He took on large Mauritian Sebastien Perrinne in his bronze medal combat however was overwhelmed on a waza-ari (1-0) and, regardless of his greatest efforts, he was unable to search out the ippon that may have given him victory.
McWatt, 21, was well-backed by a vocal crowd on the Coventry Area and hopes to be again on the Video games sooner or later.
Inverurie judoka Andrew McWatt was left gutted after narrowly lacking out on a medal on the Commonwealth Video games.
“I’m gutted to be trustworthy with you,” he stated. “I’m very upset to lose, particularly with a crowd like this. It’s occurred now, so I’ve obtained to maneuver on.
“It’s been a very good expertise. There’s been a very good environment the entire week I’ve been right here. I’m gutted I didn’t get the medal, however it’s nonetheless an expertise.
“I undoubtedly hope there’s some extra Video games to come back.”
McWatt’s older brother Stuart had hoped to go to the Video games himself. Nevertheless, a 3rd cruciate-ligament damage in April put paid to these possibilities.
As a substitute, he was on media duties for British Judo and was actively encouraging his youthful sibling from the press field.
It was very a lot a household affair. His father, Stuart senior, is head coach at Garioch Judo Membership and youthful brother Ross is an upcoming judoka himself. Each have been within the crowd to look at the 21-year-old carry out on the large stage.
“I might have wished to have been right here competing with my brother (Stuart), that’s all the time one thing I hope for,” he stated. “He’s all the time given me good help. He’s brother to have.
“I’ve obtained my dad and brother (Ross) down watching and my different brother is working within the media. I’ve obtained my mum watching again residence with the remainder of my household and all of my different coaches right here. There’s plenty of help.
“It’s my first main championships. It’s a bit totally different to among the different competitions I’m doing – the environment is quite a bit higher and I believe I favor this. It’s an excellent crowd.”
McWatt was a late call-up to the Video games after Chris Sherrington couldn’t recuperate in time from an ACL damage. He was parachuted in to Crew Scotland – and made essentially the most of his alternative within the limelight.
He misplaced his first combat towards Australia’s Dan Park, however received the repechage towards Giannis Antoniou, which put him in rivalry for bronze.
