He's exciting, he brings a lot of energy, everyone knows he is a character and he is a superstar now, a massive superstar in the world of cycling,.
I remember the first day he turned up to train with us again. Brad's still a celebrity for us. He just wants some confirmation that he's still got it on the track, that he can still be a big player in the team pursuit. As soon as he dropped back in, he wasn't too far from his best.
The Glasgow Green Hockey Centre will not only host all hockey matches, but also serve as the start and finish for the road cycling and time-trial races. Tollcross International Swimming Centre underwent a significant expansion to accommodate all swimming events, among the most popular events of the Commonwealth Games. Much of the action will centre around the latter, which will host all track and field events and the closing ceremony on Sunday, August 3.
The baton is held high on its route into Glasgow before the Games. Swimming events will be happening at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre. It has two 50m pools and has hosted the Scottish and British Championships earlier this year. Events are not just being held in Glasgow.
It has been used in the Commonwealth Games in , and The shooting will also be happening outside the host city at the Barry Buddon Shooting Centre in Carnoustie.
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Football's worst ever stretcher carriers? The Glasgow Games are a major event for Scotland. There is great excitement about the summer of , and a shared commitment to deliver a very successful sporting event. Together the Games partners are working to ensure the Glasgow Games are delivered on time and on budget. From the early stages of bidding there has been an emphasis on the positive and lasting benefits that could be achieved for both Scotland as a whole, for Glasgow, and the East End specifically.
These benefits are often collectively described as the 'legacy'. Legacy activity will help deliver the national government's wider aspirations for Scotland over the next decade. These are set out in the National Performance Framework 1. The Scotland-wide games legacy plan 'A Games Legacy for Scotland' was launched in September and sets out the legacy ambitions of the Scottish Government and its wide range of partners.
With a ten year timeframe to , it is set around four themes:. Flourishing - using the Games to contribute to the growth of the Scottish economy. Connected - using the Games to strengthen connections at home and internationally through culture and learning.
Sustainable - using the Games to demonstrate environmental responsibility and help communities live more sustainably. Some projects have already been completed and a number of others are underway. Venues outwith Glasgow have also been refurbished - in Edinburgh the Royal Commonwealth Pool has now re-opened after refurbishment and in Angus the Barry Buddon Centre will play host to the shooting competition. Many of these were existing venues, or were planned for development in advance of the Commonwealth Games bid.
Arguably though, the securing of the Games may have helped ensure their completion to specification and at pace. The activity associated with venue preparation has been used to lever legacy in different ways, in particular business and employment-related outcomes. But there are also plans to affect social outcomes for the city, using the Glasgow Games as an impetus for raising aspirations, driving achievement and contributing to a positive future for Glasgow.
Notably, there has been substantial new investment for the Games in Glasgow's east end, in some of the most deprived communities in Scotland. Significant improvements have been made to the transport infrastructure in the surrounding area, including the M74 improvements and the new Clyde Gateway route. The aforementioned Athletes Village will be transformed after the event into around new homes - including around homes for social rent and a new bed care home.
Partners in the area are working to ensure that they capitalise on the pace and focus that the Glasgow Games provide, which sets it apart from other regeneration initiatives to date.
At national level, this includes the national government, national agencies, the OC and a number of other partners. It is hoped that the collective effort and mobilisation of resources across all partners will deliver a games legacy for Glasgow and Scotland. Both have carried out a review of their legacy plans to identify lessons and issues for the years ahead.
More details of legacy strategies and programmes by theme are set out in the Annexes. Also provided is information on sources and a glossary containing information on the key organisations mentioned in the report See Annex 5. Members generally have a lead responsibility for analysis in their organisations. The membership is set out at the beginning of this report. GLEWG has met on three occasions since January to develop and agree the approach to evaluation that is set out in this report.
It also sets out the priorities for the next 18 months and a forward timetable for publication of reports. In each annex we set out:.
As our work progresses primary research and evaluation will provide the 'bottom-up' evidence that will help assess the direct contribution of the Games. More of these data and analysis will be available for the next report in More information on methods is provided in Chapter 2.
We reviewed independent and peer-reviewed empirical evidence of past events by searching the relevant databases 5 using the following search terms: legacy impact, evaluation, Olympics, Commonwealth Games, major event, sporting event.
This has unearthed research on a number of Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games and other major events - though events are unevenly represented in the literature.
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