Barbados at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Barbados competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games at Birmingham, England from 28 July – 8 August 2022. It was their 17th appearance at the Commonwealth Games, and their first since becoming a republic on 30 November 2021.^[1]

Barbados at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Barbados
CGF code	BAR
CGA	Commonwealth Games Barbados
Website	olympic.org.bb
in Birmingham, England 28 July 2022 (2022-07-28) – 8 August 2022 (2022-08-08)
Competitors	64 (22 men and 42 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearers	Matthew Wright Latonia Blackman
Medals Ranked =20th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
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On 15 July 2022, a team of 65 athletes (23 men and 42 women) competing in 12 sports was named.^[2]

Matthew Wright and Latonia Blackman were the country's flagbearers during the opening ceremony.^[3]

Medalists

Main article: 2022 Commonwealth Games medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Sada Williams	Athletics	Women's 400 m	7 August
Silver	Shane Brathwaite	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	4 August
Bronze	Jonathan Jones	Athletics	Men's 400 m	7 August

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors participating at the Games per sport/discipline.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	6	2	8
Badminton	2	2	4
Boxing	2	1	3
Cricket	—	15	15
Cycling	1	1	2
Gymnastics	0	1	1
Judo	1	0	1
Netball	—	12	12
Squash	2	3	5
Swimming	2	3	5
Table tennis	4	0	4
Triathlon	2	2	4
Total	22	42	64

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of nine athletes was officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Men

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Kyle Gale	400 m	46.66	4 q	46.78	5	Did not advance
Jonathan Jones		45.39	1 Q	45.82	1 Q	44.89
Shane Brathwaite	110 m hurdles	13.42	4 q	—		13.30
Miguel Nicholas Jonathan Jones Rasheeme Griffith Kyle Gale	4 × 400 m relay	3:07.23	4 q	—		3:03.92	4

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Nathan Crawford-Wallis	Triple jump	16.11	6

Women

Track and road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Sada Williams	400 m	51.66	1 Q	51.59	1 Q	49.90
Hannah Connell	100 m hurdles	13.35	4	—		Did not advance

Badminton

Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

As of 1 June 2022, Barbados qualified for the mixed team event via the BWF World Rankings.^[4] Four players were officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kennie King	Men's singles	Wanagaliya (UGA) L (13–21, 10–21)	Did not advance
Shae Martin		Bye	Karunaratne (SRI) L (6–21, 5–21)	Did not advance
Sabrina Scott	Women's singles	Bye	Li (IOM) L (10–21, 15–21)	Did not advance
Tamisha Williams		Williams (FLK) W (21–8, 21–10)	Leung (MRI) W (21–17, 10–21, 21–19)	Goh (MAS) L (Walkover)	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shae Martin Kennie King	Men's doubles	—	Dias & Goonethilleka (SRI) L (12–21, 9–21)	Did not advance
Tamisha Williams Sabrina Scott	Women's doubles	—	Cheah & Lai (MAS) L (5–21, 6–21)	Did not advance
Kennie King Tamisha Williams	Mixed doubles	Angus & Wynter (JAM) L (12–21, 19–21)	Did not advance
Shae Martin Sabrina Scott		Bye	Ellis & Smith (ENG) L (8–21, 8–21)	Did not advance

Mixed team

Main article: Badminton at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Mixed team

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Barbados	Mixed team	England L 0–5	Singapore L 0–5	Mauritius L 1–4	4	Did not advance

Squad

• Kennie King
• Shae Martin
• Tamisha Williams
• Sabrina Scott

Group stage

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	MF	MA	MD	GF	GA	GD	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Singapore	3	3	0	14	1	+13	29	2	+27	639	301	+338	3	Knockout stage
2	England	3	2	1	11	4	+7	22	9	+13	577	367	+210	2
3	Mauritius	3	1	2	4	11	−7	9	22	−13	386	583	−197	1
4	Barbados	3	0	3	1	14	−13	2	29	−27	296	647	−351	0

Source: BWF

England 5	National Exhibition Centre, Court 1 29 July 2022, 09:00 UTC+1 [5]		Barbados 0
1 2 3 1 Marcus Ellis / Lauren Smith Shae Martin / Sabrina Scott 21 5 21 9     2 Toby Penty Kennie Maarten King 21 5 21 9     3 Freya Patel-Redfearn Tamisha Williams 21 6 21 3     4 Ben Lane / Sean Vendy Kennie Maarten King / Shae Martin 21 5 21 10     5 Chloe Birch / Jessica Pugh Sabrina Scott / Tamisha Williams 21 6 21 9

