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Off Topic => Sports Arena => Topic started by: cdbearsfan on October 05, 2010, 11:29:34 AM

Title: Commonwealth Games 2010
Post by: cdbearsfan on October 05, 2010, 11:29:34 AM: Anyone watching this?

Bloody Aussies have already started winning everything. Kick them out of the Commonwealth, make the Games more interesting!
Title: Re: Commonwealth Games 2010
Post by: cdbearsfan on October 05, 2010, 11:36:32 AM: Mind you England have just won two golds in two races.

Want Scotland to win some now!
Title: Re: Commonwealth Games 2010
Post by: cdbearsfan on October 08, 2010, 11:46:43 AM: Clearly these games have the H&V community gripped.
Title: Re: Commonwealth Games 2010
Post by: UK Redsox on October 08, 2010, 12:05:51 PM: The Commonwealth Games are a pointless reminder of an Empire long since gone.
Title: Re: Commonwealth Games 2010
Post by: pmarachi on October 08, 2010, 12:08:24 PM: I don't even know what this is.

Does it have something to do with Cricket or Rugby or something?
Title: Re: Commonwealth Games 2010
Post by: cdbearsfan on October 08, 2010, 12:43:07 PM: Unfortunately not.

It's basically all the Olympic sports plus squash and netball but minus football and rounders. The UK competes as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and loads of tiny places like Cook Islands and Guernsey get their own teams.

They decided to host it in India, without cricket in it, and they keep moaning about the poor attendances. What did they expect?
Title: Re: Commonwealth Games 2010
Post by: VillaZogmariner on October 08, 2010, 01:00:17 PM: Quote from: cdvillafan on October 08, 2010, 12:43:07 PM
Unfortunately not.

It's basically all the Olympic sports plus squash and netball but minus football and rounders. The UK competes as England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and loads of tiny places like Cook Islands and Guernsey get their own teams.

They decided to host it in India, without cricket in it, and they keep moaning about the poor attendances. What did they expect?

And at the same time that Australia are touring India.
Title: Re: Commonwealth Games 2010
Post by: Simon Ward on October 08, 2010, 02:36:26 PM: Apparently they don't even expect the India v Pakistan hockey match to sell out, unless they give away all the tickets!