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The launch of Team Scotland’s Birmingham 2022 campaign brings with it the first chance to see our Games-specific logo for next year. Alison Brown, Account Director and Co-Founder of Loop Design Agency, talks us through the process and inspiration.

“We are so excited that the 2022 Games are in Birmingham as there are so many synergies between Birmingham and Scotland across many interesting and visual areas.

“Birmingham has been described as the city of a thousand trades and has a strong history in manufacturing. From this history emerged a renowned culture of art and design – particularly its fields of metalwork, typography, sculpture, printmaking, photography and stained glass.

“Similarly in Scotland there is a thriving  arts and crafts industry that produces a fantastic range of authentic products created using traditional methods from textiles to glassblowing and jewellery to pottery. These synergies and common themes have strongly influenced and shaped our design concepts.

“Bringing this love of manufacturing, art and design together we created three themed concepts, taking inspiration from the wonderful blends, tones and colours of stained glass, manufacturing and jewellery, and considered alongside the existing Team Scotland brand elements.

“From here we worked with the team at Commonwealth Games Scotland to refine the preferred design concept, themed around industrial revolution leaders and Birmingham’s strong manufacturing roots.

“The city is well-renowned as the world’s first manufacturing town and a leading city in the UK’s industrial revolution. Two influential figures in this innovative period in Birmingham were Scots – James Watt and William Murdoch.

“Using manufacturing and heavy industrial angles, we have selected moving patterns as core concept themes, with a strong emphasis on innovation, energy and movement. These themes accentuate the linkages between Birmingham and Scotland, and the Scottish innovators with their industrial influences.

“We look forward to developing the Games-specific look and feel further through the delivery of a range of physical and digital assets, from branding around Scotland House and the athlete villages in Birmingham to social graphics and physical literature.

“You can sense the excitement building as we move closer and closer to the Games, and we’re delighted to play our part in supporting Team Scotland!”

Loop are an award-winning design agency with over 20 years’ experience in branding, graphic design, web design and digital marketing. To learn more, click HERE.

He was synonymous with Glasgow 2014 and was part of Team Scotland for Gold Coast 2018 – now Clyde is back as our official mascot for Birmingham 2022!

Clyde will lead a large travelling contingent descending on the West Midlands next summer in support of Team Scotland, where he’ll be hosted by Perry, the official mascot of Birmingham 2022.

You’ll see more of Clyde in the coming months as we countdown to next summer.

Clyde’s Story

Clyde’s story begins with Captain Bristle’s voyage around the nations and territories of the Commonwealth on the HMS Shipshape. To remind him of home, Captain Bristle took a pot of thistles with him on the journey, planting some in the countries that he visited.

On his return home to Scotland he had just one thistle remaining in his Captain’s trunk. Captain Bristle knew that this must be a very special thistle and, naming the thistle Clyde, he planted it carefully in his front garden. Clyde grew and grew, eventually coming to life and realising his destiny was to spread the message of the Commonwealth Games.

Clyde was a huge success, welcoming people from all over the world to his home City of Glasgow and telling everyone all about the Commonwealth Games.

 

After working so hard at Glasgow 2014, Clyde took a well-deserved rest before revealing his new job as the official Team Scotland mascot in time for the last Games in Gold Coast. Join Clyde in supporting Team Scotland all the way to Birmingham 2022 as the nation’s athletes aim for selection and doing the country proud next summer.

With just over 300 days until the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games open, a specially created Queen’s Baton has been revealed, which is set to embark on a 294-day Relay across the Commonwealth, arriving in Scotland in June 2022.

Crafted by designers and technologists from the West Midlands in a unique collaboration that fuses science, technology, engineering and art, the Baton design champions the individuality in humanity and celebrates bringing people together.

Featuring a 360-degree camera, heartrate sensor, interactive LED lighting and atmospheric sensors to evaluate environmental conditions as it travels along its route, the Baton combines cutting edge technology with a design based on accessible materials like copper, aluminium and brass, cast in Birmingham’s historic Jewellery Quarter.

Lining the length of the curved shape and woven throughout the Baton is a platinum strand, paying homage to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in her Platinum Jubilee year.

