C'wealth 2018 Commonwealth Games - Gold Coast

[Matchu]

Exactly a week ago marked the 1000 day countdown to the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. It will be held 4-15 April 2018. 71 countries are expected to make the trip to the glitter strip. The 17 sports included in the programme include:

• Aquatics
• Athletics
• Badminton
• Basketball
• Boxing
• Cycling
• Gymnastics
• Hockey
• Lawn Bowls
• Netball
• Rugby Sevens
• Shooting
• Squash
• Table Tennis
• Triathlon
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

The Games will be televised live on Channel 7.

A total of 18 venues will be used during the games and they include:

Carrara Stadium (Home of the Suns)
Events: Opening & Closing Ceremony, Athletics
Capacity: 40,000

Robina Stadium (Home of the Titans)
Events: Rugby 7s
Capacity: 27,400

Gold Coast Aquatic Centre (Southport)
Events: Diving, Swimming
Capacity: 10,000

Coomera Sports and Leisure Centre
Events: Gymnastics, Netball
Capacity: 7,500

Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (Broadbeach)
Events: Basketball, Netball
Capacity: 5,269

Gold Coast Hockey Centre (Labrador)
Events: Hockey
Capacity: 5,000

Village Roadshow Studios (Oxenford)
Events: Boxing, Table Tennis
Capacity: 3,200

Broadbeach Bowls Club
Events: Bowls
Capacity: 2,500

Runaway Bay Sports Centre
Events: Squash
Capacity: 3,000

Carrara Indoor Stadium
Events: Weightlifting
Capacity: 2,500

Carrara Sports and Leisure Centre
Events: Badminton, Wrestling
Capacity: 2,500

Southport Broadwater Parklands
Events: Marathon, Racewalking, Triathlon
Capacity: 2,500

Currumbin Valley
Events: Road cycling
Capacity: Unknown

Nerang National Park
Events: Mountain Biking
Capacity: 2,000

Venues outside Gold Coast

Cairns Convention Centre
Events: Basketball (men)
Capacity: 5,300

Townsville Entertainment and Convention Centre
Events: Basketball (women)
Capacity: 5,257

Sleeman Sports Complex (Brisbane)
Events: Track cycling
Capacity: 4,000

Belmont Shooting Centre
Events: Shooting
Capacity: 3,000

So, are you interested? Will you watch? Will you attend? Which events are you most looking forward to watching?

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

If 7 win the 2017-21 footy TV rights it will be interesting to see how they use their 3 channels over the 4 April to 18 April period; I will probably go up and watch some athletics over a longish weekend and stay with my sister. Its about a 1.5km walk from her place to Robina Stadium so I probably will watch a morning session of Rugby Sevens if they are on the same weekend. Might end up going to a few other events with my good mate and his wife and 2 kids.

 

[Matchu]

If 7 win the 2017-21 footy TV rights it will be interesting to see how they use their 3 channels over the 4 April to 18 April period; I will probably go up and watch some athletics over a longish weekend and stay with my sister. Its about a 1.5km walk from her place to Robina Stadium so I probably will watch a morning session of Rugby Sevens if they are on the same weekend. Might end up going to a few other events with my good mate and his wife and 2 kids.

Generally, the Rugby Sevens is done over a weekend so I would guess 7th/8th (first weekend). The Athletics are usually held in the second week of the competition so that could tie in with your plans. If it's a long weekend then you could probably watch the Rugby Sevens on the Saturday/Sunday (7th/8th) and the first day of the Athletics on Monday (9th). The Athletics and Swimming events are always appealing in my book but I would be interested in attending the Table Tennis and Weightlifting as well.

Transport may be an issue considering the train/tram lines only service a limited number of venues which is disappointing. I guess they'll just rely on extra buses.

 

[tandino]

Exciting stuff.

The Melbourne games were a great experience, I'm certainly planning on going up to the Gold Coast for a few days.

 

[Matchu]

Exciting stuff.

The Melbourne games were a great experience, I'm certainly planning on going up to the Gold Coast for a few days.

Which events did attend in '06? Which events would you like to see on the Gold Coast?

 

[tandino]

Which events did attend in '06? Which events would you like to see on the Gold Coast?

Went to a day of Athletics and the Road Race on the last day. Looking back I should have really gone to more events.

This time round, see if I can squeeze in Netball and/or Basketball as well at Athletics, see how things pan out in regards to the schedule.

 

[Bomberboyokay]

Someone's probably looking forward to this.

 

[Redline]

I enjoy the Commonwealth Games, they are what they are.

The Athletics is good and I get to see some track cycling. The Netball will be good.

Watching on TV I just find there is to much focus on the swimming.