Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games

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PostGlasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Scotticus Erroticus » Thu Mar 13, 2014 6:19 pm

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With 1 million tickets almost sold and only a few months to go until the opening ceremony at Celtic ParkI thought it was time we made a thread. Commonwealth Games are different in several ways to the Olympics Games; they're smaller, only Commonwealth countries can compete and (probably most importantly for this forum) we can support our own home nations. Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland will be sending teams to Glasgow to partly make up the 7000 athletes participating for 261 medals in 17 different sports.

- 11 days of competition from 23 July to 3 August 2014.
- 70 nations participating
- 16 different venues
- 261 events


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http://www.glasgow2014.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014_Commonwealth_Games
https://twitter.com/Glasgow2014
http://www.facebook.com/Glasgow2014

2010 Dehli Medals

1 Australia 74 55 48 177
2 India 38 27 36 101
3 England 37 59 46 142
4 Canada 26 17 32 75
5 Kenya 12 11 10 33
5 South Africa 12 11 10 33
7 Malaysia 12 10 13 35
8 Singapore 11 11 9 31
9 Nigeria 11 10 14 35
10 Scotland 9 10 7 26

I'm not expecting this thread to capture the imagination immediately, but I wanted to put it out there.

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by smurphy » Thu Mar 13, 2014 7:54 pm

Where do I sign up to compete?

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Xeno » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:02 pm

Zero interest in the Commonwealth games if I'm honest.

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Bunni » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:09 pm

I'm working first aid \o/

At commonwealth house where there's no actual games afaik. /o\

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Jay Adama » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:28 pm

Commonealth?

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by frogg » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:39 pm

Why did they choose Celtic Park fo the opening and not Hampden?

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Barley » Thu Mar 13, 2014 8:44 pm

Jay Adama wrote:Commonealth?


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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Fatal Exception » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:56 pm

It's like the Olympics, but no one cares about them but the host city.

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Return_of_the_STAR » Thu Mar 13, 2014 9:56 pm

The commonwealth games will give the yes votes massive boost.

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Spindash » Thu Mar 13, 2014 10:45 pm

Commonwealth Games are better as there are no references to "Team GB".

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by 1cmanny1 » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:08 pm

What commonwealth countries are in the Mediterranean? Did you fiendish Brits conquer some poor islands there as well?

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Return_of_the_STAR » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:10 pm

1cmanny1 wrote:What commonwealth countries are in the Mediterranean? Did you fiendish Brits conquer some poor islands there as well?


Cyprus, Malta and Gibraltar.

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Corazon de Leon » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:14 pm

frogg wrote:Why did they choose Celtic Park fo the opening and not Hampden?


It seats 10,000 more than Hampden, and is closer to the Emirates Arena(read, literally across the road) where a big chunk of the games are taking place I guess.

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Scotticus Erroticus » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:22 pm

Corazon de Leon wrote:
frogg wrote:Why did they choose Celtic Park fo the opening and not Hampden?


It seats 10,000 more than Hampden, and is closer to the Emirates Arena(read, literally across the road) where a big chunk of the games are taking place I guess.


Neither Celtic Park or Ibrox can fit athletic tracks in them. Hampden is the national stadium and is built for such a purpose. It would be difficult to fit in the opening ceremony at Hampden with the athletics taking place immediately afterwards. Ibrox wanted the Opening AND closing ceremonies over both Hampden and Celtic park, greedy buggers.

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Corazon de Leon » Thu Mar 13, 2014 11:32 pm

Oh. To be honest, I don't think I could be less bothered about the Commonwealth Games. I mean, I'll probably watch it, but I wouldn't be too cut up if I missed big chunks of it.

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PostRe: Glasgow 2014 Commonealth Games
by Lotus » Fri Mar 14, 2014 8:22 am

Mm, can't say I'm fussed about the Commonwealth Games. It's some way down the list of important athletics events, and when a lot of the best nations are missing (in terms of competitive athletes) it all feels a bit pointless.


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