Since 1978, the Commonwealth Games have had a mascot in each edition. List of Commonwealth Youth Games mascots. ^ Some sources spell the name as "Klee Wyck." The name is from the Nuu-chah-nulth language and means "the laughing one," this was also given as a nickname to the artist Emily Carr.[3][4]

Team Scotland represent Scotland at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Meet the Scottish athletes, the team supporting them and buy tickets now.

Clyde was the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. Clyde is an anthropomorphic thistle (the floral emblem of Scotland) and is named after the River Clyde which flows through the centre of Glasgow. The mascot was designed by Beth Gilmour from Cumbernauld, who won a competition run by Glasgow 2014 for children to design the ...

Badminton is the second most popular participation sport in the World, after football. A shuttlecock is made from cork, leather and goose feathers. Scotland’s only gold in Badminton to date came at the 1986 Games in Edinburgh where Billy Gilliland and Dan Travers won the Men’s Doubles.

Badminton had its debut at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and has been contested in 14 consecutive Commonwealth Games since. Badminton was added to the Commonwealth Games program in 1966, as an optional sport. The sport was chosen to replace lawn bowls, due the lack of facilities at Jamaica.

2011年11月15日 · Following last year’s competition run by BBC Scotland and Glasgow 2014, we’d like to introduce Clyde - the official mascot of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games! Clyde was designed by Beth...

Completing the squad are Eleanor O’Donnell and Julie MacPherson, who return for their second crack at a Commonwealth Games having taken to the court on the Gold Coast four years ago. Both were part of the mixed team side that reached the last eight in Australia, with O’Donnell the youngest competing member of Team Scotland at the time.

The Games took on added significance in 2002 as the Head of the Commonwealth, Her Majesty The Queen, celebrated her Golden Jubilee. Manchester 2002 saw Scotland’s first ever Cycling gold medal as Chris Hoy beat Olympic champion Jason Queally in the 1km Time Trial.

Lawn bowler Willie Wood from Scotland is the first competitor to have competed in seven Commonwealth Games, from 1974 to 2002. The mascot from the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games, Clyde the thistle man, was also named as the official mascot for Team Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. 72-year-old Scottish athlete Rosemary ...

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