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The Commonwealth Games Council for England today (Wednesday) ratified the AAA of England’s selection of the athletics team to compete at the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.

The team was announced by Chris Carter, Chair of the AAAs of England selection committee, at a press conference at the Sports Café in London this morning.

The Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games – the XVIII Games - run from 15th to 26th March. Athletes selected to represent England are:

WOMEN      
       
100m Emma Ania Shaftesbury Barnet H
       
200m Donna Fraser Croydon Harriers
200m Abi Oyepitan Shaftesbury Barnet H
       
400m Christine Ohuruogu Newham Essex Beagles
400m Donna Fraser Croydon Harriers
       
800m Kelly Holmes Ealing Southall & Middlesex
       
1500m Helen Clitheroe Preston Harriers
1500m Kelly Holmes Ealing Southall & Middlese
1500m Lisa Dobriskey Ashford AC
       
5000m Jo Pavey Exeter Harriers
5000m Paula Radcliffe Bedford & County AC
5000m Natalie Harvey South London H
       
10,000m Paula Radcliffe Bedford & County AC
10,000m Hayley Yelling WSEH AC
10,000m Mara Yamauchi Harrow AC
       
3000m Steeplechase Tina Brown Coventry Godiva
3000m Steeplechase Jo Ankier Shaftesbury Barnet H
       
100m Hurdles Sarah Claxton Belgrave H
100m Hurdles Diane Allahgreen Trafford AC
100m Hurdles Julie Pratt Woodford G & Essex L AC
       
400m Hurdles Nicola Sanders WSEH AC
400m Hurdles Sian Scott Southampton AC
400m Hurdles Natasha Danvers-Smith Shaftesbury Barnet H
       
High jump Julia Bennett Epsom & Ewell AC
High jump Susan Moncriffe (nee Jones) Trafford AC
       
Long jump Jade Johnson Herne Hill H
Long jump Kelly Sotherton Birchfield H
       
Triple jump Nadia Williams Shaftesbury Barnet H
Triple jump Ashia Hansen Shaftesbury Barnet H
Triple jump Nadia Williams Shaftesbury Barnet H
Triple jump Ashia Hansen Shaftesbury Barnet H
       
Shot Joanne Duncan Woodford G & Essex L AC
Shot Julie Dunkley Shaftesbury Barnet H
       
Discus Kara Nwidobie Blackpool & Fylde AC
Discus Claire Smithson Brighton & Hove AC
       
Hammer Zoe Derham Birchfield H
Hammer Lorraine Shaw Sale H Manchester
       
Javelin Goldie Sayers Belgrave H
Javelin Shelley Holroyd Sale H Manchester
4x100m relay Abi Oyepitan Shaftesbury Barnet H
4x100m relay Sarah Claxton Woodford G & Essex L AC
4x100m relay Anyika Onuora Liverpool H
4x100m relay Laura Turner Harrow AC
4x100m relay Emma Ania Shaftesbury Barnet H
4x100m relay Diane Allahgreen Trafford AC
       
4x400m relay Kim Wall Basildon AC
4x400m relay Donna Fraser Croydon Harriers
4x400m relay Christine Ohuruogu Newham Essex Beagles
4x400m relay Nicola Sanders WSEH AC
4x400m relay Sian Scott Southampton AC
4x400m relay Natasha Danvers-Smith Shaftesbury Barnet H
       
Men      
       
100m Jason Gardener Bath & Wessex AC
100m Mark Lewis Francis Birchfield H
       
200m Marlon Devonish Coventry Godiva
200m Darren Campbell Sale H Manchester
200m Chris Lambert Belgrave H
       
400m Robert Tobin Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC
400m Malachi Davis Woodford G & Essex L AC
       
1500m Michael East Newham Essex Beagles
1500m Nick McCormick Trafford AC
1500m Andrew Baddeley Harrow AC
       
5000m Mo Farah Newham Essex Beagles
       
10,000m Gavin Thompson Crawley AC
       
3000m steeplechase Stuart Stokes Sale H Manchester
3000m steeplechase Luke Gunn Derby AC
3000m steeplechase Adam Bowden Harrow AC
       
110m Hurdles Damien Greaves Newham Essex Beagles
110m Hurdles Andrew Turner Notts AC
110m Hurdles David Hughes Trafford AC
       
400m Hurdles Chris Rawlinson Trafford AC
400m Hurdles Matt Douglas Belgrave H
       
High jump Ben Challenger Belgrave H
High jump Martyn Bernard Sheffield AC
High jump Tom Parsons Birchfield H
       
Pole vault Nick Buckfield Crawley AC
Pole vault Keith Higham Border H
Pole vault Steven Lewis Newham Essex Beagles
       
Long jump Greg Rutherford Milton Keynes AC
Long jump Chris Tomlinson Newham Essex Beagles
       
Triple jump Larry Achike Shaftesbury Barnet H
Triple jump Phillips Idowu Belgrave H
       
Shot Carl Myerscough Blackpool & Fylde AC
Shot Mark Proctor Newham Essex Beagles
Shot Scott Rider Birchfield H
       
Discus Carl Myerscough Blackpool & Fylde AC
Discus Emeka Udechuku Woodford G & Essex L AC
       
Hammer Andy Frost Woodford G & Essex L AC
Hammer Mick Jones Belgrave H
Hammer Simon Bown Newham Essex Beagles
       
Javelin Nick Nieland Shaftesbury Barnet H
Javelin David Parker Shaftesbury Barnet H
       
4x100m relay Craig Pickering Milton Keynes AC
4x100m relay Mark Lewis Francis Birchfield H
4x100m relay Marlon Devonish Coventry Godiva
4x100m relay Jason Gardener Bath & Wessex AC
4x100m relay Darren Campbell Sale H Manchester
4x100m relay Chris Lambert Belgrave H
       
4x400m relay Andrew Steele Trafford AC
4x400m relay Martyn Rooney Croydon Harriers
4x400m relay Robert Tobin Basingstoke & Mid Hants AC
4x400m relay Malachi Davis Woodford G & Essex L AC
4x400m relay Graham Hedman Woodford G & Essex L AC
4x400m relay Chris Rawlinson Trafford AC

The Commonwealth Games Council for England (CGCE) is the organisation responsible for selecting and organising England's team for the Commonwealth Games Team


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