2011 Commonwealth Youth Games

The 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games will be the fourth Commonwealth Youth Games which started in 2000. They will be held in the Isle of Man. The Bowl Stadium at the National Sports Centre, Douglas will stage the opening ceremony on 7 September 2011. The closing ceremony will be held on Douglas Promenade & the Villa Marina.

Venues

In October 2008 the organising committee released a provisional events programme. All events will be held between September 9 and 11, 2011

• National Sports Centre, Douglas - The athletics stadium will stage all the athletics events. The swimming pool will stage the swimming events and the main Sports Hall will stage badminton.
• The Bowl Stadium, Douglas - rugby sevens.
• The Villa Marina, Douglas - Boxing.
• Ellan Vannin Gymnastics Club - boys gymnastics.
• Manx Gymnastics Centre of Excellence - girls gymnastics.
• The start line for the 3 cycling races will be: TT grandstand for the Road Race & Douglas Promenade for the Criterium & Time Trial.

Sports

The following sports will be contested at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games:

Participating nations

All 71 commonwealth nations are expected to compete at the 2010 Commonwealth Games. As Fiji was suspended from the Commonwealth, it was banned from participating in the Games. The number of athletes per country is in brackets.

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