The Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland announced on 3 November 2005 that Scotland would be sending 166 athletes (104 men and 62 women) to compete in the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, supported by 70 officials. This is a smaller team than the country fielded at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester, England, when Scotland sent 207 athletes and 85 officials, winning 6 Gold, 8 Silver and 16 Bronze medals.
The main team's departure was on 28 February 2006 from Glasgow Airport flying with Emirates Airlines, one of the team's main sponsors. Other sources of financial support are the Clydesdale Bank, sportscotland, the Commonwealth Games Endowment fund, and the Scottish general public.
Scotland had been adversely affected by the withdrawal of judo from the 2006 programme, where it had won many medals in previous games.
Despite the withdrawal of judo the team had a hugely successful games and brought back its highest medal total ever.
The team was sponsored by the Clydesdale Bank.
Medals
Gold
Boxing: Kenneth Anderson, Light Heavyweight 81 kg
Cycling: Ross Edgar, Chris Hoy & Craig MacLean, Men's Team Sprint
Bowls: Alex Marshall & Paul Foster, Men's Doubles
Shooting: Sheena Sharp and Susan Jackson, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs Sheena Sharp, Women's 50 m Rifle Prone Individual
Swimming: David Carry, Men's 400 m Freestyle David Carry, Men's 400 m Individual Medley Caitlin McClatchey, Women's 200 m Freestyle Caitlin McClatchey, Women's 400 m Freestyle Gregor Tait, Men's 200 m Backstroke Gregor Tait, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
Silver
Athletics: Chris Baillie, Men's 110 m Hurdles
Cycling: Ross Edgar, Men's Sprint
Bowls: Joyce Lindores & Kay Moran Women's Bowls Pairs
Shooting: Martin Sinclair & Neil Stirton, Men's 50 m Rifle Prone Pairs
Swimming: Kirsty Balfour, Women's 200 m Breaststroke Euan Dale, Men's Individual Medley David Carry, Euan Dale, Andrew Hunter & Robert Renwick, Men's 200 m Freestyle Relay
Bronze
Athletics: Lee McConnell, Women's 400 m Hurdles
Badminton: Susan Hughes, Women's Singles
Cycling: Kate Cullen, Women's Points Race Ross Edgar, Men's Keirin Chris Hoy, Men's 1 km Time Trial James McCallum, Men's Scratch
Gymnastics: Adam Cox, Men's Horizontal Bar
Swimming: Kirsty Balfour, Women's 100 m Breaststroke. Gregor Tait, Men's 100 m Backstroke. Gregor Tait, Todd Cooper, Craig Houston & Kris Gilchrist, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay.
Weightlifting: Thomas Yule, Men's 94 kg
Scotland's Commonwealth Games Team 2006
Aquatics
Diving
Monique McCarroll Diving platform
Swimming
Men's
David Carry – 200 m, 400 m freestyle
Ross Clark – 50 m breast
Todd Cooper – 50 m, 100 m, 200 m butterfly
Euan Dale – 200 m, 400 m individual medley
Kris Gilchrist – 200 m breast
Craig Houston – 50 freestyle
Andrew Hunter – 200 freestyle
Chris Jones – 50 m breast
Robert Lee – 50 m breast
David Leith – 50 m butterfly
Robbie Renwick – 200 m freestyle
Gregor Tait* – 100 m backstroke, 200 m backstroke, 200 m individual medley
Women's
Kirsty Balfour – 100 m breast, 200 m breast
Fiona Booth – 50 m breast
Kerry Buchan – 100 m breast, 200 m breast
Stephanie Hill – 100 m butterfly
Caitlin McClatchey – 200 m, 400 m, 800 m freestyle
Hannah Miley – 400 m individual medley
Lorna Smith – 400 m individual medley
Lara Fergusson – 50 m, 100 m freestyle (EAD)