Commonwealth Games - Official Thread

[NimChief]

Come on guys, where's the official Commonwealth Games thread.

I've done a search and I've found nothing, poor form.

Anywho here it is.

Rhe opening cerermony is starting right now tune in!

Join the 1.5 billion people WORLDWIDE who are watching Melbourne.

Cheers NimChief.

Keeping the twcenter community informed. :wink:

[Niles Crane]

My parents flew down this morning without me. Bastards.

[Mad Guitar Murphy]

1.5 billion people, haha, your days of world domination are over

but on topic, what games do they play? probably cricket and what else?

[Sidus Preclarum]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonw...onwealth_Games

[NimChief]

1.5 billion people, haha, your days of world domination are over

If countries like Egypt Ireland and Sudan swallowed there pride and re-joined the Commonwealth we would have much more power.

IIRC there is over several dozn nations that abandon the Commonwealth over the years.

but on topic, what games do they play? probably cricket and what else?

Hey mate, at the Commonwealth Games we play all kinds and varieties of sport and we are so progressive we even allow disabled athletes to compete with us.

The Commonwealth games attract the top athletes of all the member nations of the Commonwealth, and is the third greatest sporting event behind the Olympics and World cup.

Australia is expected to dominate with a massive haul of over 100 medals.

On the opening ceremony, it was pretty average and quite a poor display and representation of the great city of Melbourne.

On a lighter note the highlight was when the almighty Queen officially declared the Games open.

I should be heading to the Boxing, rugby, Athletics and weightlifting at the games.

How fitting is it that the Sporting Capital of the world is holding such a great Sporting event like the Commonwealth games.

[Fianóglach]

Go On Nord Iron!!!

[Primvs Sextvs Loverlord]

Nord Iron? Commonwealth. Sextus Loverlord is confused.

[Fianóglach]

Nord Iron? Commonwealth. Sextus Loverlord is confused.

Northern Ireland.

ATHLETICS
Men's squad:
800m: James McIlroy
1500m: James McIlroy
Javelin: Michael Allen, Ben Houghton
Decathlon: Brendan McConville
Women's squad:
100m: Anna Boyle
200m: Anna Boyle
Shot: Eva Massey
Pole vault: Zoe Brown

BADMINTON
Men: Bruce Topping, Mark Topping, Alex Sim.
Women: Lisa Lynas, Erin Keery.

BOXING
48kg: Patrick Barnes
51kg: Ryan Lindberg
54kg: Shaun McKim
63.5kg: Dermot Hamill
67kg: Thomas Hamill
75kg: Eamon O'Kane
81kg: Ciaran Crossan

CYCLING
Men:
Mountain bike cross-country: Lewis Ferguson
Endurance: David McCann, Philip Deignan, Tommy Evans, Michael Hutchinson, Stephen Gallagher, Ryan Connor, Roger Aiken

GYMNASTICS

Men - Artistic: Matthew Cosgrave.
Women - Artistic: Katie Slader, Rachel Forde, Kathryn Ward.
Rythmic: Kara Hare.

LAWN BOWLS

Men: Martin McHugh, Noel Graham, Jeremy Henry, Mark McPeake, Jonathan Ross, Neil Booth
Women: Margaret Johnston, Barbara Cameron, Donna McNally

SHOOTING

Men:
David Calvert, Martin Miller, David Beattie, Mervyn Morrision, Alan Lewis, Cliff Ogle, Hugh Stewart
Women:
Louise Aiken

SQUASH
Men: Steve Richardson
Women: Madeline Perry

SWIMMING
Men: Andrew Bree, Jonathan Nixon, Jonathan Cummings
Women: Julie Douglas, Melanie Nocher

TABLE TENNIS
Men: Jason Sugrue, Jonathan Cowan, Andrew Dennison, Peter Graham

TRIATHLON
Men: Gavin Noble, Brian Campbell
Women: Heather Wilson

[LSJ]

America doesn't get to play because that would be stupid (fight for freedom and then become a member of the commonwealth?).

Its taking over channel 6 for me. The last thing that I saw was the queen giving part of the opening ceremony.

