Commonwealth Games 2014

[shivfan]

Tickets on sale now, but website is on go-slow.
:roll:
I'm going to try to get tickets for Monday, Thursday and Saturday athletics...see how lucky I get.

With all this talk about athletics in crisis over the positive drug tests of Gay and Powell, it hasn't reduced demand for tickets to see athletics - it's still easier for me to get tickets to a cricket match!

[James Fields]

Re: Commonwealth Games 2014

Some lesser meets are fun to watch and have tickets modestly priced.
But next summer I'm challenged , and a bit baffled, by overlapping schedules:

July 21-27 USAF Junior Olympics - Houston
July 22-27 World Junior Champs - Eugene
July 27-August 2 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow

GBR has a fine teenage steepler who would like to compete at both World Junior and Commonwealth. I expect there are other athletes who are eligible for boh of those meets but may have to choose just one.

[Chafford1]

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Some lesser meets are fun to watch and have tickets modestly priced.
But next summer I'm challenged , and a bit baffled, by overlapping schedules:

July 21-27 USAF Junior Olympics - Houston
July 22-27 World Junior Champs - Eugene
July 27-August 2 Commonwealth Games - Glasgow

GBR has a fine teenage steepler who would like to compete at both World Junior and Commonwealth. I expect there are other athletes who are eligible for boh of those meets but may have to choose just one.

These are hardly comparable events. Glasgow is likely to have Bolt, Shelly-Anne Fraser Pryce, Rudisha, Ennis-Hill, Farah and Rutherford competing - the Commonwealth distance events will be ultra competitive with the East Africans competing.

[shivfan]

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Are you sure Bolt and SAFP will be there? If they turn up, it will probably be the first time ever that they will running at the CWG....

I wonder what carrots Glasgow will dangle for them....

I got my bid in for tickets...now, I just have to wait, and see if I'm successful. Given the demand for athletics tickets in Britain, I'm not too optimistic. The website crashed due to high demand....

[Flumpy]

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I have ni idea if they will compete or not but in recent years the CG's have been at weird times of year (March & October) the other side of the word (Delhi & Melbourne).

This time they are in Europe slap bang in the middle of the season. There will also be guaranteed sell out crowds and very little else going on at the same time, which makes them much more attractive.

[Chafford1]

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Are you sure Bolt and SAFP will be there? If they turn up, it will probably be the first time ever that they will running at the CWG....

I wonder what carrots Glasgow will dangle for them....

I got my bid in for tickets...now, I just have to wait, and see if I'm successful. Given the demand for athletics tickets in Britain, I'm not too optimistic. The website crashed due to high demand....

Bolt has certainly made positive noises about attending recently and this article by Jamaican journalist Andre Lowe backs this up:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/others ... ds-newsxml

In terms of tickets, you have until mid September to apply, They are not available on a first come first served basis so it won't make any difference if you apply now or in a few weeks time.'

[Chafford1]

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I have ni idea if they will compete or not but in recent years the CG's have been at weird times of year (March & October) the other side of the word (Delhi & Melbourne).

This time they are in Europe slap bang in the middle of the season. There will also be guaranteed sell out crowds and very little else going on at the same time, which makes them much more attractive.

Yes, these should be the best Commonwealths we've have for some time.

[shivfan]

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"So in 2014 I will be racing like I did in any other season. The Commonwealth Games? I've never been there before, but I'll leave it up to my coach to decide on my competition programme."

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Bo ... z2e0lV6yEu

[jamal00005]

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"So in 2014 I will be racing like I did in any other season. The Commonwealth Games? I've never been there before, but I'll leave it up to my coach to decide on my competition programme."

Read more: http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Bo ... z2e0lV6yEu

Read an article where he says in the Daily Mail that he wants to try and break his 200m WR next year. I think he may well go to the commonwealth games. Blake already said he isn't doing it .

[shivfan]

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"It's on my to-do list," Bolt, 27, told BBC Radio 5 live. "I really want to do it but I never go against my coach." He said the 100m and 200m double would "probably would be unlikely", adding: "I probably would run the 200m if I go because it's my favourite event." The Jamaican has never won a Commonwealth medal but added: "We are going to discuss it, we are not fully sure if I will go but throughout the season we will decide if that will be a good thing to do."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/athletics/24168319

[shivfan]

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I applied for six tickets, but only got two...still, I'm not complaining.

I didn't get tickets for the 100m finals, but I got tickets for my favourite events - the men's and women's 200m.

[shivfan]

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I can't wait to see the squads....
8-)
Here's a breakdown of the nations competing, the sports involved, and the previous medal table:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/commonweal ... s/27807965

Below are some of the teams, unashamedly copied from the AW messageboard....

