Planning and Politics
- Infrastructure and facilities
Currently the major hurdle for Cornish sports is the lack of infrastructure and facilities compared to other areas of the UK. There is no stadium suitable for professional sport, and although facilities have started to develop, the 30-year hiatus has had a lasting road-blocking effect. Cornish Pirates and Truro City have been in discussions apparently to solve this problem, although with little assistance from Cornwall County Council.
- Commonwealth Games
An application for a place in the 2006 Commonwealth Games was refused by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF). Campaigners formed the Cornwall Commonwealth Games Association and claimed that Cornwall should be recognised with a team, in the way that other sub-state entities such as England, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are. However, the CGF noted that it was not their place to make political decisions on whether or not Cornwall is a separate nation.
In 2010, the Cornwall Commonwealth Games Association, considered launching a political challenge against the decision of the CGF, stating that all criteria for entry to the Commonwealth Games had been fulfilled by the Cornish bid, and by rejecting it, the CGF were going against their own terms and conditions.
As of December 2010 the campaign has, again, been terminated by its instigators, no reason has yet been given for this.
Read more about this topic: Sport In Cornwall
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