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Commonwealth Games
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games is a chance to showcase the very best in sporting talent from across the Commonwealth and also a chance for Scottish arts and culture to enjoy a global platform. Glasgow 2014 will be the biggest sporting and cultural event to happen in Scotland in a generation.
Glasgow was chosen as Host City for the Games by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) in 2007. The CGF has an aim of uniting the Commonwealth through sport underpinned by having this international multi-sport event held every four years.
Participating athletes represent the 71 nations and territories of the Commonwealth, with the Home Nations of the UK competing against one another.
The sports competition is a programme of 17 sports – including the largest ever number of integrated medal events for Para-Sports. One million tickets will be on sale in 2013 for the Games which will be broadcast to a global audience of 1.5 billion.
Quick facts:
– The first Commonwealth Games took place in Hamilton, Canada in 1930. Four hundred athletes from eleven countries competed over 6 sports and 59 events.
– The Games were originally called the British Empire Games and went through various incarnations over the years until the current title of Commonwealth Games was introduced in 1978.
– There were no Games in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II and its economic aftermath.
– The Kuala Lumpur Games of 1998 saw the introduction of team sports.
– Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales have attended every Games.
– Scotland hosted the Games in 1970 and 1986, both times in Edinburgh. The Royal Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh, which will host the Diving competition for the Glasgow 2014 Games, is the only venue to be used for three Commonwealth Games.
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History of the Games
– In 2000 the CGF created the Commonwealth Youth Games, open to athletes from 14 to 18 years of age. The inaugural Games were held in Edinburgh.
– Willie Wood, a lawn bowler from Scotland, is the first competitor to have competed in seven Commonwealth Games, from 1974 to 2002.
– Greg Yelavich, a sports shooter from New Zealand, won twelve medals in seven games from 1986 to 2010.
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The Commonwealth Today – Today the Commonwealth is home to just under 1/3 of the global population
– 50% of people in the Commonwealth are under 25 years of age.
– In the next five years, the combined GDP of Commonwealth countries will grow three times faster than that of the Eurozone – propelled by countries like India, Malaysia, Singapore and South Africa which have some of the fastest growing economies in the world today
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The Commonwealth Today
Year Host City/Country Participating Countries
Sports Events Contested
Athletes
1930 Hamilton, Canada 11 6 59 400
1934 London, England 16 6 68 500
1938 Sydney, Australia 15 7 71 464
1950 Auckland, New Zealand
12 9 88 590
1954 Vancouver, Canada 24 9 91 662
1958 Cardiff, Wales 35 9 94 1122
1962 Perth, Australia 35 9 104 863
1966 Kingston, Jamaica 34 9 119 1050
1970 Edinburgh, Scotland 42 9 121 1383
1974 Christchurch, New Zealand
38 9 121 1276
1978 Edmonton, Canada 46 10 128 1474
1982 Brisbane, Australia 46 10 142 1583
1986 Edinburgh, Scotland 26 10 163 1662
1990 Auckland, New Zealand
55 10 204 2073
1994 Victoria, Canada 63 10 217 2557
1998 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
70 15 213 3633
2002 Manchester, England 72 17 281 3679
2006 Melbourne, Australia 71 16 245 4049
2010 Delhi, India 71 17 272 4352
2014 Glasgow, Scotland – 17 – –
2018 Gold Coast, Australia – – – –
Growth of the Commonwealth Games Table showing the growth of the Commonwealth Games from 1930 to 2010
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Commonwealth Games Associations
Humanity, Equality and Destiny
There are 54 Commonwealth countries, however there are 71 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) that can enter a team in the Commonwealth Games, representing all nations and territories:
AfricaBotswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia
AmericasBelize, Bermuda, Canada, Falkland Islands, Guyana, St. Helena
AsiaBangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka
CaribbeanAnguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, British Virgin, Islands, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & The Grenadines, Trinidad & Tobago, Turks & Caicos Islands
EuropeCyprus, England, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales
OceaniaAustralia, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu
The Commonwealth Games movement has three core values: Humanity, Equality and Destiny. These core values were adopted by the Games movement in 2001 and inform all aspects of the Games. The Commonwealth Games seeks to unify humanity, promote equality and give all athletes a chance to realise their destiny.
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Ceremonies Culture
The Opening CeremonyThe spectacular Opening Ceremony begins when the Queen’s Baton Relay reaches its climax at Celtic Park and the Queen or Her Representative reads the message to the athletes. Thousands of spectators and a global television audience of 1.5 billion will enjoy a showcase of the best of culture Glasgow and Scotland has to give.
The Opening Ceremony will take place on 23 July 2014.
Closing Ceremony The 11 days of sporting competition and festivities will culminate in a Closing Ceremony at Scotland’s national football stadium Hampden Park on 3 August 2014. The ceremony will mark the end of the Games and will include the ceremonial flag handover to the next Host City, Gold Coast, Australia.
Previous Commonwealth Games cultural programmes have played a massive part in the success of the Games.
Manchester 2002Cultureshock was a festival which was aimed at the “man on the street” with Manchester city centre filled with bands and performers throughout the Games. It also had events which ranged from images of the athlete as hero in sculpture and photography to a Zulu performance at the Lowry.
Melbourne 2006 Festival 2006 was the biggest free cultural festival ever to be held in Australia. Its three key components were performance, visual arts, and the youth program. There were more than 1000 performances and exhibitions in Melbourne, with many events continuing on beyond the official dates of the festival.
Delhi 2010Delhi Celebrates – was an iconic festival in the history of culture of India and was an extensive programme of events which ran throughout the Games. It was one of the biggest celebrations of arts, crafts, culture, cuisine, music, dance, cinema, history and theatre from all over India.
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The Queen’s Baton Relay
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay is Scotland’s heartfelt invitation to the athletes, people and communities of the Commonwealth to join together and celebrate sport, culture and unity.
The Queen’s Baton Relay is a much loved tradition of the Commonwealth Games and symbolises the coming together of all nations and territories in preparation for the four-yearly festival of sport and culture. The aim of Glasgow 2014 is to create a Queen’s Baton Relay experience which will engage, enthral and create an innovative platform for promoting the Games in Glasgow, Scotland, and across the Commonwealth.
The Relay will be an amazing opportunity to showcase each nation and territory as a unique location in the spirit of the Commonwealth family of nations.
The relay traditionally begins with a ceremony at Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II entrusts the baton with Her unique ‘message to the athletes’ to the first honorary Batonbearer. The relay then begins its journey throughout the Commonwealth.
The Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton Relay will take 250 days to travel across the 71 nations and territories before arriving at Celtic Park in Glasgow for the Opening Ceremony on 23 July.
The final Batonbearer will hand the baton back to Her Majesty, or Her representative, who will read the message aloud signaling the end of the relay and the start of the Games.
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Commonwealth Day Commonwealth Games Organisations
Commonwealth Day is an annual celebration of the Commonwealth of Nations. It is held on the second Monday in March and is is themed around global issues. Previous Commonwealth Day themes include:
2012 Connecting Cultures
2011 Women as Agents of Change
2010 Science, Technology and Society
2009 Commonwealth at 60 – Serving a New Generation
2008 The Environment, Our Future
Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF)The CGF is the governing body of the Commonwealth Games with the overall responsibility for the direction and control of the Games.www.thecgf.com Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) The CGAs are the 71 recognised organisations that are responsible for preparing, selecting and sending a team of athletes and support staff to compete in each Commonwealth Games.
Glasgow 2014Glasgow 2014 Ltd is the official name for the Organising Committee, the company set up to deliver the XX Commonwealth Games.www.glasgow2014.com
Commonwealth Games ScotlandCommonwealth Games Scotland is the host Commonwealth Games Association for Glasgow 2014. It is a signatory to the Host City Contract and is represented on the OC Board.
It is the national sporting organisation charged with entering and selecting a Scottish team in the Games and Commonwealth Youth Games. Membership of CGS consists of representatives of the 26 sports that are endorsed by the CGF.www.cgcs.org.uk
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The Sports
Each city hosting the Commonwealth Games must include a minimum of 10 core sports in its Sport Programme and include up to an additional seven from a list of optional sports/disciplines. The CGF and International Paralympic Committee have also established a list of four core Para-Sports for elite athletes with a disability, which host cities must include.
