{"id":7725,"date":"2021-10-16T19:20:13","date_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:20:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/?p=7725"},"modified":"2021-10-16T19:20:13","modified_gmt":"2021-10-16T18:20:13","slug":"meet-perry-the-mascot-for-the-2022-commonwealth-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/meet-perry-the-mascot-for-the-2022-commonwealth-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Perry – the Mascot for the 2022 Commonwealth Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

Perry: The Official Mascot of Birmingham 2022<\/a><\/p>\n

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Our Perry can\u2019t wait to get out and meet everyone at Birmingham 2022. But until then, there are plenty of fascinating facts to learn about our friend \u2013 from his multicoloured hexagons to his horns and his basketball kit.<\/p>\n

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PERRY\u2019S NAME<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Perry is named after Perry Barr, the area of Birmingham where the transformed Alexander Stadium will host the Games\u2019 opening and closing ceremonies and athletics events. Perry will be trackside to get the party started!<\/p>\n

WHY IS PERRY A BULL?<\/strong><\/h4>\n

No animal says \u201cBirmingham\u201d more than the bull! We\u2019ve had a Bull Ring market for hundreds of years, near the modern Bullring shopping centre, with its iconic bronze bull sculpture. Perry is a different kind of bull, though \u2013 colourful, cheeky and kind \u2013 Brum\u2019s latest icon!<\/p>\n

PERRY\u2019S HEXAGONS<\/strong><\/h4>\n

We are the Games for everyone \u2013 that\u2019s why Perry\u2019s hexagons are all the colours of the rainbow! They represent the coming together of the Commonwealth in equal partnership with the diverse communities of Birmingham and the West Midlands. Hexagons are also the strongest shape \u2013 strong like our Commonwealth Games family.<\/p>\n

PERRY\u2019S MEDAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Perry\u2019s gleaming medal is a nod to Brum\u2019s historic Jewellery Quarter, the largest of its kind in Europe! The area produces 40% of the UK\u2019s jewellery, and it\u2019s also home to one of the world\u2019s largest Assay Office, which hallmarks millions of precious items every year.<\/p>\n

PERRY\u2019S KIT<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Perry is sport mad and will have a go at anything! Can you spot the blue, red and yellow stripes on his kit? They\u2019re the same colours as the official Birmingham flag. \u00a0Birmingham\u2019s motto is Forward, and Perry is certainly looking forward to entertaining the crowds in 2022!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Perry: The Official Mascot of Birmingham 2022 Perry_Colour_In_Sheets_A4 – Perry Colouring sheets just for you \ud83d\ude42 Our Perry can\u2019t wait to get out and meet everyone at Birmingham 2022. But until then, there are plenty of fascinating facts to learn about our friend \u2013 from his multicoloured hexagons to his horns and his basketball kit. … Continue reading Meet Perry – the Mascot for the 2022 Commonwealth Games<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7654,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7725"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7725"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7727,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7725\/revisions\/7727"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/perrybeechesswimming.co.uk\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}