:29. | |
eight from Laura Coles at halfway. Eight targets to go as they move to | :38:30. | :38:34. | |
station number five where they shoot another double but this time the | :38:35. | :38:40. | |
first one is a low house target. Elena Allen of Wales, two targets | :38:41. | :38:50. | |
behind Laura Coles. And cleans up that double. Now for the second | :38:51. | :39:05. | |
double on station five. And she is clean on that station. That gives | :39:06. | :39:15. | |
her ten from 12. Laura Coles now, can she retain her lead? She has at | :39:16. | :39:19. | |
two target advantage. Very fast and confident from Laura | :39:20. | :39:34. | |
Coles as the confidence and aggression seems to be building in | :39:35. | :39:40. | |
her now, her speed is increasing. She is obviously seeing the targets | :39:41. | :39:43. | |
extremely confidently. And she puts one down so she still | :39:44. | :39:57. | |
retains a lead of one target at the three quarters mark. This is station | :39:58. | :40:10. | |
for. The last four targets of this medal match. A perfect 44 Elena | :40:11. | :40:38. | |
Allen. And she drops one to move just to targets down. Laura Coles | :40:39. | :40:48. | |
has the pressure on her now. She has two shoot two of these to be level | :40:49. | :41:05. | |
with Elena Allen. So, Laura now has two get one of these to draw even. | :41:06. | :41:15. | |
Two to win it. She has to get both to win it. And she drops one. No! | :41:16. | :41:29. | |
She has won it outright. 14 from 16 for Coles. One target clear of Elena | :41:30. | :41:39. | |
Allen. Laura Coles of Australia with the gold medal. Elena Allen from | :41:40. | :41:42. | |
Wales with the silver medal. The end of a very long day of intense | :41:43. | :41:47. | |
competition. On graduations all-round. -- congratulations all | :41:48. | :42:16. | |
round. I am joined by a lady who narrowly missed out on bronze in the | :42:17. | :42:20. | |
shoot off. Sarah Gray, commiserations. I have had a | :42:21. | :42:28. | |
brilliant day, my first Commonwealth Games. It was tragic but I enjoyed | :42:29. | :42:33. | |
every minute of it. I thought I was going strong, made a couple of | :42:34. | :42:38. | |
mistakes but I thought I had a pretty good final. It is all about | :42:39. | :42:45. | |
minor details. What mistakes did you make? It is getting used to shooting | :42:46. | :42:50. | |
under this much pressure. I am relatively new to it. I dropped one | :42:51. | :42:54. | |
that I wouldn't have normally but I am working on it and it is getting | :42:55. | :43:01. | |
better. Are you talking about the pressure of the packed gallery? It | :43:02. | :43:04. | |
is completely not what we are used to so it takes you a bit getting | :43:05. | :43:11. | |
used to it. It was looking as though it could be a British one and two at | :43:12. | :43:16. | |
one stage. Elena Allen got into the final and it looked like you could | :43:17. | :43:21. | |
be fighting it out for gold. In the end, Laura Coles won it in fantastic | :43:22. | :43:27. | |
fashion. She has had the most amazing day. She hit the biggest | :43:28. | :43:33. | |
fall in qualification and she has an amazing final and she thoroughly | :43:34. | :43:37. | |
deserves the gold. Congratulations on your performance in your first | :43:38. | :43:41. | |
ever Commonwealth Games and commiserations on just missing out | :43:42. | :43:46. | |
on that bronze medal. Now, we have with others Elena Allen. | :43:47. | :43:50. | |
Congratulations on your silver medal. Again, such drama going down | :43:51. | :43:56. | |
to a shoot out at the end. Are you disappointed to miss out on gold? I | :43:57. | :44:03. | |
am delighted to have made it into the gold-medal match. Yes, | :44:04. | :44:08. | |
disappointed to have missed that by one target but a medal is a medal. | :44:09. | :44:12. | |
If you get into the bronze medal match, one person is left with | :44:13. | :44:19. | |
nothing, so at least I have got a medal. I missed by one target. What | :44:20. | :44:27. | |
went wrong? Is it inevitable that you are not going to hit them all? | :44:28. | :44:33. | |
Some days, you do hit them all, it is just life. Thank you very much | :44:34. | :44:38. | |
indeed and congratulations on your silver medal. We almost had a first | :44:39. | :44:44. | |
gold medal for Wales but Elena Allen seems pretty pleased with that first | :44:45. | :44:53. | |
silver medal. Thanks very much. Silver medal for Elena Allen. Well | :44:54. | :45:01. | |
done to her. Let's pay our second visit to the SEC C. Another of the | :45:02. | :45:06. | |
boxing preliminaries. Nothing like the drama of two superheavy waits | :45:07. | :45:15. | |
slugging it out. -- to super heavyweight. He has just realised | :45:16. | :45:22. | |
that he is on TV. Let's find out more from Joe. He has been taken to | :45:23. | :45:29. | |
the ring against Keddy Agnes from the Seychelles. COMMENTATOR: You can | :45:30. | :45:53. | |
just see the contrast in physique. The man from England towering over | :45:54. | :45:58. | |
the man from the Seychelles and that is Keddy Agnes, 28 years of age. If | :45:59. | :46:05. | |
there is a weakness for Joe Joyce it is that occasionally he can beat | :46:06. | :46:13. | |
court cold. In a semifinal at the Olympic Games, there was a problem | :46:14. | :46:17. | |
getting him to the ring. He was stopped in the opening round. In the | :46:18. | :46:23. | |
World Championships at Kazakhstan last year, the same fate befell him | :46:24. | :46:29. | |
again. If he gets through the early stages and warms up and finds his | :46:30. | :46:35. | |
rhythm, he is a nightmare for any opponent to face. He is in terrific | :46:36. | :46:41. | |
condition. He has an engine that really does have to be witnessed to | :46:42. | :46:47. | |
be believed. He has got a terrific engine but in this opening round. He | :46:48. | :46:57. | |
should be boxing more sensibly. He has taken a fewer risks. It would be | :46:58. | :47:03. | |
advisable for Joe to punch straight. That was better, nice and long. Box | :47:04. | :47:11. | |
at range. Don't take risks on the inside. These are bent arm shots | :47:12. | :47:17. | |
coming from Agnes. You have two docks at long range from early on | :47:18. | :47:25. | |
and do not take any risks. A considerable advantageous in terms | :47:26. | :47:31. | |
of height and reach but his brilliant left jab has not been | :47:32. | :47:37. | |
witnessed so it has enabled his opponent Agnes to get into his own | :47:38. | :47:46. | |
punching range. Just keep popping out the jab. Break down your | :47:47. | :47:51. | |
opponent with the jab. Leave a big rap between you and your shorter | :47:52. | :47:55. | |
opponent. These are the instructions for Joe Joyce. That is what they | :47:56. | :48:02. | |
will have said in the corner. Just making the odd mistake. He is an con | :48:03. | :48:07. | |
troll but every now and again Agnes lands those bent arm shots and that | :48:08. | :48:13. | |
should not really be happening. Inside the final 30 seconds of the | :48:14. | :48:19. | |
opening round. Agnes is continuing to throw caution to the wind with | :48:20. | :48:24. | |
short arm punches. That was a good right hand to the body from Joe | :48:25. | :48:29. | |
Joyce. Some of them are landing on target but if Joe Joyce gets at | :48:30. | :48:34. | |
range, it is going to be very difficult for Agnes. Just to close | :48:35. | :48:42. | |
the gap is difficult for Agnes. Joyce has won the round but he has | :48:43. | :48:49. | |
been caught by the odd shot. Moments from this fella were OK. Generally, | :48:50. | :48:57. | |
Joyce was in control but took the odd shot on the inside and he should | :48:58. | :49:01. | |
not really be there on close quarters. He has to concentrate on | :49:02. | :49:07. | |
long-range work. Agnes did really well. That is mainly because Joyce | :49:08. | :49:12. | |
allowed his plan to close the gap. But Joyce won the round for me. All | :49:13. | :49:21. | |
three judges in favour of the man representing England, Joe Joyce | :49:22. | :49:24. | |
taking that round in unanimous fashion. His second applying the | :49:25. | :49:40. | |
petroleum jelly. He was coach of the year past. He has very experienced | :49:41. | :49:48. | |
coaches in his corner. At least he has got the opening round under his | :49:49. | :49:52. | |
belt but there are still improvements to be made. Hard arcing | :49:53. | :49:59. | |
punches being crashed home by Agnes in the early stages. Being warned | :50:00. | :50:03. | |
for punching with the inside of the glove. Joe Joyce not establishing | :50:04. | :50:10. | |
any length or distance with that terrific left jab that he possesses. | :50:11. | :50:16. | |
Allowing Agnes to get into punching range and scoring with shots of his | :50:17. | :50:25. | |