Commonwealth Sport
Venues
Aquatic Swimming – Tollcross International Swimming Centre Diving – Royal Commonwealth Pool (Edinburgh)
Athletics Track and field events – Hampden Park Marathon – Citywide
Badminton Commonwealth Sports Arena
Boxing Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
Cycling Track events – Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Road Race and Time Trials – Citywide Mountain Bike – Cathkin Braes Country Park
Gymnastics Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
Hockey Glasgow National Hockey Centre
Judo Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
Lawn Bowls Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre
Netball Commonwealth Sports Arena
Rugby Sevens Ibrox Stadium
Shooting Barry Buddon Shooting Centre (Carnoustie)
Squash Scotstoun Sports Campus
Table Tennis Scotstoun Sports Campus
Triathalon Strathclyde Country Park
Weightlifting Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
Wrestling Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre
Glasgow 2014 will feature the biggest ever number of Para-Sport medal events in the history of the Games – 22 in total.The five Para-Sports included in the Glasgow programme are athletics, swimming, powerlifting, lawn bowls and for the first time track cycling, which will take place at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome.
With the exception of track cycling, the four other sports made their Commonwealth Games debut as fully integrated medal events in Manchester 2002 however, lawn bowls has not featured at the last two Games.
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Commonwealth Games Organisations
The Scottish Government, Glasgow City Council and Commonwealth Games Scotland all have ambitious plans to generate a lasting social, economic, cultural and sporting legacy from the Games. Historically Host Cities have seldom managed to achieve these kind of legacy benefits, but the planning and preparation for Glasgow’s bid goes back to 2002, and much consideration has been given to this aspect.
Indeed the belief that the Games could be a catalyst for such change was one of the major reasons why Glasgow put in a bid in the first place. The Scottish Government’s Legacy Framework www.legacy2014.co.uk
Glasgow City Council’s Legacy Framework www.gameslegacyglasgow.com
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Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Africa
Country Capital Pop. Size Languages
Botswana Gaborone 1,921,000 581,730 sq km English, Setswana
Cameroon Yaounde 19,088,000 5,442 sq km English, French and 24 African languages
Ghana Accra 23,351,000 238, 500 sq km English, Akan, Mole-Dagbani, Ewe, Ga-Adangbe
Kenya Nairobi 38,765,000 592,747 sq km English, Swahili
Lesotho Maseru 2,049,000 30,355 sq km English, Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa
Malawi Lilongwe 14,846,000 118,484 sq km English, Chichewa, Bantu Languages
Mauritius Port Louis 1,280,000 2,040 sq km English, Creole, French, Hindi, Urdu, Hakka, Bojpoori
Mozambique Maputo 22,383,000 799,380 sq km Portuguese, indigenous dialects
Namibia Windhoek 2,130,000 824,292 sq km English, Afrikaans, German, indigenous languages
Nigeria Abuja 151,212,000 923,768 sq km English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo
Rwanda Kigali 9,271,000 26,340 sq km Kinyarwanda, French, English
Seychelles Victoria 84,000 454 sq km English, French, Creole
Sierra Leone Freetown 5,696,000 71,740 sq km English, Mende,Temne, Krio
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Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Africa continued...
