Andre Lowe, Senior Staff Reporter

GLASGOW, Scotland:
Twenty-two of Jamaica’s athletes at the Commonwealth Games and several team officials will be housed outside the Athletes' Village at the nearby University of Glasgow, after the team encountered issues finding sufficient rooms and beds.
 
Glasgow 2014 organisers had not made arrangements for the athletes, who were only recently registered, because of issues relating to Jamaica’s entry list.
 
The Jamaicans and a number of other countries were allowed an extended entry deadline because their athletics trial event was set to take place after the original date.
 
However, the process presented several hiccups for organisers with the names of the 22 track and field athletes being left off the accreditation list.
 
The matter was eventually resolved after meetings between the Jamaica Olympic Association and the organisers but Jamaican officials still needed to ensure that additional rooms and beds were provided for the group.
 
Chef de Mission, Major Desmon Brown says he's grateful for the additional rooms being provided by the University of Glasgow.

"We are happy that we managed to resolve this issue because it could have been a major one," Brown said.

The Athletes' Village is over-subscribed, with 800 beds more than what was originally planned for.

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