Commonwealth Games Council for England
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England is one of only six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930. The others are Australia
, Canada
, New Zealand
, Scotland and Wales
.
The Commonwealth Games is the only major multi-sport event
in which English athletes and teams compete as England; generally England participates as part of the United Kingdom
, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
After the 2006 Commonwealth Games
, England was second in the All-time tally of medals
, with an overall total of 1695 medals (579 Gold, 553 Silver and 563 Bronze). Australia
has been the highest scoring team for ten games, England
for seven and Canada
for one.
in England
. Membership of the Games Council consists of representatives of 26 sports in the Commonwealth Games programme from which the host city selects up to 17 sports for each Games. The Officers are elected by the Council and hold office for 4 years, their work will be supported by four salaried staff
. The current President is Dame Kelly Holmes
, who won her first international Gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, in Victoria, Canada.
CGE is a member of the Commonwealth Games Federation who have overall responsibility
for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games.
, a public body that distributes public and lottery funds. This has enabled CGE to run extensive management
, training
and educational programmes, ensuring that competitors and officials alike are fully prepared to meet the challenges ahead.
and industry
as well as the general public towards the team's costs are always most gratefully received. Without this ongoing support Team Englandwould not be able to participate in the Games.
In the run-up to the 2010 Commonwealth Games
, CGE adopted a new logo and brand identity. The new logo features a single red English lion which represents strength, power and performance. The team strapline is "We are England".
as its flag at the Commonwealth Games. This flag is common for all sporting teams that represent England as an entity distinct from the United Kingdom
.
From 2010 onwards, Team England will use the hymn "Jerusalem
" as the victory anthem. This replaces "Land of Hope and Glory
" which was used at previous games. In April 2010, Commonwealth Games England conducted a poll of members of the public which would decide the anthem for the 2010 Games. The three options were "God Save The Queen
", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory" with "Jerusalem" being the clear winner securing 52% of the vote.
Australia at the Commonwealth Games
Australia became independent of the United Kingdom in 1901 and officially became a member of the Commonwealth of Nations in 1931 under the Statute of Westminster....
, Canada
Canada at the Commonwealth Games
Canada has participated in every Commonwealth Games since the first ever British Empire Games held in Hamilton, Ontario in 1930, one of only six countries to have done so...
, New Zealand
New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
Since the first in 1930, New Zealand has competed in all 19 editions of the Commonwealth Games and has won a total of 564 medals including 130 gold....
, Scotland and Wales
Wales at the Commonwealth Games
Wales is one of six countries to have competed in every Commonwealth Games since 1930, the others being Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand and Scotland...
.
The Commonwealth Games is the only major multi-sport event
Multi-sport event
A multi-sport event is an organized sporting event, often held over multiple days, featuring competition in many different sports between organized teams of athletes from nation-states. The first major, modern, multi-sport event of international significance was the modern Olympic Games.Many...
in which English athletes and teams compete as England; generally England participates as part of the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, with Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
All-time Medal tally
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 EnglandEngland England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... |
611 | 612 | 613 | 1836 |
Medal tally
| Rank | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1930 Hamilton | 25 | 23 | 13 | 61 | 1 |
| 1934 London | 29 | 19 | 24 | 72 | 1 |
| 1938 Sydney | 15 | 15 | 10 | 40 | 2 |
| 1950 Auckland | 19 | 16 | 13 | 48 | 2 |
| 1954 Vancouver | 23 | 24 | 20 | 67 | 1 |
| 1958 Cardiff | 29 | 22 | 29 | 80 | 1 |
| 1962 Perth | 29 | 22 | 27 | 78 | 2 |
| 1966 Kingston | 33 | 24 | 23 | 80 | 1 |
| 1970 Edinburgh | 27 | 25 | 32 | 84 | 2 |
| 1974 Christchurch | 28 | 31 | 21 | 80 | 2 |
| 1978 Edmonton 1978 Commonwealth Games The 1978 Commonwealth Games were held in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, from 3 to 12 August 1978, two years after the 1976 Summer Olympics were held in Montreal, Quebec... |
27 | 27 | 33 | 87 | 2 |
| 1982 Brisbane 1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September–9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium , in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the... |
38 | 38 | 32 | 108 | 2 |
| 1986 Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games The 1986 Commonwealth Games were held in Edinburgh, Scotland for the second time. The Games were held from 24 July-2 August 1986.-Organisation and Controversy:... |
52 | 53 | 49 | 144 | 1 |
| 1990 Auckland 1990 Commonwealth Games The 1990 Commonwealth Games were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January-3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo,... |
46 | 40 | 42 | 128 | 2 |
| 1994 Victoria 1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games were held in Victoria, in the province of British Columbia in Canada, from 18 August to 28 August 1994.The XV Commonwealth Games marked South Africa's return to the Commonwealth Games following the apartheid era, and over 30 years since the country last competed in the... |
30 | 45 | 51 | 126 | 3 |
| 1998 Kuala Lumpur 1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 XVI Commonwealth Games were held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia from 11 September to 21 September 1998 making it the first Asian country to act as host and the last Commonwealth Games for the 20th century. A record 70 nations supplied 3638 athletes... |
36 | 47 | 52 | 135 | 2 |
| 2002 Manchester 2002 Commonwealth Games The 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester... |
53 | 51 | 60 | 164 | 2 |
| 2006 Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site... |
36 | 40 | 34 | 110 | 2 |
| 2010 Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date... |
37 | 59 | 46 | 142 | 3 |
| Total | 611 | 612 | 613 | 1836 | 2 |
After the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
, England was second in the All-time tally of medals
All-time medal tally of Commonwealth Games
This page shows the all-time medal table for the Commonwealth Games. The table is updated as of 14 October 2010, the day the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi ended....
, with an overall total of 1695 medals (579 Gold, 553 Silver and 563 Bronze). Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
has been the highest scoring team for ten games, England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
for seven and Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
for one.
Host nation
England has hosted the Games twice:- 1934 British Empire Games1934 British Empire GamesThe 1934 British Empire Games were the second of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games. They were held at the White City Stadium in London, England from 4–11 August 1934, apart from the cycling at Fallowfield Stadium, Manchester, and the swimming, which took place at the Empire Pool in Wembley...
- LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... - 2002 Commonwealth Games2002 Commonwealth GamesThe 2002 Commonwealth Games were held in Manchester, England from 25 July to 4 August 2002. The XVII Commonwealth Games was the largest multi-sport event ever to be held in the UK, eclipsing London's 1948 Summer Olympics in numbers of teams and athletes participating.After the 1996 Manchester...
- ManchesterManchesterManchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
Commonwealth Games England
Commonwealth Games England (CGE) is the organisation responsible for all matters relating to the Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
in England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Membership of the Games Council consists of representatives of 26 sports in the Commonwealth Games programme from which the host city selects up to 17 sports for each Games. The Officers are elected by the Council and hold office for 4 years, their work will be supported by four salaried staff
Employment
Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. An employee may be defined as:- Employee :...
. The current President is Dame Kelly Holmes
Kelly Holmes
Dame Kelly Holmes, DBE, MBE is a retired British middle distance athlete. She specialised in the 800 metres and 1500 metres events and won a gold medal for both distances at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens...
, who won her first international Gold medal at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, in Victoria, Canada.
CGE is a member of the Commonwealth Games Federation who have overall responsibility
Moral responsibility
Moral responsibility usually refers to the idea that a person has moral obligations in certain situations. Disobeying moral obligations, then, becomes grounds for justified punishment. Deciding what justifies punishment, if anything, is a principle concern of ethics.People who have moral...
for the direction and control of the Commonwealth Games.
How it helps English competitors
Since 1994, the costs of the preparation of Team England have been supported with funding from Sport EnglandSport England
Sport England is the brand name for the English Sports Council and is a non-departmental public body under the Department for Culture, Media and Sport...
, a public body that distributes public and lottery funds. This has enabled CGE to run extensive management
Management
Management in all business and organizational activities is the act of getting people together to accomplish desired goals and objectives using available resources efficiently and effectively...
, training
Training
The term training refers to the acquisition of knowledge, skills, and competencies as a result of the teaching of vocational or practical skills and knowledge that relate to specific useful competencies. It forms the core of apprenticeships and provides the backbone of content at institutes of...
and educational programmes, ensuring that competitors and officials alike are fully prepared to meet the challenges ahead.
Funds
The raising of funds for the team's participation in the Games themselves is the sole responsibility of CGE and is raised through sponsorship and fund-raising activities. Donations from commerceCommerce
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and industry
Industry
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as well as the general public towards the team's costs are always most gratefully received. Without this ongoing support Team Englandwould not be able to participate in the Games.
Brand identity
2010 Commonwealth Games
The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...
, CGE adopted a new logo and brand identity. The new logo features a single red English lion which represents strength, power and performance. The team strapline is "We are England".
Flag and victory anthem
Team England uses the Cross of St GeorgeFlag of England
The Flag of England is the St George's Cross . The red cross appeared as an emblem of England during the Middle Ages and the Crusades and is one of the earliest known emblems representing England...
as its flag at the Commonwealth Games. This flag is common for all sporting teams that represent England as an entity distinct from the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
From 2010 onwards, Team England will use the hymn "Jerusalem
And did those feet in ancient time
"And did those feet in ancient time" is a short poem by William Blake from the preface to his epic Milton a Poem, one of a collection of writings known as the Prophetic Books. The date on the title page of 1804 for Milton is probably when the plates were begun, but the poem was printed c. 1808...
" as the victory anthem. This replaces "Land of Hope and Glory
Land of Hope and Glory
"Land of Hope and Glory" is a British patriotic song, with music by Edward Elgar and lyrics by A. C. Benson, written in 1902.- Composition :...
" which was used at previous games. In April 2010, Commonwealth Games England conducted a poll of members of the public which would decide the anthem for the 2010 Games. The three options were "God Save The Queen
God Save the Queen
"God Save the Queen" is an anthem used in a number of Commonwealth realms and British Crown Dependencies. The words of the song, like its title, are adapted to the gender of the current monarch, with "King" replacing "Queen", "he" replacing "she", and so forth, when a king reigns...
", "Jerusalem" and "Land of Hope and Glory" with "Jerusalem" being the clear winner securing 52% of the vote.
England at the Commonwealth Games
- England at the 1994 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 1994 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England .England joined the Commonwealth of Nations as part of the United Kingdom in 1931....
- England at the 1998 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 1998 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England .England joined the Commonwealth of Nations as part of the United Kingdom in 1931....
- England at the 2002 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 2002 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England .England joined the Commonwealth of Nations as part of the United Kingdom in 1931....
- England at the 2006 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 2006 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games were represented by the Commonwealth Games Council for England . The country went by the abbreviation ENG and used the St George's Cross as flag and Land of Hope and Glory as the national anthem....
- England at the 2010 Commonwealth GamesEngland at the 2010 Commonwealth GamesEngland will be represented at the 2010 Commonwealth Games by Commonwealth Games England. The country will go by the abbreviation ENG, will use the Cross of St George as its flag and "Jerusalem" as its victory anthem...