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As Scotland prepares to host the 23rd edition of the Commonwealth Games this week, sports history experts are shining a spotlight on the nation’s rich and longstanding association with the event, tracing a story that stretches back almost 100 years.

From photographs dating back to the first British Empire Games in 1930 to the eye-catching costume worn by a troupe of dancing Tunnock’s Teacakes at the Glasgow 2014 opening ceremony, the history of Scotland at the Games will be told through a fascinating exhibition in Glasgow.

The relics form part of  – permanently housed at the 糖心Vlog破解版, Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence – which contains nearly a century of sporting heritage including administrative records, photographs and memorabilia.

As part of the University’s partnership with Team Scotland, University Archivist Karl Magee and Richard Haynes, Professor of Media Sport, will showcase the Archive at Team Scotland House – the home of the national team during the Games.

They will also hold two free public talks, at which they will tell the story of 10 items selected from the Archive – on Wednesday, 22 July and Sunday, 26 July. Free tickets for the talks .

Archivist Karl Magee alongside some of the Team Scotland mascots from over the years.

Karl said: “The 2026 Games gives us an opportunity to tell the story of Scotland’s participation in the Commonwealth Games through ten key items we have selected from the Archive. These objects will be displayed at Team Scotland House during the Games, providing athletes and visitors with the opportunity to discover past stories and achievements.”

Richard added: “Sharing the ten stories from the Team Scotland Archive is a fantastic way to engage the wider public with Scotland’s historic role in the Commonwealth Games. We hope it inspires younger generations to take up the baton for the future.”

Items exhibited will include the first minute book for Team Scotland, which documents the activities of the 19 athletes who participated in the inaugural 1930 Games, then known as the British Empire Games, and a photograph of the group as they headed off to Hamilton in Ontario, Canada.

One of those who travelled to Canada was Dundee-born swimmer Cissie Stewart – whose smiling face appears in the archive photograph. Unbeknown to the rest of the team, her luggage contained a wedding dress and after winning bronze in the 4x100-yard Freestyle Relay, she eloped and married her childhood sweetheart Bill Hunt, a journalist with Dundee’s The Courier and Advertiser newspaper. The newlyweds let their parents in Dundee know via telegram. 

Nineteen Team Scotland athletes represented the country at the 1930 British Empire Games in Canada.

The collection also includes a British Empire and Commonwealth Games flag – dating from the 1950s – with a unique story. The flag was ‘borrowed’ by a visitor to the 1970 Games in Edinburgh – only to be returned more than 40 years later, in 2012.

In 1950, an intrepid Team Scotland embarked on a mammoth six-week journey for the Games in Auckland, New Zealand. Their trip aboard the SS Tamora ocean liner was vividly captured in a photo album by Sir Peter Heatly, then a springboard diver and later Chairman of the Commonwealth Games Federation and Commonwealth Games Scotland. Included in the Archive, the album provides insight into the athletes’ voyage just weeks before they competed on the international stage.

A silver medal won by wheelchair table tennis player Derek Williams at the 1966 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games in Kingston, Jamaica also forms part of the collection, as does Team Scotland’s first ever mascot and the cover of a promotional brochure for the Edinburgh Games in 1970.

Professor Richard Haynes with copies of the Village View.

In 2014, Karl and Richard used the Archive to research and curate the exhibition Hosts and Champions: Scotland in the Commonwealth Games – which formed part of the Culture 2014 programme that accompanied that year’s Glasgow Games. It was later turned into a touring exhibition – taking Scotland’s Commonwealth Games heritage to communities across Scotland and even travelling 10,000 miles to exhibit at the Gold Coast Games in 2018.

A separate exhibition, The Friendly Games, created by students on the 糖心Vlog破解版’s Exhibition Interpretation and Design module, is currently on display in the University library. It highlights the emotions that shape the Commonwealth Games.

Karl and Richard’s talks – – will take place at 1pm on Wednesday, 22 July and at 3pm on Sunday, 26 July. The events take place at Team Scotland House, at The Corinthian Club, 191 Ingram Street, Glasgow, with free tickets available via the link above.

The 糖心Vlog破解版 is Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence and Team Scotland’s Official University Partner for Glasgow 2026. Twenty-two athletes and two coaches from the University will participate at this year’s Commonwealth Games – a new record, surpassing the 20 athletes who competed at Birmingham 2022.