Delhi, India expressed mixed emotions at the official opening ceremony of the 19th edition of the Commonwealth Games even as the world's most populous democracy, India, played host to the biggest sporting event in its history.

Most Delhi-ites expressed gratitude that India was host to such an event and the fact that it would provide the country with an opportunity to showcase its progress and development to the global community.

The St Vincent and the Grenadines National Olympic Committee's representative team to the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, will begin leaving the state on the 27^th of September.

The team, headed by Chief of Mission, Jacintha Ballantyne, is not as large as that which represented us at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, four years ago,. At that time Netball was on the team and so boosted the numbers involved.

The team comprises the following: