A record haul of 53 medals, 19 Gold, 15 Silver and 19 Bronze to finish fourth on the medal table, was just reward for the huge team effort that made the whole of Scotland proud. Team Scotland certainly lived up to its billing of 17 Sports – One Team!

Following a magnificent build-up to the Games, Team Scotland fielded its largest team ever, with 310 athletes meeting the selection standards for the Games. The athletes chose multiple World and European medal-winning judoka, Euan Burton, to carry the Scottish Flag and lead the team into the Opening Ceremony of

the XX Commonwealth Games at Celtic Park on 23 July, to the rapturous welcome of the crowd. In an amazing spectacle, everyone enjoyed a night of excitement and pride, setting the tone for the 11 days of competition that were to follow.

Para-Sport sprinter Libby Clegg and guide Mikail Huggins took the oath on behalf of the athletes of the Commonwealth. Shooting Team Manager, Donald McIntosh represented the coaches, while Victor Keelan from Scottish Wrestling represented the officials and former Judo Gold medallist, Graeme Randall accompanied

the Commonwealth Games Federation flag into the stadium. It was then the turn of the legendary Sir Chris Hoy, who had the honour of being the final baton bearer and he presented the baton to Her Majesty the Queen at the end of its incredible journey across the Commonwealth.

After years of planning by Commonwealth Games Scotland (CGS) and all the key partners in Scottish sport, the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games delivered a truly memorable and successful 11 days of competition in packed, world-class venues, with the home crowd roaring Team Scotland on to their best performance ever.

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COMMONWEALTH GAMES SCOTLAND NEWSLETTER ISSUE 22 – AUTUMN 2014

GAMESREVIEW

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MICHAEL CAVANAGH

Chairman’s viewI would like to take this opportunity to reflect on the last few amazing weeks for Scottish sport and for Team Scotland in particular, where our 310 athletes collectively inspired the nation over all 11 days of competition. They gave us so many moments to remember and treasure forever and they delivered the best medal haul ever by any Scottish team at a Commonwealth Games – a staggering 53 medals!

However, it did not happen by accident. This Team Scotland performance was the culmination of 12 years of planning by CGS for these Games. It was just after Manchester 2002 that CGS led by Louise Martin, in partnership with then First Minister, Jack McConnell, decided that Scotland should launch a bid for the 2014 Games. From the beginning, our bid had all-party support in Scotland and following selection of Glasgow as the host city by CGS, the whole country got behind the bid.

We were awarded the Games in November 2007 and, as the old saying goes, the rest is history and what an amazing read the record books will be when we look back at Glasgow 2014! Indeed, all involved, and it has been a massive team effort over many years, can be rightly proud to have played their part in delivering the best Commonwealth Games ever.

I would like to pay tribute to Glasgow 2014 – the board, senior management team and their workforce, contractors and of course, the Clydesiders, for their hard work and

commitment, which led to the delivery of such an incredible ‘athlete centred’ experience for the teams of the 71 nations and territories. Team Scotland certainly delivered, but so did the Organising Committee, a combined success which has made the experience of the last few weeks all the sweeter.

Thanks especially to the spectators who filled the venues and made their own enormous contribution to the success of the Games.

I also want to thank the Games partners who worked so closely with us on this long journey. The Scottish Government has provided magnificent support over the last 12 years, with all three Sports Ministers during that time, committed to the planning and delivery of such a great Games. Shona Robison in particular has done an outstanding job since her appointment in early 2009.

Glasgow City Council has been 100% committed to making Glasgow 2014 the success that it undoubtedly was. The slogan ‘People Make Glasgow’ said it all.

I knew that Glasgow 2014 was always going to be a great Games, but the way the city and its citizens took the Games to heart was a big part of what made it the best ever. Thanks to Council Leader, Gordon Matheson, Councillor Archie Graham, Bridget McConnell, Chief Executive of Glasgow Life and others too numerous to mention.

Closer to home, I’d also like to recognise the outstanding job done by the Team Scotland General Team Management, led by our Chef de Mission, Jon Doig and ably assisted by

General Team Manager, Elinor Middlemiss and our small HQ team in Stirling. Joined by numerous committed volunteers at Games time and supported throughout by the 17 sports governing bodies and the high performance expertise of sportscotland and its institute network, the collective focus was to ensure that the needs of the athletes were always the first priority. From team selections to the team camp, then the preparation camp and finally at the Games Village, everything was geared to helping our athletes perform at their best. And perform they did!

