Television coverage of Commonwealth Youth Games an ideal gift

Sep 23, 2008 Letters

DEAR EDITOR,
For one to have the knowledge of how the Commonwealth Youth Games came about, one must first understand the story of the Commonwealth Games.

After 30 years of talks amongst Commonwealth nations, it was Bobby Robinson, a major influence in athletics (Canada) who was the main figure that actually had the event implemented.

The Commonwealth Games are referred to as the Friendly Games, and it was in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada, that the Games began, with 400 athletes who participated in six sports and 59 events, and $30,000 was provided by the city of Hamilton to help offset travelling costs of participating nations.

The games were conducted every four years since 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946, due to the wars; and, to date, the name has been changed four times.

1930-50: British Empire Games,
1954-66: British Empire & Commonwealth Games,
1970-74: British Commonwealth Games,
1978-present: Commonwealth Games.

There were only single competition games from 1930-1994, and it was at the 1998 Kuala Lumpur Games that team sports were introduced, namely: Cricket (50-over), Hockey (men & women), Netball (women) and Rugby 7’s (men).

The latter three disciplines were continued during the 2002 and 2006 Manchester and Melbourne Games respectively, and Basketball made its debut at the 2006 games. Hockey, Netball and Rugby 7’s will continue at the Delhi Commonwealth Games in 2010.

A limited number of full medal events for elite athletes with disabilities (EAD) were introduced at the 2002 Manchester Games, and continued at Melbourne in 2006 with participation in athletics, swimming, table tennis and power lifting.

The Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), in 2000, had the Commonwealth Youth Games introduced for athletes under the age of 18 years.

The inaugural games were held in Edinburgh in 2000 (Great Britain), Bendigo, (Australia) hosted the 2004 Games and Pune, India will host the 2008 Games, which is just a matter of days from now.

Isle of Man has been identified as the next host for the Youth Games in 2011, and, on the other hand, Glasgow, Scotland will host the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

Television coverage of one or more channels, with the support of sponsorship from the business community, would be an ideal gift for continued good family showing of television of the Youth Games from October 12-18, 2008.
T. Pemberton

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