own. Despite being just 20 years of age, Agnes is an experienced boxer | :50:26. | :50:33. | |
in international competitions. He has contested two World | :50:34. | :50:37. | |
Championships, in Azerbaijan in 2011 and the next edition in Kazakhstan | :50:38. | :50:42. | |
last year. The first was at 81 kilograms. In Kazakhstan he was a 91 | :50:43. | :50:50. | |
kilograms box. He has outgrown that weight limit and is now competing at | :50:51. | :50:57. | |
super heavyweight. That is well blocked from Joyce. Agnes is trying | :50:58. | :51:04. | |
to get through with the right hand. Joe, again, walking forward. As we | :51:05. | :51:10. | |
say that, he should not be boxing there but he is getting shown good | :51:11. | :51:16. | |
shots himself. He obviously fancies it. He has got a terrific engine, | :51:17. | :51:23. | |
very strong indeed. Agnes lands the odd shot now and again which is | :51:24. | :51:29. | |
getting the crowd excited. Every shot from Agnes landing with bad | :51:30. | :51:34. | |
intentions and maximum power. He is letting them go from middle and | :51:35. | :51:38. | |
short range. Swinging away with bent arms. There is not enough of them. | :51:39. | :51:46. | |
He does not sustain the attacks. He goes back into his shell. Joe Joyce | :51:47. | :51:56. | |
won't want any of those two include a Sunday punch that puts him in | :51:57. | :52:02. | |
trouble. Joyce in control inside the final minute of the second round. | :52:03. | :52:10. | |
The difference, Agnes is getting a little bit desperate. Joe Joyce is | :52:11. | :52:15. | |
just warming up. He has boxed over five rounds and he is very fit for a | :52:16. | :52:21. | |
super heavyweight. Agnes is now getting a bit desperate and tired. | :52:22. | :52:30. | |
Very inaccurate with his work. Inside the final ten seconds. The | :52:31. | :52:37. | |
way in which this contest has played out, the volume and quality has come | :52:38. | :52:44. | |
from Joyce. Explosive burst of punches from Agnes. Some of which | :52:45. | :52:50. | |
have found a way through the defence of Joe Joyce. But after two rounds, | :52:51. | :52:57. | |
the man from England, he should have done enough to take both rounds. | :52:58. | :53:06. | |
Agnes, the odd shot. Loopholes appearing in his guard. He gets | :53:07. | :53:09. | |
caught with a terrific left hand from Joyce. He is two rounds up. | :53:10. | :53:30. | |
Keeping very calm in his corner. Well, one of the judges are | :53:31. | :53:35. | |
favouring the aggression of Agnes in that second round. Not unanimous | :53:36. | :53:49. | |
fashion in favour of Joyce. The referee now happy. The third and | :53:50. | :53:55. | |
final round begins in the men's super heavyweight division. Joe | :53:56. | :54:06. | |
Joyce, in blue, the current bronze-medallist. In Azerbaijan, he | :54:07. | :54:16. | |
was stopped cold in the first round by a big punching Algerian. He is | :54:17. | :54:23. | |
starting to get into his groove. Could be more accurate with his jab | :54:24. | :54:27. | |
but volume coming from him. The workrate. He has stepped it up. | :54:28. | :54:34. | |
Joyce just continuing to push out left and right. The old 1-to | :54:35. | :54:40. | |
combination. And old and trusted one. -- 1-2 combination. These shots | :54:41. | :54:53. | |
from Joyce are taking the energy out of his opponent. Now he has got to | :54:54. | :55:00. | |
bring the uppercut into play. He has softened up his opponent, measure | :55:01. | :55:03. | |
the distance with the jab and a whip it up right through the middle. A | :55:04. | :55:09. | |
feature of his boxing in World Series boxing, five rounds without a | :55:10. | :55:15. | |
head guard, conditioning possessed by Joe Joyce. The workrate in rounds | :55:16. | :55:21. | |
four and five would leave the opponent is reading, out of gas. | :55:22. | :55:27. | |
Still coming on strong, testing out with left and right. He has only | :55:28. | :55:32. | |
lost against the very best in World Series boxing. 13th ranked in the | :55:33. | :55:41. | |
world at super heavyweight. Brings his championship credentials, a | :55:42. | :55:46. | |
European Championship bronze. That gap in quality has been apparent in | :55:47. | :55:50. | |
this opening contest in the super heavyweight division. He is just | :55:51. | :56:00. | |
getting a little bit of relaxation in his arms and that promotes the | :56:01. | :56:06. | |
speed. You cannot just keep walking around the ring with your hands held | :56:07. | :56:15. | |
high, tight and high. Then your punches go slowly. Get relaxation | :56:16. | :56:25. | |
back and it promotes the speed. Closing moments of this third and | :56:26. | :56:32. | |
final round. He will want to emerge unscathed from a clash of heads or a | :56:33. | :56:37. | |
stray elbow. Having increasing success now. This is the last role | :56:38. | :56:42. | |
of the dice from Agnes. It hasn't been enough to put a dent into the | :56:43. | :56:49. | |
man from Earls third amateur boxing club. It was like watching an older | :56:50. | :57:00. | |
sibling give a younger one a hug after a forlorn attempt to run the | :57:01. | :57:09. | |
other up. Tremendous. Joe Joyce could have gone another three or | :57:10. | :57:12. | |
four rounds. Extremely fit guy. Worked very well indeed. That right | :57:13. | :57:21. | |
uppercut was probably the shot of the round. A terrific punch. Will | :57:22. | :57:36. | |
not be 100% happy, but nevertheless it is a win under his belt. | :57:37. | :58:14. | |
APPLAUSE. Joe Joyce through to the second round of the heavyweight | :58:15. | :58:19. | |
division. He will meet Scotland's Ross Henderson in what will be an | :58:20. | :58:25. | |
intriguing rematch. Barely a flicker of emotion. Agnes outpointed in a | :58:26. | :58:38. | |
significant fashion. He will take no further part. How hard is it | :58:39. | :58:46. | |
fighting someone almost one foot shorter? It was quite hard, | :58:47. | :58:56. | |
different style. You could not slip, keep them along, if they come | :58:57. | :59:11. | |
in, bring it on. Richie Woodhall said he thought he would be happy, | :59:12. | :59:17. | |
but only just. Very much, I started off OK, I got the win, building on | :59:18. | :59:22. | |
the performance, getting better in each bout. That is what I plan on | :59:23. | :59:27. | |
doing. Have you been studying any of the other fights today? What do you | :59:28. | :59:33. | |
think about the strength of the competition? It is all right. It is | :59:34. | :59:41. | |
good to box different boxes. Great weather, great | :59:42. | :59:47. | |
start, congratulations, onto next round. Not quite the towering | :59:48. | :59:56. | |
performance from Joyce. He goes on to face Ross Henderson and | :59:57. | :00:02. | |
Scotland. That takes place on Tuesday. In case you were wondering | :00:03. | :00:08. | |
why he got such a great ovation, it always helps when your dad is a | :00:09. | :00:14. | |
proud Scot! We are entering the early evening of daily two of | :00:15. | :00:19. | |
Glasgow 2014. Great to have you with us, the sun is still shining on all | :00:20. | :00:39. | |
of us. They even sunshine. -- bathed in sunshine, the oldest AT Park in | :00:40. | :00:45. | |
Glasgow. That is the view from the other side to where we are. A huge | :00:46. | :00:54. | |
landmark. As we hit the top of the hour, time three news roundup. | :00:55. | :01:01. | |
I leave the ashram, travel halfway across the world to find my father, | :01:02. | :01:05. | |
Oh, well. As Vashrati says, gotta keep smiling! | :01:06. | :01:13. | |
We don't tend to use the bathroom together here. | :01:14. | :01:15. | |
All right, well, I'll catch you later. | :01:16. | :01:17. | |
This ashram of yours, it might be a cult. | :01:18. | :01:21. | |
I take it back, he's definitely Cuckoo's son. | :01:22. | :01:25. | |
Hi there, you?ll be back to Manish after the headlines in 60 seconds. | :01:26. | :01:40. | |
Three-year-old Mikaeel Kular's badly beaten body was found | :01:41. | :01:43. | |
Today, his mother Rosdeep admitted killing him. | :01:44. | :01:47. | |
His disappearance prompted a huge police search. | :01:48. | :01:48. | |
Welsh hurdler Rhys Williams is out of the Commonwealth Games | :01:49. | :01:51. | |
He says he has not knowingly taken a banned substance. | :01:52. | :01:55. | |
Tulisa has been found guilty of assaulting a celebrity blogger. | :01:56. | :01:59. | |
She hit Savvas Morgan at the V Festival in Essex last year. | :02:00. | :02:03. | |
She says she has outraged and vowed to clear her name. | :02:04. | :02:07. | |
You may not feel any richer, but the economy is booming. | :02:08. | :02:10. | |
It's now bigger than it was before the global financial crash | :02:11. | :02:12. | |
