Behind the Games The Gold Coast gets set to celebrate the 2018 Commonwealth Games.
GC2018 The Gold Coast is set to shine on the world’s stage when it hosts the 21st Commonwealth Games (GC2018) from 4 - 15 April, 2018. This will be the fifth time Australia has staged the Commonwealth Games following Sydney (1938), Perth (1962), Brisbane (1982) and Melbourne (2006). GC2018 will also mark the first time a Commonwealth Games will be held in a regional Australian city.
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HISTORY From Asia to Africa and beyond, The Commonwealth is a collective of diverse nations that makes up to 30 per cent of the world’s population. The Commonwealth Games have been conducted by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) every four years (except for 1942 and 1946 due to WWII) since the first British Empire Games were held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930. Since then, the Games have grown from an event featuring 11 countries and 400 athletes to a modern sporting spectacular that includes 70 nations and territories and over 6,600 athletes and team officials. But the Commonwealth Games are more than just about competition. They reflect the CGF’s core values of humanity, equality and destiny and bring together members of the Commonwealth of nations to compete on a level playing field in a spirit of friendship and fair play often referred to as the ‘friendly games’. There have been many magical moments witnessed at the Commonwealth Games over the years, including the famous ‘Miracle Mile’ at the 1954 Games when England’s Roger Bannister and Australian John Landy created history by both breaking the four-minute mile in a race. There are a total of 53 members of the Commonwealth of Nations, including a number of British overseas territories, Crown dependencies and island states who compete under their own flag. England, Isle of Man, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Jersey, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland all send separate teams to compete in the Games.
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MERCHANDISE Headlined by the cute and cuddly Borobi plush soft toys, the GC2018 merchandise range includes t-shirts, polos, hoodies, caps, commemorative pins, keyrings and outback leather hats. The range is available on line as well as a number of retail outlets including the three official Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Stores in Victoria Park Broadbeach, the Gold Coast Airport and Surfers Paradise. Fans will also be able to purchase GC2018 merchandise from the Currumbin Wildlife Sanctuary, with a percentage of the proceeds from the sale of the Borobi plush soft toys to be donated to the Currumbin Wildlife Hospital Foundation as part of an agreement to support koala rescue and conservation.
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