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> 2014 Commonwealth Games, Glasgow, Scotland | July 23 to August 3
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Ryan.
post Jul 10 2014, 07:27 PM
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So the 20th Commonwealth Games is being held in Glasgow, Scotland and will commence with the Opening Ceremony on the 23rd July - less than 2 weeks away!

Scotland have previously hosted the Games twice, in 1970 and 1986 - both times in Edinburgh. It's the closest event we have to the Olympic Games without actually being the Olympics and I'm very excited for it to begin! The 2010 thread for this managed a grand total of 4 replies so let's try and do better this time! kink.gif
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post Jul 11 2014, 07:20 AM
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post Jul 11 2014, 12:06 PM
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I head through to Glasgow tomorrow for 2weeks of volunteering. Should be an amazing experience!
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post Jul 23 2014, 12:40 PM
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Sad to see Katarina Johnson-Thompson having to pull out through injury but it's still going to be an exciting games, the opening ceremony starts tonight and as far as I'm aware it will be featuring the fabulous Amy Macdonald! wub.gif
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post Jul 23 2014, 08:07 PM
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Anyone watching the opening ceremony, they had to have John Barrowman laugh.gif
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post Jul 23 2014, 08:33 PM
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QUOTE(Mart!n @ Jul 23 2014, 09:07 PM) *
Anyone watching the opening ceremony, they had to have John Barrowman laugh.gif

At least he, having been born in Glasgow to Scottish parents, is more of a Scot than London-born Rod Stewart who, AFAIK, has never lived in Scotland.
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post Jul 23 2014, 08:43 PM
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No sign of Emeli Sande yet. Is she OK?
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post Jul 23 2014, 08:48 PM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Jul 23 2014, 09:43 PM) *
No sign of Emeli Sande yet. Is she OK?


She's fine, just writing Read All About It part 102 laugh.gif
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post Jul 23 2014, 08:58 PM
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QUOTE(Cameron @ Jul 23 2014, 09:48 PM) *
She's fine, just writing Read All About It part 102 laugh.gif

Maybe she'll perform that at the closing ceremony laugh.gif
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post Jul 23 2014, 10:31 PM
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Think I just spotted Silas in the crowd holding a "Fife council are a bunch of c*nts" banner.
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post Jul 23 2014, 10:34 PM
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So Betsy talks about Commonwealth values. Does that include the fact that homosexual acts are illegal in most Commonwealth countries?
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post Jul 24 2014, 10:02 AM
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I went to the rehearsal for the opening ceremony the other day, and man those first few minutes were some cheesy shit.
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post Jul 24 2014, 11:26 AM
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QUOTE(Suedehead2 @ Jul 23 2014, 09:43 PM) *
No sign of Emeli Sande yet. Is she OK?


I couldn't understand it. Didn't see BA Robertson or the Krankies either.
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post Jul 24 2014, 12:15 PM
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I agree with Harve that the first part of the Ceremony did seem like quite a mess and a bit too cheesy, but from Amy Macdonald and Rod Stewart onwards I really enjoyed it!

Great to see England winning the first medals of the Games in the triathlon with Jodie Stimpson and Vicky Holland getting gold and bronze respectively! biggrin.gif
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post Jul 24 2014, 12:38 PM
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Surprised Emeli Sande never performed tbh!

The opening ceremony really wasn't that very good. sad.gif
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post Jul 24 2014, 12:46 PM
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I think they realised having Emeli would make it too similar to the Olympics, I would've loved to see Amy Macdonald perform 'Pride' though as it is absolutely perfect for the occasion.
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post Jul 24 2014, 02:13 PM
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post Jul 24 2014, 02:29 PM
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QUOTE(Harve @ Jul 24 2014, 11:02 AM) *
I went to the rehearsal for the opening ceremony the other day, and man those first few minutes were some cheesy shit.



It was all pretty underwhelming and generally rubbish. Someone on DS made a great analogy, saying it was like Aldi compared to the Olympics opening ceremony being Waitrose!! laugh.gif

May watch a bit of swimming and of course the ladies gymnastics. wink.gif

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post Jul 24 2014, 04:33 PM
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I see Mo Farah has pulled out due to failing to recover from a recent illness.

Well done to the Brownlee brothers on their 1-2 in the men's triathlon and to Jodie Stimpson for winning gold in the woman's triathlon.
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post Jul 25 2014, 09:27 AM
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Judo continues to baffle and fascinate me. It's passionate but restrained and that feels quite weird.

Swimming last night was pretty excellent, I don't see competitive swimming enough and it is really fun to watch.
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