David Cameron's called the trend a milestone. | :02:13. | :02:15. | |
And she spits, passes wind and is 25 feet tall. | :02:16. | :02:18. | |
Grandma is one of three giant puppets invading | :02:19. | :02:19. | |
They're there to tell the story of the city during World War One. | :02:20. | :02:23. | |
We'll update you later, but now let's get you back to | :02:24. | :02:26. | |
Glasgow 2014 at the Pacific Quays. Let's get to the netball, Scotland | :02:27. | :03:27. | |
in hoping to improve their dramatic progress under the new coach. They | :03:28. | :03:33. | |
are taking on St Lucia, already in the first quarter. Let's see if | :03:34. | :03:37. | |
Scotland can get off to a good start. | :03:38. | :03:48. | |
Just taking stock. St Lucia hit the front, 4-3. | :03:49. | :04:05. | |
Good fly from Forbes. Reading the lofted ball across the circle. | :04:06. | :04:22. | |
How is that? Cool and calm. Showing Maxwell. | :04:23. | :04:33. | |
Donald being marked out of court. The captain adding one more. She saw | :04:34. | :05:02. | |
it coming. Fast on the transition, Scotland, good holding | :05:03. | :05:08. | |
it coming. Fast on the transition, position by Gallagher. You heard the | :05:09. | :05:20. | |
groans from the crowd, she has a go. Lizzie MacDonald trying to convince | :05:21. | :05:37. | |
the umpire it is a Scottish ball. Great contests, Samantha Murphy. | :05:38. | :05:47. | |
Samantha Murphy one of the young up-and-coming stars of Scottish | :05:48. | :05:51. | |
netball, working incredible hard in the world youth level last year. She | :05:52. | :06:00. | |
mentions the New Zealand player as her role model. A challenge for the | :06:01. | :06:08. | |
Scottish defence, Maxwell at: Attack, and Lawrenson, St Lucia, the | :06:09. | :06:15. | |
aerial ball, good ball placement affecting them. Smart work. Could | :06:16. | :06:27. | |
not finish it, Gallagher. She let the ball do the walking. That goes | :06:28. | :06:41. | |
through the hands of Maxwell. Connell looking to place the ball to | :06:42. | :06:46. | |
the shooter, great positioning by the St Lucia circle the fence. -- | :06:47. | :06:51. | |
defence. Certainly Connell and Macdonald have | :06:52. | :07:03. | |
played together for more than one decade. For Scotland, a force to be | :07:04. | :07:09. | |
reckoned with when they are both on form. Am I right in saying, | :07:10. | :07:16. | |
MacDonald has 114 tests? Extraordinary. | :07:17. | :07:31. | |
Great ball placement from the youngster, Samantha Murphy. Finding | :07:32. | :07:42. | |
Gallagher, does not miss this time. I think time is called, by Samantha | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
Murphy, the centre for Scotland. Great slow motion. That has drawn | :07:50. | :08:03. | |
Scotland level, 6-6 will -- 6-6. Almost halfway through this first | :08:04. | :08:10. | |
water. Eight opportunities for Scotland, scoring six of those. | :08:11. | :08:18. | |
Murphy on the floor, receiving attention to her leg. Connie Francis | :08:19. | :08:29. | |
making the most of the break to go through a few things with her | :08:30. | :08:42. | |
players. Justin, the goal defence. Let's see if we can catch sight of | :08:43. | :08:47. | |
what happened with Murphy? Hard landing. Right on her knees. She | :08:48. | :08:55. | |
bounces up, but perhaps, halfway through the first quarter, not a bad | :08:56. | :09:01. | |
time to regroup. Possibly a good time for Scotland to rethink, set | :09:02. | :09:10. | |
the game plan. A lot of talking from Gail Perrotta, that is a message | :09:11. | :09:17. | |
going through to the defensive pairing, hold strong. | :09:18. | :09:26. | |
There is a bandage on the knee of Samantha Murphy. She is back with | :09:27. | :09:33. | |
the ball, we resume. Chorizo -- Teresa Prints. Great | :09:34. | :09:59. | |
play, citing that ball early. A good short game being played through to | :10:00. | :10:04. | |
the circle edge by St Lucia. Just readjusting. Watch the dance there. | :10:05. | :10:37. | |
That was a volleyball spiked. -- spike. Murphy with an awful lot of | :10:38. | :10:44. | |
space in the attacking third. Not being tracked. Good response by | :10:45. | :10:50. | |
Gallagher. Scotland hit the front. 7-6. Just under six minutes | :10:51. | :11:05. | |
remaining in the first quarter. Roxanne Snyder goes high to Maxwell. | :11:06. | :11:23. | |
Judie Mathurin is in effect of everything. Scotland need to see | :11:24. | :11:31. | |
where she is, her movements. But the aerial ball through to Lawrenson. | :11:32. | :12:23. | |
Nice build-up, Scotland. Sweet shot from Lynsey Gallagher. Straightaway, | :12:24. | :12:59. | |
they give up the position and now it has gone back the other way. This is | :13:00. | :13:07. | |
fast and furious, this game. Lots of short play. Scotland really working | :13:08. | :13:16. | |
hard, supporting each other but lots of the double play, characteristic | :13:17. | :13:23. | |
New Zealand style coming through from the mid-court. Scotland | :13:24. | :13:39. | |
straightaway wingback possession. Gail Parata is looking calm. Replay | :13:40. | :13:46. | |
of the ball, you cannot have possession of the ball, drop it and | :13:47. | :13:54. | |
then pick it up and play again. Sometimes open to interpretation. | :13:55. | :14:10. | |
The crowd are involved. Rachel Forbes supporting the play well. | :14:11. | :14:16. | |
Good attacking play, using the whip around the circle. Leslie Donald | :14:17. | :14:22. | |
using Samantha Murphy around the circle. Leslie Donald | :14:23. | :14:29. | |
way to the post. Clever play by Lesley MacDonald. Now, scoring | :14:30. | :14:47. | |
quickly and freely. Thumbs up to Leslie Donald. St Lucia desperately | :14:48. | :14:52. | |
need to score one for themselves here. Roxanne Snyder... Maxwell. | :14:53. | :15:11. | |
Ouch, into the post. It is what St Lucia needed. Good defence by St | :15:12. | :15:26. | |
Lucia. That was outstanding by Saphia William. She was just about | :15:27. | :15:29. | |
in the lap of the officials. Just the body alignment. Hayley | :15:30. | :16:01. | |
Mulheron. Costly error. Fabulous ball. That is a good goal for | :16:02. | :16:18. | |
Scotland. Claire Brownie through like a rocket. She was caught as she | :16:19. | :16:24. | |
came through. St Lucia will be aware of the clock situation. Inaccurate | :16:25. | :16:33. | |
feed. Hopefully somebody has their eye on the clock but Scotland. | :16:34. | :16:40. | |
Lesley MacDonald gets the gold. Terrific awareness. Even the | :16:41. | :16:50. | |
defensive players but Scotland were wanting to get it in and get it in | :16:51. | :16:56. | |
now. It was tight at the beginning but then Scotland saddled and have | :16:57. | :17:02. | |
put in some very nice play. -- settled. Just about mixing up the | :17:03. | :17:11. | |
pace and Scotland have started to do that. Interesting attempts at goal. | :17:12. | :17:16. | |
Real difference in the last few minutes. Look at the deflections for | :17:17. | :17:26. | |
Scotland. Ten as opposed to zero, but St Lucia. Little bit of work to | :17:27. | :17:30. | |
do. Connie Francis during this interval. You can see with the tally | :17:31. | :17:45. | |
of turnovers, towing and throwing. Impressive start by this youngster, | :17:46. | :17:49. | |
Lynsey Gallagher. No fear, putting herself out there. Linking well with | :17:50. | :17:56. | |
Linsey Macdonald. This would still be a threat to any defender. -- | :17:57. | :18:05. | |
Lesley MacDonald. I think that was probably one of the best centre past | :18:06. | :18:12. | |
set-ups by Scotland. They got their setup back and then through to | :18:13. | :18:16. | |
Lynsey Gallagher under the post. Gail Parata having plenty to say. | :18:17. | :18:48. | |
She will be pretty pleased at the quarter break. Connie Francis | :18:49. | :18:58. | |
getting her players in close around her. They have had patches where St | :18:59. | :19:08. | |
Lucia have looked good. But Scotland look fast. Absolutely. It is the | :19:09. | :19:16. | |
aerial ball St Lucia are putting in that are affecting Rachel Forbes and | :19:17. | :19:29. | |
Hayley Mulheron. I am sure they will try to stop more of that feed coming | :19:30. | :19:39. | |
through. Great start I Scotland. Treasure on them with the home crowd | :19:40. | :19:41. | |
but they did find their form and structure during the last few | :19:42. | :19:46. | |
minutes of that quarter. Scotland to restart the match. It is the start | :19:47. | :19:47. | |
of the second quarter. There is the new shooter for St | :19:48. | :20:18. | |
Lucia, I am a hip alike. I am surprised she has taken Laurencin | :20:19. | :20:22. | |
art. Yes, she was a threat. Rachel brownie again, supporting. | :20:23. | :20:59. | |