Singapore 5	National Exhibition Centre, Court 3 29 July 2022, 19:00 UTC+1 [6]		Barbados 0
1 2 3 1 Terry Hee / Tan Wei Han Shae Martin / Tamisha Williams 21 5 21 10     2 Jason Teh Kennie Maarten King 21 9 21 7     3 Insyirah Khan Sabrina Scott 21 1 21 4     4 Loh Kean Hean / Andy Kwek Kennie Maarten King / Shae Martin 21 6 21 10     5 Crystal Wong / Jin Yujia Tamisha Williams / Sabrina Scott 21 5 21 9

Mauritius 4	National Exhibition Centre, Court 4 30 July 2022, 14:00 UTC+1 [7]		Barbados 1
1 2 3 1 Tejraj Pultoo / Kobita Dookhee Shae Martin / Sabrina Scott 17 21 21 16 19 21   2 Alexandre Bongout Kennie Maarten King 23 21 21 18     3 Aatish Lubah / Julien Paul Kennie Maarten King / Shae Martin 21 6 21 15     4 Lorna Bodha Tamisha Williams 21 11 21 12     5 Lorna Bodha / Kobita Dookhee Sabrina Scott / Tamisha Williams 21 14 21 8

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of three boxers was officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jabali Breedy	Men's Bantamweight	—	McHale (SCO) L 2-3	Did not advance
Charles Cox	Men's Light heavyweight	Bye	Beausejour (CAN) L 0-5	Did not advance
Kimberly Gittens	Women's Light middleweight	—	Essiane (CMR) L 0-5	Did not advance

Cricket

Main article: Cricket at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of their position in the ICC Women's T20I rankings (as of 1 April 2021), the West Indies qualified for the tournament;^[8] their status as a multinational Caribbean team meant the associated quota had to be awarded to one of the associated countries. Following the cancellation of the 2021 Twenty20 Blaze tournament (the intended qualifier), Cricket West Indies declared the quota would go to Barbados, the reigning Twenty20 Blaze champions from 2018–19.^[9]

Fixtures were announced in November 2021.^[10]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage				Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Barbados women	Women's tournament	Pakistan W by 15 runs	Australia L by 9 wickets	India L by 100 runs	3	Did not advance

Roster

Fifteen players were officially selected on 15 July 2022.^[2]

• Hayley Matthews (c)
• Aaliyah Alleyne
• Shanika Bruce
• Shai Carrington
• Shaunte Carrington
• Shamilia Connell
• Deandra Dottin
• Keila Elliott
• Trishan Holder
• Kycia Knight
• Kyshona Knight
• Alisa Scantlebury
• Shakera Selman
• Tiffany Thorpe
• Aaliyah Williams

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	NR	Pts	NRR
1	Australia	3	3	0	0	6	2.832
2	India	3	2	1	0	4	2.511
3	Barbados	3	1	2	0	2	−2.953
4	Pakistan	3	0	3	0	0	−1.768

Source: ESPNcricinfo

29 July 2022 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Barbados  144/4 (20 overs)	v	Pakistan 129/6 (20 overs)
Kycia Knight 62* (56) Fatima Sana 2/41 (4 overs)		Nida Dar 50* (31) Hayley Matthews 1/13 (4 overs)

Barbados won by 15 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Hayley Matthews (Bar)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Shanika Bruce, Trishan Holder, Alisa Scantlebury and Aaliyah Williams (Bar) all made their WT20I debuts.^[a]

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31 July 2022 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

Barbados  64 (20 overs)	v	Australia 68/1 (8.1 overs)
Hayley Matthews 18 (13) Alana King 4/8 (4 overs)		Meg Lanning 36* (21) Shanika Bruce 1/7 (2 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Shivani Mishra (Qat) and Sue Redfern (Eng) Player of the match: Alana King (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• Keila Elliott (Bar) made her WT20I debut.

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3 August 2022 18:00 (D/N) Scorecard

India  162/4 (20 overs)	v	Barbados 62/8 (20 overs)
Jemimah Rodrigues 56* (46) Shanika Bruce 1/17 (2 overs)		Kyshona Knight 16 (20) Renuka Singh 4/10 (4 overs)

India won by 100 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Kim Cotton (NZ) and Shivani Mishra (Qat) Player of the match: Renuka Singh Thakur (Ind)

• Barbados won the toss and elected to field.
• Shaunte Carrington (Bar) made her WT20I debut.