These Games have demonstrated how important the ‘17 Sports – One Team’ philosophy is to the overall success of Team Scotland. That feeling of being part of something special was constantly mentioned by Team Scotland athletes in the media. The ‘Go Scotland!’ campaign expertly led by our communications team ensured that the Scottish public got fully behind us and enjoyed a clear insight into the athlete journey to the Games.

Team Scotland athletes went on to produce so many memorable moments that I don’t think I’ll ever be able to answer the question I was asked so often – “What was your favourite moment?” There were simply too many to pick just one. What will live with me for the rest of my life will be the enormous sense of pride I felt when I watched Scottish athletes giving everything to perform at their best, roared on by the most amazing crowds at every venue.

My second and final term as Chairman ends next May and I want to thank all of the CGS board members and our member SGBs, for their great support. It has been a privilege not just to serve as CGS Chairman, but to have had the good fortune to lead this great sporting family at such an exciting and successful time. I certainly don’t envy the Gold Coast in trying to live up to Glasgow 2014!

What will live with me for the rest of my life will be the enormous sense of pride I felt every time I watched Scottish athletes giving everything to

perform at their best, roared on by the most amazing crowds at every venue.

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It was proudly carried through the length and breadth of the Commonwealth sharing the warmth and friendship of Glasgow and Scotland with some of the world’s most diverse communities. Then on Saturday 14 June, the 2014 Queen’s Baton returned home to Scotland, marking the final straight of a 100,000-mile epic journey and the final countdown to the Commonwealth Games.

After 248 days visiting 69 nations and territories, the baton crossed the border back into Scotland at Coldstream. It was passed by England’s legendary triple Commonwealth Gold medallist Daley Thompson to Team Scotland athletics star Eilidh Child and welcomed with a guard of honour of local children, holding flags of the Commonwealth.

For the next 40 days the baton visited all 32 local authorities, was carried by more than 4,000 baton bearers being recognised for their inspiration, hard work and impact on the lives of others, as well as Scottish

sportsmen and women past and present, on route to the Opening Ceremony. There were many local opportunities to celebrate and promote sport, as well as increasing the profile of Team Scotland athletes. Indeed the incredible

response to the QBR as it journeyed across Scotland gave the team an early indication of the amazing level of support they could expect at the Games.

Team members also enjoyed opportunities to the see the baton for themselves, both at the Team Camp in Stirling and then with only a few hours to go until the Opening Ceremony on 23 July, it came to Scotland Street in the Athletes Village.

Greeted warmly by Scotland, the baton was passed hand-to-hand down one side of the street and back up again, ensuring everyone present got their own special reminder of the visit.

But the Queen’s Baton visit didn’t end there. In a special gesture of goodwill,

Team Scotland took the baton down to the nearby residence of Team Fiji – the only nation in the Commonwealth the Baton Relay hadn’t visited on its round the world journey.

Led by Team Scotland deputy flagbearers, Linda Clement of Hockey and Alex Marshall of Lawn Bowls, a procession of athletes in blue and white wound its way

Queen’s Baton comes homeBuilding public support for the Games and for Team Scotland was vital and the 40 days of the Queen’s Baton Relay in Scotland, hosted by CGS and working in partnership with sportscotland proved key.

round to Fiji, marching to a spontaneous rendition of Flower of Scotland.

There they were met by a welcoming and clearly emotional Fijian Team whose Chef de Mission thanked the Scots warmly for their gesture before they treated them to a melodic rendition of their own national anthem in what was a memorable Commonwealth Games moment.

And finally, at Celtic Park that evening the baton reached its final destination – the Opening Ceremony of the XX Commonwealth Games, where Her Majesty the Queen read out her special message to the Commonwealth and declared the Games open.

A helping hand from Sir Chris

A shared moment with Team Fiji

Scotland Street welcomes Chef de Mission Jon Doig and the Queen’s Baton

17 SPORTSAcross the 17 Sports on the Games programme, Scottish competitors gave it their all, with 10 sports contributing to the record medal haul, backed up by many other outstanding individual and team performances, with new personal bests, Scottish and Games records set.

