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3 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 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. 3

4 History of the Games Quick facts: The first Commonwealth Games took place in Hamilton, Canada in 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 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. 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 Greg Yelavich, a sports shooter from New Zealand, won twelve medals in seven games from 1986 to

5 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 5

6 The Commonwealth Today Growth of the Commonwealth Games Table showing the growth of the Commonwealth Games from 1930 to 2010 Year Host City/Country Participating Countries Sports Events Contested 1930 Hamilton, Canada London, England Sydney, Australia Auckland, New Zealand Vancouver, Canada Cardiff, Wales Perth, Australia Athletes 1966 Kingston, Jamaica Edinburgh, Scotland Christchurch, New Zealand Edmonton, Canada Brisbane, Australia Edinburgh, Scotland Auckland, New Zealand Victoria, Canada Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Manchester, England Melbourne, Australia Delhi, India Glasgow, Scotland Gold Coast, Australia 5

7 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: Africa Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia 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. Americas Belize, Bermuda, Canada, Falkland Islands, Guyana, St. Helena Asia Bangladesh, Brunei Darussalam, India, Malaysia, Maldives, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka Caribbean Anguilla, 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 Europe Cyprus, England, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales Oceania Australia, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Nauru, New Zealand, Niue, Norfolk Island, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu 6

8 Ceremonies Culture The Opening Ceremony The 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 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 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 2002 Cultureshock 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 2010 Delhi 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. 7

9 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. 8

10 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. 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 2014 Glasgow 2014 Ltd is the official name for the Organising Committee, the company set up to deliver the XX Commonwealth Games. Commonwealth Games Scotland Commonwealth Games Scotland is the host Commonwealth Games Association for Glasgow 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. 9

11 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. 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. Commonwealth Sport Aquatic Athletics Badminton Boxing Cycling Gymnastics Hockey Judo Lawn Bowls Netball Rugby Sevens Shooting Squash Table Tennis Triathalon Weightlifting Wrestling Venues Swimming Tollcross International Swimming Centre Diving Royal Commonwealth Pool (Edinburgh) Track and field events Hampden Park Marathon Citywide Commonwealth Sports Arena Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Track events Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Road Race and Time Trials Citywide Mountain Bike Cathkin Braes Country Park Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Glasgow National Hockey Centre Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls Centre Commonwealth Sports Arena Ibrox Stadium Barry Buddon Shooting Centre (Carnoustie) Scotstoun Sports Campus Scotstoun Sports Campus Strathclyde Country Park Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre Scottish Exhibition and Conference Centre 10

12 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 Glasgow City Council s Legacy Framework 11

13 Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts Africa Country Capital Pop. Size Languages Botswana Gaborone 1,921, ,730 sq km English, Setswana Cameroon Yaounde 19,088,000 5,442 sq km English, French and 24 African languages Ghana Accra 23,351, , 500 sq km English, Akan, Mole-Dagbani, Ewe, Ga-Adangbe Kenya Nairobi 38,765, ,747 sq km English, Swahili Lesotho Maseru 2,049,000 30,355 sq km English, Sesotho, Zulu, Xhosa Malawi Lilongwe 14,846, ,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, ,380 sq km Portuguese, indigenous dialects Namibia Windhoek 2,130, ,292 sq km English, Afrikaans, German, indigenous languages Nigeria Abuja 151,212, ,768 sq km English, Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo Rwanda Kigali 9,271,000 26,340 sq km Kinyarwanda, French, English Seychelles Victoria 84, sq km English, French, Creole Sierra Leone Freetown 5,696,000 71,740 sq km English, Mende,Temne, Krio 12

14 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, ,087 sq km Swahili, English The Gambia Banjul 1, ,925 sq km English, Mandinka, Wolof, Fula Uganda Kampala 32,710, ,038 sq km English, Luganda Zambia Lusaka 12,935, ,614 sq km English, Indigenous languages 13

15 Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts Americas Country Capital Pop. Size Languages Belize Belmopan 301,000 22,965 sq km English, Spanish, Maya, Garifuna Bermuda Hamilton 64, 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, ,969 English, Amerindian dialects St Helena Jamestown sq km English 14

16 Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts Asia Country Capital Pop. Size Languages Bangladesh Dhaka 160,000, ,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, ,758 sq km Malay, English, Chinese Maldives Male 305, sq km Maldivian Divehi, English Pakistan Islamabad 176,952, ,095 sq km Urdu, English, Punjabi, Sindhi Singapore Singapore 4,737, sq km Chinese, Malay, Tamil, English Sri Lanka Colombo 20,238,000 65,610 sq km Sinhalese, Tamil, English 15

17 Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts Caribbean Country Capital Pop. Size Languages Anguila The Valley 11, sq km English Antigua and Barbuda St John s 88, sq km English, local dialects Bahamas Nassau 338,000 13,939 sq km English, Creole Barbados Bridgetown 255, sq km English British Virgin Islands Road Town 19, sq km English Cayman Islands George Town 54, sq km English Dominica Roseau 67, sq km English, French Patois Grenada St George s 104, sq km English, French Patois Jamaica Kingston 2,708,000 10,991 sq km English Creole Montserrat St. Kitts and Nevis St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago Turks and Caicos Islands Plymouth (de jure), Brades (de facto) 4, sq km English Basseterre 51, sq km English Kingstown 111, sq km English, French Patois Port-of-Spain 1,339,000 5,128 sq km English, Hindi, French, Spanish Grand Turk 17, sq km English 16

18 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, ,410 sq km English Gibraltar Gibraltar 29, sq km English, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Russian Guernsey Saint Peter Port 62, sq km English Isle of Man Douglas 80, sq km English, Manx Gaelic Jersey Saint Helier 92, sq km English, French, Norman-French Dialect Malta Valletta 407, sq km Maltese, English Northern Ireland Belfast 1,799, ,110 sq km English, Irish Gaelic Scotland Edinburgh 5,200, ,110 sq km English, Gaelic Wales Cardiff 3,006,400 20,760 sq km English, Welsh 17

19 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, sq km English, Maori Kiribati Tarawa 97, sq km English, Gilbertese Nauru Nauru 10, sq km Nauruan, English New Zealand Wellington 4,230, ,057 sq km English, Maori Niue Alofi 1, sq km Niuean, English Norfolk Islands Papua New Guinea Kingston 2, sq km English, Ancient Tahitian Port Moresby 6,577, ,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, sq km Tongan, English Tuvalu Funafuti 10, sq km Tuvalu, English Vanuatu Port-Vila 240,000 12,190 sq km English, French, Bislama 18

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