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Mundus Games Committee - Request for Special Consideration
« on: September 12, 2021, 09:56:01 PM »

To the Head of the Committee

Since the 18th Century the Kingdom of Eigg has been part of the The Federation of Dál Riata. The Treaty of Dunadd signed in 1798 by King Lachlan IV made my Kingdom part of the Federation however gave us special status to "make provisions for the maintainence of Eiggite traditions and culture.". While this provision does not in effect make any talk of sport it is my firm belief that sporting endeavour is a key part of any people's culture and as we have seen with examples such as the Maori embracing rugby, has helped maintain traditions both in a nations psyche and also their community. With this in mind it is my desire to see moving forward the Kingdom of Eigg compete seperately to the Federation in regards to sporting competition at International Level. As such I request formal recognition of the Royal Eigg Committee for Sport by the MGC and that permission be granted for all Eiggites who have previously represented Dál Riata in top level competition to switch allegiance, something normally outlawed by most sporting bodies once a player has represented a nation.

Should a face to face meeting be required to ensure we can follow this dream of an Eigg team at future Mundus Games, both Summer and Winter, then I would be ready to travel to meet with the Committee at your convenience.

Blessings of the Morrigans

Queen Aiofe II

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Re: Mundus Games Committee - Request for Special Consideration
« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2021, 10:48:07 PM »

To Her Majesty Queen Aoife II

On behalf of the Mundus Games Committee I thank you for your letter, as you may be aware this years Mundus Games are currently in progress and my presence as President of the Committee is required for various formalities. I believe the matter you raise would require a face to face discussion, I would therefore like to invite you to Day Fifteen of the Games in Daito so that we can discuss this and you can have the opportunity to experience the atmosphere that comes with this festival of sport.

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Isabel Sullivan
President of the Mundus Games Committee

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Re: Mundus Games Committee - Request for Special Consideration
« Reply #2 on: September 18, 2021, 09:40:33 PM »
At the airport in Dunadd the Queen had been briefly meet by Grand  Marshall Kenneth MacRae who had tried to discourage Queen Aoife from making the visit. The Queen was sad to see MacRae trying so hard to stop her following her dream as she was sure that it was the best thing to do for her people. With an apology she had left him in an airport lounge as the Queen, her adviser Lord Barow-Brown and a newly acquired security specialist Ruth McCann boarded their private hired plane to head to Daito. She had been watching some of the games from home and was desperately sad that Eigg had no representation. She was hopeful that following this trip she'd have the Triple Sails there next time. The flight was rather lengthy and Aoife was glad when they arrived.

The airport was busy due to the games and the trio made their way through. Being Queen probably smoothed their passage through security which was one perk Aoife would have to get used to. All that was left now was to find the committee

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« Reply #3 on: September 28, 2021, 10:29:55 PM »
The Games were, as might be imagined, the highlight of the year for Isabel Sullivan, as President of the Mundus Games Committee she oversaw the administration that went into both the summer and winter games, this included everything from rule changes to individual sports, liaising with other sporting authorities, decisions on the inclusion of new sports into the respective schedules, overseeing the bidding procedure for the Games and of course situations such as the one that Queen Aoife had outlined in her letter. It being day fifteen of the Games, there was only one place Isabel was going to be found and that was in the velodrome watching the track cycling. It didn't take long for a prearranged guide to show the Queen's party to the balcony that Isabel was watching from.

"Your Majesty." Isabel said greeting the Queen "Sir." she acknowledged Lord Barow-Brown "Ma'am." an acknowledgement of Ruth McCann's presence "Welcome to Mundus's festival of sport as I like to call it." she paused "Now please do correct me if I'm getting any of this wrong, my understanding is that you're seeking two things - the first is for Eigg to be granted recognition in sporting terms and second for Eigg athletes who've previously competed under another flag to be allowed to compete for Eigg. Am I understanding this correctly?"

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Re: Mundus Games Committee - Request for Special Consideration
« Reply #4 on: October 30, 2021, 05:15:16 PM »
"Thank ye" the Queen said with a thick Eiggite accent. "This here is my adviser Lord Barow-Brown, as I'm quiet new to this type of discussion and he's going to try and keep me on the straight and narrow." The Queen then turned her attention to the question at hand.

" What I need is for my people to have their heritage recognised and sport is a key part of that. I want those born in our land to be able to proudly wear their colours and not that of a wider Commonwealth many believe doesn't really represent who we are. So yes we want at this event next year to see the flag of Eigg waving in the arena. The problem is that my predecessors didn't see sport as a significant part of our heritage and so for generations any Eiggite determined to have a career in sports was forced to represent Dal Raita. Had they been given a choice I suspect they would have opted to represent their homeland. I think therefore as you can't represent something that doesn't exist at that point its only fair the normal rules are put aside. I think we've seen similar situations through history, for example those who represented the Union of Nordic People can represent Nya Aland, and I suspect we may have some people from Scordisci representing Ui Cenneslaig. I'm hopeful therefore you want hamstring our teams."

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« Reply #5 on: December 04, 2021, 10:26:57 PM »
"Citizenship and sport have become far complex bedfellows than probably anyone originally envisioned." Isabel said "It used to be decades ago that you would compete for your home nation and that is still the general but you're correct that there are notable exceptions to the rule - the most famous probably being Rollo McAllister, born in Seaforth but cleared to compete through our procedures for East Moreland in rugby. Using the example of Rollo coupled with your eloquently put point should provide a suitable means of ensuring Eiggites who've previously competed for Dal Raita can be cleared to compete for Eigg. As for the future as President of the Mundus Games Committee and with the agreement of international sporting authorities. I'm right here right now extending to you the offer of membership of our international sporting bodies for Eigg, thus allowing those who come up in the future the ability to compete for Eigg outright."