[shivfan]

Re: Commonwealth Games 2014

Australia
Men –
200m: Jarrod Geddes.
400m: Steven Solomon.
800m: Josh Ralph, Jeff Riseley, Alex Rowe.
1,500m: Jeff Riseley, Ryan Gregson, Collis Birmingham.
5,000m: Collis Birmingham, Ben St Lawrence.
10,000m: Ben St Lawrence, Harry Summers, Chris Hamer.
Marathon: Martin Dent, Michael Shelley, Liam Adams.
110m hurdles: Nicholas Hough, Sam Baines.
400m hurdles: Ian Dewhurst, Tristan Thomas.
3,000m steeplechase: James Nipperess.
High jump: Nik Bojic, Brandon Starc.
Pole vault: Joel Pocklington, Matt Boyd.
Long jump: Robbie Crowther, Henry Frayne, Fabrice Lapierre.
Shot put: Damien Birkinhead.
Discus: Benn Harradine, Julian Wruck.
Hammer: Tim Driesen, Huw Peacock.
Javelin: Joshua Robinson, Hamish Peacock, Luke Cann.
Decathlon: Jake Stein, Stephen Cain.
4x100m relay: Tim Leathart, Jarrod Geddes, Jake Hammond, Alex Hartmann, Joel Bee, Jin Su Jung.
4x400m relay: Steven Solomon, Alex Beck, Craig Burns, Dylan Grant, John Steffensen, Tristan Thomas.
Women –
100m: Sally Pearson, Melissa Breen.
200m: Ella Nelson, Ashleigh Whittaker.
400m: Morgan Mitchell, Anneliese Rubie.
800m: Brittany McGowan, Kelly Hetherington.
1,500m: Zoe Buckman, Kaila McKnight, Melissa Duncan.
5,000m: Emily Brichacek, Eloise Wellings.
Marathon: Jess Trengove, Melanie Panayiotou, Sarah Klein.
3,000m steeplechase: Victoria Mitchell, Genevieve LaCaze, Madeline Heiner.
100m hurdles: Sally Pearson, Shannon McCann, Michelle Jenneke.
400m hurdles: Lauren Wells, Lyndsay Pekin.
High jump: Eleanor Patterson, Zoe Timmers, Hannah Joye.
Pole vault: Liz Parnov, Alana Boyd, Vicky Parnov.
Long jump: Brooke Stratton, Jessica Penney, Margaret Gayen.
Triple jump: Linda Leverton, Ellen Pettitt.
Shot put: Dani Samuels, Kim Mulhall.
Discus: Dani Samuels, Christie Chamberlain, Taryn Gollshewsky.
Hammer Lara Neilsen, Gabrielle Neighbour.
Javelin: Kim Mickle, Kathryn Mitchell, Kelsey-Lee Roberts.
Heptathlon: Sophie Stanwell.
4x100m relay: Sally Pearson, Melissa Breen, Ashleigh Whittaker, Ella Nelson, Margaret Gayen, Michelle Cutmore.
4x400m relay: Morgan Mitchell, Anneleise Rubie, Caitlin Sargent, Lauren Wells, Lyndsay Pekin, Jess Gulli.

[shivfan]

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Canada:
Men:
100m: Aaron Brown
200m: Andre De Grasse, Brendon Rodney, Gavin Smellie
800m: Brandon McBride
T54 1500m: Josh Cassidy, Alexandre Dupont
10,000m: Mohammed Ahmed, Cameron Levins
3000m steeplechase: Matthew Hughes, Taylor Milne, Chris Winter
High jump: Derek Drouin, Michael Mason
Pole vault: Shawnacy Barber
Shot put: Tim Nedow, Justin Rodhe
Hammer throw: James Steacy
Decathlon: Damian Warner
4x100m relay: Jared Connaughton, Oluwasegun Makinde, Dontae Richards-Kwok
4x400m relay: Daundre Barnaby, Philip Osei, Michael Robertson

Women:
100m: Khamica Bingham
200m: Shai-Anne Davis, Crystal Emmanuel,Kimberly Hyacinthe
800m: Karine Belleau-Beliveau, Melissa Bishop, Jessica Smith
1500m: Nicole Sifuentes, Kate Van Buskirk
T54 1500m: Diane Roy
5000m: Jessica O’Connell
Marathon: Lanni Marchant
100m hurdles: Angela Whyte
400m hurdles: Noelle Montcalm, Chanice Taylor-Chase
Hammer throw: Sultana Frizell
Javelin: Elizabeth Gleadle
Shot put: Julie Labonte
Long jump: Christabel Nettey
Pole vault: Alysha Newman
Heptathlon: Brianne Theisen-Eaton, Jessica Zelinka
4x100m relay: Phylicia George
4x400m relay: Fawn Dorr, Carline Muir

[shivfan]

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Wales:
Men
100m T37: Rhys Jones
800m: Joe Thomas (subject to fitness), Gareth Warburton
1500m – Chris Gowell
10,000m: Adam Bitchell, Dewi Griffiths
400m Hurdles: Dai Greene, Rhys Williams
Marathon: Andrew Davies
Pole Vault: Paul Walker
Shot Put: Ryan Spencer-Jones, Gareth Winter
Javelin: Lee Doran
Discus: Brett Morse
Discus F42: Aled Sion-Davies
Hammer: Jonathan Edwards, Osian Jones, Matthew Richards
Decathlon: Ben Gregory, David Guest, Curtis Matthews

Women
100m T12: Tracy Hinton (Steffan Hughes)
5,000m: Elinor Kirk
10,000m: Elinor Kirk
Pole Vault: Sally Peake
Long Jump F37: Beverley Jones
Long Jump F38: Olivia Breen
Hammer: Carys Parry
4x100m: Hannah Brier, Lucy Evans, Rachel Johncock, Mica Moore, Hannah Thomas