Wells and Hastings to be Team Ambassadors Allan Wells
Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland Gannochy Sports Centre University of Stirling Stirling FK9 4LA Tel: +44 (0)1786 466480 Fax: +44 (0)1786 466481 Email: info@cgcs.org.uk www.cgcs.org.uk
We are delighted that multiple Commonwealth medallist Allan Wells and Scottish rugby legend Gavin Hastings will be in Melbourne as Team Ambassadors.
Gavin Hastings
Allan and Gavin will be meeting with athletes to provide mentor support, sharing their experiences of success on the world stage. They will be present at a number of the sports venues with Gavin in particular scheduled to support our Rugby 7s team and Allan the athletics. Delighted to accept the new role, Allan said: ”I have fantastic memories of the Commonwealth Games in 1978 and 82. Gavin and I will be in Melbourne for people to talk to and ask questions. I had ups and downs as an athlete, as did Gavin, and I think we will be able to offer help and support.” Rugby wasn’t a Commonwealth Games sport when Gavin was playing but he admits he would have loved to have been involved and is particularly pleased that Scotland is now participating in the Commonwealth Games 7s tournament. “I think the rugby will be fantastic in Melbourne”, said Hastings, “But I am looking forward to seeing all the different sports and I will be supporting all the Scottish athletes in Australia.” Based at the Scottish Centre, Allan and Gavin will also be attending official team functions and meeting with Team sponsors and VIP supporters.
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Scotland’s bid to bring the Commonwealth Games to Glasgow in 2014 will get off to a flying start in Melbourne this March. While the primary focus of the Games will be on the Scottish Team, the 2014 Bid Team will be working behind the scenes to promote the Glasgow bid to full potential and to learn more about staging the Games. Glasgow, like all other candidate cities for the 2014 Games, has been awarded 10 places on the Observer Programme. This takes place during the Games and allows participants to obtain a behind-the-scenes look at how to organise and run a successful Games. The Observer Programme will be invaluable to Glasgow, allowing the team to gather information and gain insight into the staging of a major games.
2014 Team will make 2 major presentations to the CGF – one to the Executive on 11 March and one to the Assembly on 12 March. The latter will be the first time that Glasgow has made contact with all 71 Commonwealth Countries, and it will be our first opportunity to get their feedback. In preparation for this, the Glasgow 2014 Team have prepared a 2014 video with 3D simulations of the proposed Games venues, a new bid brochure, leaflets, exhibition systems and a range of other items – from tablet to tartan! The Glasgow 2014 Bid Room will be based within the Rydges Hotel in Melbourne, so please drop by and pay us a visit! And of course we will be out there in our free time cheering on the Scottish Team.
Suppliers Outling the bid will be the other main purpose for travelling to Melbourne. The
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Good luck to all those participating from the Glasgow 2014 Bid Team!