4th February 2016
Commonwealth Games
CoreSportgib
Gibraltar should bid
for 2023 youth games
I
f Gibraltar's sporting
fraternity had not yet
received enough
endorsement in the
past week over its
facilities and
enthusiasm for sport,
the Commonwealth Games
Association ensured it added
its voice to highlight
Gibraltar's potential future
with sport.
Already the European
Athletics had called on
Gibraltar to look at the
possibility of hosting youth
and junior games. With the
Island Games already
allocated to Gibraltar,
Hockey hosting European
Challenge championship
matches in May, and Netball
hosting this years under 17
International tournament the
call from The
Commonwealth Association
for Gibraltar to bid for the
2023 youth games could
only add to the value of
Gibraltar's bid towards
Sports tourism oriented
markets.
Louise Martin, President of
the Commonwealth Games
Federation (CGF) during the
visit to Gibraltar last week
claimed they would be
strong contenders if they
decided to put themselves
forward.
Just days before the
Gibraltar Commonwealth
Games Association
president had highlighted
that although Gibraltar had
not bid for the 2021
Commonwealth Youth
Games expected to be
awarded to Northern Ireland,
if the latter pulled out it
would put its name forward
for it. Speaking to
Coresportgib, he had
indicated that it was unlikely
that Northern Ireland would
pull out, but was ensuring
that Gibraltar's intentions
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