Commonwealth Games Facts

5 Facts that I already know about the Commonwealth Games:

1	Commonwealth games is like olympics
2	Theres 71 countries in it
3	Commonwealth game started in 1930 and goes on every four years
4	A lot of sports included
5	Soccer/Football, Gymnastics, Netball are included in the commonwealth games

Useful links:

http://www.glasgow2014.com/sites/default/files/attached-files/Glasgow%202014%20Factsheet.pdf

http://www.gameonscotland.org/glasgow2014/

http://www.hie.co.uk/regional-information/2014/100-facts-about-the-games.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-2290636/Commonwealth-Games-2014--Facts-Figures.html

10 new facts that I found out about the Commonwealth Games: (include a link to the site where you found your information. Your information needs to be in your own words)

1	Australia, Canada, England, New Zealand, Scotland and Wales have attended every game
2	The first Commonwealth Games was held in Hamilton, Canada in 1930.
3	Scotland hosted the games in 1970 and 1986
4	50% of people in the Commonwealth are under 25 years old
5	Four hundred athletes from eleven countries competed over 6 sports and 59 events in 1930.
6	Willie Wood, a lawn bowler from Scotland, was the first competitor to compete in seven Commonwealth Games, from 1974 to 2002
7	Greg Yelavich, a sports shooter from New Zealand, won twelve medals in seven games from 1986 to 2010
8	Four nations have won just one Commonwealth medal. Gambia and the Norfolk Islands is at the bottom with a single bronze
9	Thirty one of the commonwealth members have a population size of 1.5 million people or less
10	At the 2014 games there will be 6,500 athletes 71 nations competing in 17 sports over 11 days