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Clyde was the official mascot of the
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25 life-size Clyde statues were erected at places of public interest across the city including the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and at George Square. However following vandalism at a statue in the Govan area of the city, the statues were taken down. They are expected to be re-erected in secure areas.
Clyde was the official mascot of the 2014 Commonwealth Games
The 2014 Commonwealth Games ( gd, Geamannan a' Cho-fhlaitheis 2014), officially known as the XX Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Glasgow 2014, ( sco, Glesca 2014 or Glesga 2014; gd, Glaschu 2014), was an international multi-sport ev ...
in Glasgow. Clyde is an anthropomorphic thistle (the floral emblem of Scotland) and is named after the River Clyde
The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...
which flows through the centre of Glasgow. The mascot was designed by Beth Gilmour from Cumbernauld, who won a competition run by Glasgow 2014 for children to design the Mascot. Beth's drawing was then brought to life by digital agencNerv
who turned it into a commercial character, created a full backstory, gave it a name – Clyde – and created a website for him. Clyde was finally revealed in a seven-minute animated film created b
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at a ceremony at
BBC Scotland
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It is one of the four BBC national regions, together with the BBC English Regions, BBC Cymru Wales and BBC Northern Ireland. I ...
's headquarters in Glasgow. The organiser, Glasgow 2014, said the mascot's design was chosen, because of its "Scottish symbolism and Glaswegian charm and likeability".
Clyde was named as the official mascot for Team Scotland at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
Statues
25 life-size Clyde statues were erected at places of public interest across the city including the Glasgow Botanic Gardens, the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and at George Square. However following vandalism at a statue in the Govan area of the city, the statues were taken down. They are expected to be re-erected in secure areas.
Commercial
By the final day of the Games, over 50,000 Clyde mascotcuddly toy
A stuffed toy is a toy doll with an outer fabric sewn from a textile and stuffed with flexible material. They are known by many names, such as plush toys, plushies, stuffed animals, and stuffies; in Britain and Australia, they may also be cal ...
s had been sold.
Post-Glasgow 2014
Due to popularity in the city, a petition was set up to make Clyde the mascot of theGlasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of the S ...
in the aftermath of the Commonwealth Games, the petition gained over 1,500 signatures.
In October 2021, it was announced that Clyde would be the official mascot for Team Scotland
Sports teams of Scotland is an incomplete list of the national sports teams representing Scotland.
Scottish representative teams
Multi-sport events
*''Scotland'', the team sent by the Commonwealth Games Council for Scotland to represent the ...
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England.
See also
*List of Commonwealth Games mascots
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His biography, according to Commonwealth Games organisers:
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References
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* https://web.archive.org/web/20150227141514/http://www.nerv.co.uk/work/glasgow-2014-commonwealth-games/ * http://www.glasgow2014.com/celebrate/mascot 2014 Commonwealth Games Sport in Glasgow Scottish mascots Sports mascots Commonwealth Games mascots Mascots introduced in 2014