Inside the Games

But the one event which really created an explosion of interest in the Games in this country, was the arrival of the Queen's Baton on June 14.

The Glasgow 2014 Village will open its gates on Sunday with some overseas athletes due to move in immediately. Relatively few people ever have to opportunity to stay in an Athletes' Village but, for the competitors, it really is an imperative aspect of the Games.

For the Team Scotland athletes who will be competing at Glasgow 2014, this will happen this weekend. Prior to every Commonwealth Games, a Team Scotland get-together takes place which every athlete, from every sport attends. For the past few Games, the camp has been held at Stirling University and this year, it is no different.

In recognition of this increasing enthusiasm, Commonwealth Games Scotland held a Queen's Baton Reception aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia last week.

The majority of sports have already selected their athletes who will be competing at the Games, with Team Scotland being completed later this week at the final team announcement.

It is hugely encouraging to see so many different sports experiencing high demand for tickets - people are likely to be buying tickets for sports which they have never before watched live.

Some 100,000 extra tickets will go on sale today, across all 17 sports, and I am certain that these will be snapped up quickly.

This week there will be no additions as such, but there will instead be a selection announcement which is just as significant; on Tuesday, the athletes who have been chosen for the Achieve 2014 development programme will be unveiled.

It is just 100 days until the opening ceremony, which will be held at Celtic Park on July 23, and a reception at Kelvingrove Art Gallery on Monday afternoon will mark the '100 Days to Go' landmark.