Shouldn't it be 'Team UK' or is Northern Ireland not taking part? I don't watch it anyway but I'm fed up with all the references to 'Team GB'.
On 29/07/2024 22:26, The Other John wrote:
Shouldn't it be 'Team UK' or is Northern Ireland not taking part? I
don't
watch it anyway but I'm fed up with all the references to 'Team GB'.
Do a Google search, it has been explained many times.
It can't be 'TEAM UK' because that is already in use.
The Other John wrote:
Shouldn't it be 'Team UK' or is Northern Ireland not taking part?
Officially it's "Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team" but they decided that was too much of a mouthful, so abbreviated it to "GB" rather than "UK"
perhaps because NI athletes can opt to compete as part of "Olympic
Federation of Ireland"?
Shouldn't it be 'Team UK' or is Northern Ireland not taking part?
Officially it's "Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic Team" but
they decided that was too much of a mouthful, so abbreviated it to "GB" rather than "UK" perhaps because NI athletes can opt to compete as part
of "Olympic Federation of Ireland"?
I suppose that explains why in the procession of boats, the UK came with
the Gs (for Grande Bretagne) rather than the Rs (for Royaume Uni). At
first I wondered whether Northern Ireland was taking part as a country
in its own right 😉
Andy Burns wrote:
perhaps because NI athletes can opt to compete as part of "Olympic
Federation of Ireland"?
Can they?
Despite NI being part of one sovereign state (UK) and Republic
of Ireland being a different one? Would that open the door for some
Americans to compete as Irish because they can trace their ancestors to Ireland?
Or has the remit of the Olympic Federation of Ireland never been updated
to recognise the split between Northern and Republic of Ireland?
Or has the remit of the Olympic Federation of Ireland never been
updated to recognise the split between Northern and Republic of Ireland?
On 30/07/2024 00:51, NY wrote:
I suppose that explains why in the procession of boats, the UK came
with the Gs (for Grande Bretagne) rather than the Rs (for Royaume
Uni). At first I wondered whether Northern Ireland was taking part as
a country in its own right 😉
All the countries were in the order of their name in French.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-37058920
Can they? Despite NI being part of one sovereign state (UK) and Republic
of Ireland being a different one? Would that open the door for some
Americans to compete as Irish because they can trace their ancestors to Ireland?
perhaps because NI athletes can opt to compete as part of "Olympic >>Federation of Ireland"?
Can they? Despite NI being part of one sovereign state (UK) and Republic of Ireland being a different one? Would that open the door for some Americans
to compete as Irish because they can trace their ancestors to Ireland?
On Tue, 30 Jul 2024 09:15:10 +0100, NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
perhaps because NI athletes can opt to compete as part of "Olympic
Federation of Ireland"?
Can they? Despite NI being part of one sovereign state (UK) and Republic of >> Ireland being a different one? Would that open the door for some Americans >> to compete as Irish because they can trace their ancestors to Ireland?
Rory McIlroy (Golf) is representing Ireland despite being from Northern Ireland.
On 02/08/2024 09:40, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
Rory McIlroy (Golf) is representing Ireland despite being from
Northern Ireland.
But presumably he would be represented by the UK Olympic federation if
he represented the UK or the Irish federation if he represented Ireland.
Or does the Irish federation represent the whole of the island of
Ireland, spanning both Republic of Ireland and UK?
I imagine he can only represent Rep Ireland because he has some family connection (eg parent or grandparent who came from there): he doesn't
get an *automatic* right, surely, to represent Rep Ireland just because
he's from Northern Ireland (part of UK).
Or was the "territory" of the Irish Olympic federation never updated
when Rep Ireland was formed as a separate sovereign nation?
On 02/08/2024 11:51, NY wrote:
On 02/08/2024 09:40, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
Rory McIlroy (Golf) is representing Ireland despite being from
Northern Ireland.
But presumably he would be represented by the UK Olympic federation if
he represented the UK or the Irish federation if he represented Ireland.
Or does the Irish federation represent the whole of the island of
Ireland, spanning both Republic of Ireland and UK?
I imagine he can only represent Rep Ireland because he has some family
connection (eg parent or grandparent who came from there): he doesn't
get an *automatic* right, surely, to represent Rep Ireland just because
he's from Northern Ireland (part of UK).
Or was the "territory" of the Irish Olympic federation never updated
when Rep Ireland was formed as a separate sovereign nation?
I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that if you had British citizenship, but lived in Northern Ireland, you could also get an ROI passport. Or did that change with Brexit?
On 02/08/2024 12:23, John Williamson wrote:
I may be wrong, but I was under the impression that if you had British
citizenship, but lived in Northern Ireland, you could also get an ROI
passport. Or did that change with Brexit?
Can't the UK government stop people from getting foreign passports
without losing their British nationality? What if a Brit wanted a
Russian or North Korea passport?
I imagine he can only represent Rep Ireland because he has some family connection (eg parent or grandparent who came from there): he doesn't
get an *automatic* right, surely, to represent Rep Ireland just because
he's from Northern Ireland (part of UK).
All the countries were in the order of their name in French.
In article <v8ai71$10n1i$1@dont-email.me>, JMB99 <mb@nospam.net> wrote:
All the countries were in the order of their name in French.
Is it also because they're French that the adjective goes after the noun?
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