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27 Feb 2022

SportsAid stars set to shine at Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games

The Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games get underway tomorrow (28 July) with SportsAid recipients set to represent England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Guernsey, Isle of Man and Jersey across 11 days of jam-packed sporting action! A total of 474 athletes who have received backing from the charity, including 48 current awardees, will be looking to bring home medals for their respective nations and territories as many of them compete at their first ever major championships. 

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182 of those athletes have had help from SportsAid since the Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast four years ago. The overall figure also features 121 beneficiaries of the Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS) and 29 from the Backing The Best programme. TASS helps athletes (aged 16-plus) balance sport within the rest of their lives, be this in education, training or another form of personal development, and Backing The Best is designed to support sports stars facing the greatest financial pressure. Both are managed by SportsAid. 

 

Here’s the list of SportsAid beneficiaries (current awardees are indicated by **) who will be competing at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.... 

 

TEAM ENGLAND 

TOTAL = 281/432 (65%) 

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED = 30 

SUPPORTED SINCE 2018 = 102 

ATHLETICS (65/94)

Abigail Irozuru 

Adam Hague 

Aimee Pratt 

Alexandra Bell** 

Ali Smith 

Ama Pipi 

Andrew Pozzi 

Asha Philip 

Ben Pattison 

Ben Williams 

Calli Thackery 

Callum Wilkinson 

Danny Sidbury 

Daryll Neita 

David Weir 

Desiree Henry 

Dina Asher-Smith (withdrawn due to injury) 

Divine Oladipo 

Eden Rainbow-Cooper 

Emily Borthwick 

Emmanuel Oyinbo-Coker** 

Fabienne Andre 

Georgina Schwiening 

Harry Aikines-Aryeetey 

Harry Coppell 

Hetty Bartlett** 

Holly Bradshaw 

Holly Mills 

Imani-Lara Lansiquot 

Jade O’Dowda 

James Arnott 

Jazmin Sawyers 

Jessie Knight 

Jodie Williams 

Joel Clarke-Khan** 

JohnBoy Smith 

Jona Efoloko 

Jonny Mellor 

Joshua Zeller 

Kare Adenegan 

Katie Snowden 

Keely Hodgkinson** 

Laura Zialor** 

Laviai Nielsen 

Lawrence Okoye 

Lina Nielsen 

Lizzie Bird** 

Lorraine Ugen 

Molly Caudery 

Morgan Lake 

Naomi Metzger 

Nathan Maguire 

Nick Miller 

Ola Abidogun 

Reece Prescod 

Scott Lincoln 

Shaun Burrows 

Shelly Oxley-Woods 

Simon Lawson 

Sophie McKinna 

Tom Bosworth** 

Victoria Ohuruogu 

Zac Shaw 

Zak Seddon 

BADMINTON (9/10) 

Abigail Holden 

Ben Lane 

Callum Hemming 

Chloe Birch 

Freya Patel-Redfearn 

Jess Pugh 

Lauren Smith 

Sean Vendy 

Toby Penty  

BASKETBALL (4/8) 

Jamell Anderson

Women’s (3/4)

Chantelle Handy 

Cheridene Green 

Shanice Beckford-Norton 

BEACH VOLLEYBALL (3/4) 

Javier Bello 

Jessica Grimson 

Joaquin Bello 

BOXING (6/14) 

Demi-Jade Resztan 

Gemma Richardson 

Harris Akbar 

Lewis Williams 

Niall Farrell 

Sameenah Toussaint** (pictured)

CRICKET (7/15) 

Alice Capsey 

Amy Jones 

Bryony Smith 

Freya Davies 

Isabelle Wong 

Maia Bouchier 

Sophia Dunkley 

CYCLING (15/35) 

Alice Barnes 

Blaine Ridge-Davis 

Charlie Tanfield 

Christopher Latham 

Fred Wright 

Georgia Holt 

Harry Birchill 

Joseph Truman 

Josie Nelson 

Laura Kenny 

Matt Walls 

Oliver Wood 

Sophie Lewis 

Sophie Unwin 

Sophie Capewell 

DIVING (14/18) 