TRIATHLONIn the first medal event of the Games, a strong swim and a breakaway in the early stages of the bike leg by 20-year-old Marc Austin gave local crowds hope that a Scot might join England’s dominant Brownlee brothers on the podium in the Men’s Triathlon at Strathclyde Country Park. However the pace proved too much for Austin who in the second half of the 40km ride and in the end, first Scot home was David McNamee in 7th with Grant Sheldon in 14th and Austin in 22nd.

Later in the week Natalie Milne, Grant Sheldon, Seonaid Thompson and David McNamee joined forces for the Mixed Team Relay, a new fast-paced tag-team event, and roared on by fantastic home support, the quartet finished 7th.

JUDOJudo made its return to the Commonwealth Games programme for the first time since 2002 and it was not long before it made its presence felt. Judoka Kimberley Renicks (-48kg) won Scotland’s first Gold of the Games on day one, quickly followed by her sister Louise in the Women’s -52kg weight category. 13 out of 14 competitors went on to win medals, including six Gold for the Renwick sisters, Sarah Clark, Euan Burton, Sarah Adlington and Chris Sherrington. Judo surpassed Swimming as Scotland’s most successful sport of all times at a single Games with six Gold, two Silver and five Bronze - an amazing achievement.

ONE GREAT TEAM SCOTLAND PERFORMANCE

CYCLINGTeam Scotland’s first medal of the Games was quick to arrive in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome on day one, with the women’s Para-Sport Tandem duo of Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston winning Silver in the Sprint and they went on to add a further Silver in the 1000m Time Trail later in the week. The men’s Para-Sport pair of Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean managed to go one better, taking Gold in both events and were two of Scotland’s four double Gold

medallists in Glasgow. Katie Archibald also continued to show her world class potential, winning Bronze in the 25km Points Race on the track and she was the first Scottish finisher in the Women’s Road Race in 7th place, at the end of a busy racing programme.

CYCLINGTeam Scotland’s first medal of the Games was quick to arrive in the Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome on day one, with the women’s Para-Sport Tandem duo of Aileen McGlynn and Louise Haston winning Silver in the Sprint and they went on to add a further Silver in the 1000m Time Trail later in the week. The men’s Para-Sport pair of Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean managed to go one better, taking Gold in both events and were two of Scotland’s four double Gold medallists in Glasgow. Katie Archibald also continued to show her world class potential, winning Bronze in the 25km Points Race on the track and she was the first Scottish finisher in the Women’s Road Race in 7th place, at

the end of a busy racing programme.

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AQUATICSThe swimmers were also on top form in the cauldron of noise at the Tollcross International Swimming Centre and added to the Gold rush on day one. First up, Hannah Miley retained her status as Commonwealth Games champion in the 400 Individual Medley, an impressive feat and the only Scottish athlete to do so. Within minutes there was shock and awe in the pool when 20 year old Ross Murdoch beat hometown favourite and fellow Scot, Michael Jamieson into second place in the 200m Breaststroke in a new Games record. The expression on Ross’s face said it all!

A third Gold came from Dan Wallace on day two in the men’s 400m Individual Medley and he went on to pick up a further two Silver medals to finish as the top Scottish swimmer of the Games. But the darling of the pool was Shetland’s Erraid Davies, who at 13 years old was Team Scotland’s youngest ever team member and now medallist, winning Bronze in the Para-Sport SB9 100m Breaststroke. Swimming won a total of 10 medals: 3 Gold, 3 Silver and 4 Bronze.

Over in Edinburgh Scotland’s two Divers Grace Reid and James Heatly acquitted themselves well both setting new personal bests in the heats and finals of the 1m and 3m Springboard events.

RUGBY SEVENSThe much anticipated Rugby Sevens

competition lived up to its billing with a world record crowd of 171,000 flocking to Ibrox Stadium

over the two days of competition and generating an electric atmosphere, with support for all nations.

Scotland made sure their medal hopes at Glasgow 2014 were still very much alive

after day one, with two from three wins in their pool. They put aside Barbados, 56-0 and Canada 21-5, following a narrow

defeat 14-17 to New Zealand in their opening game, to see them safely through to a medal quarter-final spot.

