Friday, October 15, 2010

COMMON WEALTH OR LOSS GAMES-2010.

Posted on 6:20 PM by spark


COMMON WEALTH GAMES -2010. It TAKES PLACE IN ONCE IN EVERY FOUR YEARS. Members of the Commonwealth of Nations come together to participate in this games.
The first time this event took place was in 1930. It was then known as the British Empire Games and 11 nations participated. It has been held regularly since then, with just one interruption in 1942, during World War II. There are currently 54 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, and 71 teams participated in the Games. The four Home Nations of United Kingdom - England,Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland - sent separate teams to the games and individual teams wee also sent from the British Crown dependencies of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man (unlike at the Olympic Games, where the combined "Great Britain" team represents all four home nations and the crown dependencies).
The Medals tally of : CWG-2010.

Australia leads the table by getting the first position by accumulating: 74Gold, 55Silver, 48Bronze and total 177. India bagged the second position by accumulating 38G,27S,36B and total 101.
England Third position: 37G,59S,46B and Total 142. Canada 4th Position 26G,17S,32B and Total 75. South Africa 5th position: 12G,11S,10B and Total 33. Pakistan gained the 17th position by winning only 2G,1S,2B and Total of 5 medals.

The 2014 Common Wealth Games is to be conducted at Glasco. Where the event of archery will not be conducted Archery was introduced 28years back in 1982 at Brisbane CW Games.