If you're missing the track and field events from the Olympics, then look no further, the Commonwealth Games have arrived. Their tagline: "17 sports. 11 days. 1 place to be." With similar events such as gymnastics, cycling and badminton, the games provide for all kinds of tastes, although there are fewer than in London and other Olympic schedules. Glasgow presents a great opportunity for smaller nations to have their chance in the spotlight, including the dissolution of Team GB into England, Scotland and Wales. If you're looking for a place to hang out during the week and a bit of Commonwealth action, then you've found the spot!
Commonwealth Games, Glasgow 2014
Published by Christine Blachford on
yay, more live sporting!
bbc are apparently planning on streaming up to 15 different channels for this. mind you, that was before iplayer died at the weekend,.
I kind of miss when I was super into the Commonwealth Games. Were they more relevant 15 years ago or was I just younger?
Either way, I'll watch what I can :D
i think this might be my first ever. so in my case, more relevant. although predictably, that's just cause the comments coerce me into watching.
I guess it's different when they're being held close to home too. I'm not sure the BBC would give 15 channels if they were back in Kuala Lumpur :D
Whoooop!
true!
It's like a Minilympics!
We have a work sweepstake and whichever sport gets the most golds and silvers for Wales wins. I have swimming, so I think I should be off to Glasgow to enter myself.
I do like that my country gets waaaaay more medals than we do at the Olympics. Take that USA and China!
greetings fellow members of the commonwealth.... is that it????
decent coverage here, the same as the winter olympics earlier this year so there should be plenty to watch. probably looking forward to the track cycling, athletics, swimming and netball the most.
Good evening. I'm feeling very
OlympicCommonwealthy today!Opening Ceremony just kicking off now
hey all!
I am missing it but thinking of you all!
PS How can we get France as part of the Commonwealth?
Well, Danny Wallace created his own country and tried to get it in the commonwealth... so... someone create France 2: Even Francier
invade them.
if we start tonight they'll probably surrender in time for the first event.
:)
Christine's France.
lee mckenzie!!
Leeee!
Francke
The TV told me the opening ceremony starts at 5.30am but nooooo their build up starts at 5.30am.
Seriously. Get to it. It's the middle of the night.
and a school night!
oh. not that billie.
"now lets catch up with every single retired gold medallist in australian history because they're all part of our broaddcast team. yes. ALL OF THEM"
I am now getting a 20 minute Scottish tourism ad.
susan boyle!
Sidepodradio did that in about a minute
:) :) :)
nostalgia. https://sidepodcast.com/event/sidepodradio-hour-3
"are you more excited about the bagpipes or Rod Stewart?"
Australian TV: Asking the important questions
that's a landslide poll right there.
If only Rod Stewart played the pipes
I can't believe how small Daley Thompson looks there
i was going to say that I didn't realise he was Scottish. But he's not.
His father is and he was brought up Scottish even if he was in London
can he play the pipes?
That needs to be answered
I am popping out for a little bit. Back in half an hour
ewan!
That' a fine head of hair.
Obi wan
fair enough then. He needs to work on his accent though.
But ooh theres a Scottish sounding man. Hi Ewan!
Chvrches!
tiny bit eurovision...
BARROWMAN!!! *shakes fist*
ooooooh lord
I give them 10 minutes until they run out of Scottish people I recognise.
Although Steven DID say he was popping out for a bit. Convenient timing. Odds he shows up there by the end?
!!!!
He never seems to die!
Spoilers! ;)
I like his Dairy Milk outfit
ship building conveyer belt
tea cakes!
jems @trequartistry
London 2012 had Kenneth Branagh, Glasgow 2014 has John Barrowman.
Hehehehehe.
omg at the tea cakes
i am watching with an old friend. he's being very judgemental. http://pic.twitter.com/eRWfXzK65Y
Is that the bridge from donington? maybe that's where it's gone!
so its not that hard to find nessie then
Shortbreads standing up?
It's like Donald and the Technicolor Kilt
heeeheeheh
what a guy!
i need that screen
one of my friends was just in London and she put lots of photos up from the Olympic Park. It was weird. It's actually a park now!
Bye Captain Jack!
is that algeursauri on the guitar behind the lady?
Get down from there John otherwise you may need a Doctor...
I can't judge this too harshly because the 2018 ceremony is going to be terrible.
Wow, it's turned into Balamory
world cup ceremony set an all time low. can't be hard to beat a muted pitpull singing a song no-one knows.
This really does feel like Euovision
from what I remember of the Melbourne ceremony it was very cringey, and the Gold Coast has even less to fall back on. The might all come out dressed as Steve Irwin.
I don't think this really happens in Glasgow
Rod's gonna show up any second now isn't he
I was wondering if they were actors but thanks to the commentator now I know it's Sheryl
my commentators have no idea whats going on so they only speak for about 20 seconds between segments. definitely not getting a running one.
