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29/7/2012 at 10:39am
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I am hoping that someone on the site can answer a question that has bugged me for a long time - - even if I am being a bit too pedantic.
Great Britain is England, Scotland, and Wales, the United Kingdom is those three plus N. Ireland. If our Olympic teams contain, as they do, athletes from all four countries why are they referred to as 'Team GB' and not 'Team UK'. I can only assume that it is a PR thing and that perhaps GB sounds better than UK, and so the British Olympic Committee don't care whether it is correct or not.
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29/7/2012 at 10:55am
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I don't know the answer but it also raises a similar question over the Channel Islands and Isle of Man which are not part of "Great Britain".
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Looks like it should really be Team British Islands - see here
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It sounds stupid but its something as simple as the fact that although competitors from anywhere within the UK are selected, the official body is represented as the British Olympic Association which was formed in 1905 BEFORE NI joined the union and nobody has bothered changing it since. Athletes therefore compete as Great Britian.
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Did you see the little group on the opening ceremony that were independents and refugees! Not sure which events they are in but they seemed to be having a giggle.
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Surely in 1905 it would have been the United Kingdom of Gt.Britain & Ireland. N.I. did not join the union, rather the (now) Republic of Ireland gained independence leaving the UK as it stands today.
Still, let's not get political.. I've read elsewhere that since GB/UK entered the games in 1896 the team has been known as 'Great Britain'.
However, the full name is "the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic team" - as the British Olympic Association's website makes clear. This still doesn't seem to include I.O.M. or the Channel Islands.
Team GB, simply appears to be a more 'catchy' brand name, with no intent to omit anyone.
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31/7/2012 at 2:54pm
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Great Britain & Northern Ireland - using all initials it could be Team BIGN -
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call us what you like I don't think we will do anything fantastic, I think there's a chink in our armour!
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Quote: Originally posted by millermicm on 29/7/2012
I don't know the answer but it also raises a similar question over the Channel Islands and Isle of Man which are not part of "Great Britain".
Sorry to burst your bubble millermicm but the Channel Islands are a part of Great Britain though not part of the UK, we are also not part of the EEC. I have the passport to prove it. The Islands have several athletes who are part of Team GB, including Heather Watson from Guernsey who plays tennis.
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Topic: Team GB?
- a bit like calling Great Britain by the name of England.
