The Press and Journal (Inverness, Highlands, and Islands)
Doyle delight as Games silver streak continues
Scots haul: Bowlers and shooter McIntosh are also successful
Eilidh Doyle won a third consecutive Commonwealth Games silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles as Team Scotland added three more medals to their tally.
Doyle, who won silver at Delhi 2010 and Glasgow 2014, finished second behind Jamaica’s Janieve Russell, while the women’s triples bowls team also claimed silver and shooter Seonaid McIntosh took bronze to move Scotland’s tally to 35 medals.
The Scots have three more medals guaranteed making Gold Coast 2018 the country’s second best Games behind Glasgow four years ago when the hosts won 53 medals.
Two more boxing medals will be won today with Aberdeen’s John Docherty and Reece McFadden in semi-final action today, while another bowling medal was secured after the Scotland men’s fours defeated England 19-10 in their semi-final.
Doyle, the opening ceremony flag bearer, said: “I am thrilled to be on the podium for the third time at my third Commonwealth Games. It was the strongest field I have faced in the Commonwealths in terms of the quality of athletes and I was a bit anxious but I just had to tell myself on the start line to stay focused and not think about anything other than executing my race plan.
“I’ve been lucky to win a number of medals in my career and they mean a lot to me – I will treasure them for the rest of my life.
“We have the 4x400m relay still to come.”
The Scotland women’s triples team of Caroline Brown, Stacey McDougall and Kay Moran were beaten 21-12 by Australia in yesterday’s final.
It was the first medal for women’s bowls since 2006 when Moran won silver in the women’s pairs with the late Joyce Lindores.
Motherwell’s Brown said: “It’s great to get another medal up on the board for Team Scotland.”
McDougall said: “It means everything to me.”
Moran, who is now a resident of New South Wales but still proudly plays for Scotland, said: “We did our best and couldn’t possibly ask for more.”
McIntosh followed in the footsteps of her mother Shirley and sister Jen by winning a Commonwealth Games medal. The Edinburgh-based shooter, competing in her second Games finished third in the women’s 50m rifle prone at Belmont Shooting Centre with a score of 618.1. She said: “It’s pretty cool. I’m actually on the table now in terms of family medals. Before I got to Australia I was thinking about it a bit.”