On 7 October 2021, at a special event at Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty The Queen will place her message to the Commonwealth into the Baton, signifying the start of the Relay through the 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth. The Baton will inspire people of the Commonwealth to come together and host moments of celebration ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay will visit all 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth yet will travel almost half the distance of the previous Gold Coast Queen’s Baton Relay in a bid to reduce the carbon footprint.

The full route can be found here: https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/route/

Martin Green, Chief Creative Officer at Birmingham 2022, said: “The Queen’s Baton Relay is a special tradition for the Games and a fantastic opportunity to connect the Commonwealth as we countdown to Birmingham 2022. Unveiling the Baton and its international journey is an exciting milestone for us, as we’re just days away from the official launch of the Relay.

“The Baton is the stunning result of art, traditional craftmanship and innovative technology, all designed and made right here in the West Midlands, and I can’t wait to see it embark on its epic journey where thousands of Batonbearers will interact with it. It will be visiting some wonderful places before arriving back here in Birmingham for the Opening Ceremony on 28 July 2022.”

The Baton will travel through Scotland from 17-23 June 2022, with plans already underway for an exciting programme of events and a chance for supporters to get behind Team Scotland in the lead up to the Games. More details will be announced in due course.

Jon Doig, Chief Executive at Commonwealth Games Scotland said: “The Queen’s Baton Relay is an important part of the journey for each Commonwealth Games and gives an important signal to athletes that the Games are within touching distance, spurring them on in their quest for selection.

“The Baton arriving in Scotland in June 2022 marks a fantastic opportunity for our local communities, schools and athletes to engage with the Games and we’re looking forward with great anticipation and excitement to welcoming it here in the final build up to the opening ceremony.”

Catch up with the best of Scottish sport – from Edinburgh and Inverness to Canada and Bosnia, it was a weekend packed full of action.

Beach Volleyball

Scotland’s Beach Volleyball stars were in action over the weekend as Portobello Beach in Edinburgh played host to the Commonwealth Games European Qualifier. Both the men’s team of Graham Riddle and Jamie McHardy and the women’s team of Lynne Beattie and Melissa Coutts played superbly during the event to make their respective finals on Sunday, both teams facing Cyprus.

The women were up first and, despite a spirited effort, Beattie and Coutts had to concede victory to the Cypriots 21-13 21-15, the 2-0 match score a repeat of their pool match earlier in the tournament.

In the men’s final Riddle and McHardy took the first game 21-15 but Cyprus put the match back on even footing, taking the second game 18-21. There was little to choose between the sides early in the third and deciding game until Cyprus made the first break, racking up a commanding 11-7 lead. Scotland then staged a comeback, bringing the deficit back to just one point at 12-11 but the Cypriots were able to hang on taking the game 15-12 and the match 2-1.

Boxing

Luke Bibby with silver and Robbie McKechnie with bronze were the pick of the Scottish results at the International Mustafa Hajrulahovic Talijan Tournament in Bosnia, as Scotland’s elite boxers continue their journey towards Birmingham 2022. Bibby had a superb points-win over Drilon Arifi from Kosovo in the semi-finals, but had to be content with silver after a head clash in the closing stages of that victory ruled him out of the final.

Robbie McKechnie earned his place in the semi-finals with a unanimous win over Richard Kovach of Hungary and put on a good display against Hamraoui Lounes from France. But it was the Frenchman who emerged as the winner by points and McKechnie took bronze. Stephen Newns also progressed into the latter stages of the tournament and looked on course for the semi-finals and a place on the podium, but the doctor calling a halt due to a bleeding nose put an end to his quarter-final bout.

Rugby

Scotland’s women kept their Rugby World Cup dream alive with a stunning comeback to win 20-18 over Ireland in their final match of the European Qualifier on Saturday. Trailing 18-13 in the closing stages, a try from Chloe Rollie levelled the scores before Sarah Law showed nerves of steel to make the conversion and seal the win for Scotland. The result means that Scotland finish second in the table and progress to the Repechage Tournament, the winner of which will take the final place in New Zealand next year.

The was also Scottish involvement at the Edmonton 7s with Shona Campbell part of GB’s back-to-back victories in the women’s World Series and no fewer than five Scots featuring as the men’s side followed bronze in Vancouver with silver this time around, Robbie Fergusson opening the scoring in the final against South Africa. GB women went undefeated and finished with a decisive 22-5 win over USA in the final, while the men secured their final place with wins over USA and Canada in the quarter and semi-finals but had to settle for silver as South Africa took the final 24-12.