I had no idea glasgow had so few people
:D :D
thar he is
:)
He reminds me of Eddie Jordan
someone should tell Rod he can get throat sweets these days
Rod looks identical to when he was married to Rachel Hunter.
Hope the queen drops in on a chopper again
"in Gold Coast" does not sound gramatically correct.
It's also crazy to think Delhi was 4 years ago. Slow down time. Seems like just yesterday no one wanted to go there.
susan!
Awkward..
can she put her arms down or are they stuck like that?
Lots of purple tonight
I LOVE PIPE BANDS SO MUCH
This is the best Celtic match ever
Here she comes from her helicopter!
red arrows!
lizzy time
NINE!
Aww, no chopper.
every time she shows up at these i wonder if she'll be at the next one. she old.
Red white and blue... not just white and blue?
him first, surely.
They've only headed out to get some petrol. I hate it when I go to tesco to get one thing and end up in a major opening ceremony.
at least he's not on allllllllll of the money
so when do muse come on?
"gentlemen start your eeeengines"
hes trying to sing and smile at the same time and its not working.
better than indy car!
rowdy roddy piper!
...probaby not.
i thought that always happened after a flypast and the anthem.
proclaimers, of course!
...slowclaimer.
less ballet. more highland dancing.
steven, is this is your people walk about? it must be a nuisance if you're just heading out for a quick walk.
"I've accidentally ballet'd again!"
ooh that building looks like a croissant
it does. hey isn't it nearly breakfast time?
it's always breakfast time in my eyes
bagel countdown is at T-60 minutes
the baton has been on more holidays in the last year than i have in 5 years
so theres no flame? just a baton? how boring.
calvin harris is scottish?!
I want that screen!
largest screen in europe. i really need it.
If I knew there was gonna be screen I wouldn't have got a nexus and just waited to buy that
Musical chairs has become too complex these days too
:)
Come on in-dia
wasted.
Ewan, nows not the time!
sport relief
any second now they're gonna put up a number to text and i'll be left out with no phone and no christine.
abe's oddssey has just downloaded on my ps4. I'm not sure if I want to fall for this again with the people walking in like at london!
the good thing about the commonwealth is not everyone is a member, and lots of the countries that are are so small they have like 5 people in their teams.
Mylo dj-ing - this just stepped up a notch!
they're all walking in on rainbow road.
careful - no barriers
quite!
but thats illegal in 42 of the 53 Commonwealth countries
come on in, peach kingdo- NO WAIT STOP THOSE ARTS
*KARTS
hoping danny wallace's country of Lovely has qualified
i hope everyone filming on an ipad doesnt win a medal
keeley hawes!
LARA CROFT!
aww, i haven't seen lovely keeley for ages.
"Introducing the country of AC/DC"
i get that the band is australian but back in black really only works for the kiwi uniform.
I hope wales' music is max boyce.
(obv gonna be tom jones)
or nicky wire's solo stuff.
*groan groan uurrgh*
very cool that the para-sports are fully integrated into the main event
I like their clothes!
really should be that way in the olympics too.
*notes down "Kiribati" for future Pointless episodes*
Nauru?
It comes up occasionally in Pointless
i had a lecturer at uni who used to be their finance minister or something, i know far too much about that country.
ooh theres my bros.
gonna go for naura instead
our flagbearers brother was our first NBA draftee because it seems they're one of those annoying families that excel at everything.
you'd think finance minister for a whole country would be enough work for anyone.
Adrian Niue!
heeheeh!
maybe, but more people lived in the town where my uni was than the country of kiribati :D
ha!
Are there people entered in no country like at the Olympics?
if India sent the same proportion of their population as these little countries do they'd have to send a team the size of Australia.
Probably more work being treasurer of a bowling club
i kind of feel sorry for those dogs. such wee legs.
"stop walking so fast! calm dooown!"
was there an alternate plan if it rained?
That dog was being picked up by is neck :(
It's Scotland. There are alternate plans if it doesn't rain
"they are under threat by rising sea levels"
good positive commentary from huw
:):):):)
Did they really do this?
Product placement???
https://twitter.com/AntonyCarville/status/492050608229470208
but they'll dominate the swimming in four years?
and iru bru
john barrowman was the real crime
wait
steven disappeared
barrowman appeared
barrowman disappeared
steven appeared
it all makes so much sense
This is a bit odd for an opening ceremony. Ad break for charity?
i did not know mauritius was in the commonwealth. then again i didnt know anything about them until i had a flatmate from there for the last 3 years
She sells seychelles on the sea shore
I forgot about the swimming guy's dad!! UNBELEEEEVABE
legend
we were trying to work out the other day if south africa were part of the commonwealth and i only knew they were because of swimming guys dad.
good ol' sigur ros
mr boombastic, ahaha.