But fortunes turned against them on day two, losing out to South Africa 35-12, and then England, in the fifth to eighth place play-off, 15-12. Despite fighting back in both games, from three

tries down in both first halves they were unable to rise to the occasion and were defeated by two better sides, with South Africa going on to beat New Zealand in the final and take Gold. ATHLETICS

Hampden Park looked magnificent in its converted form as a world-class athletics track and it was to play host to Scotland’s first Gold on the track since Yvonne Murray in 1994, when Paralympic Silver medallist Libby Clegg and guide runner Mikail Huggins took Gold in the Para-Sport T12 100m. There were emotional Silvers for 400m Hurdler Eilidh Child and Lynsey Sharp in the 800m and a Bronze for a delighted Mark Dry in the Hammer. A record 57 Scottish athletes competed at Hampden.

LAWN BOWLSConsidered one of the iconic venues of the Glasgow 2014 Games, the Kelvingrove Lawn Bowls centre was to bear witness to some of the most consistent and impressive bowling by Scotland in many a Games. By day five Team Scotland surpassed its Gold medal target of more than 11, when Alex Marshall and Paul Foster dominated Malaysia 20-3 with three ends to spare, to win the record breaking 12th Gold in the Men’s Pairs.

The five-strong men’s bowling team went on to further success, Darren Burnett striking Gold in the Singles and Marshall and Foster adding a second Gold in the Fours with teammates David Peacock and Neil Speirs, to all go home with Gold. The Para-Sport Mixed Pairs of Robert Conway and Irene Edgar secured Silver to ensure Lawn Bowls most successful Games ever.

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GYMNASTICSIn the stunning setting of the SSE Hydro, Gymnastics won their first Gold medals since Manchester 2002, with Daniel Keatings and Daniel Purvis each winning three medals. Keatings became Commonwealth Games Champion on the Pommel Horse as well as winning Silver in the Individual All-Around and Silver in the Men’s Team event, whilst teammate Daniel Purvis was the only athlete to collect a full set of medals with Gold on Parallel Bars, Silver in the Team event and Bronze on Rings. Frank Baines, Adam Cox and Liam Davie also contributed strongly to Scotland’s first ever Gymnastics Team medal.

NETBALLMaking their Games debut, Scotland’s Netball players got their campaign underway with a strong win over St Lucia at the SECC. However losses in all their other group games consigned them to a play-off for 9th/10th place against Trinidad and Tobago, which they won convincingly 46-28 to beat their pre-Games ranking.

WRESTLINGWrestling also made a return to the Commonwealth Games podium for the first time in 20 years with Viorel Etko (61kg) and Alex Gladkov (65kg) both winning Bronze medals. Etko beat Malta’s Adam Vella in the Bronze medal match, 10-0, in just one minute and 46 seconds and thrilled the home crowd with his celebrations.

It was then the turn of Alex Gladkov, coached by his father, Volodymyr, to collect Team Scotland’s second Wrestling Bronze in epic fashion, with the 28-year-old overcoming controversial calls, and a mid-match knee injury, to defeat his Sri Lankan opponent.

SHOOTINGBased at Barry Buddon Shooting Centre at Carnoustie, Scotland’s shooters were also on target. There was Silver for sharp shooting Drew Christie in the Clay Target Skeet event, making up for his 4th place in Delhi, whilst Small Bore Rifle shooter, Jennifer McIntosh, helped Scotland reach its medal target of 34 plus medals, taking Silver in the 50m Rifle 3 Position event. Adding a Bronze in the 50m Rifle Prone, Jen became the most decorated female athlete for Scotland in Commonwealth Games history. There was also a second successive Commonwealth Games medal for Full Bore shooters Ian Shaw and Angus McLeod winning Bronze in the Pairs to give a total of four medals for Shooting.

WEIGHTLIFTING & POWERLIFTINGMicky Yule took to the platform at the Clyde Auditorium in the heavyweight category of the Para-Sport Powerlifting competition, Team Scotland’s first ever representative in this event. A Sergeant in the British Army, Yule was injured by an improvised explosive device (IED) whilst serving in Afghanistan in 2010. Up against some strong opposition, Micky lifted 172.9kg to finish in a credible 4th place. Scotland also made its debut in the Women’s Weightlifting with Georgi Black, Sophie Smyth and Louise Mather all competing.

