12/18/11 Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia, the free encclopedia 1/10 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_Games Commonealth Games Commonwealth Games Federation seal, adopted in 2001 Motto Humanity Equality Destiny Headquarters London, United Kingdom President Prince Tunku Imran Website Commonwealth Games Federation (http://www.thecgf.com/) Commonealth G ames From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Th e Comm onealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years. It was initially known as the British Empire Games an d was renamed to the British Empire and Commonealth Games in 1954 and the British Commonealth Games i n 1970, before finally gaining its current title for the 1978 edition. The Games are overseen by the Commonwealth Gam es F eder ati on (CGF), whi ch also control s the sp ortin g programme and selects the host cities. A host city is selected for each edition and eighteen cities in seven countries have hosted the event. As well as many Olympic sports, the Games also include some sports that are played mainly in Commonwealth countries, such as lawn bowls, rugby sevens and netball. [1] Only six teams have attended every Commonwealth Games: Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales. Australia has been the highest achieving team for eleven games, England for seven and Canada for one. Although there are 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, 71 teams participate in the Commonwealth Games as a number of British overseas territories, Crown dependencies, and island states compete under their own flag. The four Home Nations of the United Kingdom England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland also send separate teams. Contents 1 History 2 Traditions 3 Editions 3.1 Total Commonwealth Games by country 4 Approved sports 5 Partici pation 5.1 Nations/dependencies that have competed 5.2 Commonwealth nations/dependencies/disputed territories yet to send teams 6 Notable competitors 7 Other cultural references 8 See also 9 References 10 External links
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and Northern Ireland in 1934. The Irish Free State became Ireland in 1937 (but also known by its name in
Irish ire), formally left the Commonwealth when it declared that it was a Republic on 1 January 1949.
9. ^ Competed from 19581962 as part of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.
10. ^ Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore federated as Malaysia in 1963. Singapore left the
federation in 1965.
11. ^ Joined Canada in 1949.
12. ^ Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia federated with Nyasaland from 1953 as Rhodesia and
Nyasaland which lasted till 1963.13. ^ Divided into Southern Rhodesia and Northern Rhodesia in 1953.
14. ^ Zanzibar and Tanganyika federated to form Tanzania in 1964.
15. ^ Withdrew from the Commonwealth in 2003.
Commonwealth nations/dependencies/disputed territories et to send teams
Very few Commonwealth dependencies and nations have yet to take part:
Tokelau was expected to take part in the 2010 Games in Delhi but did not do so.
The Pitcairn Islands' tiny population (currently 50 to 60 people) would appear to prevent this Britishoverseas territory from competing.
The British Indian Ocean Territory currently has no permanent population although there is a sizeable
population who were born in the BIOT but currently live in Mauritius and the United Kingdom and so
would be eligible to compete on birth criteria.
The lack of a permanent population would seem to prevent the British overseas territories of South
Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands and British Antarctic Territory, the New Zealand territory of
Ross Dependency and the Australian external territories of Australian Antarctic Territory, Ashmore and
Cartier Islands, Coral Sea Islands and Heard Island and McDonald Islands from competing.
Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus has made applications to the CGF to send teams.
Other states, territories and territorial autonomies with native populations within the Commonwealth tha
may be eligible include Christmas Island, the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Rodrigues, Nevis and Zanzibar.
It is also conceivable that any future members of the Commonwealth such as applicants (for example
Sudan and Yemen) may participate in future games. The Colony of Aden and Federation of South
Arabia, precursors to modern Yemen, have participated before in 1962 and in 1966. Sudan was an
Anglo-Egyptian protectorate until independence in 1956.
South Sudan has applied to compete at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.[10]
Cornwall, represented by the Cornwall Commonwealth Games Association (CCGA), sent a bid for
participation in the 2006 Commonwealth Games, however, their application was rejected by the CGF,
who stated that the constitutional status of Cornwall was not an issue that should be resolved through thmedium. However, in 2010, the CCGA sought to launch a legal challenge to the decision of the CGF,
stating that the Cornish bid of 2006 fulfilled the entire criterion of the CGF, and by rejecting the bid, the
CGF had violated their own code, failing to follow their own criteria for participation. The Cornwall tea
will therefore seek competition in the 2014 games.[11]
Notable competitors
Lawn bowler Willie Wood from Scotland is the first competitor to have competed in seven Commonwealth Game
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from 1974 to 2002. Also, Greg Yelavich, a sports shooter from New Zealand, has won 12 medals in seven game
from 1986 to 2010.
Ohe clal efeence
The Empire Games are referred to in The Kinks song "Daylight" from their album Preservation Act 1.
See alo
All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games
All-Africa Games
Asian Games
Commonwealth Mountain and Ultradistance Running Championships
Indian Empire Games
Jeux de la Francophonie
Kingdom Games
Lusophony Games
Olympic Games
Pan American Games
Universiade
World Games
Refeence
1. ^ Harold, Perkin (September 1989). "Teaching the nations how to play: sport and society in the British Empire and
Commonwealth". International Journal of the Histor of Sport 6 (2): pp. 145155.
doi:10.1080/09523368908713685 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080%2F09523368908713685) .2. ^ "The story of the Commonwealth Games" (http://www.thecgf.com/games/story.asp) . Commonwealth
Games Federation. http://www.thecgf.com/games/story.asp. Retrieved 20 January 2008.
3. ^ "1930 British Empire Games Introduction" (http://www.thecgf.com/games/intro.asp) . Commonwealth Game
Federation. http://www.thecgf.com/games/intro.asp. Retrieved 29 October 2009.
4. ^ High Achievers (http://www.commonwealthgames.org.au/templates/Games_HighAchievers.htm) . Australian
Commonwealth Games Association. Retrieved on 2010-04-05.
5. ^ Growth of the Commonwealth Games (http://www.thecgf.com/games/growth.asp) . Commonwealth
Games Federation. Retrieved on 2010-04-05.
6. ^ Sports Programme (http://www.thecgf.com/sports/) . Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved on 26 June
2009.
7. ^ 5 hours ago (2010-06-11). ""Canoeing closer to being a full-medal event"