Archie's commonwealth adventure event pack

Archie’s Commonwealth
Adventures

Arches School Sport Partnership
Archie‟s Commonwealth Adventure
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games
This summer Glasgow will host the
Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games.
There will be 17 Sports and 11 Days of
competition. After the fantastic London
2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games,
the 20th
Commonwealth Games are set to
be big!
We hope to build on the enthusiasm for
sport that the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
created and use the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014 to
inspire children to make sport a lifestyle choice.
The Archie‟s Activity Afternoon event this year is called:
“Archie‟s Commonwealth Adventure”. At this event children
will be able to take part in adapted activities of the sports
played at the Commonwealth Games including athletics,
basketball, lawn balls, hockey, netball, shooting, rugby and
tennis.
In this pack is a list of the sports that the activities are based
on. It has information on the sports and local club links in
Sheffield if the children want to play more of the sport after the
event. As well as interesting facts on each sport, there are
some fun quizzes and games to play with the children before
and after the event.
The Arches SSP hope that by exposing children to positive
early experiences of sport and physical activity, they will make
sport a lifestyle choice and live a healthy active life.

Archie’s Commonwealth Adventure
Competing Countries
Africa
Nigeria Kenya Ghana
Asia
India Pakistan
Botswana Cameroon Lesotho
Malawi Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia Rwanda Seychelles
Sierra Leone South Africa Swaziland
Tanzania Uganda Zambia
Brunei Darussalam

Caribbean
Jamaica Barbados Trinidad & Tobago
Bangladesh Malaysia Maldives
Singapore Sri Lanka
Anguilla Antigua & Barbuda Bahamas
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
Dominica
Grenada Montserrat St. Kitts& Nevis
St Lucia St. Vincent &The Grenadines Turks & Caicos Islands

Europe
England Scotland Wales Northern Ireland
Oceania
Cyprus Gibraltar Guernsey
Isle of Man
Jersey Malta
Australia New Zealand Cook Islands Fiji Kiribati
Norfolk Island Papua New
Guinean
SamoaNiueNauru
Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Americas
Canada Belize Bermuda Falkland Islands
Guyana St. Helena

What is it?
Athletics has many different disciplines but Archie is only going
to visit two of them! The first will be the relay. In the
Commonwealth Games there are four different distances of
relays. These are:
1x100m Women‟s
1x100m Men‟s
1x 400m Women‟s
1x 400m Men‟s
How do you play?
Relays have 4 athletes running as a team over a certain
distance. Each member of the team must run this distance then
pass the relay baton to their teammate. For example the 4 x
100, each athlete will run 100 meters before passing the baton.
Athletics: Track

COMMONWEALTH MEDAL TABLE, DELHI 2010
Men‟s 1x100m
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
England Jamaica India
Men‟s 1x400m
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Australia Kenya England
Women‟s 1x100m
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
England Ghana India
Women‟s 1x400m
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
India England Canada
Fact
England‟s 1998 4x100m men‟s relay team holds
the Commonwealth Games record with a time of
38.20 seconds
Bahamas‟ 2002 4x100m women‟s relay team
holds the Commonwealth Games Record with a
time of 42.22 seconds

Where can I participate?
City of Sheffield Athletics Club:
For more information visit www.sheffieldathletics.co.uk OR
contact Shaun Hird via e-mail at
admin@sheffieldathletics.co.uk
Hallamshire Harriers:
For more information and a list of sessions for young people
visit www.hallamshireharriers.co.uk
Sheffield Lighting Athletics Club:
This session is for children with ADHD, Autism and Asperger’s
Where: English Institute of Sport (EIS) When: Every
Friday
Time: 5-6.30 pm Cost: £3.10