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of two cyclists was officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Track

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Round 1	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Time	Rank	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Opposition Time	Rank
Amber Joseph	Women's sprint	Did not start		Did not advance

Points race

Athlete	Event	Final
		Points	Rank
Jamol Eastmond	Men's point race	DNF
Amber Joseph	Women's points race	-20	17

Scratch race

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Final
Jamol Eastmond	Men's scratch race	9 Q	DNF
Amber Joseph	Women's scratch race	—	9

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

One gymnast was officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Artistic

Women

Individual Qualification

Athlete	Event	Apparatus				Total	Rank
		V	UB	BB	F
Erin Pinder	Qualification	12.150	7.500	6.800	8.350	34.800	28

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

One judoka was officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final/BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Asa Weithers	Men's -81 kg	Jones (TTO) W 10 - 00	G-Drapeau (CAN) L 00 - 10	Did not advance	Kosam (NRU) W 10 - 00	Elnahas (CAN) L 00 - 10	5

Netball

Main article: Netball at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

By virtue of its position in the World Netball Rankings (as of 31 January 2022), Barbados qualified for the tournament.^[11]

Complete fixtures were announced in March 2022.^[12]

Summary

Team	Event	Group stage						Semifinal	Final / BM / Cl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Barbados women	Women's tournament	Australia L 18 - 95	South Africa L 36 - 91	Jamaica L 24 - 103	Scotland L 28 - 72	Wales L 44 - 60	6	Did not advance	11th place match  Trinidad and Tobago L 31 - 63	12

Roster

Twelve players were selected on 11 July 2022.^[13]

• Latonia Blackman (co-c)
• Shonette Azore-Bruce (co-c)
• Faye Agard
• Vanessa Bobb
• Samantha Browne
• Brianna Holder
• Zakiya Kirton
• Tonisha Rock-Yaw
• Stephian Shepherd
• Akeena Stoute
• Sabreena Smith
• Shonica Wharton

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Jamaica	5	5	0	0	378	205	+173	10	Semi-finals
2	Australia	5	4	0	1	386	187	+199	8
3	South Africa	5	3	0	2	323	275	+48	6	Classification matches
4	Wales	5	2	0	3	235	306	−71	4
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	224	302	−78	2
6	Barbados	5	0	0	5	150	421	−271	0

Source: Birmingham 2022

29 July 2022 14:00	Report	Australia	95–18	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gary Burgess Alison Harrison
		Austin  6/6 (100%) Bueta  44/48 (92%) Koenen  35/38 (92%) Wood  10/15 (67%)		Agard  4/7 (57%) Blackman  6/8 (75%) Holder  2/3 (67%) Wharton  6/13 (46%)

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31 July 2022 14:00	Report	South Africa	91–36	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Gareth Fowler Bronwen Adams
		Rademan  12/16 (75%) Taljaard  18/20 (90%) van der Berg  47/49 (96%) Venter  14/16 (88%)		Blackman  21/24 (88%) Wharton  15/21 (71%)

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1 August 2022 14:00	Report	Jamaica	103–24	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Elizna Van Den Berg Anso Kemp
		Beckford  12/13 (92%) Fowler  24/27 (89%) Nelson  58/60 (97%) Robison  9/9 (100%)		Agard  10/12 (83%) Blackman  3/3 (100%) Holder  1/3 (33%) Wharton  10/15 (67%)

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3 August 2022 18:00	Report	Scotland	72–28	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tara Warner Kate Wright
		Barrie  20/25 (80%) Goodwin  30/34 (88%) McCall  22/25 (88%)		Agard  19/23 (83%) Holder  4/6 (67%) Wharton  5/8 (63%)

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4 August 2022 11:00	Report	Wales	60–44	Barbados		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Louise Travis Elizna Van Den Berg
		Creak  30/33 (91%) Roberts  9/14 (64%) Rowe  21/24 (88%)		Agard  4/5 (80%) Blackman  19/19 (100%) Wharton  21/27 (78%)

Eleventh place match

5 August 2022 09:00	Report	Barbados	31–63	Trinidad and Tobago		National Exhibition Centre Umpires: Tracy-Ann Griffiths Anso Kemp
		Agard  14/19 (74%) Blackman  9/10 (90%) Holder  1/1 (100%) Wharton  7/11 (64%)		Cooper  25/31 (81%) Noel  38/43 (88%)

