Salvo Montalbano Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Can't see a thread for this on its own. Opening ceremony in full swing at the moment with some aboriginal people and art, some stuff about Pangea and Prince Charlie and his missus standing in for the Queen. Quite a smart display thing in the middle of the stadium too which is made of sand but has massive projections on it making it into a video board. Looking forward to the usual Commonwealth sports - cycling, swimming, rugby sevens and of course bowls... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wee Bully Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Shows how good our opening ceremony was, or at least how comfortable we are as a nation, happy to laugh at ourselves. That was completely po faced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barry Ferguson's Hat Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Straya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 One consequence of the CGs going 'gender equal' (to much trumpeting) is the first medal has been won before it starts: by an Australian boxer who goes straight to SF due to a lack of entries.http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/43638697 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Watching the OC now. And to think people called ours a cringefest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peasy23 Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Michelle says bring it on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Had enough of this #team pish already. Glad the countries were introduced as Scotland, England, Cyprus etc. Without the media inserting that abhorrent prefix at every opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Had Radio 2 on in the car earlier, apparently they'll be backing Team GB all the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lambies Doos Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Had Radio 2 on in the car earlier, apparently they'll be backing Team GB all the way That will be Team England I'd expect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted April 4, 2018 Share Posted April 4, 2018 Is Guinea-Bissau not in the Commonwealth?Watched a bit of it earlier. Loads of people I'd never heard of seemed to be singing. Were Kylie and the people that sing "Land Down Under" too busy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Naitch Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Marc Austin picks up the first medal for Scotland - bronze in the triathlon. The media darlings Ali and Jonny Brownlee only just made the top 10. Shame that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Basketball Auld Enemy clash on just now. Not much in the score. Into the final quarter. Live on the BBC website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sooky Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Decent chances this morning for Scotland in track cycling and swimming. Neil Fachie trying to defend his tandem title, and Hannah Miley and Ross Murdoch both defending their swimming titles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Do the Paralympic medals count towards the main medal table or is there a separate medal table for those sports? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HibeeJibee Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 12 hours ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Is Guinea-Bissau not in the Commonwealth? Ex-Portuguese. 1 hour ago, Bully Wee Villa said: Do the Paralympic medals count towards the main medal table or is there a separate medal table for those sports? Included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bully Wee Villa Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Ta. The Guinea-Bissau thing was a joke about "Team GB" as moaned about in a prior post.They obviously just haven't updated the medal table yet as Scotland not showing as having won any golds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Scotland men 3-0 up on South Africa after the first quarter in the hockey. Brilliant performnce so far against a team ranked 8 places above us in the world. Silver for Murdoch in the swimming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkst Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 3 minutes ago, Mark Connolly said: Silver for Murdoch in the swimming. Gutted, he was ahead for almost the entire race Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H Wragg Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I hope seconditis isn’t setting in after Miley and Murdoch were both pipped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Connolly Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Scotland still 3-0 up at HT in the hockey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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