What is it?
One of the adapted activities you will get to play is the Shot-put.
The shot, a metal ball (7.26kg for men, 4kg for women), is put -
not thrown- with one hand. The aim is to put it as far as
possible from a 7ft-diameter circle that has a curved 10cm-high
toe-board at the front.
How do you play?
In order for the put to be measured, the shot must not drop
below the line of the athlete‟s shoulders at any stage of the put
and must land inside a designated 35-degree sector. The
athlete, meanwhile, must not touch the top of the toe-board
Athletics: Field

during their put or leave the circle before the ball has landed,
and then only from the rear half of the circle.
Athletes will commonly throw four or six times per
competition. In the event of a tie, the winner will be the athlete
with the next best effort.
Women‟s Medals
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Valerie Adams NZL Cleopatra Brown
TRI
Margaret Satupai
SAM
Men‟s Medals
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Dylan Armstrong
CAN
Dorian Scott JAM Dale Stevenson
AUS

City of Sheffield Athletics Club:
For more information visit www.sheffieldathletics.co.uk OR
contact Shaun Hird via e-mail at
admin@sheffieldathletics.co.uk
Hallamshire Harriers:
For more information and a list of sessions for young people
visit www.hallamshireharriers.co.uk
Sheffield Lighting Athletics Club:
This session is for children with ADHD, Autism and Asperger’s
Where: English Institute of Sport (EIS) When: Every
Friday
Time: 5-6.30 pm Cost: £3.10
Fact
At the
Commonwealth
Games in Delhi in
2010, Dylan
Armstrong scored
a Games Record
with 21.01m.

What is it?
Basketball is a team game and one of
the world's most popular and widely
viewed sports. It was introduced into
the Commonwealth Games in 2006 in
Melbourne and will be reintroduce into
the 2018 Games in the Gold Coast.
There are separate male and female teams though the overall
winner is decided by which team has the best average score.
How do you play?
Basketball is a sport played by 2 teams of five
players, on a rectangular court. The objective is
to shoot a ball through a hoop 46 cm in
diameter and 3.0 m high mounted to a
backboard at each end.
Basketball

A team can score a field goal by shooting the ball through the
basket during regular play. A field goal scores two points for the
shooting team, if the player is touching or closer to the basket
than the three-point line. If a player shoots from out of this zone
they score 3 points (known as a 3 pointer.
The team with the most points at the end of the game wins, but
additional time may be issued when the game ends with a
draw.
The ball can be moved on the court by bouncing it while
walking or running or throwing it to a team mate. It is a violation
to move without dribbling the ball, to carry it, or to hold the ball
with both hands then resume dribbling.

COMMONWEALTH MEDAL TABLE, MELBOURNE 2006
Men‟s Teams
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Australia New Zealand England
Women‟ Teams
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Overall
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
New Zealand Men‟s team doing the Hakka before a match.

Junior Basketball Coaching with the Sheffield Sharks
Where: English Institute for Sport (EIS)
When: Tuesday‟s 5-6pm
For more information visit
http://www.eis-sheffield.co.uk/basketballEISS OR ring 0114 223
5600.
Arrows Basketball Club
Where: Dronfield Sports Centre
When: Friday 6-7pm
For more information contact Melanie Kelly/Pete Kelly on
01142484870 OR arrowsbasketball@aol.com
Fact
Basketball was first
created in1891 by Dr
James Naismith so
he could entertain
his gym class on a
rainy day

What is it?
Field hockey is a sport played at the Commonwealth Games. It
was originally created in East-London.
The aim of the game is to score more goals than the other
team! The team with the most goals wins!
There are 6 different types of hockey. These are: Field
Hockey, Ice Hockey, Roller Hockey (quad), Roller Hockey
(inline), Sledge Hockey and Street Hockey. .
How do you play?
Field hockey is played on
gravel, natural grass, sand-
based or water-based artificial
turf, with a small, hard ball
approximately 73 mm in
diameter. There are two teams
of 11 players including one
goalie for each team.
Hockey

In field hockey, goal keepers are the only players who are
allowed to touch the ball with any part of their body and they
wear a helmet and pads to protect themselves. The goalkeeper
can only do this within the shooting circle (also known as
the D).
Field players play the ball with the flat side of their stick. They
use their stick to move the ball around and try to score a goal!
If the score is tied at the end of the game, either a draw is
declared or the game goes into extra time and/or a penalty
shootout, depending on the competition's format.
Men‟s Team
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Australia India New Zealand
Women‟s Team
GOLD SILVER BRONZE

Sheffield Junior Hockey Club
When: 9am -12pm
Where: Abbydale Park Sports Club
http://www.sheffieldhc.co.uk/index.php
You can also contact Malcolm Pratt on 07730662513 OR Ann
Marshall on 07758517116 OR email ganm42@gmail.com
Fact
Until 2012 Field Hockey was India‟s national
sport but the government decided that there
would not be just one national sport.