Amy Rollinson 

Andrea Spendolini-Sirieix 

Anthony Harding 

Ben Cutmore 

Daniel Goodfellow 

Desharne Bent-Ashmeil 

Emily Martin 

Evie Smith** 

Jack Laugher 

Jordan Houlden 

Kyle Kothari 

Noah Williams 

Robyn Birch 

Yasmin Harper 

GYMNASTICS (7/13)

Alice Kinsella 

Courtney Tulloch 

Giarnni Regini-Moran 

James Hall 

Joe Fraser 

Marfa Ekimova** 

Saffron Severn 

HOCKEY (30/36) 

Men’s (12/18) 

Brendan Creed 

Christopher Griffiths 

Ian Sloan 

Jack Waller 

James Mazarelo 

James Albery 

Nick Bandurak 

Phil Roper 

Rhys Smith 

Samuel Ward 

Stuart Rushmere 

Tom Sorsby 

Women’s (18/18) 

Anna Toman 

Ellie Rayer 

Fiona Crackles 

Flora Peel 

Giselle Ansley 

Grace Balsdon 

Hannah Martin 

Hollie Pearne-Webb 

Holly Hunt 

Izzy Petter 

Laura Unsworth 

Lily Owsley 

Lily Walker 

Maddie Hinch 

Sabbie Heesh 

Shona McCallin 

Sophie Hamilton 

Tess Howard 

JUDO (14/14)

Acelya Toprak 

Amy Platten 

Ashley McKenzie 

Daniel Powell 

Emma Reid 

Gemma Howell 

Harry Lovell-Hewitt 

Jamal Petgrave 

Jemima Yeats-Brown 

Kelly Petersen-Pollard 

Lachlan Moorhead 

Lele Nairne 

Rhys Thompson** 

Sam Hall 

NETBALL (9/12)

Eboni Usoro-Brown 

Eleanor Cardwell 

Helen Housby 

Imogen Allison 

Jo Harten 

Layla Guscoth 

Laura Malcolm 

Sophie Drakeford-Lewis 

Stacey Francis-Bayman 

POWERLIFTING (7/7) 

Liam McGarry 

Louise Sugden (withdrawn due to injury) 

Mark Swan** 

Matt Harding 

Olivia Broome 

Rebecca Bedford 

Zoe Newson 

RUGBY SEVENS (8/26) 

Women’s (8/13) 

Abbie Brown 

Amy Wilson-Hardy 

Emma Uren 

Grace Compton** 

Heather Cowell 

Jade Shekells 

Meg Jones 

Merryn Doidge 

SQUASH (6/9) 

Adrian Waller 

Declan James 

Georgina Kennedy 

Lucy Turmel 

Patrick Rooney 

Sarah-Jane Perry 

SWIMMING (31/48) 

Adam Peaty 

Alice Tai 

Ben Proud 

Brodie Williams 

Freya Colbert 

Grace Harvey 

Greg Butler 

Hannah Russell 

Holly Hibbott 

Isabella Hindley 

Jacob Peters 

James Hollis 

James McFadzen 

James Guy 

James Wilby 

Jamie Ingram** 

Jay Lelliott** 

Jessica-Jane Applegate 

Joe Litchfield 

Jordan Catchpole 

Laura Stephens 

Lauren Cox 

Louise Fiddes 

Luke Turley 

Maisie Summers-Newton 

Michael Jones 

Molly Renshaw 

Poppy Maskill** 

Rebecca Redfern 

Thomas Hamer 

William Perry 

TABLE TENNIS (13/13)

Charlotte Bardsley 

Dan Bullen** 

Fliss Pickard 

Jack Hunter-Spivey 

Liam Pitchford 

Maria Tsaptsinos 

Mollie Patterson** 

Paul Drinkhall 

Ross Wilson 

Sam Walker 

Sue Bailey 

Tin-Tin Ho** 

Tom Jarvis 

TRIATHLON (11/15) 

Alex Yee 

Charlie Harding** 

Dan Dixon** 

Dave Ellis 

Georgia Taylor-Brown 

Iain Dawson 

Katie Crowhurst** 

Oscar Kelly** 

Sam Dickinson 

Sian Rainsley 

Sophie Coldwell 

WEIGHTLIFTING (11/15) 

