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	Commonwealth Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1911, the Festival of the Empire was held in London to celebrate the coronation of King George V.
		1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Cardiff, Wales
		Flags and Emblems of the Commonwealth Games Evolution of the emblems of the Games
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Commonwealth_Games (1351 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)

	2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games - G'DAY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The initial games consisted of sports and events that were based on traditional athletic skills that placed emphasis on running; upper body strength (athletics); swimming; hand to hand combat (wrestling); boxing, archery and shooting.
		Today the Commonwealth Games are a major celebration of the many great functions performed by the Commonwealth family of nations that continue to promote goodwill, removal of barriers and divisions, and the promotion of peace to all nations, that represent all continents and regions of the globe.
		The Commonwealth Games was first proposed by the Reverend Ashley Cooper in 1891 when he suggested the concept of a "Pan-Britannic-Pan-Anglican Contest festival as a means of increasing goodwill and good understanding of the British Empire".
	www.geocities.com /m2006cg/thegames.html (1573 words)

	Commonwealth Games - Psychology Central (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Image:Cg-flag.gif Image:Commonwealth Games years participants.PNG The Commonwealth Games is a multi-sport event held every four years involving the elite athletes of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Unlike other regional games of this type (i.e., Pan-American Games, Asian Games, All-Africa Games) which usually attract second-tier athletes, the Commonwealth Games attracts the top athletes of member nations of the Commonwealth, thus making this competition world-class in the true sense of the word (second only to the Olympic Games).
		The four constituent countries of the United Kingdom — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games, and individual teams are also sent from crown dependencies such as the Isle of Man and Jersey.
	psychcentral.com /psypsych/Commonwealth_Games (1128 words)

	ABC Radio National - The Sports Factor Transcript - 24 October 1997
		Amanda Smith: One of the issues for the Commonwealth Games is that the old 'white' nations of England, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, have dominated, both in the medal tally and as hosts of the Games.
		Because in the Jakarta SEA Games, one Malaysian won the body-building competition; and as you are aware, in swimming competitions, in gymnastics, the women wear practically the same attire as those in beauty contests.
		Having said that, of course the Commonwealth Games is not the same as the Olympic Games, and we certainly feel that we have the stadia, we have the administrative and official capacity, and we have the support to stage excellent international multi-code events.
	www.ausport.gov.au /fulltext/1997/sportsf/sf971024.htm (4325 words)

	Canadian Journal of Communication - Vol. 17, No. 3 (1992)
		The cultural concerns and British tradition emphasized by the Massey Commission were reinforced and legitimated by televisual coverage of the 1953 coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, and the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games held in Vancouver (see below).
		The Games were anticipated internationally for the ``Dream Mile'' race which involved the top three or four male runners of the time, and represented the first attempt at large-scale coverage by the CBC.
		The Games were also instrumental in boosting CBC sports presentations to 15% (623 hours) of overall programming, and in elevating commercial revenue to $82 million in 1976-77.
	www.cjc-online.ca /printarticle.php?id=100&layout=html (5928 words)

	Cricket News Article \| Reuters.co.uk (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The event was called the British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1954-1966, the British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and 1974, before assuming the current name of the Commonwealth Games in 1978.
		In 1911, the Festival of the Empire was held in London to celebrate the coronation of King George V. Progress stalled until 1928 when the Olympics were taking place in Amsterdam and leading Commonwealth countries held a meeting to revive the idea of the Empire Games.
		In 1998 at the Kuala Lumpur Games, the team from Singapore was booed as it entered the stadium during the opening ceremony, reflecting the cold relations between Singapore and the hosts.
	go.reuters.co.uk /newsArticle.jhtml?type=cricketNews&storyID=11475325§ion=news&src=rss/uk/cricketNews (620 words)

	Dewar, Phyllis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She became Canada's aquatic darling at the 1934 British Empire Games by winning gold medals in the 100- and 400-yd freestyle, the 300-yd medley and the 400-yd relay, and was crowned Canada's female athlete of the year.
		Weakened by flu, she performed poorly in the 1936 Berlin Olympics, but regained top form to win another gold medal in the 1938 British Empire Games.
		After her husband's death in a 1954 car accident, the mother of 4 young children grew despondent; her health failed, and she died at 45.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /PrinterFriendly.cfm?Params=A1ARTA0002268 (134 words)

	Swim Ontario
		By the age of 16, George had qualified for the 1930 British Empire Games in Hamilton, Ontario, the youngest swimmer ever to represent Canada at those games.
		At the 1934 British Empire Games in Webley, England, George had, in his own estimation, his “finest hour”.
		In 1934 alone he broke at least 4 Canadian records and during 1935 and 1936 he was unbeaten in Championship competition.
	www.swimontario.com /articledetail.php?id=239 (534 words)

	Guardian \| Kenneth Duncan
		He was general secretary of the British Olympic Association (BOA) from 1949 to 1975 and chef de mission at 12 Olympics, summer and winter, from the 1952 Oslo and Helsinki games to Montreal in 1976.
		One of the best British long jumpers during the 1930s, he competed in the long jump and sprint relay against France, Germany, Italy and Finland, with best individual performances of 9.8 seconds for the 100 yards and 23ft 7¾ins in the jump.
		He took part in the 1934 world university games in Budapest and Paris (1938) and was fourth in the long jump at the 1934 British Empire Games.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,5262385-103684,00.html (605 words)

	AllRefer.com - Commonwealth games, Sport (Sports) - Encyclopedia
		Commonwealth games, series of amateur athletic meets held among citizens of countries in the Commonwealth of Nations.
		Originated (1930) as the British Empire games, the series is held every four years and is patterned after the Olympic games; women have participated since 1934.
		In their early stages the games enjoyed the patronage of King George V. As with the Olympics, they have been subject to political pressure, a notable example being the 1986 boycott by some nations protesting Britain's refusal to impose sanctions against South Africa.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/Commonwe-g.html (195 words)

	Games * Design * Art * Culture
		We then have some yada-yada from Bonnel about how games are similar to primitive dance, which is nonsense; the case he could, and should, be making is that play is as fundamental to humans as story, and games thus appeal to a fundamental part of what it is to be human, just as stories do.
		And the game industry first made the claim that it was bigger than the movies in 1980 or 81, if I remember correctly--albeit revenues then were largely from the arcade cash-drop, not software sales.
		The Empire State building is normally only lit until midnight--except that, after 9/11, the workers at Ground Zero said that it heartened them, to see it glowing red, white and blue in the distance--and so the owners lit it up all night.
	costik.com /weblog/2003_12_01_blogchive.html (5530 words)

	Commonwealth - Wrestling
		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.
	groups.msn.com /CommonwealthWrestling/commonwealth.msnw (716 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Commonwealth Games
		The constituent parts of the United Kingdom — England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland — send separate teams to the Commonwealth Games, and individual teams are also sent from crown dependencies such as the Isle of Man and Jersey.
		On a smaller scale, a lot of people dislike the idea of the Games because of their imperialistic, and hence essentially, some say, racist background.
		From 1930 through 1950, the parade of nations was lead by a single flagbearer carrying the Union Jack, symbolizing Britain's leading role in the British Empire.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Commonwealth_Games (825 words)

	Commonwealth Games Medallists - Athletics (Men)
		A "Festival of the Empire" celebrating the coronation of King George V was held at Crystal Palace in London (ENG) in 1911.
		The first British Empire Games was held in 1930.
		The event was retitled British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954, British Commonwealth Games in 1970 and Commonwealth Games in 1978.
	www.gbrathletics.com /ic/cg.htm (140 words)

	MANNIE DOOKIE
		The year 1934 had already dawned, and when "Championships" came that May, the milk boy, now one-mile and three-mile champion, again defeated the cream of the island's three-milers, lowering the Trinidad three-mile record to 15 minutes 19 seconds, not far outside the standard of international games.
		It was Sunday, August 5 1934, and when Dookie struck out in front in the three-mile race the 40,000-strong White City crowd broke into a roar for the barefooted boy.
		And that was to be the extent of Mannie Dookie’s participation at the British Empire Games of 1934.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography/bio_MannieDookie2_athletichero.htm (1410 words)

	McGill Athletics
		He competed for British Guiana at British Empire Games (1930-34) and won gold in half mile at 1934 Games in London.
		Edwards was born in 1907 in Georgetown, British Guyana, the son of a wealthy magistrate.
		Edwards hoisting the victorious Percy Williams at the 1928 Olympics in AmsterdamThe 1928 games in were a triumph for Canada in track and field.
	www.athletics.mcgill.ca /main_halloffame_search.ch2?varsitysport_id=17 (2888 words)

	ISHOF - Phyllis Harding (GBR) - 1995 Pioneer Swimmer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		She was fourth in 1932 and seventh in 1936 and held the world record in the 100m backstroke in 1932 until it was broken by Hall of Famer Eleanor Holm.
		The British Empire Games and Commonwealth Games did not begin until the seventh year of her international swimming career.
		At the first meet in 1930, she was in the 100 yard backstroke and in 1934 at age 26, she won a gold in the same event and a silver on the medley relay.
	www.ishof.org /95pharding.html (295 words)

	National Archives of Australia - Fact Sheet 188 - Empire Games, Sydney, 1938 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		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)

	Radio National - The Sports Factor - 26/07/2002
		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: Well with those first British Empire Games in Canada in 1930, where was the energy and enthusiasm coming from for those, because I understand that England, the seat of the Empire, wasn’t actually all that enthusiastic about those Games.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/talks/8.30/sportsf/stories/s614556.htm (1952 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)

	1934 British Empire Games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The 1934 British Empire Games was the second of what are now called the Commonwealth Games.
		1934 British Empire Games - Commonwealth Games official website
		This page was last modified 08:21, 22 March 2006.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1934_British_Empire_Games (87 words)

	Apps, Charles Joseph Sylvanus
		He excelled at football and represented Canada in pole vaulting in the 1934 British Empire Games (gold medal) and at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
		He played centre for Toronto Maple Leafs 1936-43 and 1945-48, winning the CALDER TROPHY (1937) and scoring 201 goals and 231 assists in 423 games and a further 25 goals and 28 assists in 69 playoff games.
		A fast, graceful skater and superb playmaker, he was honoured for his team play and leadership.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0000257 (141 words)

	Australian Commonwealth Games Association (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Cycling was first held at the 1934 British Empire Games in London, England with only three events.
		It was officially included in the 1978 Games in Edmonton, Canada and has since been on the program at the 1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games.
		It was held in both the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games although was included in the 1990 Games as a demonstration sport.
	www.commonwealthgames.org.au /AboutUs/Sports_body.htm (816 words)

	Olympic Games -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Before the 1970s the Games were officially limited to competitors with amateur status, but in the 1980s many events were opened to professional athletes.
		Currently the Games are open to all, even the top professional athletes in basketball and football (soccer).
		As a result of the United States boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow and the Soviet Union not attending the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles, Calif., athletes from these countries were deprived of the opportunity to face one another in sports competition.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9108519 (884 words)

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