Karin Connell is the main feeder, she is putting good balls through to | :21:00. | :21:04. | |
Lynsey Gallagher. Denise Childs now at centre for St Lucia. Hippolyte | :21:05. | :21:11. | |
had nowhere to go. Maxwell is there to tidy. | :21:12. | :21:37. | |
16-10, Scotland lead. Tricky little bounce pass. Great turn of speed and | :21:38. | :21:50. | |
change of direction by Lynsey Gallagher. Over committing the | :21:51. | :21:53. | |
defender. The shootings switched from Scotland. Lynsey Gallagher and | :21:54. | :22:09. | |
Lesley MacDonald swapping places. This is worse Scotland are | :22:10. | :22:15. | |
dangerous. Unable to get any further. Obstruction for Denise | :22:16. | :22:27. | |
Childs. Judy maturing now on at goalkeeper the St Lucia. Scotland | :22:28. | :22:43. | |
have another. 18-10. Karin Connell lost sight of the ball. A let off St | :22:44. | :22:52. | |
Lucia. Just Zebo mid-court zone, Scotland working hard in this area. | :22:53. | :22:58. | |
St Lucia getting the breakthrough. That was clever from Hippolyte. She | :22:59. | :23:14. | |
dropped the ball down to Maxwell and then almost made a barrier. St Lucia | :23:15. | :23:19. | |
on the board. Just taking a little bit more time | :23:20. | :23:38. | |
to look at options, but too many blue dresses at that point. St Lucia | :23:39. | :23:43. | |
just need to look at their ball side work if they are offering. It wasn't | :23:44. | :23:51. | |
a bad idea, just did not quite come off. What can St Lucia do? There | :23:52. | :23:57. | |
will not want Scotland to get away on them. -- they. That is better | :23:58. | :24:09. | |
play. Not able to be finished by Maxwell. Just settling for that | :24:10. | :24:24. | |
shot. Fast transition by Scotland. Lynsey Gallagher, on the other | :24:25. | :24:31. | |
hand, accurate. 19 - 11, Scotland over St Lucia. Fair enough, Denise | :24:32. | :24:41. | |
Charles told to tidy up. Cannot just knock the ball out player's hands. | :24:42. | :24:45. | |
As much as you would like to! Murphy just supporting well. Strong | :24:46. | :25:09. | |
base on the circle edge, up against Denise Charles. | :25:10. | :25:14. | |
Such a great understanding between Karin Connell and Leslie map Donald. | :25:15. | :25:26. | |
Some good/ Gera in the attacking unit -- good structure in the | :25:27. | :25:29. | |
attacking unit for Scotland. Rachel Forbes, in a great position | :25:30. | :26:01. | |
for the rebound. Awkward for Hayley Mulheron. Very patriotic, blue | :26:02. | :26:05. | |
fingernails. That is better from Maxwell. Hefty | :26:06. | :26:25. | |
looking bandage on her right leg. Just looks to be struggling slightly | :26:26. | :26:31. | |
as she was working the high load before she takes a shot. Fatigue, | :26:32. | :26:41. | |
she needs to start to look at dropping back slightly and hopefully | :26:42. | :26:47. | |
Denise Charles and Roxanne Snyder will bring the ball through. | :26:48. | :26:59. | |
Now we have time called. Round about the halfway mark in this quarter, | :27:00. | :27:13. | |
and I wonder if this is tactical. We saw yesterday, I would not say they | :27:14. | :27:17. | |
were preordained, but they always seem to happen around halfway full | :27:18. | :27:24. | |
up to be fair, that is a pretty big knee brace. She's clutching her | :27:25. | :27:32. | |
wrist, as well. Scotland are really carrying on where they left off in | :27:33. | :27:37. | |
the first quarter, proving a real handful for St Lucia. Teresa Prince | :27:38. | :28:05. | |
carrying on. Scotland will be pleased with a lot of airplay, | :28:06. | :28:11. | |
coming from Karen Connell. You talked about the combination she has | :28:12. | :28:18. | |
with her shooters. Linking with it Gallagher, a great threesome. | :28:19. | :28:26. | |
Connell has the craft on the court, an intelligent player. Great in the | :28:27. | :28:41. | |
World Youth Jumping ships. -- Championship. | :28:42. | :28:48. | |
A great take. There is the problem. A lot of the time Murphy finds | :28:49. | :29:17. | |
herself three on the circle edge. It must be something to address by | :29:18. | :29:21. | |
Connie Francis and the St Lucia team. Just limited options | :29:22. | :29:33. | |
available. Scotland picking up possession. | :29:34. | :29:52. | |
23-13, opening up a ten goal lead. We see her leaving the court. | :29:53. | :30:18. | |
Getting quite a whack on the hand. St Lucia trailing, they have a | :30:19. | :30:22. | |
chance. Again, the same defensive pressure. Maxwell coming up to | :30:23. | :30:33. | |
assist. A great tussle between Maxwell and Amal Mall. | :30:34. | :30:46. | |
assist. A great tussle between relatively quick goals for St Lucia. | :30:47. | :30:48. | |
assist. A great tussle between He get the feeling the attacking | :30:49. | :30:53. | |
pair are a lot more comfortable placing it into space. Good reward, | :30:54. | :30:56. | |
Scottish ball. Connell, another one of those circle | :30:57. | :31:10. | |
feeds. They are enjoying themselves, the | :31:11. | :31:30. | |
Scottish fans, why not? Their team is leading, just five minutes left | :31:31. | :31:38. | |
in the first half. There ever Commonwealth Games netball match for | :31:39. | :31:47. | |
Scotland. -- it is their first ever. Again, good work by Connell. Good | :31:48. | :31:58. | |
shooting stats for Scotland, 12 from 15 for Gallagher, 13 from 15 for | :31:59. | :32:08. | |
McDonald's. Not bad at the other end either. -- MacDonald. | :32:09. | :32:18. | |
Trapping the ball. That is awkward for MacDonald, has a good laugh. A | :32:19. | :32:45. | |
bit of moisture on the court. Just have a look at this. She had a bit | :32:46. | :32:58. | |
of help. Almost characterised the sevens competition. Good defence by | :32:59. | :33:13. | |
Scotland. Communicating well. Starting to see more of Heron. A | :33:14. | :33:37. | |
female -- Hayley Mulharen has impressed me. | :33:38. | :33:47. | |
It is impressive from Scotland. All of the players on the defence so | :33:48. | :34:05. | |
quickly. Nice option from Lawrenson. They are hanging in there, St Lucia. | :34:06. | :34:33. | |
2716, the captain asks for more. -- 27-16. Mulharen does well, winning | :34:34. | :34:47. | |
the throw. Limited options available for St Lucia in the second phase of | :34:48. | :34:53. | |
the centre pass. Options for Scotland. | :34:54. | :34:59. | |
What teeth think? Does the coach make changes, get more players out | :35:00. | :35:11. | |
here for the first game? Does she want them to build? She knows the | :35:12. | :35:17. | |
strength of the bench, equally you want to ensure your strongest seven | :35:18. | :35:23. | |
get time on court to work through some of those early anxieties in a | :35:24. | :35:28. | |
competition like this. Potentially we may see Cray -- Claire Brownlee | :35:29. | :35:39. | |
in the goal defence position. 28-17. A chance for Scotland to add | :35:40. | :36:14. | |
yet more. Justin really applying some pressure, but Connell just | :36:15. | :36:27. | |
keeping her composure. Just good structure from Scotland, MacDonald | :36:28. | :36:34. | |
working through to the post. Desperate to get the ball through | :36:35. | :36:41. | |
the net. Not quite from MacDonald. She gets an elbow in the face at the | :36:42. | :36:46. | |
same time. She is smiling, why would she not be? They lead St Lucia 29-17 | :36:47. | :36:56. | |
at half-time. Two very regular quarters, you could say. | :36:57. | :37:01. | |
Absolutely, you get the sense that Scotland have managed to | :37:02. | :37:06. | |
restructure, just taking a bit of pace off-the-ball at times. So good | :37:07. | :37:09. | |
to see them enjoying the netball. Well done to Scotland on that | :37:10. | :37:19. | |
encouraging first half performance. Almost getting to 30 points. We will | :37:20. | :37:25. | |
go back for the start of the third quarter. Live coverage of the 2014 | :37:26. | :37:33. | |
Commonwealth Games from Glasgow. The friendly games, also the interactive | :37:34. | :37:37. | |
games as far as the BBC is concerned. Get in touch, let us know | :37:38. | :37:43. | |
what you think about the games. Any opinion on any of the sports. You | :37:44. | :37:55. | |
can find us on Twitter, Facebook, also send us your temp -- | :37:56. | :38:18. | |
Commonwelfies. Earlier we saw Joe juice of England taking part in the | :38:19. | :38:25. | |
super heavyweights for England. -- Joe Joyce. Let's go back and see | :38:26. | :38:49. | |
another bout. Into round two, keen to get out of the gate and resume | :38:50. | :39:03. | |
this contest. There may have to be a change of tactics. He was getting | :39:04. | :39:09. | |
tagged by right hands coming from another neighbourhood. Raking right | :39:10. | :39:16. | |
hands, plenty of leveraged, repeated, and Farr was forced to | :39:17. | :39:25. | |
