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Topic: 1930 British Empire Games

	Commonwealth Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		World War II interrupted the staging of the British Empire Games scheduled for 1942 and 1946, however the enthusiasm from within the British Empire to continue what was started in 1930 was still strong enough for interest to be shown in their revival.
		The VI Games marked the largest sporting event ever held in Wales and it was the smallest Country ever to host a British Empire and Commonwealth Games.
		The XIV Commonwealth Games, the third to be hosted by New Zealand and Auckland’s second, witnessed a fantastic opening ceremony comprising a magnificent and moving portrayal of the forces that led to the formation of New Zealand society and culture.
	www.sports.gov.pk /html/CommonwealthGames_Details.htm (3006 words)

	British Empire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Formal empire in India, beginning with the Government of India Act of 1858, was a means of consolidation, reacting to the abortive Indian Mutiny, which was in itself a conservative reaction among Indian traditionalists to British policy in the subcontinent.
		The last territorial expansion of the British Empire was the annexation of Rockall to the west of the Outer Hebrides in 1955.
		British withdrawal from the southern and eastern parts of Africa was complicated by the region's white settler populations: Kenya had already provided an example in the Mau Mau Uprising of violent conflict exacerbated by white landownership and reluctance to concede majority rule.
	abcworld.net /British_Empire.html (6402 words)

	About the CGG
		Although the first Games was not to take place for nearly forty years it is fitting to make reference to this chapter in it’s history.
		Nevertheless, in 1920 after the Olympic Games in Antwerp and those in 1924 in Paris, track and field events between British Empire and the USA were held at Queen’s Club and Stamford Bridge, in London.
		In 1966, it was again changed to British Commonwealth Games and on the 27th January 1974, a General Assembly decision, reflecting the growth in Commonwealth membership, changed the name to Commonwealth Games and the international body became The Commonwealth Games Federation.
	www.guernseycga.org.gg /1930hamiltoncanada.html (330 words)

	About the CGG
		Then called the British Empire Games, the sociological, cultural and political makeup of the Commonwealth Movement has altered substantially since 1930.
		The athletes' village was the Prince of Wales School next to the Civic Stadium, where the competitors slept two dozen to a classroom.
		Despite missing some basic comforts, the participants were unanimous in their praise for the Games and Hamilton's hospitality.
	www.guernseycga.org.gg /1930can.html (163 words)

	COMMONWEALTH GAMES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The Commonwealth Games are multi-sports competitions, held every four years, and contested by representatives of the Nations of the British Commonwealth.
		They were first staged as the British Empire Games at Hamilton, Canada, in 1930.
		Ten sports are held at each games - athletics and swimming are obligatory, and the others are selected from 22 recognised sports, with additionally two demonstration sports.
	www.sport-seen.com /CURRENT/CommGames/COMMONWEALTHGAMES.htm (137 words)

	British Empire Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Former Empire and Commonwealth Games athletes and boosters, from left, Mike Hockings, Vi Histed, Cecelia Carter-Smith, Betty Lewington, Edna Robinson and Paula Schnurr with Games baton.
		The national Commonwealth Games board would then select Canada's choice early next year and that bid would be considered by the global body with a decision in the fall of 2003.
		She said her father was delighted with the legacy of the 1930 Games but was always reluctant to take bows for organizing the Empire Games.
	www.hamiltonolympicclub.ca /british_empire_games.htm (2345 words)

	B.E.G. Vancouver
		The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver.
		It was not until countries of the Empire attending the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928 decided that the Empire Games should be held.
		In 1930 the British Empire Games finally took shape in Hamilton, Ontario and Commonwealth countires from around the world participated.
	www.library.ubc.ca /music/bcmusic/htmpages/begvancouver.html (216 words)

	British Empire Games
		The British Empire Games Association of Canada donated the flag during the inaugural games in Hamilton, 1930.
		The British Empire Games was thought to be inspired by the Reverend Astley Cooper.
		The British Empire Games remained as such until 1950 when it became "The British Empire and Commonwealth Games" to acknowledge the many countries and dominions that had been able to claim their "independence".
	flagspot.net /flags/cwn-beg.html (397 words)

	Airminded · Hurrah for the British Empire Games!
		British Empire Games was the original name: the first were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada.
		Getting back to the British Empire Games, it seems to me that there was a vogue in the interwar period, and perhaps especially in the 1930s, for prefixing the word “Empire” or “Imperial” to various events and schemes.
		Blue “games lanes” have been painted on a nearby road for the exclusive use of officials and athletes, though mere mortals seem to be ignoring the risk of a $165 fine for using it without a permit.
	airminded.org /2006/03/16/hurrah-for-the-british-empire-games (1141 words)

