Annual Review 2011/12 - Glasgow Life

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Glasgow’s proud association with gymnastics
continued when it hosted a World Cup event
for the first time in April 2011. The inaugural
Glasgow World Cup Gymnastics event at
the Kelvin Hall International Sports Arena sold
out to over 2,800 spectators and attracted
the world’s best male and female gymnasts.
The event was watched by a TV audience of
over 80 million. Glasgow
beat off tough competition
from around the world to
join Stuttgart, Jacksonville
and Tokyo in staging the
prestigious World Cup events
over the next two years.
Glasgow Life has the role of managing
Glasgow’s Sports Events Strategy on behalf
of the City’s Strategic Major Events Forum, and
securing major sporting events for the City in
partnership with UK Sport, EventScotland, and
Glasgow City Marketing Bureau. The strategy
has had some notable early successes in what
is a highly competitive market with the securing
of the following events:
• World Cup Track Cycling, 2012
• World Cup Gymnastics, 2012
• International Indoor Athletics, 2013 to 2015
• World Junior Track Cycling Championships,
2013
• World Junior Netball Championships, 2013
• I.P.C. European Swimming Championships,
2015
• World Gymnastics Championships, 2015
The Bank of Scotland Great Scottish Run
attracted 22,500 entries and this was the
third successive year that entries surpassed
20,000, ensuring the event retained its crown
as the largest mass participation sporting event
in the country. The Bank of Scotland Great
Scottish Run combines the half marathon and
10k senior races, with the 1.5k and 3k junior
races. A schools event was also included for
the second successive year, which gave 3,000
children the chance to take part in a 1k fun run
and also try out various other sports including
volleyball, rugby, netball and badminton.
Glasgow Communities, working in partnership
with the Active Schools Co-ordinators, delivered
2k fun runs in the north of the City. The runs at
Ruchill Park, Maryhill Park, Springburn Park and
Milton Pitches were staged to promote the
North Glasgow 5k run and all primary schools
in the area were invited to take part. More
than 1,000 local children from 22 primary
schools participated over a four week period.
The Ignis Asset Management Women’s 10k
retained its position as the largest all-women
road race in the UK when 12,250 runners
signed up to take part in May 2011. As well
as attracting thousands of women from across
the country, the event attracted elite athletes
from across the world, including Linet Masai
of Kenya, who successfully defended her
title. Every year the race attracts thousands of
women running for a charity close to their heart
and it was estimated that over £1 million was
raised for various good causes.
22,500 ENTRIES TO THE BANK OF SCOTLAND GREAT SCOTTISH RUN
12,250 ENTRIES TO THE IGNIS ASSET MANAGEMENT WOMEN’S 10K