I wonder how many of these countries won't be mentioned again until the closing ceremony
I hope Barbados Slim wins the limbo
haven't spotted anyone wearing google glass. seems like an ideal use case.
More sensible than using an iPad as a camera
neverrrr
The Flying Tomato is an odd nickname
I always thought Montserrat was near France...
Red haired snowboarder...
It's a few miles from France. Closer to Venezuela
Huh.
ms hamilton
America is in the Commonwealth?
Chris Addison @mrchrisaddison
Nicole Scherzinger. Oozes care and understanding like a girder oozes wine.
Ouch
Canada!
is there ice hockey at this?
Arcade fire!!!!!
I nipped out to the shops earlier and bought maple syrup among other things, Canada clearly had an effect on me
Crazy legs!
good old colin
Hey Girl - Hey Boy...
(booo) :p
Ohhhh I missed all the people walking in. I like looking at my atlas.
England in grren jackets and gold trousers pretending they are Australia?
there is a country called adrian newey!
We just started Europe so you can forget the atlas now
No sign of Christine's France yet though.
Isle of man!
How long till they mention Cavendish not being here?
theeeeeere we go
Isle of Man favourites for the three legged race
i just fell asleep for a bit.you're too long commonwealth.
By Europe, I think they meant islands around the UK
BINGO!
You clearly don't know how bad my geography is :)
I keep thinking the lady is saying "come on then" before the country name. Sounds like she's taking on the world for a fight
Wehay, the Maltesers!
You should have been here earlier when all the countries no-one has heard of were announced
hazel irvine vs the world
a great sequel to Scott Pilgrim
I'm sure I had one of their albums way back when
:)
come on wales!
boooo-urns!
yes huw! woo!
why don't wales have a dog?
Maybe their dragon had it
heh
There's a joke in here somewhere but I'm staying sheepish.
there should be a commonwealth world cup
Everyone does seem very excited.
GOOGLE GLASS
Glass
Here's a google glass!
Google Glass. Mr C called t 20 minutes ago
I agree, I'd like to see Wales qualify for a tournament in my lifetime
Wales didn't let you down!
first one of the night. i'm not convinced it's taking off as i'd hoped.
mind you, still one more than a go pro.
Hazel says blah blah statistic since 1986, which as sporting stats go isn't that long ago.
Those dancers look like they've been plucked from a wedding
double booked the stadium. making the best of an awkward situation.
calm down scotland!
Ohh wow. They look like walking Iron Bru-s!
Mr C!
(the real one)
Those are some minging socks.
It has been said before. Nothing else explains the outfits
Scotland have come tonight dressed as a MegaDrive game
Do Scotland get privileges like hosts do in the Olympics?
What privileges?
First in the queue for the Irn Bru?
Don't they get automatic entry into stuff? There's no way we genuinely won all those medals in 2012.
Free medals for everyone!
I have no idea
I bet Celtic Park has never seen so much blue in it's life
that's what siri said too. who's gonna google it?
ghostbusters!
Can't siri do that?
My googling suggests they do.
i thought so, but no. she does know scotlands schedule of events.
Rod, again?
rod's back
They really should have a race for all the dogs
https://twitter.com/MontysDogNigel/status/492054015598157824
where are simple minds?
nicky wire's locked them in his recording studio
In the 80s?
that would explain A LOT.
:)
Is he having a Manic episode?!
Macca flashback.
I've genuinely no idea why he reminds me of EJ so much
totes. bring on midge!
googled a list of current scottish artists who are touring.
travis.
they're still together?!
oooooh james mcavoy
'pparently
also, half of snow patrol.
"Snow could not turn up tonight due to the weather"
This is cheery
christine... do NOT give away ALL of your money. thanx
Oooh donating all the monies.
snap!
damnit
It's turned a bit comic relief
you can donate once for me though. *hugs*
Presenters videoing - now that's a new one.
SPACE!
ISS
sidepodspace!
Space!
commonwealth owns space!
space is part of the commonwealth?
Disappointed one isn't stood upsidedown
well done queen!
Those astronauts all love chucking mics around
although they did always say freddie mercury was out of this world, so...
spacewar
The only thing about space, it's very hard to do a mic-drop
:)
:)
Flag needs rings
Where's Mr Bean when you need him?
problem with getting everyone to text all at once - the system (inevitably) crashed and burned.
I don't remember the Commonwealth Games splitting everyone up into continents before
But... all the monies!
Hope there's no tall people sitting there
Surely different systems depending on country
please don't bankrupt sidepodcast.
again.
unicef is down.
and the winner of the eurovision is...
heheheh
billy!!!
