Strathclyde Country Park event of the 2014 Commonwealth Games. The 2018 European Triathlon Championships were held at the Strathclyde Park as part of the multi-sport 2018 European Championships. The park was the venue for the T in the Park music festival on the years 1994-1996. On the June 2012 Strathclyde Country Park was host to the Western District Open Water Swimming Championship that attracted up to 70 competitors. Following the race 57 people were discovered to be suffering from stomach cramps, sickness and diarrhoea 5 of the 57 tested positive for norovirus. All water based activities were subsequently temporarily suspended. Experts attributed the
Perth, Scotland Perth, Scotland Perth (; ) is a city in central Scotland, located on the banks of the River Tay. It is the administrative centre of Perth and Kinross council area and the historic county town of Perthshire. It has a population of about 47,180. Perth has been known as "The Fair City" since the publication of the story "Fair Maid of Perth" by Scottish writer Sir Walter Scott in 1828. During the later medieval period the city was also called "St John's Toun" or "Saint Johnstoun" by its inhabitants in reference to the main church dedicated to St John the