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OK, the first event in the Commonwealth Games is under way.

As a bit of fun, how many more gold medals will Australia win than England?

I'm going for 20.

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Allan,
Ill go for 23 more than the UK(Scotland,England,Wales and NI combined)
Bit high I know but Im planning on a typical dismal British Summer performance!
SiggyG

well Thorpedo gonna will at least 6
and they will clean sweep most of the swimming golds

so I will go for 30 - 35

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I'll go for 21 as that's how old I am and will be ever more

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Try again pateln - no spread betting here, you can only choose 1 number!

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i seem to be an optimist by the looks of it

so I go for 33 GOLDS

by the way....are there actually more than 33 events in the 1st place???

I assuming that the number of gold medal available to be close to 100!!


...i get this feeling i have over cooked it

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About 20 the old Brits have got a few decent athletes this year.
:p

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I`ll have a go at 30


Paul

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ok ill take 22.
is that right allan your offering a free service to the person who gets the first correct answer.
sorry you already give us all a free service, dont you, so thanks
shaun

Anyway the red arrows have just flown over our castle

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yeh and ive just watched a free fireworks display from our bedroom window on top of the hill in duky over looking manchester.
tipper. not common with a bit of weath ! still no PR.

Opening Ceremony - FANTASTIC............who cares about winning medals anyway!!??

Hey! Maybe I shot too low with 21 but I guess it's against the rules to change now! See the 1998 results:

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Final medals table at the 16th Commonwealth Games:


Country Gold Silver Bronze Total
Australia 80 60 58 198
England 36 47 53 136

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We have been to the games today with our children. It was brilliant, even the weather !!

Regards,
Cinderella

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I see Aus is already top of the rankings. I'll go for 32.

Nigel db

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Last Updated Wed Jul 31 23:04


Gold Silver Bronze Total

1. Australia 39 33 35 107
2. England 28 27 26 81

Looks like we're closing in on 21!

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Nah - more like 20!

I'll take 39!

Whingeing Pom alert !

A bloke wrote into the BBC yesterday making a good point. Basically its this :-

Australia is better than us at Swimming
GB is better than Australia at Track & Field

There are DOZENS of different ways of swimming 100 metres (breaststroke, butterfly, freestyle etc etc etc) but only 1 way of running 100 metres !

Therefore Australia is better placed to win a load more medals than GB.

Plus you are also cheating by sending over a swimmer whose feet are SO BIG they are virtually flippers !!! (Thorpe with his size 13's) Surely there are regulations against this !

Ha ha !

;-)

GW

Actually size 17's ...!

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Last Updated Fri Aug 2 23:17


G S B Total

1. Australia 60 42 43 145
2. England 43 37 40 120

Only the weekend to go!

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Last Updated Sat Aug 3 22:51


G S B Total

1. Australia 74 57 53 184
2. England 51 46 49 146

Last Updated Sun Aug 4 19:28


G S B Total

1. Australia 82 62 62 206
2. England 54 51 60 165

Blown away

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Looks like Snickers wins it then!

Roll on Melbourne 2006 ...

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Closing ceremony just as FANTASTIC as the opening (despite the rain!). I am moving from Manchester to Melbourne in Oct, so am looking forward to seeing the Games there next. (I may even volunteer!!!)

2006 Commonwealth Games
 

Keep a watch on this site then - and see you there!

http://www.melbourne2006.com.au

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