#otherbilly
Billy not looking so good. He is ill so I guess that is why he is not live. He would have loved to do it live
best screensaver ever
*waits for the pipes*
Okay, seen some athletes and made fun of some socks, now I must dash. Enjoy the rest lovely peeps.
More accurate?
back up.
https://www.unicef2014appeal.org/
:)
By Christine. Are you not supposed to be away on a plane somewhere this week?
she is, i'm here all alone.
i have biscuits though.
Byee :)
How considerate of her to leave biscuits
Politicians now how to dour a mood
missed paolo nutini. he should be here.
so should franz ferdinand! *tuts*
ooh. they still touring?
yup, i believe so
that tv screen has a doorway in it.
who knew?
Back from Malawi already?
Looks like the flame went out
amy said there wasn't one.
oh dear!
This was a really good idea when they planned it
smash it open!
No flame, just a baton, with a message from the Queen to the Queen by the looks of it
get a teatowel!
chris loosened it!
queen knew what was in it all along.
Sounds like the plot of a Harry Potter book/film
slowest carrier pigeon ever.
primal scream!
chooooooon
text message service has fallen over.
Sounds like it needs a telethon to fund a better system
Cone!
queen of the stone age.
They have the Duke of Wellington statue complete with traffic cone in the stadium?
Surely just a version, not the real thing
The authorities have given up removing the cone. They used to send people in with cherry pickers to remove it and the next morning a new one was in place
Definitely not the real one. The cone would have come off in the move
:)
I'm heading off anyways as I'm knackered. Night guys!
cheers sir. that was way better than i'd expected.
Night Lukeh.
It was pretty good
when does the sporting start?
Enjoyed what I saw - I'm going to have to rewatch the parade sometime there is no events to watch :)
Tomorrow am
bugger.
i'll catch the afternoon events :)
We're out all day - damn - I wanted to watch the cycling!
mobile?
Can't get away with that I'm afraid - Mrs^ will not approve ;)
11 days of sport.
we're gonna need a new thread.
Embrace your inner Jaws
until tomorrow then, cheers all.
bugger. already missed a gold.
11 channels of live coverage on the bbc.
plus all can be rewound to any event today.
bbc having some streaming issues :(
im a bit old fashioned, hate terms like selfie and photobomb...
https://twitter.com/_JaydeTaylor/status/492269017215012864/photo/1
ms queen in the hockey crowd. she gets around.
nuvva gold.
exhausting watching the brownlee's. alistair takes the win.
I'm watching the indoor cycling. It's weird not watching team GB
is a bit. silver for sideburns.
England just got silver in the cycling
not good enough wiggo!
did you see nowtv is on the ps4 from today. f1 on the playstation (at a price).
England anthem was Jerusalem?
I did! Teeemppttiinngg.
oh!
assumed that was the commonwealth theme tun or something. how odd.
I think they did land of hope and glory at the last commonwealth games. Weird.
Scottish swimming girl won gold and set a games record and Scottish judo girl won gold too. Scottish men need to get started
one did okay on a bike in the triathlon earlier, but faded in the running at the end.
Another Scottish gold. Two sisters with judo golds.
How can the BBC not have bothered to find out what the medallists are being given?
"tonight at the games" is already my fav show. bit like olympics tonight.
para-cycling is a flippin genius idea.
i remember when lee opted not to join the sky f1 team, i thought she was a bit crazy. but there's no way she'd be covering the commonwealth games if she had. landed a really good gig at these games.
underwater tracking cam is freakishly amazing.
two bikes at a standstill in the velodrome.
"the crowd enjoying this, so long as it doesn't last too long"
"yeah, in the past it used to last 40 minutes"
forty minutes! i'd have gone out there and pushed them around meself.
Have you seen tandems do the same? Quite impressive!
not yet. might be on later though :)
boxing is a terrible idea.
This office is too warm and too stuffy. I want to go home and take part in some commonwealth sport!
And by take part I mean lay on a sofa eating doritos.
was that judo, what was that, blokes rolling around, no score some bloke wins... what just happened..
medal time in the cycling.
i'm officially sick of this heat. double fan strategy today.
:)
bit chilly here, not extreme, but still a bit chilly, 11 degrees, but it is almost 1 am, in the middle of winter......
tandems???? didnt know they still made them.
dont think id like to be the one riding behind
send it this way please
im pretty sure you'll get it for most of the year......
how hot is it there?
too hot!
(i don't know, i just know that it's been going on far too long)
Not hot enough. Need more heat
Is Hazel Irving doing weegie word of the day shown in England/Wales etc?
was yesterday. not watching yet. had a 3d word floating around the studio.
think it was 'scunner'.
Interesting. I turned on just as she mentioned the idea but I had my head down checking twitter.
