INTRODUCTION
The Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association was formally the
Guernsey Sports Council, which was originally founded in 1966
with the view of applying to the Commonwealth Games Federation
for membership in order that the Island, which is an independent
self-governing member of the Commonwealth, could participate in
the 1970 Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Membership was accepted
at the Federation’s General Meeting in Jamaica in 1966 and the
first multi-sports team to represent the Island at international
level took part in the 1970 Games.
Since that time, Guernsey has been represented at each
subsequent Games, Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974; Edmonton,
Canada in 1978; Brisbane, Australia in 1982; Edinburgh, Scotland
in 1986; Auckland, New Zealand in 1990; Victoria, Canada in
1994; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in 1998 and Manchester, England in
2002. The Island will also be represented at the 2006 Games in
Melbourne, Australia.
As one of the smallest members of the Commonwealth Games
Federation (CGF) – Guernsey has a population of some 64,000 and
the Island is not only able to boast that amongst its sportsmen
and sportswomen, many have not only represented Great Britain
and England but have held both World and National titles in
several sports. Our Association is also proud to record that up
to Manchester 2002, Island sportspeople have won one Gold medal,
three Silver medals and two Bronze medals and with several
talented youngsters holding Junior British National titles, the
future looks bright and the Islands investment in a Youth
development programme is starting to pay dividends as witness by
two young female athletes having travelled to Melbourne for the
2nd Commonwealth Youth Games which was held in
Bendigo Australia in November 2004. This event, devised as a
stepping stone for young competitors who, having reach a
standard of excellence in their chosen sport, is given the
opportunity of competing against the best in the Commonwealth
and is an excellent introduction for them as potential team
members for forthcoming Commonwealth Games.
This website has been produced in order that web surfers
throughout the world can obtain up to date information on the
Commonwealth Sports in the Island of Guernsey and through the
various Links, one can visit both the Governing Bodies of our
Members Sports sites as well as other important links to
websites of the most comprehensive Commonwealth Games Federation
website and that of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games.
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