Country Capital Pop. Size Languages
South Africa Pretoria/ Cape Town
50,110,000 1,221,037 sq km Afrikaans, English, Ndebele, Pedi, Sotho, Swazi, Tsonga, Twsana, Xhosa, Zulu
Swaziland Mbabane 1,185,000 17,364 sq km English, Swazi
Tanzania Dar es Salaam 43,739,000 945,087 sq km Swahili, English
The Gambia Banjul 1,660.000 11,925 sq km English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula
Uganda Kampala 32,710,000 241,038 sq km English, Luganda
Zambia Lusaka 12,935,000 752,614 sq km English, Indigenous languages
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Country Capital Pop. Size Languages
Belize Belmopan 301,000 22,965 sq km English, Spanish, Maya, Garifuna
Bermuda Hamilton 64,186 53 sq km English, Portugese
Canada Ottawa 33,259,000 9,970,610 sq km English, French
Falkland Islands
Stanley 2,487 12,173 sq km English
Guyana Georgetown 763,000 214,969 English, Amerindian dialects
St Helena Jamestown 4000 308 sq km English
Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Americas
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Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Asia
Country Capital Pop. Size Languages
Bangladesh Dhaka 160,000,000 147,570 sq km Bangla, English
Brunei Darussalam
Bandar Seri Begawan
392,000 5,765 sq km Malay, English, Chinese
India New Delhi 1,181,412,000 3,287,591 sq km Hindi, 14 official languages, English
Malaysia Kuala Lumpur 27,014,000 329,758 sq km Malay, English, Chinese
Maldives Male 305,000 298 sq km Maldivian Divehi, English
Pakistan Islamabad 176,952,000 796,095 sq km Urdu, English, Punjabi, Sindhi
Singapore Singapore 4,737,000 648 sq km Chinese, Malay, Tamil, English
Sri Lanka Colombo 20,238,000 65,610 sq km Sinhalese, Tamil, English
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Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Caribbean
Country Capital Pop. Size Languages
Anguila The Valley 11,875 96 sq km English
Antigua and Barbuda
St John’s 88,710 442 sq km English, local dialects
Bahamas Nassau 338,000 13,939 sq km English, Creole
Barbados Bridgetown 255,000 430 sq km English
British Virgin Islands
Road Town 19,610 153 sq km English
Cayman Islands George Town 54,397 259 sq km English
Dominica Roseau 67,000 750 sq km English, French Patois
Grenada St George’s 104,000 334 sq km English, French Patois
Jamaica Kingston 2,708,000 10,991 sq km English Creole
Montserrat Plymouth (de jure), Brades (de facto)
4,500 102 sq km English
St. Kitts and Nevis
Basseterre 51,000 261 sq km English
St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Kingstown 111,380 389 sq km English, French Patois
Trinidad and Tobago
Port-of-Spain 1,339,000 5,128 sq km English, Hindi, French, Spanish
Turks and Caicos Islands
Grand Turk 17,502 430 sq km English
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Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Europe
Country Capital Pop. Size Languages
Cyprus Nicosia 862,000 9,251 sq km Geek, Turkish, English
England London 49,138,831 130,410 sq km English
Gibraltar Gibraltar 29,272 6.5 sq km English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian
Guernsey Saint Peter Port 62,431 194 sq km English
Isle of Man Douglas 80,058 572 sq km English, Manx Gaelic
Jersey Saint Helier 92,500 116 sq km English, French, Norman-French Dialect
Malta Valletta 407,000 316 sq km Maltese, English
Northern Ireland
Belfast 1,799,000 244,110 sq km English, Irish Gaelic
Scotland Edinburgh 5,200,000 244,110 sq km English, Gaelic
Wales Cardiff 3,006,400 20,760 sq km English, Welsh
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Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Oceania
Country Capital Pop. Size Languages
Australia Canberra 21,293,000 7,682,300 sq km English
Cook Islands Avarua 20,407 237 sq km English, Maori
Kiribati Tarawa 97,000 811 sq km English, Gilbertese
Nauru Nauru 10,000 21 sq km Nauruan, English
New Zealand Wellington 4,230,000 269,057 sq km English, Maori
Niue Alofi 1,500 258 sq km Niuean, English
Norfolk Islands
Kingston 2,141 35 sq km English, Ancient Tahitian
Papua New Guinea
Port Moresby 6,577,000 462,840 sq km 715 indigenous languages
Samoa Apia 180,081 2,831 sq km Samoan, English
Solomon Islands
Honiara 523,000 27,556 sq km Melanesian pidgin, 120 indigenous languages, English
Tonga Nuku’alofa 104,000 750 sq km Tongan, English
Tuvalu Funafuti 10,000 26 sq km Tuvalu, English
Vanuatu Port-Vila 240,000 12,190 sq km English, French, Bislama
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