	Commonwealth Games (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		From 1930 to 1950 the Games were known as the British Empire Games, then the British Empire and Commonwealth Games until 1962.
		While other Games around the globe have been founded on geographic or climatic factors such as the Asian, Pan Am, African Games and Winter Olympics, the Commonwealth Games has been founded on history.
		The bonds of the Commonwealth Games help to encourage and support the pursuit of health and fitness in each of the member countries and provide an inspiration for youth to strive for excellence.
	www.sports.gov.pk /html/CommonwealthGames_History.htm (247 words)

	History of the Commonwealth Games : HindustanTimes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Subsequently the British Commonwealth Games Association of Canada presented a new flat bearing the symbol of the crown encircled by a continuous chain of 35 links representing the number of countries taking part, with the letters B.C.G., in gold on a solid dark blue field.
		The ceremonial flag is hoisted at the Opening of the Games, and flies continuously night and day during the period of the Games until it is lowered at the Closing ceremony.
		On 20th July 1952, the British Empire and Commonwealth Games adopted a symbol for the Games, and requested all its affiliated Associations to ensure that it be used only in connection with the Games and not for commercial purposes.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1651397,001302190000.htm (1191 words)

	Bravo, the Games ethic
		In the middle of it all, it has strengthened friendships between participating countries, writes S. A few years before Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the modern Olympic Games, the idea of the Commonwealth Games was born to connect the English-speaking population of the British Empire.
		Even as the 18th edition of the Games unfolds in Melbourne, it is difficult not to be nostalgic.
		The word `Empire' was dropped from the Games at Kingston, Jamaica, in 1966.
	www.tssonnet.com /tss2911/stories/20060318001902200.htm (1810 words)

	1930 British Empire Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1930 British Empire Games were the first of what later become known as the Commonwealth Games, and were held in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
		The opening ceremonies and many events were held at the Civic Stadium (now Ivor Wynne Stadium) in east Hamilton.
		In the Double Sculls event only Canada was represented, so the organisers simply invited a couple of crews from the United States of America to provide some oppostion.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1930_British_Empire_Games (218 words)

	History
		The new ceremonial flag was presented by the British Empire and Commonwealth Games Association of Canada for use at the Games in Vancouver in 1954.
		The ceremonial flags of the period 1954-1966 and from 1970 on, were presented to the Chairman of the British Commonwealth Games Federation by Colonel Jack Davies, President of the Commonwealth Games Association of Canada.
		At a meeting of Empire Games representatives in Los Angeles on 7th August 1932, a decision to form the British Empire Federation was taken, and as confirmed later on in London when a British Empire Games Association had been set up in the many countries concerned.
	www.cgce.co.uk /historypage.html (882 words)

	CNNSI.com - More Sports - Bannister begins Commonwealth Games baton relay - Monday March 11, 2002 07:20 PM
		The baton relay is the equivalent of the Olympic torch relay.
		The queen will open and close the games for the first time as part of jubilee celebrations, honoring her 50 years on the throne.
		They were first held in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1930 as the British Empire Games, before being renamed the Commonwealth Games in 1954.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /more/news/2002/03/11/commonwealth_games_ap (759 words)

	BBC News \| Commonwealth Games \| A unique event
		It is based on the simple fact that all the countries have a common past, ruled by the British, with English as the common language.
		As the British Empire shrank, the name had expanded to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games by 1954, but by 1978 it had become known as just the Commonwealth Games.
		The city's next target is the Asian Games and, by the year 2020, the biggest show of all: the Olympic Games.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sport/commonwealth_games/167797.stm (281 words)

	Sports Factor - 26 July 2002 - The Empire Strikes Back (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Commentator: Sixteen countries respond to the invitation to participate in the British Empire Games, and the flower of the Empire's youth assemble at the White City for the Opening Ceremony, the first to be held in England.
		The very first games were held four years earlier in Hamilton in Canada, and according to Katharine Moore, a Commonwealth Games historian from Canada, right from the start there was a much greater interest and enthusiasm for Empire Games coming from the colonies rather than from the seat of Empire itself.
		Amanda Smith: The British Empire and Commonwealth Games, as they were known in 1962, held in Perth, with that parade of athletes representing all the old pink bits on the map of the world.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/sportsfactor/stories/2002/614556.htm (3272 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 188 - Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The tradition of an international sporting competition involving countries of the British Empire began with the Festival of Empire sports meeting, which took place in London as part of the events connected with the coronation of King George V in 1911.
		The 1938 Empire Games in Sydney were planned to form part of the 150th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of the city (which also heralded the foundation of British settlement in Australia).
		Additional information relating to the Games can be found in other parts of the Archives' collection, and includes records relating to arrangements for celebrating the150th anniversary of European settlement, the publicity photographs of competitors found in the Australian National Travel Association collection, and Customs arrival permits for some of the overseas competitors.
	www.naa.gov.au /publications/fact_sheets/fs188.html (619 words)