Ben Hickling 

Chris Murray 

Deborah Alawode 

Emily Campbell 

Emily Sweeney** 

Fraer Morrow 

Jack Oliver 

Jaswant Shergill 

Noorin Gulam 

Sarah Davies 

Zoe Smith 

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL (6/8) 

Men’s (3/4) 

Abderrahim Taghrest 

Lee Manning 

Tyler Baines** 

Women’s (3/4) 

Amy Conroy 

Charlotte Moore 

Jade Atkin**

WRESTLING (5/9)

Charlie Bowling 

George Ramm 

Harvey Ridings 

Kelsey Barnes** 

Sarah Clossick 

TEAM SCOTLAND 

TOTAL = 108/260 (42%) 

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED = 12 WEIGHTLIFTING (11/15)   

SUPPORTED SINCE 2018 = 42 

ATHLETICS (21/33) 

Alexander Thomson 

Alisha Rees** 

Andrew Butchart 

Carys McAulay 

Chris Bennett 

David Smith 

Eilish McColgan 

Eloise Walker 

Guy Learmonth 

Heather Paton 

Jake Wightman 

Josh Kerr 

Mark Dry 

Mel Woods 

Neil Gourley 

Nicholas Percy 

Ross Paterson** 

Samantha Kinghorn 

Sean Frame** 

Will Grimsey 

Zoey Clark 

BADMINTON (7/9) 

Adam Hall 

Alexander Dunn 

Callum Smith** 

Christopher Grimley 

Julie MacPherson 

Kirsty Gilmour 

Matthew Grimley 

BOXING (4/8)

Megan Reid 

Sam Hickey 

Stephen Newns 

Tyler Jolly 

CYCLING (14/21) 

Aileen McGlynn 

Alistair Fielding 

Anna Shackley 

Charlie Aldridge 

Iona Moir 

Isla Short 

Jack Carlin 

Jenny Holl 

Lauren Bell 

Lewis Stewart 

Lusia Steele 

Mark Stewart 

Neil Fachie 

Sean Flynn 

DIVING (6/8) 

Cameron Gammage 

Clara Kerr 

Danny Mabbott 

Gemma McArthur 

Grace Reid 

James Heatly 

GYMNASTICS (7/10) 

Cara Kennedy 

David Weir 

Frank Baines 

Hamish Carter 

Louise Christie** 

Pavel Karnejenko 

Shannon Archer 

HOCKEY (4/36) 

Men's (4/18) 

Alan Forsyth 

Andy Bull 

David Forrester 

Michael Bremner 

JUDO (4/11) 

David Ferguson 

Finlay Allan 

Malin Wilson 

Rachel Tytler 

RUGBY SEVENS (2/26)

Women’s (2/13) 

Caity Mattinson 

Helen Nelson 

SQUASH (4/6) 

Douglas Kempsell 

Georgia Adderley 

Greg Lobban 

Rory Stewart 

SWIMMING (21/26) 

Archie Goodburn 

Craig Benson 

Craig McNally 

Duncan Scott 

Emma Russell 

Evan Jones 

Evie Davis 

Holly McGill** 

Kara Hanlon 

Katie Shanahan 

Lucy Hope 

Mark Szaranek 

Martyn Walton 

Oliver Carter 

Ross Murdoch 

Stephen Milne 

Sam Downie** 

Stephen Clegg 

Tain Bruce 

Tom Beeley 

Toni Shaw 

TABLE TENNIS (2/4) 

Gavin Rumgay 

Lucy Elliot 

Rebecca Plaistow 

TRIATHLON (4/6) 

Alison Peasgood 

Beth Potter 

Grant Sheldon 

Sophia Green 

WEIGHTLIFTING (3/5) 

Alice Aitchison 

Craig Carfray 

Jason Epton 

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL (3/4) 

Women’s (3/4) 

Jessica Whyte** 

Judith Hamer 

Robyn Love 

WRESTLING (2/6) 