Odd looking quaich.
Normally they are two handled like the pic below.
http://www.withlovefrom.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/600x600/9df78eab33525d08d6e5fb8d27136e95/q/u/quaich_-_4_wqa02_-_1.jpg
eh? am watching swimming. what's that?
It was on the swimming. Claire Balding last night was asking what the medal winners got with their medals. She just showed what they are getting and it is a wooden quaich made from elm trees grown in Glasgow.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76512000/jpg/_76512074_10534577_264727870401383_5404430381250700079_n.jpg
oooooooh. education!
They are used a lot as sports trophies but always a classical design with two handles. All about sharing and friendship and not two people fighting over drinks
talking of two people fighting...
Back home now to watch the swimming. I love swimming
yolo!
Swimming is my work sweepstake sport for wales. Goooo wales
i think you just got a bronze?
woohoo!
i swear they just said bob holness is swimming.
Aww, wales didnt qualify.
Did he have his saxophone with him?
didn't see anyone with a sax sadly.
wouldn't it rust?
Depends. What is a sax made of?
it's a brass instrument, so...
although you probs can't read anything into that, it's part of the woodwind section and i'm confident they aren't wooden :)
Since rust is what happens to iron I can safely say it will not rust whether it is made of brass or wood
in that case i'll look out for one next time :) :)
Of course Bob was the first James Bond so he will have a saxophone that doesn't rust.
swimmer swimming with one arm... and keeping up. how?!
skills!
holy cow.
Her right arm must be brutal!
tell me why the olympics aren't integrated like this?
Too many events maybe. Would take 6 weeks?
maybe. i prefer this way.
Much better
a tunnel of love :)
Poor stuff from the Welsh guy guilty of doping.
huh, presenter lady agrees.
Just pressed the red button to see if any other sports were on. Bad idea.
Choice is
Boxing
Badminton
Squash
Weightlifting
Hockey
Too much sport
The podiums are so weird
Although, no LCD TV'S
They have to be big for relay races. They are all made from trees that were chopped down to build Games facilities
Starting my commonwealth adventure slightly late, catching up with the BBC's nightly recaps. 20mins in day one and already learned there is such a thing as triathlon relay.
that is gonna be must watch tv!
track events have started, yay.
Ooh, gymnastics. Yea! Finally got time to watch something live!
bethany looks like mel c.
ping pong players need a timeout. bless them hitting that tiny ball around, must be EXHAUSTING for them.
This sounds like someone who needs to try his hand at it.
i couldn't. not with a straight face.
Athletics now. Woop!
I just said "Come on red one," and the red one surged forward to win the semi final.
That never happens.
Maybe the curse is broken?
Evening. We're currently watching the gymnastics and netball, but maybe I should deploy another screen...
Ooh, I forgot the gymnastics! So fickle.
11 live streams on the beeb.
how long has the hammer been round?
Too muchJust enough sport!Best guess atm - since 1875: http://hammerthrow.org/what-is-the-hammer/origins/
what?!
has to be the most misnamed sport in history. you couldn't hammer a thing in with that.
Marathon? That has nothing to do with eating peanut,-nougat-and-caramel based chocolate bars.
ball and chain throwing, that's what i'd call it.
cause that's what IT IS.
:)
Oh no, there's swimming on too? I've run out of screens. No, actually, I've run out of eyes.
The blind running was all kinds of awesome, two people joined together at the arm to do 100m. It's like a three-legged race but different.
(not) hammer time.
agreed. enjoyed that.
I love it when sports upset you.
¬Hammer Throw
Every time I watch swimming it makes me think I should go swimming. Then I just don't :)
The vault continues to terrify me. How do they time it so well and not just go running into the horse thing?
How are we feeling about the shot put?
me? well, it looks like (large) shot and it is being put. i'd say that passes the test :)
Ah good, just checking!
Oh my gymnastics channel has now ended. Back to the TV. They're showing some squash highlights. Loving the perspex box.
given how small that is, squash also an acceptable sport name.
Bert Le Clos :)
French?
Those podia are quite cool.
In the Highland games they use a proper hammer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottish_hammer_throw
Nooo, the awesome dad from the Olympics!
Gemili silver, blinked and almost missed it.
Oh yes. Saw him on TV the other night
Ooooonbuhleevable!
turns out being your own tv director is hard work. keeping up with sports starting and stopping takes more effort than i appreciated.
I has day off today. Watching all the sports.
Best check it is acceptable for Mr C though. Discus. Disc shaped thing, aptly named. We're good to go.
*rage*
You must really love the gymnastics. Floor = floor. Beam = a beam. Etc.
track and field is logical too.
i think high jump / long jump might be my favourite named sports.
Just wondering if we had high jump at school. I know we had long jump with that pesky sandpit thing.
