Official tartan of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games unveiled

ORGANISERS have the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games have today unveiled the event’s official tartan.

• The tartan was designed by Aamir Mehmood, 15, of Glasgow’s Shawlands Academy

• The tartan will be used in the lead-up to the Games and at major events including the opening and closing ceremonies, medal ceremonies welcome ceremonies for Commonwealth Games Associations and for official merchandise

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Reigning World Highland Games Champion Gregor Edmunds took to the catwalk to model the design at Shawlands Academy in Glasgow.

Aamir incorporated blue, yellow, white and red to represent Scotland’s national colours and used a green background to demonstrate the fact that 75% of Shawlands Academy is bilingual while around 50 different languages are spoken in the school.

He said: “It’s an amazing feeling to know that my design is the official tartan for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. It will be seen all around the world and I’m so privileged and proud to be part of this huge sporting event coming to Glasgow and Scotland.”

As part of his entry, he described the design as suggesting that “we should put all conflicts and rivalries aside and celebrate the games being held in Glasgow and Scotland, just as all the different nations will come together in celebration of the Commonwealth Games”.

It is estimated that more than one billion people worldwide will see the tartan in the run-up to and during Glasgow 2014. Pupils from 307 schools across Scotland entered their designs in the competition.