Squash

A sensational performance by 20 year old Georgia Adderley, dispatching top seed and world No. 31 Julianne Courtice to make the semi-finals, was the home highlight of The Scottish Squash Open in Inverness. Adderley’s brilliant run through the tournament was only ended in the semi-finals by eventual winner Gina Kennedy, who had also put out Scotland’s Alison Thomson in the previous round. Kennedy took victory over Grace Gear in an all-English final, while top seed Sebastien Bonmalais of France took the win in the men’s final for his third PSA title of the year.

Hockey

Scotland women faced Wales in a two-match series at Auchenhowie in their first international outing since the EuroHockey Championships in June. Wales took the honours on the opening day, winning 3-1, but Scotland rallied to a much-improved performance in the second match, taking the victory 2-1. Fiona Burnet and Georgia Jones were on the scoresheet in what will be a welcome boost to the squad’s preparations for next month’s FIH World Cup Qualifying Tournament in Pisa.

Athletics

Olympians Eilish McColgan and Andy Butchart put in fantastic performances at the Great Manchester Run 10k. McColgan took victory in the women’s race in a speedy 30:52 that took her to third in the British all-time list with only her mum/coach Liz and Paula Radcliffe having run faster for 10k on the roads.
Butchart was second to Marc Scott with his 28:05 improving his personal best and taking him to second place on the Scottish all-time men’s list for 10k on the road behind Callum Hawkins’ 28:02 in Valencia last year.

Laura Muir has revealed her ambition to win gold for Team Scotland at next year’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, in what will be a packed summer of sport.

The Olympic 1500m silver medallist was speaking during a special visit to the Alexander Stadium to see the progress being made on the redevelopment of the venue ahead of the Games. With her last Commonwealth Games outing for Team Scotland at Glasgow 2014, she is eager to pull on the Scottish vest once more and try to add another global medal to her spectacular silver in Tokyo.

She’s especially keen to do so in a city which has already been a setting for her success on the world stage.

“I would absolutely love to compete at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games,” she said. “It provides me with another opportunity to represent Scotland and it will mean coming back to compete in a city where I was fortunate enough to have won silver and bronze medals at the World Indoor Championships at Arena Birmingham three years ago. I’d love to win gold for Scotland next summer.”

Commenting on the redevelopment of the Alexander Stadium since she last competed there, Laura added: “I can’t believe this is the same stadium! The transformation is amazing, and it is fantastic that we now have this incredible revamped athletics facility in Birmingham. I can’t wait to compete here and to be able to do that in front of a huge crowd, packed with British fans will make this Games a very, very special occasion.”

With fellow Tokyo medallist Josh Kerr having also voiced his Birmingham 2022 ambitions, Team Scotland could have a star-studded line-up on the track next summer.

Tickets for the Games start at £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults, with the application process open until 30 September. To apply for tickets, go to birmingham2022.com to create a ticket account and follow the ballot process.

Team Scotland fans are urged to grab their chance to experience all the action and thrills of Birmingham 2022 first-hand with the national ticket ballot now open until 30 September.

Next summer will see 4,500 athletes from 71 nations and territories of the Commonwealth compete for gold and glory in Birmingham, with something for everyone across 19 sports and 11 days of competition. Tickets start from £15 for adults and £8 for under 16s.

Basketball 3×3, Wheelchair Basketball and Women’s T20 Cricket all make their Games debut, while Birmingham also sees a return for Judo – Team Scotland’s most successful sport at Glasgow 2014.

As the ticketing process is a ballot, it makes no difference whether fans apply on the first day, last day or in between, but all applications must be received by 8pm on 30 September.

Apply for tickets now to ensure that the venues are filled with Saltire flags and cheering Scots, helping Team Scotland make a Games so close to home count. The nation’s athletes are training hard with the aim of being selected and doing the country proud  – your support will make all the difference!