Cannot be better than floor!
pole vault is a well named sport too, not sure about javelin, although apparently the stick thing they throw is called a javelin so i guess thats ok too.
just remembered "american football". as you were hammer.
approve.
the triple jump.... the jury is out. i guess there are three actions.
oooh. hop, skip and a jump surely would be more accurate?
did it used to be called that. not sure, sounds familiar.
rings is also a well named sport in gymnastics, as is the parallel bars., well thay are bars and they are parallel...
England and Scotland men currently both in a gymnastics rotation
Have tuned in.
the bike course event thing looks a hella lot of fun!
f1 crossover:
Men's trap final
Three-time Formula 1 champion Sir Jackie Stewart presents the medals at the Barry Buddon Sports Centre.
Good to see him being involved.
The swimmer with the father is on now. Father has signed loads of autographs in the stands.
Dan Wallace of Scotland came out for the same race in his kilt. Never seen that before
Chad got bronze and Dan got silver
is this live? we have women in the pool right now?
First comment was live. Second comment was delayed by me having my hands full while the race was happening
This is Dan Wallace's entrance. He is not exactly shy and retiring
https://twitter.com/Daily_Record/status/494197489793531904
ahh!
Long race going on now, they've been swimming for 7+ minutes already.
Swimming relay races now on BBC1. 4 X 100m
Fast and frantic. Speed sporting
Just like F1. 2 teams disqualified after the race
what they do?
Unsafe release :)
Always happens. Someone jumps in before the previous swimmer has touched the end of the pool.
:) :) :)
a few years back in the world championships,we had a winning relay team disqualified for jumping in the pool before the final team had completed the swim. its funny footage, they found out they were disqualified mid interview after the race, the german team behind misread the board and were jumping around as though they had won, but they only came second, such drama.....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqSJ5B9FML0
I remember that. Seemed very unfair
Ooh steeplechase.
i remember eilish's mum running. #ooooldman
Women's individual gymnastics final currently going on - ENG doing well after 1 piece of apparatus.
i've spotted a floor in their plan...
:)
Interesting name for it, floor, more like a large raised platform.
Can Maegan Chant?
♥
stage
better :)
1-2-3 for ENG!
She's so small!
Yup, used to watch her as well. They've just interviewed Liz on the Beeb highlights prog :)
I remember her mother before she was married and I remember her father running too.
that makes me feel much younger, cheers!
Her father is the same age as her mother more or less so you are not younger
I mean, look, I'm not a child, but there's a runner called Gavin Smellie!
Changeable conditions at the athletics track. It's raining!
Scotland had odd shoes on. Not having that.
Loving Paula on the coverage too, hadn't seen her until now.
wheelchair racers are on slicks in the wet. risky strategy call!
c'mon roy*
*other roy
Long jump officials tucked up under their ponchos.
Watching allll the diving this evening.
be honest, you're looking forward to thomas and his tiny trunks.
I'm convinced it takes them longer to say what the dive is than for them to actually do it.
Yes!
What?
She just did a countdown to the diving and started at nine. Who does that??
Maybe NASA should do that
Standng on a towel must increase the chance of slipping
They start the countdown at 9, there are only four pairs competing and they are only giving out 2 medals. This is getting odd
I am less keen on the diving all of a sudden!
All it needs is a flypast by 8 Red Arrows
Tom Daley not doing so well.
Looks a bit messy but I don't think they have had much time together
that one was amazini
Your welcome :)
Typical. The first one I miss
England were last the whole time, and you've missed the one dive that gets them a medal!
I guess if you are going to do a really good dive you do it on your most difficult dive
I think the BBC have only managed to find one man that knows about diving. He's commentated on every single diving session I've seen, and now they've dragged him in front of the camera as well.
Just saw the replay. That was a cracker
one week of training? that's it?
How can Tom Daley be the experienced one now? I feel so old.
Sport always does that to you. I remember when all the football players were so much older than me. Now half the managers seem to be younger than me. How did that happen?
bbc need a smooth scrolling mouse. terrible look at their website there.
enjoyed the 800m women's final. fab.
Usain Bolt about to run
Thanks, just caught him :)
Blinked and missed him.
He eased off for the last 30 yards
Bolt looks rather sinister when he looks straight down the camera.
Time for more diving!
Just watched Jo Pavey run a fab 5k to get bronze.
Matthew Dixon is a tiny child! Well, 14. Sports people are so young these days.
Diving?
I have running in the rain
Crikey that may be the best dive ever. And not just cos it's Tom Daley. No splash or anything. Apparently his next is not so good though.
Bbc three
Should he not be in bed by now?
Those inward dives scare me
:)
Their heads get close to the board sometimes. I worry about the handstands, how do they not fall in??
