
19th Commonwealth Games, Delhi, India, 3-14 October 2010
The vibrant city of New Delhi, home to 14 million people, will host the Commonwealth Games in 2010. This will be the first time India has hosted the Games and only the second time the event has been held in Asia (after Kuala Lumpur in 1998).| COMMONWEALTH GAMES MEDALLISTS - NETBALL | |||||
| GAMES | YEAR | HOST CITY & COUNTRY | GOLD | SILVER | BRONZE |
| 19th | 2010 | Delhi, INDIA | ?? | ?? | ?? |
| 18th | 2006 | Melbourne, AUSTRALIA Gold Medal Match, 27 Mar 2006: 60-55 to New Zealand |
NEW ZEALAND Winning Team: Belinda Colling Vilimaina Davu Leana de Bruin Temepara George Laura Langman Anna Rowberry Anna Scarlett Jessica Tuki Maria Tutaia Irene van Dyk Casey Williams Adine Wilson |
Australia | England |
| 17th | 2002 | Manchester, ENGLAND Gold Medal Match, 4 Aug 2002: 57-55 to Australia |
AUSTRALIA Winning Team: Alison Broadbent Catherine Cox Jacqui Delaney Liz Ellis Kathryn Harby-Williams Alex Hodge Janine Ilitch Sharelle McMahon Nicole Richardson Rebecca Sanders Eloise Southby Peta Squire |
New Zealand | Jamaica |
| 16th | 1998 | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Gold Medal Match, 21 Sep 1998: 42-39 to Australia |
AUSTRALIA Winning Team: Jennifer Borlase Nicole Cusack Liz Ellis Kathryn Harby Janine Ilitch Simone McKinnis Sharelle McMahon Shelley O'Donnell Rebecca Sanders Sarah Sutter Carissa Tombs Vicki Wilson |
New Zealand | England |
NETBALL AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
Netball made its Commonwealth Games debut as a core sport at Kuala Lumpur in 1998, and is among the 17 sports, and four para-sports that will be contested during the 2010 Games. Twelve teams competed for the title in Melbuourne, 2006.
NEW ZEALAND AT THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES
New Zealand is one of only six countries that have attended every Commonwealth Games since the first event, held in Hamilton, Canada, in 1930.
ABOUT DELHI
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 city experiences an October mean temperature 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 is to be constructed as a low rise medium development on a 40 acre site in the heart of the capital with a possible capacity for 8,500 athletes and officials.