Melbourne and Delhi alliance for 2010 Commonwealth Games

Delhi,which is the host of Commonwealth Games 2010 signed an agreement on tuesday for strategic alliance with the past hosts of the event – Melbourne. Melbourne is a beautifully managed city, which hosted the last edition of the Commonwealth Games meticulously in 2006.
Lord Mayor of Melbourne John So and Chief Minister Shiela Dikshit signed the Delhi-Melbourne Strategic City Alliance programme, which will focus on sharing experiences in the preparations and management of the event. Speaking on this occasion, the chief minister described the agreement as the beginning of a friendship between two prominent cities. According to a Delhi government official the two cities will also promote development of sports, exchange of sporting knowledge, business relating to sports and tourism and cultural activities.Agreement provides for the establishment of a joint working group. The group, having equal representation from both the cities, will develop an action plan for promotion of sports, economic activities, sports medicine, and tourism between the two cities.
Exchange of information and expertise for hosting the Commonwealth Games will be the prime focus for the first three years of the Delhi-Melbourne Strategic City Alliance Programme.

Previous Host Cities for the Commonwealth Games

New Delhi is the proud host of 2010 CommonWealth Games .Below is the list of different places who has previously hosted the commonwealth games.

1. Year 1958 - Cardiff of Wales

2. Year 1962 - Perth of Australia

3. Year 1966 - Kingston of Jamaica

4. Year 1970 - Edinburgh of Scotland

5. Year 1974 - Christchurch of New Zealand

6. Year 1978 - Edmonton of Canada

7. Year 1982 - Brisbane of Australia

8. Year 1986 - Edinburgh of Scotland

9. Year 1990 - Auckland of New Zealand

10. Year 1994 - Victoria of Canada

11. Year 1998 - Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia

12. Year 2002 - Manchester of England

13. Year 2006 - Melbourne of Australia

The games that were played in the Commonwealth Games included Aquatics, Boxing, Diving, Swimming, Netball, Gymnastics, Synchronized swimming, Shooting, Basketball, Athletics, Field hockey, Squash, Table tennis, Power lifting, Badminton, Weightlifting, Rugby sevens, Rhythmic gymnastics, Cycling, Lawn bowls, Triathlon....

Traditions of the Opening Ceremony

In the starting a parade was carried out,which is commonly known as relay.From 1930 until 1950,a single flagbearer carrying the Union Flag,led the parade of Nations.

Actually until then the Great Britian was the most powerful nation of the Union and the flag was the symbol of its leading role

Since 1958, there has been a relay of athletes carrying a baton from Buckingham Palace to the Opening Ceremony.This baton has within it the Queen's Message of Greeting to the athletes. The baton's final bearer is usually a famous sporting personage of the host nation.

All other nations march in English alphabetical order, except that the first nation marching in the Parade of Athletes is the host nation of the previous games, and the host nation of the current games marches last.

Three national flags fly from the stadium on the poles that are used for medal ceremonies: Previous host nation, Current host nation, Next host nation.