Apply for B2022 Tickets

B2022 Tickets – Quick Guide

  • The ticket ballot is open from 8 September until 30 September
  • Tickets start at £8 for under 16s and £15 for adults but there are several different price categories. More than 1 million tickets are priced at £22 or below.
  • You can apply for tickets for all of the 286 sessions of sport and also for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies
  • You will find out in October if you have been successful in securing tickets
  • You can find all the information about tickets at birmingham2022.com
  • The competition schedule for all of the 19 sports and eight para sports is on the B2022 website, plus information about the 14 venues, so you can plan your Games

Our Beach Volleyball stars have the opportunity to secure a place at Birmingham 2022 this weekend when Portobello plays host to the Commonwealth Games European Qualifier.

The winners of the event will secure their nation’s spot for the Games, with the only other avenue open to our athletes being via their world rankings.

Which countries are taking part?

The European Qualifiers will include Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, Gibraltar and Cyprus. As host nation for the Commonwealth Games, England have guaranteed places.

Who is representing Scotland?

The woman’s pairing has been confirmed as Lynne Beattie and Melissa Coutts, who competed for Team Scotland when Beach Volleyball made its Commonwealth Games debut at Gold Coast 2018.

In the men’s event Graham Riddle has been selected alongside Jamie McHardy. Riddle was also part of Team Scotland at the last Commonwealth Games, in the role of Men’s Head Coach.

Where and when?

The action takes place at Portobello Beach, Edinburgh. The competition starts on Friday afternoon, with teams competing in pool play across the first two days before finals day on Sunday. Entry is free, with spectator seating available.

Is the event being streamed?

If you can’t make it down to Portobello the action will be streamed across Scottish Volleyball channels and BBC Scotland online.

I’d like to volunteer

If you are interested in helping out please get in touch with the Special Events team at events@scottishvolleyball.org.

An opportunity has arisen within Team Scotland for a volunteer position as Sport Team Manager for Beach Volleyball.

The 2022 Games will be held in Birmingham, England from 28 July until 8 August 2022 and CGS with the Scottish Volleyball Association are seeking to appoint an appropriately skilled person for the volunteer position of Team Manager: Beach Volleyball.

This role requires a commitment for attendance at Team Scotland camps and meetings. The role description can be found within the recruitment pack on our current vacancies page.

Applicants are asked to submit a letter of application providing details of relevant experience in either work or voluntary positions; personal skills and qualities; and explain how you meet the requirements within the role description and person type section.

A packed weekend of sport with Scots in action across some truly iconic venues – 5th Avenue New York to the Pyramids of Giza. Catch up with all the action in our round up:

Athletics

Jemma Reekie and Jake Wightman made it a Scottish double at the 5th Avenue Mile in New York, Reekie winning the women’s race in 4:21.6 before Wightman quickly followed with victory in the men’s race in 3:49.6.

Eilish McColgan had a brilliant half-marathon debut as she finished second to Kenya’s Hellen Obiri at the Great North Run. Her time of 67.48 is the third fastest ever recorded by a British woman with only her mother Liz, three times a winner of this race in the 1990s, and Paula Radcliffe having gone quicker.

Adam Thomas put himself third on the Scottish all-time list for 100m with a 10.18 run at Newham, shaving four hundredths of a second off the personal best he set at last month’s Welsh Championships. He was just seven hundredths off Allan Wells’ Scottish record and puts himself in the running for a place at next year’s Birmingham Commonwealth Games with his second time below the 10.23 standard.

Tennis

Gordon Reid lifted the US Open title with Men’s Wheelchair Doubles partner Alfie Hewett, beating Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez and Japan’s Shingo Kunieda 6-2 6-1 to become the first wheelchair doubles pair ever to complete the Grand Slam (Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open) in the same year. It is their eighth successive Grand Slam title together and 13th overall.

The Men’s Doubles title eluded Jamie Murray though as he and partner Bruno Soares lost out to Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram in the final after taking the first set 6-3.

Lawn Bowls

Scotland’s men took top spot and the women second place behind England at the Home Nations International at the National Centre for Bowling, Ayr. Two teams were fielded in both men’s and women’s events – Scotland Alloway and Scotland Culzean – and it was Alloway who lead the way for the Scots in both, the Culzean sides placing sixth in the men’s and fourth in the women’s competition.

These results followed a strong showing by Scotland last weekend at the Para-Bowls Home Nations and, with these Home Nations events being the last competitive international games before the final team selection for Birmingham 2022, will give the selectors valuable information in their decision making.

Swimming

Duncan Scott became the first British man to break the 52 second barrier in the 100m Individual Medley at the International Swimming League in Italy, his 51.92 swim a new British and Scottish record for the distance.

