Malawi at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malawi competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in the Gold Coast, Australia from April 4 to April 15, 2018.^[1]

Malawi at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Flag of Malawi
CGF code	MAW
CGA	Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association of Malawi
in Gold Coast, Australia 4 April 2018 – 15 April 2018
Competitors	19 in 2 sports
Flag bearer	Joyce Mvula
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Commonwealth Games appearances (overview)
1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Other related appearances
Rhodesia and Nyasaland (1962)

Netball athlete Joyce Mvula was the country's flag bearer during the opening ceremony.^[2]

Competitors

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

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics (track and field)	7	0	7
Netball	—	12	12
Total	7	12	19

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Dalitso Gunde	400 m	51.59	8	did not advance
Golden Gunde		48.39	6	did not advance
Benedicto Makumba	800 m	1:57.22	9	—	did not advance
Chauncy Master	5000 m	—	14:50.25	15
Grevazio Mpani		—	14:30.66	13
Kefasi Chitsala	10000 m	—	29:21.68	12
Happy Ndacha Mchenlenje	Marathon	—	2:45:31	17

Netball

Main article: Netball at the 2018 Commonwealth Games

Malawi qualified a netball team by virtue of being ranked in the top 11 (excluding the host nation, Australia) of the INF World Rankings on July 1, 2017.^[3][4][5]

The following is the Malawi roster in the netball tournament of the 2018 Commonwealth Games.^[6][7]

Malawi national netball team – 2018 Commonwealth Games roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. Name Age - DOB Ht. Club Club nat. Chimaliro, Jane - – Civonets   Dambo, Martha - – Thunder Queens   Galleta, Thandie - – Thunder Queens   Kachilika, Joanna (C) - – Thunder Queens   Kumwenda, Bridget - – Kukoma Diamonds   Kumwenda, Mwai - – Melbourne Vixens   Lwazi, Takondwa - – Blue Eagles Sisters   Mtukule, Caroline - – Kukoma Diamonds   Mvula, Joyce - – Manchester Thunder   Ngwira, Loreen - – Team Northumbria   Simtowe, Sindi - – Tigresses   Vinkhumbo, Towera - – Kukoma Diamonds	Head coach Whyte Mulilima Legend (C) Team captain Club field describes current pro club   Injured

Pool B

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	5	5	0	0	342	202	+140	10	Semi-finals
2	New Zealand	5	3	0	2	292	235	+57	6
3	Uganda	5	3	0	2	287	248	+39	6	Classification matches
4	Malawi	5	3	0	2	277	284	−7	6
5	Scotland	5	1	0	4	195	289	−94	2
6	Wales	5	0	0	5	215	350	−135	0

Updated to match(es) played on 11 April 2018. Source: GC2018

6 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	49–74	England		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Marc Henning Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Maria van der Merwe
		Kumwenda   31/33 (94%) Mvula   10/11 (91%) Chimaliro   7/7 (100%) Simtowe   1/3 (33%)		Harten   48/54 (89%) Housby   14/18 (78%) Corbin   6/7 (86%) Haythornthwaite   6/7 (86%)

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7 April 2018 13:00 v t e	Report	Uganda	54–52	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Proscovia   35/38 (92%) Nanyonga   19/21 (90%)		Kumwenda   43/47 (91%) Chimaliro   8/10 (80%) Simtow   1/1 (100%)

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8 April 2018 18:30 v t e	Report	Malawi	57–53	New Zealand		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Gary Burgess Reserve umpire: Theresa Prince
		Kumwenda   41/46 (89%) Chimaliro   16/20 (80%)		Folau   31/39 (79%) Selby-Rickit   15/17 (88%) Mes   7/12 (58%) Ekenasio   0/2 (0%)

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10 April 2018 15:00 v t e	Report	Scotland	50–51	Malawi		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Jono Bredin Lisa McPhail Reserve umpire: Kristie Simpson
		Goodwin   38/42 (90%) Gallagher   12/15 (80%)		Kumwenda   44/47 (94%) Chimaliro   7/8 (88%)

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11 April 2018 19:00 v t e	Report	Malawi	68–53	Wales		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Joshua Bowring Jono Bredin Reserve umpire: Jackie Mizon
		Kumwenda   47/50 (94%) Chimaliro   18/18 (100%) Simtowe   3/4 (75%)		Lewis   41/53 (77%) Llewlyn   9/10 (90%) Moseley   3/5 (60%)

Seventh place match

12 April 2018 14:00 v t e	Report	Malawi	60–52	Northern Ireland		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre Umpires: Kristie Simpson Theresa Prince Reserve umpire: Jono Bredin
		Kumwenda   48/51 (94%) Chimaliro   8/10 (80%) Mvula   4/7 (57%)		L. Bowman   33/38 (87%) K. Bowman   9/11 (82%) Lennon   6/9 (67%) McCullough   4/7 (57%)

See also

• Malawi at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

References

1. . www.gc2018.com/. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation. Archived from the original on 10 October 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
2. Faiti, Osma (17 March 2018). "Joyce Mvula named Malawi's flag bearer at Commonwealth Games". Nyasa Times. from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 20 March 2018.
3. Pavitt, Michael (25 July 2017). "Uganda to make Commonwealth Games netball debut at Gold Coast 2018". Insidethegames.biz. Dunsar Media. from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
4. Dakin, Rebecca (24 July 2017). "Competing nations announced for GC2018 Netball Competition". www.mygc.com.au/. myGC. from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
5. "International Netball Federation: 2018 Commonwealth Games". from the original on 18 April 2017. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
6. "Participants: Australia: Netball". 2018 Commonwealth Games. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
7. "Kukoma Diamonds players dominate Malawi Queens call up ahead Commonwealth games". Maravi Post. 4 March 2018. Retrieved 15 April 2018.