Commonweath Games
 

Yeah, not that you tanks care.
But the Commonwealth games kicked off today, opening ceremony was last night. NZ is playing 7's in about 30mins.
Let's go NZ! :D

I'm trying to watch it in the UK but the timing is all screwed up. Just saw some swimming, it was only the heats so was pretty meh. Looking forward to the rest of it though.

WOOO LETS GO NZ OI OI OI

So other than Rugby, what are you hoping NZ will win medals in?

I am in melb and I dont give a shit about the games

Ok that's nice.

Cycling and Netball, and a few athletic events, thats about it.

netball

yeah, it's a chick sport.

It's like pass the parcel, with a ball.

Yeah we beat Sri Lanka 73-0 or something like that in the 7's just before.

Need a mercy rule like Baseball has.

It's 0-73, We're living in Australia, not England. How much did Gilchrist make?

I reckon the idea of the Comm games are the greatest thing ever. It's a fuckload easier to win gold medals when you tell America & China to fuck off & stay in their own country. Although the USA probably have their own "world games" involving countries like NY, Boston, Chicago, Washington, etc. Although not involving China means that the viewing audience is immediately halved, it means that we don't have to bother to hire translators (although it woulda helped even for those who spoke English, for the Opening ceremony.

That makes 2 of us.

In fact it makes about 95% of the fucken population here.

Commonwealth Games can fuck off and so can the wankers who parade around the place in their vollunteer uniforms thinking they're top shit.

When I see those cunts I think "yeah, well I have a job you stupid fuck"

They're just yuppy sheilas, ambitious bums or old cunts. Give me the shits regardless.

Ditto over here.

My old man went today to watch the 7's, but that's only cause he had a ticket to a corperate box in Telstra Dome.

So NZ Won it's first Gold Medal, in the Pool none the less. Good effort.

Australia has like 2353456345 medals already... Must be on steroids.

Rugby 7s Finals are today, Come on NZ!

Come on England. Damn those Aussies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/comm...le/default.stm

I remember when I posed as Wee Gooner he told me "If RBF saks you anything, just answer with Gilchrist". So I did, and that wasn't the answer. And our plan was foiled. :(

I wish I could find that 'Chopper does the Commonwealth games' thing, classic.

But anyway, anything you have to go cheer on your grandmother at isnt a sport.

I imagine Canada is dominating in all the sports that actually matter.

SORRY, CURLING IS NOT A PART OF THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES.

You have a wild imagination.

I'm surprised USA didn't win any medals in the Shooting event. They need to get some of their rappers down there.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/comm...ts/4783056.stm

Canada v NZ in a Medal Quarterfinal Match in 20mins, here's your chance!

24-0
At least you tried, Canada :(

the USA isn't part of the commonwealth games.

NZ Wins Gold in the rugby 7s.

SUCK IT ENGLAND.

Oh yeah, I just realised that.

WOOHOO!!!

We're gonna own track n field.

YES. Silver medal.

ENGLAND MEDAL WINNERS LIST SO FAR...
 

GOLD


Paul Manning, cycling, men's individual pursuit
Matthew Clay, swimming, men's 50m backstroke
Ross Davenport, swimming, men's 200m freestyle


SILVER


Victoria Pendleton, cycling, women's 500m time trial
Jason Queally, cycling, men's 1km time trial
Rob Hayles, cycling, men's 1km time trial
Liam Tancock, swimming, men's 50m backstroke
Simon Burnett, swimming, men's 200m freestyle
Rugby sevens
Women's team gymnastics (Shavahn Church, Imogen Cairns, Hannah Clowes, Becky Downie)


BRONZE


Mel Marshall, swimming, women's 200m freestyle
Stephen Cummings, cycling, men's individual pursuit
Men's team gymnastics (Ross Brewer, Ryan Bradley, Luke Folwell, Louis Smith, Kristian Thomas)
Mick Gault & Nick Baxter, shooting, men's 50m pistol pairs

I hate the way the media is pushing these games as some major once in a life time event when it is obivous as you said that 95% of melbournites dont give a fuck.


I did laugh when it was reported that a few days before the games the commonwealth games council went into crisis mode because there was still so many unsold tickets so they made thousands of brochures to advertise the fact.

yianni hates every sporting event that doesn't involve a bunch of fat wogs falling over their own feet to try & get a free kick.

The greatest thing about these games are that they chucked all the homeless people off the street so we don't get annoyed by stupid cunts going upto you going "Do you have a spare dollar? I need it for <s>drugs, beer, ciggarettes & hookers</s> food and shelter."

But they still have poor sob's going "Big Issue. $4." :nono:

ARHGFHGHG they shit you! Especially on the entrance to Parliament station on the Spring Street side. And there is this old lady who at that end of Collins Street tries selling you this other fucking magazine as well. FUCK OFF!

Our Big Issues are only $3.

Still, nobody buys them

There used to be this spastic bastard in a wheelchair selling them on the cnr Collins/Russell, it was fuckin hilarious because he'd have his head to one side with drool going down the side of his face going "Three dollars. C'mon, it's three dollars!" And he'd get pissed off coz nobody would buy them. :D

& there's this black dude who is always selling them on the tram down Brunswick st & in all the restaurants around the area, I'm always thinking "
just piss off you cunt" but I just avoid contact with him & don't even look at him. :D

If Australia ever leaves the Commonwealth (soon I hope) then the whole thing will just fall to shit because the Games will become even more of a shitkickers event.

Even though the US has nothing to do with these games, they still get mentioned because we are just that amazing.

SHAKE THEM HATERS OFF

You don't leave the commonwealth.

What are you talking about. How does one change their heritage?

ROFL, get your head out of your ass.

You know, here's another great example in regards to my disdain for Canadian sports stations. None of this stuff is being shown on our TV. Now I'll admit, most of it would most liekly not interest me, but it's not about me, per say. It should be available to Canadian viewrs. Here is Canada with (at the moment) 29 medals and woopie, no coverage of it.

At least commenwealth games are good for something.

Without them I would never know how hot Libby Lenton really is.

I'm really disappointed to hear that.
It's not like the rights would be overly expensive, and how many chanels have you got over there!
It's free to air on Channel 1 in New Zealand, only taking a break for the 6:00 news.
It's amazing how much you'd actually watch if it was on though. I've even been watching some of the shitty sports, just to cheer on my country.

Yeah and sometimes you dont even have to see your own country, its a bit of a itme killer and can be really entertaining.

Shit I spent like three hours the other day watching a triathlon for fucks sake.

Also Gymnastics is the shit...

Well regardless of where our respective heads are located, my head (and the rest of America's) is busy making a global impact the likes of which have never been seen before and you guys are really good at rugby.

I'M A HUSTLER HOMEY. YOU A CUSTOMER CRONY.

We had a vote a few years ago to become a monarchy, and unfortunately alot of people voted against it. Now it won't happen for another 50 years or so. :(

Never heard mention of the yanks on the tv once.

Over here we have the opposite, we have Commonwealth overkill. 1 free-to-air channel has it on all day & night, and on Pay TV there was an option to pay for 8 extra channels just devoted to the games for the 11 days or so.

I never said the word tv once. I was referring to this:


Jealousy isn't a good quality although I can hardly say I blame you. I mean look at us and look at you. Do something important once and then we'll talk.


CAUSE WHEN YOU ON TOP EVERYTHING'S OK
BUT WHEN YOU BROKE YOU GET NO PLAY

By that theory then Europians, Asians & Abos would be far more superior to America coz I talk about those countries much more than them.

Now go fuck off & play a world cup against yourself, because the rest of the world either a) doesn't care about America, b) spends their lives laughing at America, or c) wants to bomb America.

that would explain why we are the most influential nation in the history of the world

Hiding your disdain for your country's mediocrity by trying to mock our superiority isn't going to make you crawl out of your pit of humdrum existence.


WE BRING KNIFES TO FIST FIGHTS, KILL YOUR DRAMA
WE KILL YOU MOTHER FUCKING ANTS WITH A SLEDGEHAMMER

It must be the Frogs.

But that's really unbelievable - I suppose because I grew up in NZ and Oz you always heard about the crappy games and they are always on the TV. Helen ordered the 8 extra channels so I watch all sorts of shit. The 7's, boxing and weight lifting is the shizzle. You can shove all that splashing about in the pool up your arse tho.

ALSO someone tell me WHAT THE FUCKING HELL IS INDIVDUAL SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING!!!!!!!!!!! - someone really needs to fucking die over adding that shit as a "sport"

Didn't I say "fuck off"?

You too, Supreme. :mad: :mad:

Most of that's on channel 9 anyways.

lol at individual synchronised swimming. :lol: :lol:

:lol:

Pretty sure it's synchronised with the music, champ :D

The commentaters on channel 9 are fuckheads. Who is that cunt who screams himself horse everytime a fucking Aussie wins a fucking race.

Schronised swimming is called sychronised because they all do their little splashing about together, not because it's set to fucking music.

Also you can sychronise it with what ever you want, but some tart with a silly look on her face treading water waving her arms about IS NOT A FUCKING SPORT!!!!

you are just jealous because Canada dominates syncro swimming.

lol Then why did you bring up America while talking about these games? America has nothing to do with the Commonwealth games...probably because they suck

stfu stima, this is not football, you are out of your depth.

haha I enjoy most sports. These games probably don't even suck, I just felt like being a dickbag. Unlike a lot of other posters here, I think its stupid to shit talk about another sport just because you don't find it interesting.

Yeah, I was just being a cock for the hell of it as well :D

But I'm sure we all agree single eynchronised swimming is stupid because it's stupid, not because we're not interested in it.

We'd still compete in the games :o.

Neither does China, Big Issue Salesmen, Wogs, spastic people, black people (except those competing), countries that want to bomb America, Canada or Chopper Read, but all of these aspects have been brought up coz 1/2 of it is just random shit.

Now stop being selective and go back to thinking that we're all jealous of you guys.

Going to see the cycling on Thursday, should be good. Tickets were free, but it's up in the middle of nowhere, so that sucks.

All I want is for there to be a Sri Lankan cyclist so I can "no-ball" the cunt. :D

You guys were lucky sarah ulmer pulled out of the female cycling :mad:

Northcote? Darebin? :D

They were gonna have them at the Northcote velodrome, but the venue was already booked at night by a bunch of kids in VCE for drinking beers & smoking bongs. :(

& Northcote is inner city, you dumbfuck.

No fucking shit you wanker. Northcote is actually not a bad area. It has its reputation though

Yeah, and Athens, Greece doesn't. :roll: :roll:

What the fuck does Greece have to do with anything you tosspot?

nothing. Case Closed wogboy and yobbo :D

I heard on the radio Canada won a bunch of men's gymnastic medals. Is that cool?

Cool enough, unless they are package stuffing... that's not cool.

You live in Athens. :roll:

Speaking of Greece, why the fuck aren't they over here? Did the boat sink on the way over?

LOL @ this article. It's fucking typical.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=92411
Fears missing Games athletes have defected
Wednesday Mar 22 10:10 AEDT
Two Commonwealth Games athletes remain missing two nights after they disappeared from the athletes' village on Monday.

Victorian police confirmed they were still searching for the pair - Tanzanian boxer Omari Idd Kimweri and Bangladesh 400-metre runner Mohammad Tawhidul Islam.

Police say the athletes speak little English and neither has friends or family in Melbourne.

Police say Kimweri was last seen in his bed at the athletes' village in inner suburban Parkville at 7am (AEDT) on Monday.




His room was not slept in Monday night and no possessions were missing, other than the athlete's money, passport and a plane ticket.

Islam was reported missing by the Bangladesh team after he failed to sleep in his bed on Monday night.

The sprinter was last seen at 6.30pm (AEDT) on Monday in the village dining hall.

Islam told teammates he wanted to watch the men's 100-metre sprint final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground but it is unknown if he attended the event.

Tanzanian team spokesman Henry Ramdhani told Fairfax newspapers he did not know if Kimweri was trying to defect to Australia.

"I don't know, all I know is what I told the police, which is that he is missing," he said.

Some nations had confiscated athletes' passports, but the Tanzanians retained their travel documents, Mr Ramdhani said.

"Everybody has his passport and his plane ticket, you cannot take anybody's passport, it is against human (rights)," he said.

In a bid to prevent athletes defecting, Bangladesh officials ordered athletes to sign up a guarantor before they were allowed to travel to Melbourne, Bangladesh Olympic Association chief executive Wali Ullah told The Age.

Four athletes overstayed visas at the 2002 Manchester Games, he said.

"Their family or guardian has to give an undertaking that 'my son will not run away or make any scene that will disgrace the nation'," he said.

Tanzanian and Bangladeshi officials could not be contacted by AAP.

Meanwhile, the department of immigration said it will not investigate the disappearances.

A department spokesman told ABC radio, the athletes' visas were valid for a month and it would not investigate while the men remained lawfully in Australia.

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Good fucking luck trying to chase a sprinter & a boxer who will do anything to escape going home. One of them will out-run you like a little bitch (see: Ben Cousins vs WA booze bus) and the other will bash the fuck out of you if you try & arrest him.

Become a Republic.

Unfortunately when we had the vote to become a Republic the fuckheads put up a shithouse system that cunts wouldn't vote for. I would love for us to become a Republic but not under a system where we vote for politicians and THEY vote for the Presidency. What a load of arse - this is a democracy and I want to vote for the figurative head of the country and the head of the executive (if they're to be different people).

But anyway.... Commonwealth Games.... getting sick of hearing our anthem. Not that I don't mind it, it's just played on repeat at most sports. At least they don't have to change the flags around too much when raising them at the ceremonies.

I wanna see a medla tally by state & see how that lines up against the rest of the world.

:| :roll: :roll:

Cos nobody gives a flying fuck about these stupid fucken games.

They're coming here May 25th

It doesn't matter if you become a Republic, you'd still be part of 'the commonwealth'. Now if the Japs invade and take over Australia, then perhaps you'd loose the commonwealth standing.

Look at India and Pakistan, they are still part of 'the commonwealth' doesn't matter that one is a Muslim Country and the other is a Hindu country. Doesn't matter that the Indians kicked out the Brits or that the Pakistanis are governed by a military leader that came to power in a coup.

Ok, went to the Cross-Country (it wasn't even cross suburbs, let alone cross the bloody country) mountain bike riding, and I have a few notes to make:

1. The fucking Canadians cleaned up everything :mad: In the men's, the Aussie Bloke was in front the whole way, but he hit a tree or something & didn't finish the race, so I heard.

2. The walk from the carpark to the venue seemed as far the fucking bike race. If weightlifting while bushwalking was a Commonwealth sport then I'd have a gold medal around my neck, as the esky was fuckin heavy (especially in the heat)

3. I have no idea how the Kenyans got their bikes, but it definately wasn't theirs. Some of them didn't even know how to change gears! Some of them were riding on a flat piece of land on first gear, and they were doing about 4 revolutions on the pedal & only going 5 metres! This paragraph has too many exclamation marks.

4. This bloke from Guernsey had a flat tyre on 1 seperate occasions, same spot, same wheel. He just took the wheel off, put a new tube in, pumped it up & kept going.

5. Fucking hell, my legs are sore.

:nono: @ you going

Just because I am physically able to get off my arse and away from the couch, you fat cunt.

+ they were free tickets. :D

I get off the couch...to go to the fridge. :D

Im scared. I find myself agreeing to everything Yianni is saying in this thread regarding these shitty games.

By fuckheads Rob means John Howard and the Libs - I had to vote no for the rebublic model as it was at the last referendum, even though I want Australia to be a rebuplic and have an Australian head of state. But little Johnny made sure his little Queenie would continue to rule over us as long as he is in power. Cunt!

Back to the games, I love how the media has done a total backflp on Yarna Drama now that she actually won the fucking race. Christ I wanted her to fall on her bloody face :mad:

Yeah, bloody hell. Now it looks like she's going to stay in Australia. :(

Oh well, in 2 months time they'll be back to giving her the shits, no doubt about that.

It just sums it all up really. Absolute farce. http://www.smfcboard.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif http://www.smfcboard.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif http://www.smfcboard.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif http://www.smfcboard.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif http://www.smfcboard.com/images/smiles/icon_redface.gif

Pity the media won't do a backflip for state soccer in Victoria. :love: :love:

They can remain silent for all I care. No matter what they do to try kill us off they never do. :love: :love: :love:

Regardless, you'll see us on TV in a few years when we're back in the top flight :D :rofl:

are the games over?

what are the standings?

post them!!!!11

I think today is the last day Scot.

Men's field hockey? What the fuck

It's hockey on a field, played by men.

Thus, the name.

Men's field hockey.