There must be times where they try to get up into a handstand and just fall in
Tom Daley is clearly better on his own than with a partner
It's weird to have a commentator that knows what he's talking about. Bang on with every mark. It's a wonder the judges even bother, they could just ask him!
One guy lands on his back then the kid delivers a great dive
That was a cracker
Diving from a towel has to be dangerous. Has to be more slippery
Love that textbook dive from Tom.
Great diving all round really.
It was as close to perfect as ou can get.
I am not at all sure that putting a towel down and diving from it makes things better
Is it just a confidence thing? I can't think of a good reason to do it. In some of the pairs, one had a towel and one didn't.
I assume they feel they get better grip or that they know there is no water between a hand/foot and the board. Doesn't seem like a good idea to me but I am not about to goa ll the way up there and investigate
That was another cracker from Daley
Amazing stuff!
Tom Daley wins by a country mile!
It must be a real pain being a pole vaulter. How do you get your pole to events? You can't take it on the bus
I am so not on board with pole vaulting. Weird and scary and dangerous!
Ten minute boltdown.
I can't imagine waking up one day and thinking I really want to do that
Is this the last day?
of athletics? Yes
Oh, not of everything? The BBC3 guy was making it all sound very final.
No. There is loads more on TV tomorrow
Cycling road races
Closing ceremony 9pm
loving the bbc's #boltdown
Tomorrow they have squash, badminton, netball and hockey
netball bronze match and the gold silver match.
Could they not have explained to the people presenting the quaichs that they are supposed to be given and accepted with both hands. That is kind of the whole point of them
Phew, one more day of super sorting then :)
Bolt looks like he hasn't a care in the world
Haha bolt dancing to 500 miles
Bolt doing the running man. *dies*
It just issn't fair. Bolt is way too fast
Love that.
Bolt *shakes fist*
Need to see a replay though. Bring on the replay!
He was a yard down at the start and made it up in about 5 steps
Love that Bolt dipped :)
Our third leg was fab.
Normally he is slowing down for the last 30 metres
Bolt doing a fabulous job of working the crowd
The diving is in Edinburgh??
Usain Bolt is overdoing the tartan
https://twitter.com/joannahoopy/status/495672228772859905
Eng in the netball bronze match now.
close game so far, could go either way.
Oh netball. Such bad memories!
It is mega close though.
is there a reason women play netball and men basketball? do men ever netball or vice-versa? seems like it should just be one game.
eng were just not quite good enough
Men's cycling road race on a very rainy course
Cor that is properly damp. They need extreme wets for this one.
highlight of the commonwealth games for me right now, the netball gold medal match between nz and aus. one of the biggest, closest rivalries, should be a cracking match.
also keeping an eye on the mens hockey gold medal match.
Trying to watch the cycling and netball currently. When does the hockey start?
hockey is on now.
#needmorescreens
Totally forgot about the pelican in the cycling.
There is women's basketball in USA. http://www.wnba.com/
I played netball once when the girl's team at school needed some opposition to practise against
Looks like the Aussies are controlling this one
there womens basketball all over the world, dont think men play netball though. ive seen mixed netball at social level, but not sure if men or even boys play it growing up, not sure why it looks a pretty fun game to play.
With the introduction of nz's big shooter, the comeback is on...
looks like they've instagram'ed the nuts out of the bike race coverage.
nope, that's just the weather in glasgow :)
50mph on the streets of Glasgow - wow! Lets hope the polo e haven't got a speedgun in operation today.
*police
Squash doubles is insane.
I like the visors. Like ice hockey without the helmet
i like that there's no back board.
No slam dunks either though
also true.
I know they widened it, but that's still too many people on a squash court.
There is a reason it is called squash. Mr C ould approve
HEEH!
Closing ceremony due to start soon
The pretend tents are a bit odd. Fake festival?
Lulu? Isn't this the point that Mr C appears?
Maybe Deacon Blue will be his headping tonight
Is that a fakestival or a fauxstival?
It's Glasgow so it's ********** fake
Tent dancing is odd
Wait, dancing tents?!
That is an awful lot of pipers
Tasmanian pipe band?
Tartan tie - interesting choice
It is the official Glasgow 2014 tie
Of course! - how could it not be? ;)
Pure dead brilliant was a catchphrase of a character in a Scottish sitcom in the 80s and for some reason it seems to have made a massive comeback in the last few years
Any Emile Sande yet?
Nope.
5 minutes of Lulu followed by 5 minutes of Deacon Blue then 3 minutes of Prides. Then a lot of talking
nooooooo! what song/s?
deacon blue obvs. assume lulu sang shout.
Dignity and something else
gaaaah. best song ever.
Did it badly. Looked like Ricky Ross was trying to kill the atmosphere. Talked it up a lot beforehand. I love that song but I was not impressed
ahhh, close escape then.