TABLE TENNISIn the Men’s Team event Scotland’s quartet qualified through the Pool stage of the competition beating Uganda, higher ranked Canada and Tanzania, before getting knocked out by India in the Quarter Finals. Scotland number one, Gavin Rumgay, progressed through to the round of 32 in the Men’s Singles as did both Men’s Doubles pairs.

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Overall, ten sports and four out of five Para-Sports contributed to Team Scotland’s medal tally and expressing his delight Team Scotland Chef de Mission, Jon Doig said: “When we started the planning process for Glasgow, our aim was to select our biggest ever team meeting the standards and to have our most successful Games ever delivering more

than 33 medals and 11 Gold. We have well and truly smashed these targets and I would like to pay tribute to all the athletes and staff for contributing to this overall Team success of 53 medals – a figure above even my stretch targets!

“Thanks to the support of all the governing bodies of sport and sportscotland, this was undoubtedly our best ever prepared team ever, with all sports contributing to our ‘17 sports – One Team’ ethos. Glasgow 2014 organised a fabulous Commonwealth Games and provided the perfect stage for our athletes to perform on, backed up by the incredible support of the Scottish public. These Games will live long in the memory for all of us.”

CHEF DE MISSION – JON DOIG

HOCKEYScotland’s women had high medal hopes going into the Games and a victory in their opening Games against Malaysia got them off to the best possible start in baking sunshine at the Glasgow National Hockey Centre. This was followed by defeat to Australia, a win against Wales, before losing their final group match 2-1 against England in a very close encounter that could have gone either way. There was further disappointment in the classification games losing 2-1 to India, to finish 6th overall.

In the Men’s competition, Team Scotland suffered early defeats at the hands of South Africa and India before beating Wales 4-3 in Pool A, only to go down against Australia in their final group game. They rounded off their Games against Malaysia, losing 2-1 in their classification match to finish 8th.

SQUASHAfter a long week of Singles, Doubles and Mixed Doubles action for Scotland’s seven squash players, it was left to Men’s Doubles pairing of Alan Clyne and Harry Leitch

to stake their claim for a medal. But it was not to be and they missed out on Bronze by the tightest of margins, in two sets to England. The contest had everything the packed, mainly Scottish crowd could have dreamt of...except victory for the home pair who desperately wanted to medal this time, having also finished fourth in Delhi four years ago.

BOXINGBoxing kept up its 100% record of winning medals at every Commonwealth Games and larger than life character, Charlie Flynn, took Scotland to the 50 medal mark with a Gold in the 60kg Lightweight division.

In a memorable hour at The SSE Hydro, where Flynn described the crowd as being ‘like ants that roared like lions’, Delhi Silver medallist Josh Taylor also emerged victorious in the next bout to add a second Boxing Gold and ensure the crowd were treated to two renditions of Flower of Scotland, back to back. Earlier in the week there were hard fought Bronzes for Heavyweight Stephen Lavelle and 19-year-old Reece McFadden, who had taken out the World number 1 from Wales in his opening bout of the competition.

BADMINTONScotland won medals on each of the 11 days of competition, with Badminton player Kirsty Gilmour securing Scotland’s final medal of the Games, taking Silver in the Women’s Singles to add to the Bronze won by Mixed Doubles pairing, Imogen Bankier and Robert Blair.

Earlier, the Badminton squad cruised through to the quarter-finals of the Mixed Team Event after three decisive 5-0 victories over Seychelles, Guernsey and New Zealand at the Emirates Arena before going out to Malaysia, who went on to take Gold.

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Scotland House makes an impact

The ‘House’ concept has been a major part of every Commonwealth Games for Team Scotland since 1998, and is designed to create an ideal meeting place for athletes and their families and friends, along with sponsors and key business people, as well as a venue to promote and celebrate the success of Team Scotland medal winners.

Inspirationally branded using the stunning Go Scotland campaign athlete images shot by photographers Alistair Devine and Stuart Gray, linked with a unique tartan saltire graphic designed by the Leith Agency, the hub hosted some 89 events,

The athletes’ journey was made accessible through the supporters’ website, mobile app and nine social media platforms with #GoScotland becoming a forum to show support for the team and share opinion. @Team_Scotland was mentioned 90,000+ times on Twitter alone, more than any other country.

In a competition set up by Games and Team sponsor SSE amongst the home nations, each countries Glasgow 2014 hashtag was monitored with each tweet awarded one point. #GoScotland notched up 18,113 tweets which is double the total of #GoWales, the second place nation. As a result, 25 up and coming Scottish athletes will benefit from funding and join the SSE Next Generation Programme which will help to develop athletes for the next Games.