Squash

Main article: Squash at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of five players was officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Khamal Cumberbatch	Men's singles	Yuen (MAS) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Shawn Simpson		Wakeel (SRI) L 2 - 3	Did not advance
Meagan Best	Women's singles	Nimji (KEN) W 3 - 0	Chinappa (IND) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Amanda Haywood		Neo Phatsima (BOT) W 3 - 0	Evans (WAL) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Jada Smith-Padmore		Pitcairn (CAY) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Shawn Simpson Khamal Cumberbatch	Men's doubles	Kamal / Ong (MAS) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Meagan Best Amanda Haywood	Women's doubles	Sultana / Sultana (MLT) W 2 - 1	Chinappa / Pallikall (IND) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Shawn Simpson Amanda Haywood	Mixed doubles	Adderley / Stewart (SCO) L 0 - 2	Did not advance
Meagan Best Khamal Cumberbatch		Fayyaz / Aslam (PAK) W 2 - 0	Waters / Waller (ENG) L 0 - 2	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of five swimmers was officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Kirby	50 m freestyle	23.59	22	Did not advance
	50 m backstroke	26.10	19	Did not advance
	100 m backstroke	56.55	18	Did not advance
Luis Sebastian Weekes	50 m breaststroke	29.40	25	Did not advance
	100 m breaststroke	1:04.96	25	Did not advance
	200 m breaststroke	2:22.71	13	—		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Danielle Treasure	200 m freestyle	2:10.17	20	—		Did not advance
Danielle Titus	50 m backstroke	30.13	17 R	30.00	15	Did not advance
Danielle Treasure		32.76	26	Did not advance
Danielle Titus	100 m backstroke	1:04.18	16 Q	1:05.24	16	Did not advance
Danielle Treasure		1:09.08	22	Did not advance
Danielle Titus	200 m backstroke	2:19.35	9	—		Did not advance
Danielle Treasure		2:26.72	11	—		Did not advance
Adara Stoddard	200 m breaststroke	2:46.15	12	—		Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:34.33	13	—		Did not advance
	400 m individual medley	5:24.94	10	—		Did not advance

Mixed

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jack Kirby Luis Sebastian Weekes Danielle Treasure Adara Stoddard	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:52.46	14	Did not advance
Danielle Titus Luis Sebastian Weekes Adara Stoddard Jack Kirby	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:08.59	10	Did not advance

Table tennis

Main articles: Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games and Table tennis at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Qualification

Barbados qualified a men's team for the table tennis competition. Four players were officially announced on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Singles

Athletes	Event	Group stage			Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Kevin Farley	Men's singles	Nathoo (RSA) W 4 - 3	Reilly (FIJ) W 4 - 0	1 Q	Walker (ENG) L 0 - 4	Did not advance
Tyrese Knight		Loi (PNG) W 4 - 0	Wong (MAS) L 0 - 4	2	Did not advance
Ramon Maxwell		Yogarajah (MRI) L 0 - 4	Mutua (KEN) L 1 - 4	3	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tre Riley Kevin Farley	Men's doubles	Bye	Jarvis / Walker (ENG) L 0 - 3	Did not advance
Tyrese Knight Ramon Maxwell		Bye	Jones / Steyn (RSA) W 3 - 1	Pitchford / Drinkhall (ENG) L 0 - 3	Did not advance

Team

Athletes	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Tre Riley Tyrese Knight Ramon Maxwell Kevin Farley	Men's team	India(IND) L 0-3	Northern Ireland(NIR) L 0-3	Singapore(SGP) L 0-3	4	Did not advance

Triathlon

Main article: Triathlon at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

A squad of four triathletes was officially selected on 15 July 2022.^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750 m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total	Rank
Matthew Wright	Men's	8:52	0:51	26:05	0:22	17:11	53:21	17

Mixed Relay

Athletes	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250 m, Bike 7 km, Run 1.5 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Matthew Wright Zahra Gaskin Niel Skinner Chara Hinds	Mixed relay	18:22 27:25 23:29 27:04	1:36:20	12

Notes

1. Aaliyah Alleyne, Shamilia Connell, Deandra Dottin, Kycia Knight, Kyshona Knight, Hayley Matthews and Shakera Selman – all capped in WT20Is for the West Indies – also made their WT20I debuts for Barbados.