The knockout rounds beckon for the New Zealand men’s and women’s rugby sevens in Birmingham, as the medal prospects continue in the pool and velodrome on day two of the competition.
Sarah Hirini’s Black Ferns Sevens, and their male counterparts led by Sam Dickson, will both face England in their final group matches on Saturday, who will decide their opponents later in the evening. Both teams had a comfortable walk through the first day.
The women’s semi-finals will begin at 6:42 a.m. (NZT) on Sunday and the men’s quarter-finals at 7:26 a.m., before the medals are contested early on Monday (NZT).
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Lewis Clareburt, from New Zealand, competes in his top event the 400m IM.
By the pool, New Zealand’s top performing swimmer Lewis Clareburt watches his specialist 400m individual medley (heats at 10:37pm, finals at 7:49am), where he will go twice as much as his bronze four years ago.
At the London Velodrome, the gold medal winning men’s team chasers and women’s team sprinters back up in the individual events with real medal opportunities, while the speedy Bryony Botha is a leading contender in the women’s individual pursuit.
Captain Sophie Devine and her White Ferns play their first match at the inaugural women’s cricket appearance at a Commonwealth Games, and it’s a tough game against South Africa. The Silver Ferns and Blacks Sticks women close out day two with what should be more one-sided group matches.
Kiwis in action on day two of the Commonwealth Games on Saturday night (all NZ times, *indicates if qualified):
bowls-
7.30 pm: Women’s singles (Katelyn Inch) rounds 3 and 4, men’s triples (Ali Forsyth, Mike Galloway, Andrew Kelly) round 3, para ladies pairs B6-B8 (Pam Walker, Lynda Bennett)round 3
cycling track
9 o’clock in the evening: Qualification sprint ladies (Ellesse Andrews, Olivia King, Rebecca Petch)
9.41 pm: Women’s 3000m IP Qualification (Bryony Botha)
10:33 PM: Women’s sprint 1/8 finals and quarter finals* (Ellesse Andrews, Olivia King, Rebecca Petch)
11:22 PM: Men’s 4000m IP Qualification (Aaron Gate, Jordan Kerby, Tom Sexton)
rugby sevens
9.06 pm: Black Ferns Sevens v England Women’s Pool A
10:34 PM: All Blacks Sevens v England Men’s Pool A
Swimming, heating-
9.36 pm: 200 meter freestyle men (Cameron Gray)
10:24 PM: 100 meters backstroke ladies (Hazel Ouwehand)
10:37 PM: Men’s 400m IM (Lewis Clareburt)
Cricket-
10:00 PM: White Ferns v South Africa Group B
Squash-
11 p.m.: Men’s singles (Paul Col), ladies singles (Joelle King, Kaitlyn Watts)round of 32
(Sunday 31 July NZT-)
bowls-
2 o’clock: ladies fours (Val Smith, Tayla Bruce, Selina Goddard, Nicole Toomey) round 3, par men’s pairs B6-B8 (Graham Skellern, Mark Noble)round 4
cycling track
3 hours: Keirin round 1 men + repechage (Sam Dakin, Callum Saunders, Sam Webster)
3:22 a.m.: Women’s Sprint Semifinals* (Ellesse Andrews, Olivia King, Rebecca Petch)
3.30 am: Women’s 3000m IP Final* (Bryony Botha)
4.26 am: Final 4000 m IP men* (Aaron Gate, Jordan Kerby, Tom Sexton)
5.09 am: Final sprint ladies* (Ellesse Andrews, Olivia King, Rebecca Petch)
5.17 am: Keirin men’s final* (Sam Dakin, Callum Saunders, Sam Webster)
Basketball, 3×3
4.10 am: NZ Men v England Men’s Pool B
4.35 am: NZ women v England, women’s pool B
Squash-
5 hours: Men’s singles (Lwamba Chilean, Temwa Chilean), round of 32
Beach Volleybal-
6 hours: NZ v Kenya Women’s Pool A (Alice Zeimann, Shaunna Polley)
7 hours: NZ v Cyprus Men’s Pool C (Sam O’Dea, Brad Fuller)
Swimming-
6.07 am: Men’s 50 meter butterfly final* (Cameron Gray)
6.18 am: Men’s 200-meter freestyle final* (Cameron Gray)
7.49 am: Final 400 m IM men* (Lewis Clareburt)
07:59: Women’s 100m Butterfly Final* (Helena Gasson)
8.05 am: Men’s 100m backstroke final* (Andrew Jeffcoat)
boxing-
6.30 am: Women’s Light Middleweight Under 70kg, 16 . Round (Ariarne Nicholson)
rugby sevens
6.42 am: Women’s semi-finals*
7.26 am: Men’s quarter-finals*
Basketball 3×3
6.55 am: NZ women v Canada, women’s pool B
8.10 am: NZ v Australia Men’s Pool B
netball
7 hours: Silver Ferns v Uganda, pool B
Hockey-
8 a.m.: Black Sticks women v Scotland, women’s pool B