57% of the #GoScotland tweets were categorised as displaying ‘happiness’,

with 40% of these tweets showing

signs of ‘surprise’, highlighting the overwhelming positive messages of support sent to Team Scotland athletes. The most mentioned Team Scotland athlete on Twitter during the Games time period was Erraid Davies, the 13 year old from the Shetland Islands who took Bronze in the Para-Sport 100m Breaststroke SB9. Erraid coincidently does not actually have a Twitter account!

James Saker, Digital Media Manager said: “The response across social media during the Games time period was incredible and it really spurred on our athletes. From the team’s perspective, we attempted to connect > engage > convert, aiming to both educate the audience and build a community of unofficial ambassadors who back the team. With the nine platforms ranging from Twitter to Snapchat, we engaged with almost every demographic and took them on the Glasgow 2014 journey with us.”

Happy #GoScotland Tweeters spurred on teamFrom the Triathlon on Day one to the Squash on Day 11, the support for Team Scotland was remarkable – not only across the 13 Games venues but also online.

On Twitter alone, @Team_Scotland achieved 11.5 million impressions during the Games time period with 101,040 interactions. To date, Team Scotland is the most followed Commonwealth Games Association across all nine social media platforms: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, Vine, Youtube, Spotify, Google+ and LinkedIn.

Supporters can continue to follow the efforts of team members over the next few months as they return to single sport competitions and in 2015 our focus will turn to those athletes vying for selection for the Commonwealth Youth Games in Samoa in September 2015.

with more than 10,000 visits, to capitalise on the Games and exploit the international and domestic business opportunities presented by Scotland hosting the Games.

The private space for Team Scotland athletes and their families to meet was extremely well used and there was extensive media activity both pre and post competition. Next door, the Fruitmarket operated by Festival 2014 held an exciting programme of both public and Team Scotland

events such as the Flag Bearer Ceremony, medallists’ nights and the legendary Team Scotland closing party.

Scotland House was a partnership between Commonwealth Games Scotland, the Scottish Government, sportscotland, Glasgow City Council, VisitScotland, Scottish Enterprise and Creative Scotland.

CGS is very appreciative that such a range of influential partners came together to support Team Scotland through the delivery of Scotland House and built on the successful formula developed over the last four Games.

Scotland House was that vital safe haven for the athletes and their family and friends, and provided the focal point for media, sponsors and supporters to celebrate Team Scotland participation and success. With the added strategic cultural and business engagement opportunities which were built into the programme, it proved to be the perfect showcase for all that is great about Scotland and the Glasgow Games.

Glasgow’s City Halls and Old Fruitmarket were transformed into a hub to celebrate Scotland’s sporting success, culture and business potential during the Commonwealth Games and the Glasgow 2014 ‘Scotland House’ proved to be the best yet!

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Erraid Davies

Media make full use of Scotland House

Pure, Dead, Brilliant!

Post-competition studies and reports on athlete success at multi-sport Games have consistently highlighted that the environment experienced is quite different to that most athletes and staff encounter at single sport major championships. However, with previous insight and awareness, athletes and staff are better equipped to cope in their first Games and focus more on delivering medal-winning performances.

To address this issue, the ‘Achieve 2014’ programme was created to give the next generation of Scottish Commonwealth Games athletes and coaches the best chance of performing well at their first multi-sport event. Following on from the success of the Achieve programme in Delhi 2010, CGS teamed up with Search Consultancy and recruited 100 athletes, coaches and mentors to join the Achieve 2014 programme in Glasgow.

Programme Director Alan Lynn said: “The Achieve programme witnessed first-hand, more than half of Team Scotland’s medals in Glasgow and visited the Athletes Village, alongside attendance at Opening and

input into decisions about the programme’s future.

CGS would like to thanks Search Consultancy for their support of this key development programme.

Inspiring our future champions in Glasgow

Closing ceremonies. The experience was an amazing blend of insights and inspiration, providing the ideal preparation for the development of our future champions.“

Gymnast Louise McColgan from Dalry, at 12 the youngest athlete on the programme said: “It felt great to be chosen to be part of the Achieve 2014 programme and is very important to me. It gave me the opportunity to see what it will be like at the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018 which is what I am working towards.”