Also in record form was Katie Shanahan who erased a Scottish record that had been on the books since before she was born. Her 1:00.46 swim, also in the 100m IM, bettered Alison Sheppard’s mark set 18 years ago.

Cycling

Anna Shackley took overall victory at Ireland’s international stage race Rás na mBan in Kilkenny, finishing five seconds clear of GB teammate Abi Smith over the six-stage, five-day race.

The trails of Cannock Chase, set to host the Mountain Bike events at Birmingham 2022 next year, was the venue for the British Mountain Bike Series where Anna Flynn and Joanne Thom finished 2nd and 3rd to make it a two Scots on the podium.

Squash

Lisa Aitken was in great form at the Egyptian Open, powering through to the last 16 where she faced third seed Camille Serme in the iconic setting of an all-glass court in front of the Pyramids of Giza. Aitken brought her best play, taking the opening game 11-9 and going 5-1 up in the second, but the Frenchwoman would eventually prevail, winning that game 7-11, followed by the next two, to take the match and a place in the quarter-finals.

Greg Lobban was also in action, beating Spain’s Bernat Jaume 3-0 in round one. He faced Egypt’s Karim El Hammamy in round two in an epic battle lasting 77 minutes. Unfortunately for Lobban it was El Hammamy who edged ahead to take the win.

Meanwhile Alan Clyne was in PSA World Tour action at the Marietta Open in the USA, making the semi-finals before losing out 3-1 to Egypt’s Aly Abou Eleinen.

As the Tokyo Paralympic Games came to a close this weekend, the Scots on Paralympics GB were celebrating 21 medals and a host of record and personal best performances in a truly inspiring display after a pandemic-hit preparation.

The Scottish tally tops the 17 medals won at Rio 2016 and is the best since Sydney 2000, as Paralympics GB finished second in the medal table behind China with 124 medals.

There were many first-time medallists including a spectacular gold from Owen Miller in the T20 1500m, while for Scotland’s other gold medallist, Neil Fachie, his win with pilot Matt Rotherham in the Men’s B Time Trial added to his gold and silver from London 2012 and silver from Rio 2016.

Maria Lyle, Sammi Kinghorn, Micky Yule and Toni Shaw all stepped up from competing for Team Scotland at Gold Coast 2018 to win their first Paralympic medals, while Glasgow 2014 medallists Libby Clegg and Aileen McGlynn collected their fifth and seventh Paralympic medals respectively as both won silver in Tokyo.

Gordon Reid collected the final medal for the Scots on Paralympics GB with Wheelchair Tennis Singles bronze to go with his Doubles silver, before the curtain came down on a successful Games.

With under a year to go until the Commonwealth Games we look forward to seeing many of these athletes in action in Birmingham next year.

Scottish Medallists for Paralympics GB:

GOLD

Neil Fachie (pilot Matt Rotherham) Cycling Men’s B Time Trial

Owen Miller Athletics Men’s T20 1500m

SILVER

Aileen McGlynn (pilot Helen Scott) Cycling Women’s B Time Trial

Fin Graham Cycling Men’s C3 3,000m Individual Pursuit / Men’s C1-3 Road Race

Lewis Stewart (pilot to James Ball) Cycling Men’s B Time Trial

Sammi Kinghorn Athletics Women’s T53 400m

Libby Clegg Athletics 4x100m Universal Relay

Stephen Clegg Swimming Men’s S12 100m Butterfly

Jenny Holl (pilot to Sophie Unwin) Cycling Women’s B Road Race

Gordon Reid (with Alfie Hewett) Wheelchair Tennis Men’s Doubles

BRONZE

Toni Shaw Swimming Women’s S9 400m Freestyle

Maria Lyle Athletics Women’s T35 100m / Women’s T35 200m

Stephen Clegg Swimming Men’s S12 100m Backstroke / Men’s S12 100m Freestyle

Jenny Holl (pilot to Sophie Unwin) Cycling Women’s B 3000m Individual Pursuit

Micky Yule Powerlifting Men’s Under 72kg

Scott Quin Swimming SB14 100m Breaststroke

Sammi Kinghorn Athletics Women’s T53 100m

Gordon Reid Wheelchair Tennis Men’s Singles

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