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OK the Games are starting this week and this is the place for all discussion on the event except for the 7's.
Seeing as though most of us forum members come from Commonwealth countries,this years Games should provide some great banter.
Looking back at past Games medal tallies i've noticed a few rivalries between some of the Countries represented on this board.
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The first i noticed was the battle for second place between England and Canada....... in 94 it was Canada who took second place at home ,but in the last two Games it's been England who's managed to just pip the Canadians..
who will it be this year?
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The second rivalry i noticed was the one between New Zealand and South Africa ......... it was NZ that beat SA in 94 but SA came back in 98 and just piped the Kiwis by 1 medal, In 2002 NZ turned the table and it was them who just managed to finish higher on the tally by the smallest of margins.
This year shapes up as another tight one between the two nations ......... will SA keep the one and one trend going? or will the Kiwis out numbered population wise by ten fold, who make it two in a row over the Saffas???
EDIT: on closer inspection i noticed that NZ had 1 more medal in total in98 and in 2002 SA had 1 more in total than NZ :unsure:
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Lastly ,there's a great rivalry between the two UK countries of Scotland and Wales.
In 94 it was very close with both countries getting 5 gold medals a peice, but it was Scotland who had the most medals JUST ,getting one more than the Welsh.
In 98 it was the Welsh who turned the tables on Scotland beating them by 3 medals(two silver one bronze) in the final tally.
2002 it was Wales again who just beat out the Scotts by 3 medals again both had 6 gold. who will beat who this year??
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OK now im getting confused :wacko: , Im not sure if it's total medals or number of Gold which determines where a Country finishes on the Medal Tally...... if someone could clear this up for me then it would be much appreciated.
One things for sure if you look at the Medal Tally of the last 3 games then the rivalries i mentioned are certainly there....
1994 Victoria,Canada Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpar Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games medal tally
Any way, even with a few of the stars missing this years games should be another great one :cheers:
Seeing as though most of us forum members come from Commonwealth countries,this years Games should provide some great banter.
Looking back at past Games medal tallies i've noticed a few rivalries between some of the Countries represented on this board.
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The first i noticed was the battle for second place between England and Canada....... in 94 it was Canada who took second place at home ,but in the last two Games it's been England who's managed to just pip the Canadians..
who will it be this year?
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The second rivalry i noticed was the one between New Zealand and South Africa ......... it was NZ that beat SA in 94 but SA came back in 98 and just piped the Kiwis by 1 medal, In 2002 NZ turned the table and it was them who just managed to finish higher on the tally by the smallest of margins.
This year shapes up as another tight one between the two nations ......... will SA keep the one and one trend going? or will the Kiwis out numbered population wise by ten fold, who make it two in a row over the Saffas???
EDIT: on closer inspection i noticed that NZ had 1 more medal in total in98 and in 2002 SA had 1 more in total than NZ :unsure:
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Lastly ,there's a great rivalry between the two UK countries of Scotland and Wales.
In 94 it was very close with both countries getting 5 gold medals a peice, but it was Scotland who had the most medals JUST ,getting one more than the Welsh.
In 98 it was the Welsh who turned the tables on Scotland beating them by 3 medals(two silver one bronze) in the final tally.
2002 it was Wales again who just beat out the Scotts by 3 medals again both had 6 gold. who will beat who this year??
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OK now im getting confused :wacko: , Im not sure if it's total medals or number of Gold which determines where a Country finishes on the Medal Tally...... if someone could clear this up for me then it would be much appreciated.
One things for sure if you look at the Medal Tally of the last 3 games then the rivalries i mentioned are certainly there....
1994 Victoria,Canada Commonwealth Games
1998 Kuala Lumpar Commonwealth Games
2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games medal tally
Any way, even with a few of the stars missing this years games should be another great one :cheers: