Delhi 2010

The vibrant city of New Delhi, home to 14 million people, hosted the Commonwealth Games in October 2010. This was the first time India has hosted the Games and only the second time the event has been held in Asia (Kuala Lumpur in 1998 was the first).
 
Delhi is the capital city of India and is rich in culture and history. It stands on the western end of the Gangetic Plain and is bordered by the states of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana. There are two main districts of the city, Old Delhi the capital of Muslim India between the mid 17th and late 19th centuries with its historic sites, mosques and monuments and New Delhi, the imperial city created by the British Raj with its imposing government buildings and tree lined avenues.
 
The dates for the Games were 3 - 14 October 2010, inclusive of the Opening and Closing Ceremonies. Weather wise the city experiences an October mean temperature of a minimum 17.2 degrees centigrade and maximum 31.3 degrees centigrade with humidity ranging from 31 to 78% for the October and November months.
 
The Delhi Games Village was a low rise medium development on a 40 acre site in the heart of the capital which housed 6,500 athletes and officials. Existing and new stadia was used to house the following sports: Archery, Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby 7s, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling. In addition, 15 events were contested across 4 Para-Sports, for elite athletes with a disability, on the inclusive Sports Programme: Athletics, Swimming, Powerlifting and Table Tennis.
 
Delhi won the right to host the 2010 Games by defeating the Canadian city of Hamilton by 46 votes to 22 at the CGF General Assembly held in Montego Bay in November 2003. The Indian city of Pune hosted the 3rd Commonwealth Youth Games from 12 - 18 October 2008 and saw the following nine sports on the programme; Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Shooting, Swimming, Table Tennis, Tennis, Weightlifting and Wrestling.
 
 
The Isle of Man participated in six of these and entered a team of thirty competitors as shown below:  
 

Athletes:

ARCHERY
Sarah Rigby
Aalin George
Adrian Bruce
 
BADMINTON
Josh Green
Cristen Callow
Kim Clague
Matt Wilkinson
 
BOXING
Krystian Borucki
Dominic Winrow
 
CYCLING
Mark Cavendish
Mark Christian
Chris Whorrall
Andrew Roche
Graeme Hatcher
Tom Black
 
GYMNASTICS
Adam Hedges
Alex Hedges
Joe Smith
Mukunda Measuria
Olivia Curran
 
SHOOTING
Tim Kneale
Harry Creevy
David Moore
Jake Keeling
Dan Shacklock
Neil Parsons
Gemma Kermode
Steven Watterson
Clementine Kermode Clague
Lara Ward
 

Sports Team Managers:

ARCHERY - Peter Mumford
 
BADMINTON - Geoff Clague
 
BOXING - John Cain
 
CYCLING - Gary Hinds
Assistant - Mike Doyle  
 
GYMNASTICS - Haresh Measuria  
Assistant - Gennady Tsyganov
 
SHOOTING
Rifle - Peter Quirk
Clays - Phil Ward
 

Officials:

President - Juliet Holt
Vice President - John Knight
Chef de Mission - Tonia Lushington
General Team Manager - Trevor Taubman
Medical Team leader - Dr Frank Vaughan
Physiotherapists - Isla Scott & Ruth Cooil
Team Office - Danni Mottram

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