clench. He could well be walking onto another one of those right | :39:26. | :39:29. | |
hands. He probably needs to change his tactics, getting up close, | :39:30. | :39:38. | |
negating that long-range. Lights Out, boxing at range, the wrong | :39:39. | :39:44. | |
thing to do. Gets caught, bringing the count. Farr had plenty of | :39:45. | :39:50. | |
warnings, that right-hand is a danger punch. Round number two, | :39:51. | :39:57. | |
finding himself on the canvas courtesy of the same shot once more. | :39:58. | :40:05. | |
A good right hand from Farr, perhaps his best punch of the contest. His | :40:06. | :40:16. | |
opponent is incredibly composed. The arcing sweep of the punches, | :40:17. | :40:26. | |
continuing to find an inviting home on Junior Farr. He has to step in, | :40:27. | :40:36. | |
work on close quarters. This is where he has two work. -- has to | :40:37. | :40:48. | |
work. We probably need to see it changing tactic. Just a reminder, he | :40:49. | :41:02. | |
has a live opponent, very experienced, completing for the | :41:03. | :41:11. | |
British Lionhearts. Perhaps we can see him get tested. Farr has got to | :41:12. | :41:30. | |
take advantage of those opportunities on the inside. Farr | :41:31. | :41:38. | |
seems to be passed the worst of his worrying moments, brought about by | :41:39. | :41:52. | |
that powerful right hand. If you are boxing out range against this man, | :41:53. | :41:57. | |
you are literally one punch boxing out range against this man, | :41:58. | :42:06. | |
from being knocked out. This guy is very good at long-range work. Still | :42:07. | :42:12. | |
appearing composed and in control. Trying to get away from his man. | :42:13. | :42:19. | |
Literally moving into range. His range is good to throw the right | :42:20. | :42:25. | |
hand. Farr should be trying to get up close. This guy has been pretty | :42:26. | :42:29. | |
effective with those long-range right hands. Again, another round in | :42:30. | :43:01. | |
unanimous fashion. Just some running repairs required to the waistband on | :43:02. | :43:07. | |
the trunks of Ajagiba. Wearing blue and representing Nigeria. He has | :43:08. | :43:19. | |
boxed brilliantly. Dominated the first round, shot up junior Farr | :43:20. | :43:22. | |
with a right-hand and then did so through the course of the round as | :43:23. | :43:26. | |
well. That was a good right hand over the top from Farr. In the | :43:27. | :43:34. | |
second round, Farr attempted to dodge about the ring, but Ajagiba | :43:35. | :43:50. | |
landed a long-range right hook. Ajagiba only 20 years old. Has not | :43:51. | :43:55. | |
even won a national title in Nigeria. Finds himself here in the | :43:56. | :44:14. | |
Commonwealth Games. On the end of a right-hand once again, and another. | :44:15. | :44:20. | |
Farr is making the job very easy for Ajagiba. He has adjusted his feet | :44:21. | :44:26. | |
and is going back but it is allowing Ajagiba to box at range. It should | :44:27. | :44:30. | |
be trying to step inside and work on the inside. He is probably not used | :44:31. | :44:37. | |
to doing that. He has been so surprised oxime on the outside, he | :44:38. | :44:41. | |
did not think he would be caught with these long-range shots but | :44:42. | :44:49. | |
Ajagiba is very accurate with these long-range shots. He is very | :44:50. | :45:02. | |
accurate, Farr. It is like looking at the famous Cuban. Very tall and | :45:03. | :45:13. | |
with a reach as long as a mile, sometimes. The way he used to keep | :45:14. | :45:21. | |
guys on the end of piston shots. Good right-hand got through them | :45:22. | :45:25. | |
from Farr. It got the attention of Ajagiba. Very powerful shoulders on | :45:26. | :45:50. | |
Ajagiba. When he is not at range, look at the length of his forearm. | :45:51. | :45:58. | |
When he is not out range, and he can planned his feet and get that right | :45:59. | :46:04. | |
hand over the top, it is a devastating shot as Farr can provide | :46:05. | :46:13. | |
testimony to. This 20-year-old has proved to be a revelation in the | :46:14. | :46:17. | |
opening bouts of these Commonwealth Games. It couldn't have been a worse | :46:18. | :46:23. | |
start the Farr. But it continued with some good boxing from Ajagiba. | :46:24. | :46:32. | |
Does not do a lot on the inside, the Nigerian, but is accurate with the | :46:33. | :46:36. | |
right hand. He is going to be very difficult to beat. Try and box him | :46:37. | :46:43. | |
at range, it is a problem. You have got to get in close. Ladies and | :46:44. | :46:58. | |
gentlemen, the winner by unanimous decision and through to the next | :46:59. | :47:02. | |
round, in the loop corner representing Nigeria... Ajagiba! -- | :47:03. | :47:15. | |
the blue corner. Show your appreciation to Farr. Ajagiba takes | :47:16. | :47:22. | |
the applause from the Nigerian contingent in the crowd. | :47:23. | :47:27. | |
Acknowledgements of a job well done. Keep up the reigning Commonwealth | :47:28. | :47:34. | |
games bronze medallist, or now deposed Commonwealth Games bronze | :47:35. | :47:41. | |
medallist out with some explosive long-range boxing. And the man who | :47:42. | :47:45. | |
took Commonwealth bronze in Delhi four years ago has been eliminated | :47:46. | :47:49. | |
in the opening round of the tournament by 20-year-old Ajagiba | :47:50. | :47:57. | |
from Nigeria. Let's had back for the second half | :47:58. | :48:03. | |
of the net all between Scotland and St Lucia. The score is unchanged. | :48:04. | :48:08. | |
Let's hand you back to the commentary team. | :48:09. | :48:39. | |
Good effort from Laurencin. Lesley MacDonald needs a couple of moments. | :48:40. | :49:07. | |
All the things that must be in that little belt! It is amazing all of | :49:08. | :49:14. | |
the things that go in there. I don't think there is a kitchen sink, but | :49:15. | :49:18. | |
everything else. The faster you try to pull the tape, the slower it | :49:19. | :49:24. | |
gets. Lesley MacDonald getting the fixing she needs. And very young net | :49:25. | :49:33. | |
all fan. I don't think she is that interested. Great to see. Good first | :49:34. | :49:45. | |
ball through from Claire Brownie to Leslie map Donald. Now she is | :49:46. | :49:49. | |
playing in the attack. -- Lesley MacDonald. Loose from Forbes. She | :49:50. | :49:59. | |
was off-balance and needed to get rid of it. She is in the thick of | :50:00. | :50:06. | |
the action, Rachel Forbes. Grew up in Brisbane. Always there on the | :50:07. | :50:16. | |
challenge, quick to recover. Very fast recovery to find her opponent. | :50:17. | :50:28. | |
Work strong to deny. Laurencin always seems to find herself a bit | :50:29. | :50:35. | |
of space. She says, put it high and I will get it. The own or McGrath to | :50:36. | :50:52. | |
stand down. Roxanne Snyder lifts it. -- Fiona Moore-McGrath. Fine rebound | :50:53. | :51:04. | |
by Rachel Forbes. Always strong on the positioning, Rachel Forbes. Very | :51:05. | :51:11. | |
quick to support and great addition for the Scottish side, Rachel | :51:12. | :51:23. | |
Forbes. Slight change of dynamic and speed of release with Claire Brownie | :51:24. | :51:32. | |
in the centre. Compared to the Karin Connell and Samantha Murphy | :51:33. | :51:42. | |
combination. Nice move by Lesley MacDonald. That is the view from the | :51:43. | :51:52. | |
Scottish bench. They will be liking what they see at the moment. 32-18. | :51:53. | :52:03. | |
Great ball. Roxanne Snyder at wing attack but St Lucia. The score just | :52:04. | :52:16. | |
ticking along the St Lucia. At the moment, they are only keeping pace | :52:17. | :52:20. | |
with the Scots. They cannot eat into this lead. Hayley Mulheron just | :52:21. | :52:34. | |
calling down. Lynsey Gallagher calling down Murphy. Really once | :52:35. | :52:41. | |
strong defence from the center pass. Claire Brownie all over Roxanne | :52:42. | :52:59. | |
Snyder. That one was so high it hit the roof. | :53:00. | :53:15. | |
That was dangerous from Roxanne Snyder. Good work again by Samantha | :53:16. | :53:27. | |
Murphy. Keeps the width and uses the centre tunnel around the circle | :53:28. | :53:37. | |
edge. She is just a bit late, Roxanne Snyder. Claire Brownie, | :53:38. | :53:50. | |
pretty resilient. That's one not falling for Lesley MacDonald. | :53:51. | :54:06. | |
Side by the St Lucia and wing defence. Some costly errors by St | :54:07. | :54:16. | |
Lucia allowing Scotland to build on this lead. Fabulous leap by | :54:17. | :54:25. | |
Laurencin. I would like to measure her elevation, it is impressive. She | :54:26. | :54:32. | |
has just returned to the side from international volleyball duties in | :54:33. | :54:41. | |