What is it?
Lawn Bowls or Bowls is a ball
based sport where the aim is to
get the ball as close as possible
to the „jack‟ which is a smaller
ball.
Lawn Bowls can be traced all the way back to the 12th
Century!!
It began as a form of entertainment for Gentlemen but now it is
a sport that anyone can play!
How do you play?
Lawn bowls is played on a large,
rectangular, precisely leveled and
manicured grass or synthetic
surface.
This is known as a bowling green!
You can play single matches or in a
team!
Lawn Bowls

Competitors flip a coin to see who goes first. Whoever wins
gets the "mat" and starts the game.
To start the game the mat is placed on the ground and the jack
is rolled to the other end of the green to be the target.
The players take turns to roll the ball as close to the „jack‟ as
possible.
If the jack is knocked into the ditch it is still in play unless it is
out of bounds to the side, which is called a "dead" end. When
this happens, the „jack‟, is replaced and the game starts again.

After each has bowled all of their bowls (four each in singles
and pairs, three each in triples, and two bowls each in fours),
the distance of the closest bowls to the jack are measured.
Points are awarded for each bowl that is closer than the
opponent's to the jack. For example if a player has bowled two
bowls closer to the jack than their opponent's nearest, they are
awarded two shots.
Points are known as “shots”!
The exercise is then repeated for the next end, a game of
bowls typically being of twenty-one ends.

Men‟s Single
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Rob Weale WAL Leif Selby AUS Gary Kelly NIR
Men‟s Pairs
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
South Africa England Malaysia
Men‟s Triples
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
South Africa Australia England
Women‟s Single
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Natalie Melmore
ENG
Val Smith NZL Kelsey Cottrell AUS
Women‟s Pairs
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
England Malaysia Wales
Women‟s Triples
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
South Africa Australia England

Fulwood Sports Club
For more information contact Jonathan Wragg on 07802158315
OR email on admin@fulwoodsportsclub.com OR you can visit
http://www.fulwoodsportsclub.co.uk/
Fact
Bowls can be played on 2
different types of
surfaces. There can be
flat pitches which are
known as „flat-green
bowls‟ or on an uneven
surface which is known
as „crown-green bowls‟.

What is it?
The Commonwealth Games is the only major event that hosts
Netball. Netball is usually played by women however it is
played by both boys and girls in primary schools.
How do you play?
Netball is a ball sport played by
two teams of seven players.
Games are played on a
rectangle court with raised goal
rings at each end.
Each team attempts to score
goals by passing a ball around
and shooting it through the ring.
Netball

Players are assigned specific positions. Certain positions are
only allowed in certain areas.
A player with the ball can hold onto it for only three seconds
before shooting for a goal or passing to another player.
The winning team is the one that scores the most goals. Netball
games are 60 minutes long.
Children can play High 5 Netball which is a mixed and small
sided Netball game.
The positions in Netball are:
GK- Goal Keeper
GD- Goal Defence
GS- Goal Shooter
GA- Goal Attack
WD- Wing Defence
WA- Wing Attack
C- Centre
Women‟s Team
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
New Zealand Australia England

Sheffield Stormers Netball Club
When: 10am -12pm
Where: Concord Leisure Centre Cost: £2
For more information visit http://www.sheffieldstormers.co.uk/
OR ring 01142334756 OR email kateviv2003@yahoo.co.uk
Fact
The history of netball can be traced to the early development of
basketball. A year after basketball was invented in 1891; the
sport was modified for women to accommodate social
conventions regarding their participation in sport. By 1960, the
rules were standardised internationally.

