Commonwealth Games 2026

[Orangehair43 251]

7 minutes ago, mpjmcevoy said:

Quite possibly, but it must be said this is shocking behaviour from Victoria, and I would not be shocked if Victoria is on the hook for quite a lot of compensation to CGF.

 

CGF will, I suspect run back to Birmingham and Glasgow to see is there a way out of the mess - but this is actually worse than Durban, and second successive games were the host has had to pull the plug.

I can only see a country wide bid (England/UK or Canada) where every city hosts one or two events. Or they could even try a commonwealth wide event. 
 

Decent chance this will happen to an Olympics again at some point. 

Edited July 18, 2023 by Orangehair43

[dullard 699]

3 minutes ago, NearPup said:

Netball has no real interest in joining the Olympics, as evidenced by their complete lack of effort in developing the men’s game.

Not only a lack of effort but they've actively sabotaged it.

[dullard 699]

Mayor of Perth is pushing to take over as host

 

 

[Orangehair43 251]

Looking online I would not be shocked to see Brianne 2023 axed within a few years. 

[Olympian1010 7,971]

1 minute ago, Orangehair43 said:

Looking online I would not be shocked to see Brianne 2023 axed within a few years. 

Unfortunate news for all the Brianne’s born in 2023 

[Orangehair43 251]

2 minutes ago, Olympian1010 said:

Unfortunate news for all the Brianne’s born in 2023 

Opps

 

I mean Brisbane 2032. Looking on Twitter it feels like that is next to go. 
 

 

 

[Orangehair43 251]

South Australia says no to the Games.

 

[Orangehair43 251]

‘Since awarding Victoria the Games, the Government has made decisions to include more sports and an additional regional hub, and changed plans for venues, all of which have added considerable expense, often against the advice of the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Australia," the CGF added in its statement.’

 

They sound fuming. 

Edited July 18, 2023 by Orangehair43

[Orangehair43 251]

feel like every sport being in a different location would be the way to go. 

 

[dullard 699]

7 minutes ago, Orangehair43 said:

‘Since awarding Victoria the Games, the Government has made decisions to include more sports and an additional regional hub, and changed plans for venues, all of which have added considerable expense, often against the advice of the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Australia," the CGF added in its statement.’

 

They sound fuming. 

Victoria could've hosted a budget games because they have all the needed venues but they instead decided to go forward with this regional fantasy.