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SUNDAY, MARCH 13, 1994

COMMONWEALTH DAY MESSAGE 1994

FROM HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN HEAD OF THE COMMONWEALTH

THE MOST POPULAR COMMONWEALTH EVENT THIS YEAR WILL BE THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES IN VICTORIA, CANADA AND THE LINKED CULTURAL

MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THROUGHOUT THE WORLD WILL FESTIVAL.

WATCH THIS

GREAT

OF CELEBRATION OF ACHIEVEMENT BY REPRESENTATIVES OF COUNTRIES EVERY SIZE AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT. MOST OF US, WHETHER WE ARE YOUNG OR

ARE INVOLVED OR INTERESTED IN SPORT AS OLD.

OR AS PARTICIPANTS SPECTATORS. SO IT IS APPROPRIATE THAT SPORT IS THE THEME CHOSEN THIS YEAR'S COMMONWEALTH DAY.

WHEN

FOR

OF

STARS

HEADS THEY MET IN CYPRUS LAST YEAR, THE COMMONWEALTH RECOGNISED

PLAYS THE IMPORTANT PART WHICH SPORT GOVERNMENT

IN OUR

BOTH. AS DEVELOPMENT

INDIVIDUALS AND AS NATIONS. WE MAY BE THE CITIZENS OF A SMALL OR LITTLE-KNOWN COUNTRY BUT, IF OUR COUNTRY IN A SPORT, WE TOO HAVE OUR PLACE ON THE WORLD STAGE. IF WE STRIVE TO

OURSELVES, IF WE AIM FOR EVER MORE DIFFICULT IMPROVE

IN GOALS

THE DISCIPLINE OF PHYSICAL AND MENTAL ENDEAVOUR, WE ARE THE GAINERS.

AS WE PLAY

THE MEMBERS OF A TEAM, WE LEARN TO MAKE OTHER'S STRENGTHS AND MINIMISE EACH OTHER'S WEAKNESSES. WHAT IT IS TO WIN AND TO LOSE AND THE PART THAT LUCK CAN PLAY. ANY WE ONE OF US MAY BE BORN WITH AN OUTSTANDING GOD-GIVEN TALENT WHETHER

WE ENVIRONMENT. COME FROM A PRIVILEGED OR UNDERPRIVILEGED

ADMIRE THOSE WHO DEVELOP THAT TALENT TO THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF ACHIEVEMENT. THEY SET AN EXAMPLE OF DEDICATION AND DETERMINATION TO US ALL.

IF

MOST

OF WE FIND

BACH OUT

NOT THE

IS

IS COMPETITION

HARD AND NOT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO СОРВ. EVERYONE HAS WHAT THEY NEED FOR EVEN BASIC SURVIVAL LET ALONE

BUT SPORT SPARE RESOURCES, INCLUDING TIME, FOR ANY KIND OF SPORT. NOT ONLY ABOUT EXCELLENCE; IT IS PERHAPS THE BEST WAY IN WHICH PEOPLE

NATIONALITIES AND LANGUAGES CAN COMMUNICATE WITH OF DIFFERENT

EACH IS ALSO OTHER. SPORT CAN BUILD BRIDGES AND BREAK DOWN BARRIERS; IT ABOUT RELAXATION, ENJOYMENT AND COMPANIONSHIP, WITH SOMETHING IN COMMON TO TALK ABOUT.

OUR

AND

MAKE

LIVES ARE A RACE WE HAVE TO RUN. SOMETIMES THE TRACK

AN IF WE ARE RUNNING ON OUR OWN IT CAN LOOK LIKE ROUGH,

OBSTACLE COURSE.

WR BUT BY HELPING EACH OTHER ALONG IMPOSSIBLE

IT AN EASIER AND FAIRER RACE. AMONG THE FIFTY MEMBERS COMMONWEALTH WE CAN CO-OPERATE AND ENGAGE IN FRIENDLY COMPETITION THE SAME TIME. WE CAN ALSO COMBINE OUR RESOURCES AND ABILITIES MAKE LIFE BETTER FOR EVERYONE. THAT IS INDEED A PRIZE WORTH WINNING.

IS

ALMOST

CAN

OF

THE

AT

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