Today at the Birmingham Games – August 6

The Hockeyroos are through to the gold medal game following a thriller against India in the semifinal, with a shootout deciding who would advance.

A busy day in Birmingham awaits for WA athletes. Kristina Krstic has made the gold medal game in lawn bowls. In athletics defending champion Kurtis Marschall eyes gold in the pole vault along with Angus Armstrong, and Matt Ramsden takes on the 5000m.

It is semifinal time for the Kookaburras and Diamonds who both play England for spots in their respective finals, Caitlin Parker in boxing and Paul Burnett in beach volleyball. Plus Maddison Keeney and Nikita Hains are both in action in the diving and Tom Barns in wrestling.

Aquatics – Diving
6:46PM Women’s Synchronised 3m Springboard Final – Maddison Keeney
2:34AM Women’s Synchronised 10m Platform Final – Nikita Hains

Athletics
2:10AM Men’s Pole Vault Final – Angus Armstrong and Kurtis Marschall
3:10AM Men’s 5000m Final – Matthew Ramsden

Beach Volleyball
10:00PM Men’s Semifinal Australia v Rwanda – Paul Burnett

Boxing
3:45AM Women’s Middle Weight Semifinal – Caitlin Parker

Hockey
Men Semifinal Australia v England – Aran Zalewski, Tom Wickham and Jake Harvie

Lawn Bowls
3:30PM Women’s Gold Medal Game – Kristina Krstic

Netball
9:30PM Women’s Semifinal Australia v England – Courtney Bruce and Courtney Bruce and Sunday Aryang

Wrestling
From 5:30PM Men’s 97kg Quarterfinals, Semifinals and Repechage – Tom Barns
From 2:00AM Men’s 97kg Medal Matches – (Subject to qualifying) Tom Barns