2018 Gold Coast, 4 – 15 April 2018

The Gold Coast will be the largest sporting event Australia will see this decade and the biggest sporting spectacular the Gold Coast has ever seen. As the first regional Australian city to ever host a Commonwealth Games, the Gold Coast will celebrate a great Games in a great city leaving great memories and great benefits for all. The city will shine on the world sporting stage and the promotional exposure for business, trade, investment, tourism and events will herald a new era in the region’s growth and maturity. The GC2018 brand embraces the three pillars of - The Place, The Event and The Sport.

On 4 April 2018, over 6,600 athletes and team officials from 70 nations and territories will converge on the Gold Coast for an 11 day sporting and cultural event. With the support of close to 15,000 passionate and friendly volunteers, a spectacle of 18 sports and 7 para-sports will be contested and broadcast to a cumulative global audience of 1.5 billion.

Gold Coast will host the largest integrated Para-Sport program in Commonwealth Games history, hosting up to 300 para-athletes and 38 medal events across seven sports - an increase of 45 per cent more athletes and 73 per cent more medals compared to the para- sport competition staged at the last Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014.

The GC2018 Para-Sport program has been developed by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) and GC2018 in consultation with the International Paralympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Australia (CGA) and will include medal events in the sports of;

 Athletics  Swimming  Lawn Bowls  Powerlifting  Track Cycling  Table Tennis  Paratriathlon.

Paratriathlon will make its Commomwealth Games debut in Gold Coast and the first ever wheelchair marathon (T54) at a Commonwealth Games will take to the streets and communities of the Gold Coast.

Glasgow 2014 Round up

The Glasgow boasted the biggest ever number of para sports medal events in Commonwealth Games history, with medal 22 events across five sports (swimming, athletics, lawn bowls, powerlifting and cycling). Team selected 22 Para Sport athletes (including directors, guides & pilots) competing at the games in 14 events across 5 sports across.

Athletics (5 athletes 1 Guide) - Meggan Dawson-Farrell T54 (T54 1500m), Samantha Kinghorn T53 (T54 1500m), Libby Clegg T12 with guide Mikail Huggins (T12 100m), Lewis Clow (T37 100m), Jason MacLean (T37 100m). Swimming (2 athletes) - Erraid Davies (SB9 100m Breastroke), Craig Rodgie (S14 200m Freestyle) Lawn Bowls (5 athletes 2 directors) - /B3 Mixed Pairs Robert Conway with Director Ron McArthur & Irene Edgar with Director David Thomas, B6/7/8 Open Triples Kevin Wallace, Michael Simpson & Billy Allan. Cycling (3 Cyclists 3 pilots) - Aileen McGlynn MBE & Louise Haston, Laura Cluxton & Fiona Duncan, Neil Fachie MBE & Craig MacLean MBE. Power lifting (1 Powerlifter) - Micky Yule (Heavyweight)

Total – 22 athletes, directors and pilots.

Out of the 66 medal opportunities in the 22 events, Scotland won a total of 7 medals or 11% of the total medals available for para events and winning 3 golds (14% of the 22 available). All the para athletes had significant performances as part of Team Scotland, many setting personal bests and seven returning with well-earned medals.

Gold  Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean: Para-cyling tandem sprint  Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean: Para-cycling 1000m time trial B tandem  Libby Clegg and Mikhail Huggins: Para-athletics T12 100m Silver  Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston: Para-cycling women’s tandem sprint  Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston: Para-cycling women’s 1000m time trial B tandem  Robert Conway and Ron McArthur/Irene Edgar and David Thomas: Para-bowls B2/B3 Mixed Pairs Bronze  Erraid Davies: Para-swimming SB9 100m breaststroke

Some interesting Scottish Para-athlete facts:

 This was Scotland’s most successful Commonwealth Games from a para sport perspective with more athletes selected and medals won than ever before contributing to Team Scotland’s most inclusive and successful Games ever. (Appendix 5 provides an overview of previous games statistics).  10 (45%) out of the 22 competitors were female and 12 (55%) were male.  8 (36%) of the 22 para-athletes were under 25, with the oldest member of the team being 67 and the youngest member of the team being 13 years old.  6 out of the 16 (38%) had a visual impairment, two (13%) had cerebral palsy, two (13%) had spina bifida, one (5%) hd a spinal injury, two (13%) were amputees, one (5%) had Perthes Disease, one (5%) arachnoiditis and one (5%) with an intellectual impairment. The other six out of the 22 para team members were directors, pilots and a guide.  It was the first Commonwealth Games for (95%), 21 out of the 22, para competitors.  The athletes came from the length and breadth of Scotland – from Shetland to the Borders.

Para – sport events Medal Table Country Gold Silver Bronze Total Australia 4 6 7 17 England 4 3 1 8 Scotland 3 3 1 7 South Africa 3 1 - 4 New Zealand 2 1 - 3 Wales - 1 3 4 Mozambique - 1 - 1 Namibia - - 2 2 Canada - - 1 1 Nigeria - - 1 1

Actions for Gold Coast Timeline

Action What needs done Timescale Responsibility Who needs to know? Athlete, -Sports selection November Performance Staff coaching and timescales known Branches support staff and documented and Board selection and circulated announcements -Announcements November - made celebrating February selections of athletes coaches and support staff on web article linked to facebook and twitter

Key Messages -Key messages November Communications Staff drafted Group Branches -Key messages March Board agreed and circulated Media Brief -Athletes selected February CEO Media -Quick Facts Sheet Staff -About disability sport Board -Eligibility Branches -Classification sportscotland -Support and Partners coaching staff LA’s -About SDS -Key themes -Message from CEO Relaunch sport -factfiles updated February Performance Athletics/Bowls Factfiles relevant - Factfiles pdf and videos? to the Games videos on website linked to facebook and twitter

Schedule of -Programme of February Performance Media Events Events timetable Staff created and Board distributed Branches sportscotland Partners LA’s Athlete/Coaching -Agree cycle of March Performance Media and Support promotion on Staff Staff Biographies website Board -Put on website and Branches linked to facebook sportscotland and twitter Partners LA’s Media Enquires -Sign post media Ongoing All Staff Protocal enquiries before, during and after games to Gavin Recording -Record all enquiries August – All staff All staff enquiries received due to the End Central games September spreadsheet designed Daily Round Up -Tweet Results 4 – 15 April Performance Branches/ -Record results in Communications Staff spreadsheet Group Board, LA’s/ -Web article linked to Partners facebook and twitter sportscotland Paralympic -Comprehensive 19 CEO Branches/Staff Round up Report / Results September Board, LA’s/ -Collate interest Path Partners spreadsheet sportscotland - web article linked to facebook and twitter Team Welcome Team Reception

Sport Selection Date Athletics 20th February 2018 Cycling 20th February 2018 Parabowls 30th November 2017 Powerlifting 20th February 2018 Swimming 20th February 2018 Paratriathlon 20th November 2017 Table tennis 20th February 2018