Looking towards next year's Commonwealth Games

With a year to go, Glasgow is already gearing up for the 2014 Commonwealth Games by launching a campaign for volunteers. The organisers of the games are currently campaigning to attract a total of 15,000 people to volunteer in the games. Yesterday alone, a total of 1,500 volunteers signed up to be apart of the games.

The Glasgow games will feature 4,500 athletes in 17 sports in 11 days of competitions, with 261 medal events on show. The 17 sports consist of: Aquatics, Athletics, Badminton, Boxing, Cycling, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Lawn Bowls, Netball, Rugby Sevens, Shooting, Squash, Table Tennis, Triathalon, Weightlifting and Wrestling.

The games are going to be a big part of Glasgow's history, with many local Glaswegians volunteering in order to make the games a success. The application process straight-forward, however, a lot of people will be applying and competing for places as volunteers. Tens of thousands of volunteers will apply to be in the games, but only 25,000 will make it through to interview. The organisers of the Commonwealth games are doing some things differently in their recruitment compared to the 2012 Olympics. For example, volunteers will have the opportunity to write down what are they would prefer to work in as well as what venue they would prefer to work at.

Mark Good from the Evening Times spoke to people in Glasgow to find out whether they would be gearing up to be apart of the 2014 games. A local student said: "Volunteering will be a great opportunity. It will be an honour to take part in some way along with everyone else." A local business worker said "The Games will be a very exciting for Glasgow. They will leave behind a great legacy and something that we can all be proud of."

I am currently thinking about applying to be a volunteer for the Commonwealth Games. I think being apart of the Commonwealth games would be very good experience. I am looking forward to getting involved in the games, because I will see a lot of sports that athletes took part in 2012 Olympics Games last year, but also I look forward to seeing all the new sports at the Commonwealth Games. 

Q1: Do you think Glasgow will do better or worse than London?

Q2: Do you think you might apply to be a volunteer?

Q3: What do you think will be different in the Commonwealth Games when compared to the London Olympics games?