	Commonwealth Games Medallists
		A "Festival of the Empire" celebrating the coronation of King George V was held at Crystal Palace, London in 1911.
		The first British Empire Games was held in 1930 and retitled British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and Commonwealth Games in 1978.
		Since 1990 silver and/or bronze medals may not have been awarded where a small number of competitors/teams started an event, however the first three placings are still listed for the record.
	www.gbrathletics.com /commonwealth (134 words)

	Rugby Sevens in the Commonwealth Games - Rugby7.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The holding of the first recorded Games between Empire athletes coincided with the celebrations in connection with the Coronation of His Majesty King George the Fifth in 1911, and was known as the 'Festival of Empire'.
		During the second British Empire Games at London in 1934 this handsome trophy was presented to the British Empire Games Federation.
		During these Games, at a council of representatives of Great Britain and the Dominions and Colonies, it was decided that similar meetings should be held every four years in between the Olympic Games, and that a British Empire Games Federation should be formed.
	www.rugby7.com /7Commonwealth.asp (1007 words)

	CBBC Newsround \| SPORT \| Commonwealth Games history
		The first Commonwealth Games were held in Canada in 1930.
		Since then, the Games have taken place every four years except for 1942 and 1946, due to World War II.
		The Commonwealth Games are the only Games which share a common language.
	news.bbc.co.uk /cbbcnews/hi/sport/newsid_2125000/2125644.stm (196 words)

	1930
		February 18 - Elm Farm Ollie[?] becomes the first cow to fly in an airplane and also the first cow to be milked in an airplane.
		March 12 - Mahatma Gandhi leads a 200-mile march protest march to the sea in defiance of British opposition, to protest the British monopoly on salt
		March 31 - The Motion Pictures Production Code is instituted, imposing strict guidelines on the treatment of sex, crime, religion and violence in motion pictures for the next forty years.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/19/1930.html (582 words)

	Commonwealth Games 2002 Manchester
		The last Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester in July and August 2002 and attractedabout 5,250 athletes from 72 Commonwealth nations and dependencies who participated in 14 individual sports and three team sports.
		The Games have not always been known as the Commonwealth Games.
		Later it was to become known as 'squash' after it was discovered that the game offered far more variety if the solid rubber ball was punctured or 'squashed'.
	www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk /customs/games.html (586 words)

	rediff.com: Commonwealth Games 2006
		• From 1930 to 1950 the Games were known as the British Empire Games.
		Dewan Nabi, was given a suspended one-month jail sentence for indecently assaulting a teenage cleaner at the Commonwealth Games village.
		The ace marksman, who won five gold, a silver and a bronze in pistol shooting competition, is the first Indian to bag the honour in Commonwealth Games\' history.
	in.rediff.com /sports/melbourne06.html (337 words)

	What is the history of the Commonwealth Games? in The AnswerBank: Sport
		The first time different bits of the (then) British Empire got together to run around and hit each other (without going to war or invading each other) was at Crystal Palace in London in 1911.
		There was a "Festival of the Empire" to mark the coronation of King George V. Male athletes from Great Britain & Ireland, Australasia, Canada and South Africa took part in a series of athletics events, heavyweight boxing, middleweight wrestling and two swimming races - over 100 yards and one mile.
		The name of the Games has changed over the years: British Empire Games (from 1930), British Empire & Commonwealth Games (from 1954) British Commonwealth Games (1970-74) and the Commonwealth Games since 1978.
	www.theanswerbank.co.uk /Article3390.html (539 words)

	History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Now in 1930 we are looking forward to the greatest Athletic venture ever tackled by an organization in America - The British Empire Games, which will be held in Hamilton in August.
		Here athletes from all the British Empire will vie with Canada not only in track and field but all other sports.
		This year as never before, the Olympic Club will need the whole-hearted support of her citizens and we will be looking to the students of Delta Collegiate to back us up and assist us in every way possible.
	www.hamiltonolympicclub.ca /history.htm (530 words)

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