Team Information

Further information about the Home Nations’ teams will be published here as it becomes available
Selection policies for England, Scotland and Northern Ireland available from right-hand-side panel.

Scotland
Announcement 24 April 2014 (link to news item):
Scotland have selected 14 wrestlers for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games.

The Scots are seeking a first Games medal since 1994, with twins Fiona and Donna Robertson out to improve on a string of fourth places in 2010.

The 48kg sisters, 44, took up the sport prior to the Delhi Games, having both won Commonwealth medals in their previous discipline of judo.

Jayne Clason, Kathryn Marsh, Sarah Jones, Viorel Etko and Joseph Luigi Bianco also have past Games experience.
Victor Keelan, President of the Scottish Wrestling Association, said: “The Scottish Wrestling Association is extremely proud of our athletes selected to compete for Team Scotland in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

“Through their hard work and the leadership of our national coach Volodymyr Gladkov, we feel we have a strong team to lead us to success in Glasgow and create a legacy for our future wrestlers.”

Team Scotland, wrestling:


	57kg 57kg 61kg 65kg 65kg 86kg 86kg 48kg 48kg 53kg 53kg 55kg 55kg 69kg	Brian Harper Ross McFarlane Viorel Etko Gareth Jones Alex Gladkov Joseph Luigi Bianco Lewis Waddell Fiona Robertson Donna Robertson Shannon Hawke Jayne Clason Chelsea Murphy Kathryn Marsh Sarah Jones

England
The Team England Wrestling team was announced on 8th June

Name	Event	Trains	Lived/From
Olga Butkevych	Women’s 58kg	Manchester	Zaporizhia, Ukraine
Chinu Chinu	Men’s 125kg	Oldbury	Ludhiana, India
Sophie Edwards	Women’s 75kg	Manchester	Warrington
Michael Grundy	Men’s 74kg	Wigan	Billinge
Sarah Grundy	Women’s 58kg	Wigan	Wigan
Oleksandr Madyarchyk	Men’s 61kg	Sale	Khust, Ukraine
Louisa Porogovksa	Women’s 55kg	Bolton	Preston
George Ramm	Men’s 61kg	Bolton	Bolton
Leon Rattigan	Men’s 97kg	Manchester	Bristol
Yana Rattigan	Women’s 48kg	Manchester	Khmelnitsky, Ukraine
Philip Roberts	Men’s 65kg	Wigan/Aspull	Bolton
Chloe Spiteri	Women’s 63kg	London	Leytonstone
Omar Tafail	Men’s 57kg	Birmingham	London

The team will be accompanied by the following:
Team Leader: Shaun Morley
Team Coach: Anatollii Kharytoniuk
Team Physio: Rob Hamilton
There will also be two deputy Team Leaders gaining experience of multi-sports tournaments for the future, Trevor Hoskins and Eddy Kavanagh

Northern Ireland
Announcement 10th June (Link to news item)

Norik Koczarian 65kg and Hugh McCloskey 97kg will represent Northern Ireland.
The 65kg event takes place on Wednesday 30th July with the 97kg event takming place the day before on Tuesday 29th July.

The team will be accompanied by John O’Rawe, the Northern Ireland Wrestling Association Talent Development Coach

Wales
Announcement 23rd June (link to news item)
Men’s Freestyle
57kg Craig Pilling
61kg Damion Arzu
74kg Thomas Hawthorn
86kg Oliver Cole
Women’s Freestyle
63kg Sarah Connolly
The team will be accompanied by Alan Jones as Team Manager and National Coach Arash Shojeai.