The final review process is now underway to get feedback from all the groups involved about their experience and to

The programme had four key objectives:

To support aspiring athletes and coaches by offering them an insight into the uniqueness of the multi-sport, Commonwealth Games environment

To inspire young athletes and their coaches to pursue their performance ambitions

To develop greater awareness of the ethos and values of Team Scotland

To develop networks and a commitment amongst participants, CGS/Team Scotland and the Scottish governing bodies of sport.

The Glasgow 2014 merchandise store in George Square was also a great place to meet our medallists and get an autograph on a piece of the team merchandise.

A further 35 athletes from Hockey to Judo visited the Live Site at Glasgow Green and took part in a range of come and try activities, showing off their sporting prowess and encouraging youngsters to do the same.

Making the athletes accessible to the supporters was a great way to say thank you for all the support!

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Medallists Josh Taylor and Charlie Flynn take on

the Scottish public!

An invaluable taste of the Games experience for Achieve 2014 athletes

Once the competition was over, Team Scotland athletes got out and about in Glasgow to share their success and the excitement of the Games with the public. At Merchant City Team Scotland teamed up with IRN-BRU and their ‘Born to Support’ campaign, with more than 30 athletes making an appearance at the BRU Store.

Meet the Team

It was a fitting finale to the best ever Commonwealth Games, which saw Team Scotland deliver its greatest ever medal haul of 53: 19 Gold, 15 Silver, and 19 Bronze. It also gave all of the athletes one final opportunity to thank the people of Scotland for their amazing support throughout the Games.

Michael Cavanagh, CGS Chairman, said: “My ears are still ringing from the fantastic support Team Scotland athletes in every sport received at every venue and the Athletes’ Parade is a special way to say thank you for their incredible backing. The turnout shows just how much the Commonwealth Games captured the imagination of people in Glasgow and across Scotland. It has been a truly incredible experience to be part of.”

Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond said: “An incredible amount of hard work and

effort was put in by all of the athletes who trained hard, competed and broke records, gained personal bests and won medals. I am sure that everyone in Scotland will agree that every single member of Team Scotland, not just the medal winners, has done us proud and there is no higher honour than to represent your country on a global stage.”

The event was organised by Glasgow Life and sportscotland and it was a memorable day for all the athletes as they got the chance to say a big ‘thank you’ to the whole country for the support they had during an unforgettable 11 days of competition.

Louise Martin CBE, Chair of sportscotland, said: “The Team Scotland Athletes’ Parade through the streets of Glasgow was a fantastic and fitting finale to the best ever Commonwealth Games.

The Team Scotland Athletes’ Parade through the streets of Glasgow ten days after the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games, saw thousands of people turn out to salute their heroes, lining the route as the convoy of vehicles made its way from Kelvingrove Art Gallery to George Square.

Athletes’ Parade – a chance to say ‘thank you Scotland’

“After the record-breaking performances of the athletes, it was wonderful to see people from across Scotland coming out to show their appreciation for what the team achieved during the Games.

Leader of Glasgow City Council, Councillor Gordon Matheson, said: “Glasgow’s Games were quite simply the best ever. As a city, we rose to the challenge and delivered on a global scale. So too did our athletes who achieved a record medal haul for Team Scotland. They are a credit to the city and to Scotland.

“The athletes’ parade gave us the chance to celebrate the success of all our athletes, and to recognise the hard work and commitment of all of the staff, visitors and volunteers who made Glasgow’s Games the enormous success story they were.”

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Swimmer Ross Murdoch

Scotland’s netball squad get introduced to the crowd

Katie Archibald, winner Sir Peter Heatly Award, with Robert, Peter and Sir Peter Heatly

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Golden week in Glasgow seals title for MarshallFollowing an outstanding Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, lawn bowler Alex Marshall MBE was named Scottish Sportsperson of the Year 2014 and awarded the Emirates Lonsdale Trophy, at the Commonwealth Games Scotland Awards Dinner. He beat off stiff competition from two other finalists: Swimming’s Ross Murdoch and Para-Sport Cycling tandem duo Neil Fachie and Craig MacLean.

