CLAIR Sydney staff were briefed on the Games’ master plan, the venue master plan, the financing aspect of the Games and so on. Participating staff members also visited the venues to see how the plans were being implemented. One of the venues visited was the Coolangatta Beachfront, a picturesque location used to communicate the beauty and attractiveness of the Gold Coast to visitors. We were also given the opportunity to visit broadcast media outlets, uniform, accreditation and also ticketing units.The 21st Commonwealth Games was held in Gold Coast, Queensland from April 4 to 15, 2018. CLAIR Sydney has previously conducted research on international multi-sport events in both Australia and New Zealand and this time joined the Observers Programme held by CGF Partnership to learn more about the operations of the Commonwealth Games.
Our participation in the Observer’s Programme not only allowed us to better understand the operations aspect of the Games, but also enabled us to connect with other visiting delegations, especially the team from Birmingham who are hosting the next Commonwealth Games and the team from Indonesia who will be hosting the Asian Games later this year.
We will publish a report on the results of the research in Japanese later so that Japanese local government officers can learn from this event and potentially apply the knowledge to their own international events.
From the 3rd to the 13th of December, eight selected swimmers from the Fukuoka Swimming Association visited NSW, where they participated in joint training sessions with a local school and competed in the 2024-25 Speedo NSW Senior State Age Championships.
