1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games

March 2019 March 2019 II Commonwealth Paraplegic Games File:1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games logo.jpg Kingston Jamaica 10 94 (72 Men/22 Women) 10 120 14 August 1966 20 August 1966 Prince Philip Derven Long (Jamaican Team Captain) Polio Rehabilitation Centre, Mona I Perth III Edinburgh The second Commonwealth Paraplegic Games were held in Kingston, Jamaica from 14 to 20 August 1966. There were 133 athletes from 10 countries.https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19700411&id=hpJAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=DaUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2954,2343152 Premier to open games for invalids 11 April 1970 Glasgow Herald 20 February 2012http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107887244 Paraplegic games under way 16 August 1966 Canberra Times 7 June 2017 21 The Games were opened by Prince Philip. Participating nations The following nations participated at the games:https://paralympicanorak.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/the-second-commonwealth-paraplegic-games-kingston-jamaica-1966/ The Second Commonwealth Paraplegic Games – Kingston, Jamaica 1966 2013-01-30 paralympicanorak 2017-08-31 20em AUS 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games CAN 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games ENG 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games FIJ 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games JAM 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games NZL 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games NIR 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games SCO 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games TRI 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games WAL 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Sports Sports on the program included:http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107887437 Australia scores twice 17 August 1966 Canberra Times 7 June 2017 30 20em Archery Athletics Dartchery Pentathlon (Archery, Athletics & Swimming Events) Snooker Swimming Table Tennis Weightlifting (Men Only) Wheelchair Basketball (Men Only) Wheelchair Fencing Venues VenueSportUniversity of the West Indies Sports Field Archery, Dartchery, Field EventsRecreation Hall, Games Village, MonaWeightlifting, Wheelchair FencingSt. Andrews ClubSnookerUniversity of the West Indies PoolSwimmingUniversity of the West Indies GymWheelchair BasketballOld Library, Games Village, MonaTable TennisNational StadiumSlalom, Wheelchair Races Performance Australia The Australian team included 8 men and 3 women. Ten members of the team had competed at the 1962 Games and come away with gold medals, but the total delegation was smaller than in 1962 owing to a lack of funds. The only newcomer to the Australian team was John Martin. He competed in four sports, para-athletics, para-swimming, wheelchair basketball and table tennis. Martin won silver in the men's 50 yard freestyle Class C event. Lorraine Dodd was Australia's only female competitor from Western Australia on the team. Going to the Games to compete in swimming, Dodd did not feel she had gotten in enough training.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article136927572 The camera catches the action 14 June 1966 Canberra Times 7 June 2017 16 Daphne Ceeney was another member of the Australian delegation, winning gold in wheelchair fencing.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article107887621 WOMAN FENCER WINS 18 August 1966 Canberra Times 7 June 2017 28 Ceeney set a world record in the women's 50 m freestyle Class D event in a Games record time of 45.6 seconds. The Australian delegation included Mikko Tamminen, who won 5 medals at the Games. His gold medals were in shot put and middleweight weightlifting. His silvers were in the javelin and club throw. His sole bronze medal came in the discus. The Finnish born competitor immigrated to Australia in 1951 and was injured in an accident in 1957. He died a year after the 1966 Games took place.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106956781 Paraplegic Olympian dead 13 January 1967 Canberra Times 7 June 2017 16 Vic Renalson came away from the Games with 2 golds, 2 silver and 1 bronze. He competed in para-athletics in Kingston.http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article106938634 Visitors enter in athletic carnival 1 October 1966 Canberra Times 7 June 2017 27 Following the Games, he started to get involved with athletics coaching. The team manager was Kevin Betts. England The English team included swimmer Sue Masham. She won silver in the women's 25 m breaststroke class A event. It also included swimmer Margaret Gibbs, who finished second in the women's 50 m freestyle Class D event. Jamaica The delegation from Jamaica included Octavius Morgan, who set a world record in the men's 50 yard freestyle Class C event in a time of 53.7 seconds. New Zealand New Zealand also participated in these Games. Their team manager was Max Steward. They had a better funding situation than their Australian competitors, but some team members withdrew early because of medical issues. The team included 1962 Games gold medalist Auckland's Pompey Heremaia. Heremaia competed in the precision javelin, snooker, shot put, club throw and wheelchair fencing. Heremaia and Wilf Martin were New Zealand's sole representatives at the 1962 Games; here Heremaia won medals in snooker and javelin.http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/38019/pompey-heremaia-at-the-perth-games-1962 Pompey Heremaia at the Perth Games, 1962 Te Ara: The Encyclopedia of New Zealand 7 June 2017Report of the First Commonwealth Paraplegic Games, Perth, Western Australia, 10–17 November 1962 1962 Paraplegic Association of Western Australia Perth http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34442483 Scotland The Scottish team included Ruth Harvey, who claimed silver in women's wheelchair fencing. Overall performance England and Jamaica were leaders for medals in the pool. They had 3 gold medals each. Australia followed closely behind with 2. Scotland was the only other country with gold in the pool with one. World and other records fell in the pool. One was set by Lorraine Dodd in the women's 25 m breaststroke class A event, where she posted a world record time of 32.0 seconds. Final medal table England, Australia and Scotland were the top three nations.https://paralympicanorak.wordpress.com/2013/01/30/the-second-commonwealth-paraplegic-games-kingston-jamaica-1966/ The Second Commonwealth Paraplegic Games – Kingston, Jamaica 1966 2013-01-30 paralympicanorak 2017-08-31 NationsGoldSilverBronzeEngland645030Australia332822Scotland111121Jamaica885Northern Ireland232New Zealand182Fiji100Wales053Trinidad Trinidad and Tobago010Canada001 12011486 See also Commonwealth Paraplegic Games 1966 Commonwealth Games at Kingston, Jamaica References autocollapse Sports 1960s Category:Jamaica and the Commonwealth of Nations Category:Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Category:1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Commonwealth Paraplegic Games Category:Sports competitions in Kingston, Jamaica Category:International sports competitions hosted by Jamaica Category:20th century in Kingston, Jamaica