The dinner, organised by Commonwealth Games Scotland, is one of the highlights of the Scottish sporting calendar and recognises the achievements of Scotland’s athletes in Commonwealth Games member sports over the past 12 months. This year was a celebration of the achievements of Team Scotland and the culmination of a hugely successful 12 year journey to Glasgow 2014 for Commonwealth Games Scotland.

Alex, a five-times Commonwealth Games representative, won Gold in both the Men’s Pairs event at Glasgow 2014 with Paul

Foster and in the Fours with Neil Speirs, David Peacock and Paul Foster and is now Scotland’s most successful Commonwealth Games Bowler of all time. He also ties with Allan Wells as the holder of the most Gold medals won by an individual Scottish athlete, after previous success in Manchester 2002 and Melbourne 2006.

A legend of Scottish sport as a 19 times World Champion in both the Indoor and Outdoor formats, Alex led from the front as captain of the five-strong men’s bowls team that all won Gold medals – an unprecedented achievement. He was voted a deputy Flag bearer for Team Scotland for the Opening Ceremony for the Glasgow Games and as a result of his significant achievements on the greens at Kelvingrove, was selected as Flag Bearer at the Closing Ceremony.

Marshall received two Business Class flights to Dubai courtesy of Award sponsor Emirates – the Official Airline Partner of Glasgow 2014 and a cheque for £1000.

Announcing the award, Commonwealth Games Scotland Chairman Michael Cavanagh said: “The last few weeks has given Scotland so many new sporting heroes and great moments that will live on in the memory for years to come, which together resulted in Team Scotland’s most successful Games ever.

“Selecting just one winner was an incredibly difficult task, and I am sure we all have our own personal Games highlight, but the achievements of our men’s bowlers led by Alex Marshall was quite outstanding and when added to Alex’s long list of achievements at world level, it clearly makes him a very worthy winner. I am delighted that Emirates is supporting the Lonsdale trophy again this year so we can properly recognise and reward the athletes’ achievements.”

Also presented at the Awards Dinner was the Sir Peter Heatly Trophy for the outstanding Young Sportsperson of the year. Established by the Heatly family in 2013, the award went to Cycling’s Katie Archibald who edged out swimmer Erraid Davies, and badminton’s Kirsty Gilmour to the title.

Katie had a breakthrough year in 2013/14 year wining Gold as part of the British Pursuit team at the World and European cycling championships, as well as winning team and individual medals in rounds of the World Cup series. In Glasgow Katie won a Bronze medal on the track in the Points Race by securing a win in the final sprint of the race and then went on to compete in the road Time Trial and was the lead rider for Scotland in the Road Race.

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Alex Marshall, Scottish Sportsperson of the Year 2014, pictured with Michael Cavanagh and Denise Holmes

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Samoa is a small island developing State in the Central Pacific with a population of just over 187,000. Sports and games are important aspects of island life and culture and they look forward to extending a very warm welcome to all athletes and visitors from across the Commonwealth

Nine sports will be contested at the Youth Games: Aquatics; Archery; Athletics; Boxing (Men); Lawn Bowls; Rugby 7s (Men and Women); Squash; Tennis and Weightlifting. The competitions held at two main

Next stop SamoaWith the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games now over, the focus for CGS will quickly turn to the fifth Commonwealth Youth Games which will be held in Samoa 5-11 September 2015.

precincts: the Apia Park Sports Complex and the Tuna’imato Sports Facilities.

Age ranges have been set for each sport to in line with international sport federation youth age groups and for the selected sports range from 13-18 years.

The total athlete number is set at 1000 and the Team Scotland size quota will be advised over the coming months. Work has now started on the development of the CGS General Selection Policy and the Sport Specific Selection Standard, which will be finalised by the end of this year.

CGS Games Team Operations Manager, Elinor Middlemiss said: “I am delighted to confirm that work is now underway to prepare to send a Scotland Youth Team to Samoa next September. CGS has indicated its intention to participate in all sports, however our acceptance in Rugby 7s is yet to be confirmed in both six team tournaments.

“I look forward to working with the governing bodies over the next few weeks to get the selection policies in place prior to Christmas, along with staff recruitment.”

Selection period will run from January to May 2015

Team announcement end of May 2015

Final entries due beginning of June 2015

Opening Ceremony – 5th September

Competition will run 7th to 11th September

Cultural Day – 12th September – integral part of a Youth Games

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Elinor Middlemiss