Abbie Fountain** 

Ross Connelly** 

TEAM WALES

 

TOTAL = 56/201 (28%) 

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED = 2 

SUPPORTED SINCE 2018 = 26 

ATHLETICS (14/24) 

Adele Nicoll 

Dewi Griffiths 

Hannah Brier 

Harrison Walsh 

Heather Lewis 

Jac Palmer 

Jake Heyward 

Jeremiah Azu 

Joe Brier 

Julie Rogers 

Melissa Courtney-Bryant 

Osian Jones 

Piers Copeland 

Rhys Jones 

CYCLING (11/24) 

Alex Pope 

Amy Cole 

Elinor Barker 

Emma Finucane 

Geraint Thomas 

James Ball 

Jess Roberts 

Joe Holt 

Matthew Rotherham 

Megan Barker 

Rhys Britton 

DIVING (1/3) 

Aidan Heslop

GYMNASTICS (6/13) 

Brinn Bevan 

Jacob Edwards 

Joe Cemlyn-Jones 

Josh Cook 

Mia Evans 

Poppy Stickler 

HOCKEY (3/36) 

Men’s (2/18) 

Gareth Furlong 

Gareth Griffiths 

Women’s (1/18) 

Holly Munro

JUDO (2/6) 

Gregg Varey 

Jasmine Hacker-Jones 

SQUASH (2/5) 

Emily Whitlock 

Emyr Evans 

SWIMMING (4/20) 

Calum Jarvis 

Kieran Bird 

Lily Rice 

Rebecca Sutton 

TABLE TENNIS (6/7) 

Anna Hursey 

Callum Evans 

Chloe Thomas Wu Zhang 

Grace Williams 

Josh Stacey 

Lara Whitton 

TRIATHLON (4/7) 

Dominic Coy 

Iestyn Harrett 

Non Stanford 

Olivia Mathias 

WEIGHTLIFTING (4/7) 

Catrin Jones 

Hannah Powell 

Jordan Sakkas 

Michael Farmer 

WRESTLING (1/2) 

Shannon Alex Harry 

TEAM NORTHERN IRELAND 

TOTAL = 14/97 (14%) 

SUPPORTED SINCE 2018 = 4 

ATHLETICS (2/14) 

Eve Walsh-Dann 

Megan Marrs 

CYCLING (2/8) 

Alice Sharpe 

Cameron Orr 

GYMNASTICS (2/3) 

Ewan McAteer  

Rhys McClenaghan  

JUDO (3/7) 

Nathon Burns 

Rachael Hawkes 

Yasmin Javadian 

SWIMMING (2/10) 

Bethany Firth 

Danielle Hill 

WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL (3/4) 

Men's (3/4) 

Conn Nagle 

James MacSorley 

Matt Rollston 

TEAM GUERNSEY 

TOTAL = 4/28 (14%) 

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED = 1 

SUPPORTED SINCE 2018 = 3 

ATHLETICS (2/5) 

Alastair Chalmers 

Cameron Chalmers** 

BADMINTON (1/4) 

Elena Johnson 

CYCLING (1/5) 

Sam Culverwell 

TEAM ISLE OF MAN 

TOTAL = 7/34 (21%) 

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED = 2 

SUPPORTED SINCE 2018 = 3 

ATHLETICS (3/7) 

David Mullarkey** 

Glen Quayle 

Joe Harris 

CYCLING (3/13) 

Ben Swift 

Elizabeth Holden 

Mark Cavendish 

POWERLIFTING (1/1) 

Kim Dean** 

TEAM JERSEY 

TOTAL = 4/28 (14%) 

CURRENTLY SUPPORTED = 1 

SUPPORTED SINCE 2018 = 2 

ATHLETICS (2/4) 

Shadine Duquemin 

Zane Duquemin 

SWIMMING (2/7) 

Lily Scott** 

Robbie Jones

Commonwealth Games England has appointed SportsAid to lead on the development, management and operational delivery of Team England Futures at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. The programme, supported by Sport England, will reinforce the importance of the Commonwealth Games, particularly one hosted on home soil, as a developmental opportunity within the talent and performance pathway!