World-class cricket is headed to Australia’s Gold Coast for the first time later this year with upgrades to Metricon Stadium making it Queensland’s newest home for first-class cricket. Read more
World-class cricket is headed to Australia’s Gold Coast for the first time later this year with upgrades to Metricon Stadium making it Queensland’s newest home for first-class cricket. Read more
All Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games competition venues are ready for Games action with the completion of the A$16.5 million Gold Coast Hockey Centre. Read more
Cisco Australia has announced that it’s set to turn on the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games 2018 through its highly secure and intelligent network, connecting across 1,900kms from Cairns to Coolangatta. Read more
Aggreko has won the bid to provide temporary power for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018).
The latest speaker to confirm his participation at this September’s Stadia & Arena Asia Pacific event is Mr Akira Shimazu, President & CEO of the Rugby World Cup 2019 Organising Committee.
The Coolangatta beachfront will host the venue for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (GC2018) Beach Volleyball competition, the Minister for the Commonwealth Games, Stirling Hinchliffe, has announced this week. |
In a Commonwealth Games first, Beach Volleyball has scored a spot in the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games™ (GC2018) sports program.
The historic agreement between the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), the Queensland Government, the Australian Commonwealth Games Association (ACGA) and the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games Corporation (GOLDOC), will extend the GC2018 sports program for the first time from 17 to 18 sports. Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk welcomed the decision, which was approved by the CGF Executive Board following a special request from the Minister for the Commonwealth Games and GOLDOC. She said:
Commonwealth Games Minister, Stirling Hinchliffe, said Games’ partners are in the process of assessing suitable Gold Coast locations:
CGF President Louise Martin CBE also endorsed the decision:
GOLDOC Chairman Nigel Chamier AM said Games’ preparations were on track with arrangements well advanced on the sporting, commercial and infrastructure programs:
The GC2018 sports program will now include the following 18 sports: Athletics, Aquatics (swimming and diving), Badminton, Basketball, Beach Volleyball, Boxing, Cycling (road, mountain and track), Gymnastics, Hockey, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby Sevens, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis, Triathlon, Weightlifting and Wrestling. The final GC2018 fully integrated Para-Sports program will be announced later this month. The events will be staged across 18 competition venues, with 14 sports on the Gold Coast, two in Brisbane (Shooting and Track Cycling), one in Cairns (Basketball Preliminaries) and one in Townsville (Basketball Preliminaries). The Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games will be staged from 4 to 15 April 2018. |