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Commonwealth Games Guernsey
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The Guernsey Commonwealth Games Association was formally the Guernsey Sports Council, which was originally founded in 1966 with the view of applying to the Commonwealth Games Federation for membership in order that the Island, which is an independent self-governing member of the Commonwealth, could participate in the 1970 Games in Edinburgh, Scotland. Membership was accepted at the Federation’s General Meeting in Jamaica in 1966 and the first multi-sports team to represent the Island at international level took part in the 1970 Games.
Since that time, Guernsey has been represented at each subsequent Games, Christchurch, New Zealand in 1974; Edmonton, Canada in 1978; Brisbane, Australia in 1982; Edinburgh, Scotland in 1986; Auckland, New Zealand in 1990; Victoria, Canada in 1994; Kuala Lumpur Malaysia in 1998 and Manchester, England in 2002. The Island will also be represented at the 2006 Games in Melbourne, Australia.
As one of the smallest members of the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) – Guernsey has a population of some 64,000 and the Island is not only able to boast that amongst its sportsmen and sportswomen, many have not only represented Great Britain and England but have held both World and National titles in several sports. Our Association is also proud to record that up to Manchester 2002, Island sportspeople have won one Gold medal, three Silver medals and two Bronze medals and with several talented youngsters holding Junior British National titles, the future looks bright and the Islands investment in a Youth development programme is starting to pay dividends as witness by two young female athletes having travelled to Melbourne for the 2
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