Puerto Rico. Some incredible arm span she has, the range | :54:42. | :54:44. | |
Puerto Rico. Some incredible arm up the aerial ball. Strong challenge | :54:45. | :54:50. | |
from St Lucia and they have one possession. Saphia William drawing a | :54:51. | :55:00. | |
little bit of attention from the umpires. | :55:01. | :55:16. | |
Good tracking their by Fiona Moore-McGrath. Onto the contact, | :55:17. | :55:35. | |
Laurencin. Not even. How clever was that? The splits, the stand and the | :55:36. | :55:45. | |
release. I don't know how she managed to do that. High, high ball | :55:46. | :55:52. | |
from Roxanne Snyder. Laurencin, short shot. Let's look at | :55:53. | :56:21. | |
what happened down the other end. It is extraordinary. Absolutely. And | :56:22. | :56:26. | |
then able to deliver that safe ball through. St Lucia, another | :56:27. | :56:33. | |
opportunity. Good work by Hayley Mulheron. Just keeping their | :56:34. | :56:44. | |
composure, Scotland as they are getting a little bit of contact. | :56:45. | :57:06. | |
Now, we have a situation here. Gallagher on the floor, calling | :57:07. | :57:12. | |
time, Scotland in charge. A relatively similar margin to what we | :57:13. | :57:22. | |
had at the break was trying to get her players to look down court, look | :57:23. | :57:27. | |
further down the court as the ball into is the mid-court area. | :57:28. | :57:58. | |
A big job ahead for Scotland, coming up against New Zealand tomorrow. It | :57:59. | :58:09. | |
will be a Rafa wounded New Zealand, their pride, if nothing else. Sam | :58:10. | :58:17. | |
Young supporters for Scotland, some great face painting in the crowd. I | :58:18. | :58:24. | |
think that little one has had a big day, she delivered the ball, she | :58:25. | :58:27. | |
won't sleep tonight. Scotland leading, just over six | :58:28. | :58:41. | |
minutes left in the third quarter. Again a good structure, Scotland | :58:42. | :58:48. | |
seem to understand, they have a clear game plan, good to see. | :58:49. | :58:54. | |
MacDonald is such a playmaker. Denise Childs, with her hands behind | :58:55. | :59:17. | |
her back. Some of those shots from MacDonald coming up short. Lack of | :59:18. | :59:24. | |
concentration? I would say there was an element of fatigue. | :59:25. | :59:33. | |
Naturally would be a goal shooter, has been doing a lot of work in the | :59:34. | :59:42. | |
first half. Lovely shooting style from Gallagher. Forbes, again. Just | :59:43. | :00:06. | |
getting it, Maxwell. Will they look for the big, long ball, Rachel | :00:07. | :00:11. | |
Forbes caught a long way down the court. Forbes is in. Lawrenson | :00:12. | :00:26. | |
recovering well. Options for St Lucia around the circle. They do | :00:27. | :00:31. | |
rely on the long ball, they are mixing up their play, getting | :00:32. | :00:38. | |
possession. Gallagher did not realise it was going to come right | :00:39. | :00:45. | |
back. Such a strong commitment from Scotland to put on this defence, St | :00:46. | :00:52. | |
Lucia and need to use the shortfall, breaking through the | :00:53. | :00:58. | |
mid-court area. Good work by Schneider. That was clever. I am not | :00:59. | :01:11. | |
totally sure that she stayed onside, it looks marvellous. Well read by | :01:12. | :01:17. | |
Mulharen. A tight contest between Gallagher | :01:18. | :01:37. | |
and Justin. She does not react, keeping that coolness. Some great | :01:38. | :01:49. | |
shooting by Gallagher. That means when the pass is taken, it has to be | :01:50. | :01:57. | |
taken in the mid-3rd. The call is, untouched. | :01:58. | :02:06. | |
Outstanding from Gallagher. Impressive shooting display. Perhaps | :02:07. | :02:21. | |
that one was lacking a bit of finesse. A good idea, MacDonald was | :02:22. | :02:27. | |
back there. Just needed a bit more space, getting that one in their | :02:28. | :02:38. | |
site a bit late. St Lucia struggling to get the ball through the | :02:39. | :02:39. | |
mid-court. -- in her sights. It was too quick on that occasion. | :02:40. | :03:06. | |
You have to get rid of the ball before you put your first foot on | :03:07. | :03:13. | |
the floor again. Just over one minute left in the | :03:14. | :03:32. | |
third. A good take by Mulharen. Kept a good body position to take the | :03:33. | :03:33. | |
ball. Clyde is going for it. Gallagher | :03:34. | :03:58. | |
trying to set the screen, the space opening up with MacDonald on the | :03:59. | :04:00. | |
front position. Denise Childs may have to be | :04:01. | :04:21. | |
careful, she has been warned about infringing. We saw in the New | :04:22. | :04:26. | |
Zealand against Malawi game, one of the players sent to the side for | :04:27. | :04:35. | |
just that. Good umpiring. There is no system in netball where you | :04:36. | :04:42. | |
accumulate fouls. That is the way to police it. That is the three | :04:43. | :04:49. | |
quarters time. You can did use from the Cheers, another good quarter for | :04:50. | :04:57. | |
Scotland, leading St Lucia 41-23. Saint Lucia leak debris are yet to | :04:58. | :05:05. | |
get into double figures for each quarter. They play some good | :05:06. | :05:10. | |
netball, it is about the consistency, working harder | :05:11. | :05:14. | |
off-the-ball, getting structure in the attacking unit. The aerial ball | :05:15. | :05:20. | |
works to Lawrenson, she is a force to be reckoned with. It is how they | :05:21. | :05:30. | |
position in relation to each other. Look at the tally is there. | :05:31. | :05:35. | |
Defensively, Mulharen a key feature for Scotland. A look at the work of | :05:36. | :05:43. | |
the two teams during the third quarter. | :05:44. | :05:53. | |
A misunderstanding, Forbes very strong, but caught off-balance. That | :05:54. | :06:08. | |
was spectacular. Incredible. I am not sure of the legality of that. | :06:09. | :06:13. | |
The leg was moving. Fantastic though. We enjoy live, the crowd | :06:14. | :06:16. | |
did, too. -- we enjoyed it. Connie Francis getting in there, a | :06:17. | :06:47. | |
few handclaps, getting the players going. | :06:48. | :06:56. | |
What can they bring to this final 15 minutes? Fiona McGrath is a police | :06:57. | :07:26. | |
officer when not playing netball. Mulharen taking the position of goal | :07:27. | :07:32. | |
defence. McNeill coming on as goal-tender. Carnal returning to the | :07:33. | :07:42. | |
attacking spot. -- Connell. We have Joanne Pettitt at shooter. Scotland | :07:43. | :07:49. | |
come away with it. Joanne Pettitt another youngster | :07:50. | :08:03. | |
from the youth squad of last year. Some fabulous performances by her in | :08:04. | :08:09. | |
the competition, good to see her on court making the movement of the | :08:10. | :08:19. | |
full squad. -- to the full squad. Not a bad start. Always good to get | :08:20. | :08:27. | |
a clean shot in the opening stages. She will be pleased with that. She | :08:28. | :08:33. | |
has written down that her sporting idol is Usain Bolt, where better to | :08:34. | :08:44. | |
meeting them here? -- better to meet him than here? Maxwell are electing | :08:45. | :08:49. | |
to put it through to Lawrenson. I am sure that Connie Francis will | :08:50. | :09:38. | |
want to look at St Lucia, and their build-up from the setter pass. The | :09:39. | :09:43. | |
structure and the setup, to try and open up the court. Good jump from | :09:44. | :09:59. | |
McNeill. Lawrenson ready to jump again in case it came out, but it | :10:00. | :10:14. | |
didn't. Quick hands from Connell. Just a little fake, team even draw | :10:15. | :10:22. | |
the defence. Finds Joanna Pettitt, she has entered the court well. | :10:23. | :11:02. | |
pull that ball in. She has certainly come on full of energy. Laurencin is | :11:03. | :11:16. | |
bundled out of sight. Karin Connell is always available. Always working | :11:17. | :11:21. | |
so quick over those three strides at the center pass. | :11:22. | :11:49. | |
Just a calm, did head of Joe Pettit. They like it, and well they might. | :11:50. | :12:19. | |
Plenty of young talent in this Scottish side. How high is that? | :12:20. | :12:24. | |
That was a big challenge the Laurencin. They will get the throw | :12:25. | :12:35. | |
in, St Lucia. Feisty player, June McNeill. Always on the bounce, | :12:36. | :12:41. | |
always on the hunt for any loose ball. Denise Charles takes a tumble. | :12:42. | :12:53. | |
Roxanne Snyder contact means Scotland with the penalty. Good | :12:54. | :13:11. | |
recovery by Fiona Moore-McGrath. Just losing her balance. Scotland | :13:12. | :13:13. | |
keep possession. Claire Brownie, Just losing her balance. Scotland | :13:14. | :13:25. | |
just put a couple of little toes over the line. It has to be over the | :13:26. | :13:43. | |
line. On the line is all right. Certainly slowed their game down | :13:44. | :13:50. | |
