thatsnotmypuppy Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 The CGF is calling for applicant cities for the 2022 Commonwealth Games - the 22nd celebration of unity amongst the nations of the Commonwealth. The Games feature 15 compulsary sports - Athletics Badminton Basketball Boxing Cycling Diving Gymnastics Hockey Lawn Bowls Netball Rugby 7s Shooting Squash Swimming Weightlifting And 5 others from the following list must be added to compliment the compulsary events - Archery BMX Cricket 20/20 Golf Judo Mountain Biking Roller Sports Rowing Synchronised Swimming Table Tennis Tennis Ten Pin Bowling Triathlon Water Polo Wrestling The Games are to be staged over no more than 14 days. Three windows are available for hosting depending on the geographical location of the bid city - Between February 15 -March 31 Between June 15 - August 15 Between October 10 - November 10 The host city must stage at least 80% of all sports - however team sports can be shared amongst surrounding cities with the finals staged in the host city. The only exception is if laws exist to limit staging of a sport - eg shooting. Minimum venue capacities are as follows (to be used as a guide only) - Athletics - 30,000 Badminton - 1,500 Basketball - 6,000 (additional venues must have a minimum of 1,500 seats) Boxing - 4,000 Cycling - 4,000 (Track) Diving - 4,000 Gymnastics - 6,000 Hockey - 5,000 Lawn Bowls - 1,500 Netball - 5,000 Rugby 7s - 5,000 Shooting - 1,500 Squash - 1,500 Swimming - 7,000 Weightlifting - 1,500 And for non compulsary sports - Archery - 1,500 BMX - 2,000 Cricket 20/20 - 4,000 Golf - no lower limit Judo - 1,500 Mountain Biking - no lower limit Roller Sports - 1,000 (depending on discipline) Rowing - no lower limit Synchronised Swimming - 1,500 Table Tennis - 1,000 Tennis - 3,000 Ten Pin Bowling - 1,000 Triathlon - no lower limit Water Polo - 1,500 Wrestling - 1,500 NOTE - other sports can be recognised but must approved by the CGF representative - TNMP. Bids will only be accepted from the following countries - Antigua and Barbuda, Australia, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Botswana, Brunei, Cameroon, Canada, Cyprus, Dominica, England, Fiji, The Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guyana, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nauru, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Wales, Zambia and Zimbabwe. I WILL ALLOW JOINT BIDS - example West Indies, Singapore/Malaysia. NOTE - Bids from Scotland will not be admitted due to the staging of the 2014 Games. The following cities can NOT bid - Kuala Lumpur, Manchester, Melbourne, New Delhi, Hamilton and Abuja. Claim your city now.
Sir Rols Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 Why not Delhi? Under the slogan "This time we'll do it on time!" Maybe I might dredge up my abortive Valetta, Malta, bid I considered doing for the last Commies Comp here.
thatsnotmypuppy Posted October 2, 2009 Author Report Posted October 2, 2009 Good one! So we have - Islamabad, PAKISTAN Perth, AUSTRALIA Valetta, MALTA (Maybe)
Citius Altius Fortius Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 TNMP, am I allowed to include Freemantle?
thatsnotmypuppy Posted October 2, 2009 Author Report Posted October 2, 2009 Absolutely - Fremantle is a suburb of Perth - even though it likes to claim it is a satellite city.
thatsnotmypuppy Posted October 2, 2009 Author Report Posted October 2, 2009 Logos please and thank you.
Scotguy Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 Logo wil be submitted Sunday, earliest i have time to do it
cormiermax Posted October 2, 2009 Report Posted October 2, 2009 Can too Canadian cities be bidding? Id like to bid with Halifax if its possible.
thatsnotmypuppy Posted October 3, 2009 Author Report Posted October 3, 2009 I'll accept two Canadian bids - just note that I have the Halifax 2014 bid documents they released and do NOT want a carbon copy bid. Mix it up a bit.
thatsnotmypuppy Posted October 3, 2009 Author Report Posted October 3, 2009 Not too bad. OK for the applicant cities you can start working on your submission - it will be a brochure style booklet that must be a minimum of 5 pages. It should include venue plans, a brief run down on your bid and whatever other info you feel we need to know. We'll negotiate a due date in due course. The applicants to date are - Accra GHANA Halifax CANADA Islamabad PAKISTAN Perth AUSTRALIA Toronto CANADA Valetta MALTA (Maybe) No South African, Indian or West Indies bid yet? Hmm.
Lord David Posted October 3, 2009 Report Posted October 3, 2009 Can I do Valletta please? Not only have I officially submitted my intention to bid, but I got a logo ready and correctly spelled VALLETTA. Well if that cannot be the case, then I'll have to think of some other city then.
thatsnotmypuppy Posted October 3, 2009 Author Report Posted October 3, 2009 Well Rols hasn't definitively claimed it - so as long as you are going to follow through it is yours.
Lord David Posted October 3, 2009 Report Posted October 3, 2009 ^^ Of course, besides, I know nothing of Rols' previous bid attempt, so everything will be researched by me!
Aronious Posted October 3, 2009 Report Posted October 3, 2009 meh. my liverpool bid complete with sgt peppers lonely hearts club band opening ceremony spin-off is also tempting.
jack112006 Posted October 3, 2009 Report Posted October 3, 2009 Would it be possible to submit a second Australian bid? I am very keen to submit a bid for the Gold Coast.
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