Glasgow 2014 XX Commonwealth Games

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VITED ’S IN NE YO ER EV 2 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.

3 History of the Games

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 – In 2000 the CGF created the Glasgow 2014 Games, is the only venue to Commonwealth Youth Games, open to be used for three Commonwealth Games. 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.

4 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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Growth of the Commonwealth Games

Table showing the growth of the Commonwealth Games from 1930 to 2010

Year Host City/Country Participating Sports Events Athletes Countries Contested 1930 Hamilton, Canada 11 6 59 400 1934 London, England 16 6 68 500 1938 Sydney, Australia 15 7 71 464 1950 Auckland, 12 9 88 590 New Zealand 1954 Vancouver, Canada 24 9 91 662 1958 Cardiff, Wales 35 9 94 112 2 1962 Perth, Australia 35 9 104 863 1966 Kingston, Jamaica 34 9 119 1050 1970 Edinburgh, Scotland 42 9 121 1383 19 74 Christchurch, 38 9 121 1276 New Zealand 1978 Edmonton, Canada 46 10 128 14 74 1982 Brisbane, Australia 46 10 142 1583 1986 Edinburgh, Scotland 26 10 163 1662 1990 Auckland, 55 10 204 2073 New Zealand 1994 Victoria, Canada 63 10 217 2557 1998 Kuala Lumpur, 70 15 213 3633 Malaysia 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 – – – –

5 Commonwealth Games Humanity, Equality and Destiny Associations

There are 54 Commonwealth countries, The Commonwealth Games movement has however there are 71 Commonwealth three core values: Humanity, Equality and Games Associations (CGAs) that can enter Destiny. These core values were adopted by a team in the Commonwealth Games, the Games movement in 2001 and inform all representing all nations and territories: aspects of the Games. The Commonwealth Games seeks to unify humanity, promote Africa equality and give all athletes a chance to Botswana, Cameroon, Ghana, Kenya, realise their destiny. Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, The Gambia, Uganda, Zambia

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 Ceremonies Culture

The Opening Ceremony Previous Commonwealth Games cultural The spectacular Opening Ceremony begins programmes have played a massive part when the Queen’s Baton Relay reaches in the success of the Games. its climax at Celtic Park and the Queen or Her Representative reads the message to Manchester 2002 the athletes. Thousands of spectators and Cultureshock was a festival which was aimed a global television audience of 1.5 billion at the “man on the street” with Manchester will enjoy a showcase of the best of culture city centre filled with bands and performers Glasgow and Scotland has to give. throughout the Games. It also had events which ranged from images of the athlete as The Opening Ceremony will take place hero in sculpture and photography to a Zulu on 23 July 2014. performance at the Lowry.

Closing Ceremony Melbourne 2006 The 11 days of sporting competition Festival 2006 was the biggest free cultural and festivities will culminate in a Closing festival ever to be held in Australia. Its Ceremony at Scotland’s national football three key components were performance, stadium Hampden Park on 3 August 2014. visual arts, and the youth program. There The ceremony will mark the end of the were more than 1000 performances and Games and will include the ceremonial exhibitions in Melbourne, with many events flag handover to the next Host City, Gold continuing on beyond the official dates of Coast, Australia. 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 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 The relay traditionally begins with a to showcase each nation and territory ceremony at Buckingham Palace. as a unique location in the spirit of the Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II entrusts Commonwealth family of nations. 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 Commonwealth Day Commonwealth Games Organisations

Commonwealth Day is an annual Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) celebration of the Commonwealth of The CGF is the governing body of the Nations. It is held on the second Monday Commonwealth Games with the overall in March and is is themed around responsibility for the direction and control global issues. Previous Commonwealth of the Games. Day themes include: www.thecgf.com

2012 Commonwealth Games Associations (CGAs) Connecting Cultures The CGAs are the 71 recognised organisations that are responsible for 2 011 preparing, selecting and sending a team Women as Agents of Change of athletes and support staff to compete in each Commonwealth Games. 2010 Science, Technology and Society Glasgow 2014 Glasgow 2014 Ltd is the official name for the 2009 Organising Committee, the company set up Commonwealth at 60 to deliver the XX Commonwealth Games. – Serving a New Generation www.glasgow2014.com

2008 Commonwealth Games Scotland The Environment, Our Future Commonwealth 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

9 The Sports

Each city hosting the Commonwealth Games Glasgow 2014 will feature the biggest ever must include a minimum of 10 core sports number of Para-Sport medal events in the in its Sport Programme and include up to history of the Games – 22 in total. an additional seven from a list of optional The five Para-Sports included in the sports/disciplines. Glasgow programme are athletics, swimming, powerlifting, lawn bowls and The CGF and International Paralympic for the first time track cycling, which will Committee have also established a list of take place at the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome. four core Para-Sports for elite athletes with a disability, which host cities must include. 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 Venues Sport 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

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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

11 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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Country Capital Pop. Size Languages South Africa Pretoria/ 50,110,000 1,221,037 sq km Afrikaans, English, Cape Town 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

13 Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Americas

Country Capital Pop. Size Languages Belize Belmopan 301,000 22,965 sq km English, Spanish, Maya, Garifuna Bermuda Hamilton 64,186 53 sq km English, Portugese Canada Ottawa 33,259,000 9,970,610 sq km English, French Falkland Stanley 2,487 12,173 sq km English Islands Guyana Georgetown 763,000 214,969 English, Amerindian dialects St Helena Jamestown 4000 308 sq km English

14 Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Asia

Country Capital Pop. Size Languages Bangladesh Dhaka 160,000,000 147,570 sq km Bangla, English Brunei Bandar Seri 392,000 5,765 sq km Malay, English, Darussalam Begawan 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

15 Commonwealth Associations Quick Facts – Caribbean

Country Capital Pop. Size Languages Anguila The Valley 11,875 96 sq km English Antigua and St John’s 88,710 442 sq km English, Barbuda local dialects Bahamas Nassau 338,000 13,939 sq km English, Creole Barbados Bridgetown 255,000 430 sq km English British Virgin Road Town 19,610 153 sq km English Islands 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), 4,500 102 sq km English Brades (de facto) St. Kitts and Basseterre 51,000 261 sq km English Nevis St. Vincent and Kingstown 111,380 389 sq km English, French Patois the Grenadines Trinidad and Port-of-Spain 1,339,000 5,128 sq km English, Hindi, Tobago French, Spanish Turks and Grand Turk 17,502 430 sq km English Caicos Islands

16 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 Belfast 1,799,000 244,110 sq km English, Irish Gaelic Ireland Scotland Edinburgh 5,200,000 244,110 sq km English, Gaelic Wales Cardiff 3,006,400 20,760 sq km English, Welsh

17 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 Kingston 2,141 35 sq km English, Ancient Islands Tahitian Papua New Port Moresby 6,577,000 462,840 sq km 715 indigenous Guinea languages Samoa Apia 180,081 2,831 sq km Samoan, English Solomon Honiara 523,000 27,556 sq km Melanesian pidgin, Islands 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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