now, St Lucia. Definite change in pace. Whether that is fatigue or | :13:51. | :13:56. | |
plan? Laurencin called for the contact. That was loose. So a chance | :13:57. | :14:11. | |
the St Lucia. 20 goals between these two sides. Allowing lie ahead for St | :14:12. | :14:30. | |
Lucia tomorrow. -- Malawi. Clever hand from Claire Brownie. Just | :14:31. | :14:39. | |
showing the options, Scotland through this game. Different | :14:40. | :14:45. | |
position all changes. Developing well as a squad. Stern words for | :14:46. | :15:00. | |
Roxanne Snyder. Outstanding. Lynsey Gallagher! | :15:01. | :15:14. | |
Young combination of shooters to Scotland, but not fazed by this | :15:15. | :15:27. | |
level of competition. Good rebound by Pettitt. Scotland close in on the | :15:28. | :15:41. | |
50 mark. Fiona Moore-McGrath, has gone to the sideline. I didn't | :15:42. | :15:52. | |
see... Already hands going to their bids in the corner of your picture. | :15:53. | :16:03. | |
There you go. Hand. Bit of ice being applied thereto Fiona Moore-McGrath. | :16:04. | :16:10. | |
They will be pleased with this outing, Scotland. They have | :16:11. | :16:22. | |
definitely entered the competition well. Impressive performance. They | :16:23. | :16:27. | |
will be pleased with the results and it will allow them to move forward | :16:28. | :16:30. | |
into the tougher competition with the confidence any squad would want | :16:31. | :16:40. | |
to take with them. It is great to see the experience blending with | :16:41. | :16:45. | |
youth. Really impressed with Pettitt, Lynsey Gallagher, that | :16:46. | :16:53. | |
combination of shooters. Leslie Donald taking a breather, quite | :16:54. | :16:58. | |
rightly so. She must be pleased as well to see some of these shooters | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
coming through. It is a tough competition for both of these sides. | :17:05. | :17:13. | |
For St Lucia tomorrow, Malawi, then Northern Ireland. Scotland have New | :17:14. | :17:20. | |
Zealand tomorrow, Jamaica and then Malawi. And then a more local derby, | :17:21. | :17:28. | |
Northern Ireland to finish. And probably no easy game in any of | :17:29. | :17:36. | |
those. 49-27, Scotland league St Lucia. Seven minutes remaining. -- | :17:37. | :17:57. | |
lead. There we see a new shooter for Scotland. Gemma Sole. Another | :17:58. | :18:08. | |
relative youngster. 23 years of age. Her father played rugby for | :18:09. | :18:16. | |
Scotland. And also the British Lions as well. So a bit of sporting | :18:17. | :18:24. | |
pedigree. Good start. Stronghold by Gemma Sole. Gets the goal. | :18:25. | :18:34. | |
Interesting young woman, Gemma Sole, apparently she can speak three | :18:35. | :18:42. | |
different languages. I think French would probably help her with St | :18:43. | :18:45. | |
Lucia. After post, Hayley Mulheron. Away | :18:46. | :19:08. | |
come Scotland. -- off the post. Great reactions by Hayley Mulheron. | :19:09. | :19:20. | |
Quick to see the reaction. Another, 52-27, Scotland over St Lucia. | :19:21. | :19:30. | |
Looking at this display, Scotland has something of a reservoir of up | :19:31. | :19:36. | |
and coming shooters? Absolutely. It is great to see. Gail Parata will be | :19:37. | :19:44. | |
pleased, as the coach for Scotland but they have given a good account | :19:45. | :19:53. | |
of themselves. But it is a great scoreline, 53-27 to Scotland. June | :19:54. | :20:01. | |
McNeill went for the rebound, just could not control it. Really can | :20:02. | :20:11. | |
deny the space, June McNeill in the keeper's spot. We did see her taking | :20:12. | :20:16. | |
some shots at half-time. It is about holding the ball in for June | :20:17. | :20:22. | |
McNeill, and getting possession. Certainly can turn over the ball and | :20:23. | :20:25. | |
force the errors. Teresa Spearing is very clear here, | :20:26. | :20:46. | |
what she is doing. It is a warning for the wing defence. -- to Reza | :20:47. | :20:57. | |
Prince. Right under the goal. Scotland march on. Into the final | :20:58. | :21:08. | |
four minutes. Again, a good feed through to Laurencin. Lots of | :21:09. | :21:15. | |
positive St Lucia can take from this performance, but equally they will | :21:16. | :21:22. | |
be looking for more consistency moving forward. Pettitt found | :21:23. | :21:25. | |
herself in open space. Can just see the two on one | :21:26. | :21:55. | |
situation. Hayley Mulheron just working around, working around the | :21:56. | :22:02. | |
body. Patients were cut by St Lucia. And they hit 30. Quick hands. For a | :22:03. | :22:09. | |
moment I thought the goal was going to save them. Not so. | :22:10. | :22:28. | |
You can see the disappointment on her face. Out of courts. It is the | :22:29. | :22:42. | |
zone in the mid-court that has proved problematic for them. They | :22:43. | :22:51. | |
will have two are just that. -- have tailored just that. Great work by | :22:52. | :22:58. | |
these two young shooters for Scotland. Maxwell lives it the | :22:59. | :23:20. | |
Laurencin. -- for Laurencin. Claire Brownie through the middle. Fine | :23:21. | :23:30. | |
play Scotland. They finished with a flourish as we approach the final | :23:31. | :23:33. | |
minute. Gail Parata enjoying this. So much space available for the | :23:34. | :23:40. | |
shooter, the Gemma Sole. Big smile on her face. She will be pleased | :23:41. | :23:45. | |
with this performance. Supported well by Karin Connell in the | :23:46. | :23:50. | |
wingback position. Excellent all placement by Karin Connell | :23:51. | :23:54. | |
throughout this game. Feeds are shooters well. -- feeds are shooters | :23:55. | :24:00. | |
well. Young fans are lapping up this | :24:01. | :24:14. | |
performance from Scotland. Great for the home | :24:15. | :24:17. | |
performance from Scotland. Great for They start their commonwealth games | :24:18. | :24:22. | |
netball journey, if you like, with a fine win. Would be superb if they | :24:23. | :24:30. | |
could finish with a goal with 15 seconds on the clock. Tricky from | :24:31. | :24:35. | |
Claire Brownie. They will have to be quick. This could be a great finish | :24:36. | :24:46. | |
for Gemma Sole. Penalty. Comes up short. The pictures tell the story. | :24:47. | :25:01. | |
The Scottish flag flies. Line when to Scotland over St Lucia, 58 - | :25:02. | :25:08. | |
dirty and Scotland's first ever appearance in the netball of the | :25:09. | :25:09. | |
Commonwealth Great debut performance. Their | :25:10. | :25:16. | |
resurgence under their new coach continues. Time now for some | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
artistry, agility and grace. It is not coming from me, but from the | :25:22. | :25:30. | |
gymnastics. As far as home nations are concerned, you might want to | :25:31. | :25:33. | |
look out for Laura Halford, from Wales. And her team-mate, Frankie | :25:34. | :25:38. | |
Jones, who won silver four years ago. But here is a guide about all | :25:39. | :25:43. | |
the things you need to know about the sport. In rhythmic gymnastics, | :25:44. | :26:02. | |
athletes have to show artistic ability and technical ability by | :26:03. | :26:11. | |
taking to the floor with apparatus. All rhythmic gymnasts are required | :26:12. | :26:19. | |
to compete in the team competition. The top 16 gymnasts from the team | :26:20. | :26:25. | |
event qualify for the individual final. Gymnasts performed four | :26:26. | :26:32. | |
routines using one piece of apparatus each time. The top eight | :26:33. | :26:38. | |
gymnasts from each apparat is in the team event also qualify for the | :26:39. | :26:51. | |
individual apparat finals. -- apparat apparat -- apparatus finals. | :26:52. | :27:11. | |
Laura Halford, the current British champion. | :27:12. | :27:34. | |
Lovely combination of pivot, super handling. Jumps, leaps, the other | :27:35. | :28:25. | |
important skill. That was a really very good performance. Didn't | :28:26. | :28:32. | |
totally work with the apparatus, but was not waiting for it to arrive. | :28:33. | :28:41. | |
Lovely heights on those leaps. Easy split, isn't it? She makes it look | :28:42. | :28:52. | |
very easy. A difficulty of 6.7 in qualification, how has that stood | :28:53. | :28:57. | |
up-to-date? Did she perform well enough? Only a tiny difference. | :28:58. | :29:05. | |
Pushing her right up into the first spot. There are the judges, giving | :29:06. | :29:13. | |
the scores. One panel for adding the difficulty up, another for taking | :29:14. | :29:19. | |
marks of the ten. Getting a score out of 20. A gymnast who led the | :29:20. | :29:28. | |
Canadian team to gold yesterday, scoring easily the highest. Of | :29:29. | :29:35. | |