What is it?
Rugby Sevens was first introduced into the Commonwealth
Games in 1998, at the Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Games.
It has now become one of the main sports at the Games
It is one of only two sports in the Commonwealth Games which
is „male-only‟, the other is boxing.
Rugby Sevens is a variation of Rugby Union and was created
and developed in Scotland. Instead of having the usual 15
players there are only 7 players on the pitch.
Rugby Sevens

How do you play?
A normal sevens match consists of two-halves of seven
minutes with a one-minute half-time break.
The final of a competition can be played over two-halves of ten
minutes each, with a half-time break of two minutes.
A team consists of 2 props, one hooker, and one scrum half,
one fly-half, one centre and a winger.
A few other variations in the rules are:
 That there are only 5 substitutes with five interchanges
 Matches which have drawn after regulation are continued
into extra time, these go in 5 minute periods
 All conversion attempts must be a drop-kick
 A conversion must be taken within 40 seconds of scoring
a try
 A scrum consists of 3 players
 A Yellow Card suspension is 2 minutes.

COMMONWEALTH MEDAL TABLE, DEHLI 2010
Men‟s Team
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
New Zealand Australia South Africa
Sheffield RUFC
Where: Abbydale Park
For more information you can call 07912 468602 OR visit
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/sheffield/contact-form/
Fact
New Zealand has won the Gold
Medal every time they have been
at the Commonwealth Games!!!

What is it?
Shooting is a sport which is played at the Commonwealth
Games. The aim of shooting is to shoot the pellet as close to
the centre of the target as possible.
There are 3 different disciplines in shooting. These are: Clay
Target, Full Bore and Pistol and Small Bore.
How do you play?
Clay Target
Clay Target athletes fire at moving targets flying in different
directions. A puff of dust or powder from the clay signifies a
direct hit and confirms an athlete‟s score in each round.
Full Bore
Full Bore Shooting requires athletes to fire at targets across a
range of distances in a unique event only contested in the
Commonwealth Games.
Pistol and Small Bore
Pistol and Small Bore Rifle Shooting involves athletes firing at
stationary targets across distances ranging from 10 to 50
metres.
There are separate women‟s and men‟s teams. They can either
compete in a team event or separately.
Shooting

Sycamore Shooting Ground
Where: Sycamore Shooting Grounds / Winchester Shooting
Gallery, Bolsterstone Road, Sheffield
www.sycamoreshootinggrounds.weebly.com
OR call 0114 2401634
FACT
Shooting has been
contested at the
Commonwealth Games
ever since the 1966
Commonwealth
Games. (Apart from
1970)

What is it?
. This is one of the newer sports to be hosted at the
Commonwealth Games. It became part of the Games in 2010
at Delhi, India.
Tennis was developed in
Birmingham between 1859 -1865.
Though there are records which
show that early forms of Tennis
where originally played in France
in the 12th
Century!
It is a racket based sport which can be played outdoors or
indoors.
Tennis

How do you play?
One player hits or serves the ball from a corner of a marked out
area called a court. The court is divided down the middle with a
three feet high net.
The other player aims to return the ball before it bounces twice
in their half of the court. A point is gained when a player is not
able to return the ball at all or he hits it out of the court.
The overall goal of tennis is to gain points to win games, sets
and matches.
COMMONWEALTH MEDAL TABLE, DEHLI 2010
Men‟s Singles
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Somdev
Devvarman IND
Greg Jones AUS Matthew Ebdon
AUS
Men‟s Doubles
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Australia England India
Women‟s Singles
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Anastasia
Rodionova AUS
Sania Mirza IND Sally Peers AUS

Fact
Roger Federer holds the title for the most male
Grand Slams with 17.
Fact
Steffi Graf holds the title for the most female
Grand Slams with 22.
Women‟s Doubles
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Australia Australia India
Mixed Doubles
GOLD SILVER BRONZE
Scotland Australia England

Hallamshire Tennis and Squash Club
http://www.hallamshiretennis.co.uk/content/3/tennis
OR call 01142662153
Beauchief Tennis Club
For more information visit http://www.beauchief-tennis.co.uk/
OR call 01142745098 OR email enquiries@beauchief-
tennis.co.uk
Hallam Grange Lawn Tennis Club
When: Tuesday/Thursday/Friday 4:15-5pm and Sundays 9-
9:45 am
Where: Hallam Grange Lawn tennis Club
Cost: £5 members and £5.50 non-members

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