[NimChief]

America doesn't get to play because that would be stupid (fight for freedom and then become a member of the commonwealth?).

Hey mate.

America can join the Commonwealth if they want to, it aint an exclusive club.

In fact even former Portuguese colonies like Mozambique have joined the Commonwealth, and they have had nothing to do with the British Empire.

Anyway the Commonwealth is basically a combination of the countries representing the 2nd coming of the British Empire not the 1st coming that the US was apart of.

Hell if you want to get technical you could ask why France isn’t apart of the Commonwealth seeing that Normandy was once ruled by Britain in the middle ages. :laughing:

You do not have to forgo any freedoms to join the Commonwealth it is not a political union of any sort, and does not allow the United Kingdom to exercise any power over the affairs of the organisation's other members.

I would be a little apprehensive of the US joining, you know the whole them being a 'hyper power' and us being a union of 'middle powers'. It would also stop Australia from dominating the games we would proably have to play second fiddle to the US. :laughing:

[_GunneR_]

Yeah i live in australia and i'm really not that excited about it. Not that i don't like sport i'm hanging out for the world cup in june!!
Really it might have something to do with it being a media stunt by the monarch trying to improve their falling reputation. It's been happening for years and soon enough Australia will become a republic. But this ain't about politics and besides i think athletics and most of these sports have become all about winning and not the competing and bringing together of nations. No offence but i think it is exemplified in the "over-the-top" "show pony" american sprinters (let's be honest they take a 100m race a little too serious)

[Sétanta]

Thank god Ireland and America don't play.

[Fianóglach]

No need to take the CG so bloody seriously it's just sport for God's sake! why do people have to make everything political? It's a good event that brings people and money to places that don't normally get alot of tourist activity (Melbourne obviously not the case) Let them have their fun.

[Saint-Germain]

I went to the Opening Ceremony last night. Brilliant stuff. I'm going to a hell of a lot of events over the 11 days. Should be great

[Niles Crane]

I went to the Opening Ceremony last night. Brilliant stuff. I'm going to a hell of a lot of events over the 11 days. Should be great

Do you guys have school cancelled?

[finzy]

I dont think i could go there and watch it instead i will just watch it at home on austar.

[Libertine]

the rugby should be great! I remember in the last one that the Kenyan team played a fantastic game in one game.....just one.....

managed to get the ball to a Kenyan winger and BANG! made Roadrunner look like a snail...

[NimChief]

Do you guys have school cancelled?

Hey, who said Meander still attends school. :laughing:

But yeah the state government has given us our holidays early so we can all attend the games.

Best part is we get a huge long weekend holiday come Easter time, so all in all we are getting more holidays this year.

By the way for those that are interested here is the medal table after Day 1 :

         G     S       B
AUS	3	4	4
SCO	2	0	1
ENG	1	3	2
IND	1	0	0
NZL	1	0	0
RSA	1	0	0
CAN	0	2	1
WAL	0	0	1

I should be attending the rugby tommorow and being the huge rugby fan I am I expect to have a great time.

Surely you couldn't of liked the opening ceremony Meander?

I mean all those arty farty people dressed up in clown costumes and those raggedy koala suits flying in a massive thong of all things was just terrible.

What a shameful way to represent our city in my opinion.

But I am sure it was great seeing it live.

[Saint-Germain]

Surely you couldn't of liked the opening ceremony Meander?

I liked the opening cermony, actually. Wasn't as cool as the Sydney one, though. I loved the bit with the trial bikes and the ballerinas, actually. Call me weird if you want - it is true.

I should be attending the rugby tommorow and being the huge rugby fan I am I expect to have a great time.

I'm going to the rugby tomorrow, too!

Hey, who said Meander still attends school. :laughing:

And yes, I am still at school The fourteen week-long second term will be such a *****, though. Man, I am not looking forward to that at all.

I mean all those arty farty people...

Right here, bro.

[_GunneR_]

Yeah i awsn't a fan of the opening ceremony (serious;y who organises those things). But the early holidays waorks for me but now there is nothing but crap on tv. It's seems there is going to be alot of RTW being played in the next 2 weeks. And to menander i think we have 16 week term just quietly.