course today we start from scratch. This is her second apparatus. | :29:36. | :30:10. | |
Much better. The opener in apparatus was very edgy. She found herself in | :30:11. | :31:15. | |
fifth place, that was much more secure. The hours of practice all of | :31:16. | :31:24. | |
this takes, working with choreographers, to make sure the | :31:25. | :31:27. | |
routine flows cleverly. She is much happier, that is a | :31:28. | :31:45. | |
massive score. Quite a bit higher than yesterday, 14.5. Francesca | :31:46. | :31:49. | |
Jones from Wales. Beautifully expressive work. She was | :31:50. | :33:34. | |
going so well, and we have seen her sometimes in the past falter at the | :33:35. | :33:39. | |
end, but not there. A beautiful performance with the ball. A | :33:40. | :33:51. | |
maturity, really coming into play. Able to perform and express herself | :33:52. | :33:55. | |
at the same time. The hours and hours of training. They had to put | :33:56. | :34:03. | |
it in to give a performance like this under pressure. She is edging | :34:04. | :34:17. | |
towards the magic eight. Here is the standings after the first two | :34:18. | :34:18. | |
pieces. The two Welsh gymnasts really | :34:19. | :34:34. | |
pushing, they will have to be at their best to hold onto those | :34:35. | :34:35. | |
positions. If gymnasts have the confidence to | :34:36. | :35:35. | |
throw it that high, much easier to perform. A little error, that will | :35:36. | :36:09. | |
be costly. One of her trademark pirouettes. Well, interestingly, the | :36:10. | :36:18. | |
two apparatus she scored really highly on in qualification, she has | :36:19. | :36:25. | |
made little errors today. Just a little toss, little loss of | :36:26. | :36:38. | |
concentration. There is the difficult skill, easily done. That | :36:39. | :36:45. | |
is the work that builds the difficulty score and impresses. | :36:46. | :37:01. | |
15.5. It still puts her into the 15 is, that is a big school. -- the | :37:02. | :37:14. | |
15s. The pressure is building for Frankie Jones. | :37:15. | :37:54. | |
APPLAUSE. Wow, what a performance from Frankie | :37:55. | :38:47. | |
Jones. The judges loved her yesterday, her best scores. Let's | :38:48. | :38:56. | |
hope they love it today as well. Such a distinctive style, this | :38:57. | :39:01. | |
routine. Making it her own, and that is the secret when you are | :39:02. | :39:07. | |
experienced and mature. This is her final Commonwealth Games, her third. | :39:08. | :39:11. | |
She was delighted with that. So with the audience. 6.80 difficulty. 7.9 | :39:12. | :39:24. | |
the execution. Propelling her into second spot. Laura Halford | :39:25. | :39:31. | |
representing Wales, the British champion. She knows she has to be at | :39:32. | :39:37. | |
their best to stay in contention for a medal. -- she has two be at her | :39:38. | :39:42. | |
best. So difficult, both clubs high in the | :39:43. | :41:04. | |
air. Fabulous shape. Final throw and trap, lots of confidence, really | :41:05. | :41:11. | |
great routine. Wow, three apparatus, both of the Welsh girls | :41:12. | :41:16. | |
have been absolutely stunning on all three pieces. Very strong. Just a | :41:17. | :41:25. | |
little tiny loss of control on that pivot. Both clubs take such a lot of | :41:26. | :41:36. | |
skill to know exactly where it is going to come down. That was | :41:37. | :41:38. | |
delightful. Very nice pirouette. Finished | :41:39. | :42:18. | |
beautifully. Impressive. Very fluent. Very easy. | :42:19. | :43:42. | |
The extension out of the hold. Did not let the leg flop down. High | :43:43. | :43:47. | |
difficulty score. For the final time in this arena, | :43:48. | :44:23. | |
Lauren Brash, representing Scotland in the Commonwealth games. And | :44:24. | :44:30. | |
produces, with a flourish, a beautiful pirouette. | :44:31. | :45:44. | |
What a super performance to finished with. She has had a great | :45:45. | :45:48. | |
Championships, great Commonwealth Games. 15 years of age. Scotland's | :45:49. | :45:59. | |
top gymnast. She was secure, real flourish to finish. Even time for a | :46:00. | :46:11. | |
little kiss before the final role. And there is a score. Puts her first | :46:12. | :46:24. | |
at the moment. She needs a picture of the scoreboard. Francesca Jones | :46:25. | :46:33. | |
for Wales, knows this has to be perfect. | :46:34. | :47:56. | |
Fantastic. She is such a well-prepared gymnast. Supple and | :47:57. | :48:21. | |
strong. Well-trained. Up on the toes for everything. That was the little | :48:22. | :48:26. | |
wobble at the beginning. She put that behind her and did some | :48:27. | :48:31. | |
fabulous work. Very fluent, very stylish. Beautiful bodywork. So | :48:32. | :48:41. | |
expressive. 23 now and full of experience. She really has given | :48:42. | :48:46. | |
this her best shot. Francesca Jones and Laura Halford | :48:47. | :49:01. | |
have battled all year. Laura Halford got the better of the British | :49:02. | :49:06. | |
Championships. Laura Halford here representing Wales. If she can work | :49:07. | :49:13. | |
a clean routine, there is a chance of a medal. | :49:14. | :49:35. | |
What a strong, confident, purposeful routine that was. She really has | :49:36. | :50:48. | |
instilled confidence in this competition. She has never looked | :50:49. | :50:56. | |
like putting a foot wrong. She has obviously got an absolutely great | :50:57. | :51:02. | |
competition temperament. Plenty of determination. Not a thought in her | :51:03. | :51:09. | |
mind she wasn't going to succeed. Stretched it out a little bit there | :51:10. | :51:18. | |
to make the catch. Lovely extension. This is going to be very | :51:19. | :51:33. | |
close. But both the Welsh gymnasts have worked extremely impressive | :51:34. | :51:43. | |
routines. Here we are. She goes in behind Frankie Jones. They are lying | :51:44. | :52:02. | |
first and second at the moment. The Canadian. The leader in qualifying. | :52:03. | :52:10. | |
Bits of in and out performances today. | :52:11. | :53:37. | |
performance with the ribbon. She needs to use for more than 12.9, she | :53:38. | :53:46. | |
needs 13, to take the gold. I think we would expect her to manage that. | :53:47. | :53:53. | |
She made a couple of errors early on, but the Canadian | :53:54. | :53:56. | |
She made a couple of errors early on, but crowd are thrilled. We have | :53:57. | :54:00. | |
really seen a feast of gymnastics. There is the Welsh gymnast, looking | :54:01. | :54:07. | |
along anxiously. There is the unusual star, ribbon wrapped around | :54:08. | :54:19. | |
her face. She is a fabulous gymnast. Really strong. Really well-trained. | :54:20. | :54:33. | |
She was two marks ahead in qualification. Has not been quite so | :54:34. | :54:42. | |
dominant today. But this was a beautiful ribbon exercise. It was | :54:43. | :54:45. | |
her weakest score in qualification. 13.75, but she just needs 13 to take | :54:46. | :55:01. | |
the gold medal. And with that catch, she knew she had done enough. She | :55:02. | :55:06. | |
sits with her coach and there it is. Massive score. It gives her the | :55:07. | :55:19. | |
all-around gold medal. Two highly delighted gymnasts from Wales. | :55:20. | :55:22. | |
Frankie Jones takes the silver and Laura Halford the bronze medal. What | :55:23. | :55:29. | |
an achievement for Welsh gymnastics. Silver medal last night and silver | :55:30. | :55:34. | |
and bronze medal today. Lots of Welsh support in the crowd. But it | :55:35. | :55:43. | |
is the Canadian who is the champion. She is a fabulous gymnast. A | :55:44. | :55:55. | |
tremendous competition this has been. Here we see confirmation. | :55:56. | :56:25. | |
gymnastics. Wonderful for Frankie Jones, her third Commonwealth Games. | :56:26. | :56:32. | |
So the individual silver on the Hoops last time. | :56:33. | :56:49. | |
That was the rhythmic gymnastics which took place earlier this | :56:50. | :56:56. | |
evening. The athletics do not start until Sunday, if I am not mistaken. | :56:57. | :57:03. | |
The relay continues on BBC Three. The official passing on of the | :57:04. | :57:08. | |
Batten, taking to ten o'clock is Dan Walker. Before you go, what has been | :57:09. | :57:16. | |
your highlight? We have been quite conservative, we have not been quite | :57:17. | :57:24. | |
as adventurous as you. My highlight is you on your little rubber dingy. | :57:25. | :57:32. | |
You have given it away, Friday night is officially be rubber dingy night. | :57:33. | :57:40. | |
You just have to wait. We also have something for Doctor Who fans. We | :57:41. | :57:45. | |
will be back after the news. MUSIC: "Changing" | :57:46. | :57:52. | |
by Sigma feat. Paloma Faith We get you closer | :57:53. | :57:56. | |
to the best live comedy, | :57:57. | :58:08. |