The Commonwealth Games.

 The Commonwealth Games

P1 commonwealth games, friendly, unique, sporting, history,The commonwealth games often called the friendly games has a unique place in sporting history.

, international, multi-sport, event, olympics, athletes, commonwealth, countries, It is an international multi-sport event like the olympics,except the athletes are for the commonwealth countries.This includes countries like, England,New Zealand and the pacific islands.

P2 First, games,1930, Hamilton, Canada.

The first games were held in 1930,in Hamilton, Canada. Eleven, countries, four hundred athletes, six sports,fifty nine events.Eleven countries sent four hundred athletes to take part in six sports and fifty nine events.Games,held, every, four years.since then, there games has been held every four years.However, 1942, 1946, games, cancelled, Second World War.However in 1942 and in, 1946 the games has been canceled because of the second world war.

P3 event,many,changes,even,name.The event has many changes, even for its name.1930, 1950 games known British Empire Games.From 1930 to 1950 the games were known as the British Empire Games.Later, 1970 until 1974, British Commonwealth Games. Later, from 1970 to 1974 they take the British Commonwealth Games.Finally, 1978 Games Edmonton, Canada, multi-sport event, changed Commonwealth Games. Finally at the 1978 games in  Edmonton, Canada this multi- sport event, changed Commonwealth Games.