Scotland selects wrestlers for Delhi

28/07/2010

On 24th July the Scottish Wrestling Association announced 10 wrestlers selected to represent Team Scotland at the Commonwealth Games in October. Wrestling was the first of 16 sports competing in Delhi to have its athlete selections confirmed.

A full account of the selections can be found on the Scottish Wrestling Association website

Freestyle (Men)
55kg Craig McKenna
60kg Viorel Etko
74kg Sean Keogh

Female Wrestling
48kg Fiona Robertson
51kg Donna Robertson
55kg Jayne Clason
59kg Kathryn Gallagher
63kg Tracy Connell
67kg Ashlea McManus
72kg Sarah Jones

Staff Selections
Wrestling Team Leader John Keogh
Head Coach Volodymyr Gladkov
Coach Colin McLaren

The majority of the wrestling team now head to Romania on Monday to benefit from further training and international competition, then on to Ukraine as they make their final preparations for the Commonwealth Games.

More Commonwealth Games news from Scotland… is the announcement of the names of 30 up and coming, talented athletes who are the potential Scottish sports stars of Glasgow 2014 in four years time. Selected from Wrestling are Megan Malone and Tony McKenna along with coach Alan Harper of Tullibody Wrestling Club.

A full account of the Achieve 2014 project can be found on the Scottish Wrestling Association website