I am sure Kylie will deliver. Not sure who else is on
kylie!? omg. nobody move.
How could you not know that? She has been on twitter all day giving weather reports. She can't get that if you don't like the Scottish weather you wait ten minutes
i don't follow her. i ought to do that.
really haven't been paying attention. saved by the comments (again).
That's what you really created them for wasn't it, to source people to do your thinking for you ;)
heh! i didn't do nothing though. #blamelou
For once something wasn't my fault.
This is like a Gold Coast tourism ad. Did no one tell them they already got the gig?
"coming up shortly" - that's a bit harsh on Kylie!
These things aleays turn into tourist board films. All everyone at Hampden wants to do is party
:)
Queen does the opening ceremony and sends third son to do the closing ceremony??
deligation
KYLiEEE
Some fabulous humour on twitter about this ceremony from Scottish accounts. Most of it I wouldn't even retweet let alone share here
Now I see her! Some serious #sidepoddelay down my way! (But then I am streaming IndyCar at the same time)
Scottish country dancing to Kylie. Now that is a first
Definitely live (or at worst relive)!
♥
moooooooore.
chooooon
bought this on 7"
not that christine has a clue what that means.
Not sure why the dancers are doing American football training drills
Was that the Kylie version or the original?
kylie
how drunk was that woman in green
It's a party in Glasgow. Really drunk
heheh
costume change
You are well behind
look for stage invasion in green
Tonight, 2 streams seems to mean much lag!
it is on the telly.
Some kind of circular thing.
Is she going to finish off with this? No idea if anyone else is following her
Like a big black DVD that you were supposed to put a needle across
Mrs^ has control of the tv tonight ;)
ans she isnt watching kylie?...
...not her type *shrugs*
craziest thing i ever heard
They should have had the Proclaimers or something similarly upbeat that everyone knows the words to.
Ooo look Tom Daley. #verybehind
Why do pipers always have to go too far and stand in stupid places?
Pipers just seem to love heights. I think they must be part meerkat
Lulu can't sing Scottish any more
Now they are playing the tune no-one in Scotland knows the words to
Which one's that when I come to it?
Scotland the Brave
Everyone know the tune. No-one knows the words
watching replays of bolt doing his thing with the crowd. amazing guy.
my first commonwealth games.
loved it.
He was fabulous and he spent ages with the crowd. His build up to the final doing the running man and encouraging the crowd to sing 500 miles louder than they already were
Multi-sporting is the best!
I am surprised you haven't watched before. Next time we have time zone problems
he'd win christine's athletics rankings every year :)
highlights for me. no way am i getting up at 6am ;)
totally
cheers for the comments all.
What? Shocking
Or loads of late night / nocturnal sporting :D
Bye all. Loved sharing the Games with everyone
Sharing on here makes everything just that bit better :D
was your suggestion i think. great suggestion.
I don't remember. Could have been
I know that I mentioned it at some point... but I'll #blameSteven as well ;)
https://sidepodcast.com/event/world-cup-knockout-stages-2014-fifa-world-cup-brazil#comment-3217603
#blamewill
Guilty as charged. Thanks again for doing the work though :)
*hugs*
i must apologise, any one would think this country is bereft of artistic integrity. at the olympics the english dish out the arctic monkeys, brian may, (lets forget the spice girls) even the who and that bloke who played bass and wrote a few songs for that liverpool based 60s band some may have heard of got a gig. proper musicians, proper songwriters, proper talent. yet who do we dish up, some b grade pop idol contestant from one of those ridiculous 'talent' show rorts that no human should ever be forced to endure, and that talentless karaoke queen kylie..... geez we have alot of talented people here, alot of talanted musicians, songwriters and performers but sadly corporate australia will never get it. sorry about that, we are much better than that i promise......
great games in scotland, must say saved the commonwealth games to some extent after the abysmal showing in india,
best thing to ever come out of australia.
well, her and jim from neighbours probably tie for first place.
wow.... im lost for words......
and ive never watched neighbours so i cant say i know who that is......is it still on???
nooooooo. he's in 24 now. or lost or something equally cool in hollywood.
It is still on though. Anyone who's anyone has been in Home & Away or Neighbours.
true enough.
cant say i watch any of those shows now either, it really isnt my thing....
He was her father-in-law in Neighbours because he was Jason Donovan's father. Although Jason Donovan's real father was in the show playing someone else
those characters were a while ago, funnily they are still the only neighbours characters anyone really remembers... some of jason donovans finest work there, and im not talking on screen, the off screen scott and charlene story is where it was at....geez, kylie....well played mr donovan. most the nation wanted to, but he did, well played sir.
didn't know that.
also, the greatest 3 minutes in television ever: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKC7t8ps47s