Team Scotland will hold a training camp in Sunshine Coast prior to the 2018 Commonwealth Games ©Team Scotland

Scotland will hold a training camp at the Novotel Twin Waters Resort in the lead-up to the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast in Australia.

Commonwealth Games Scotland has announced that the team will base its official overseas preparation camp at the Resort, while sports facilities at the Sunshine Coast University and other public and private venues will be used for training.

Athletes will spend around 48 hours there up to three weeks before the Games are scheduled to begin on April 4 in 2018.

Team Scotland Chef de Mission Jon Doig said the Sunshine Coast will provide a "great range of facilities and the ideal environment" to ensure athletes will be well prepared for the Commonwealth Games.

"The key to Scotland’s success has always been in our planning and preparation and the team camp has always played a vital part in developing our strong team ethos and ensuring everyone is in the best possible shape for the Games," said Doig.

"We have spent considerable time with all 18 sports identifying the best possible location for their specific needs and for the vast majority, the facilities and environment on the Sunshine Coast and at Twin Waters, will undoubtedly provide the ideal home from home for the athletes."

Team Scotland will be based at the Novotel Twin Waters Resort in the build-up to Gold Coast 2018 ©Novotel
Team Scotland will be based at the Novotel Twin Waters Resort in the build-up to Gold Coast 2018 ©Novotel

Doig added: "Some sports will come out requiring full training facilities, whilst others will be looking for rest and relaxation ahead of competition, so it’s about different things for different sports.

"However, our priority is enabling them all to come through and acclimatise for the Games that will be held in a warm Australian autumn when we are coming from a cold Scottish winter."

Scotland’s most successful Games overseas were in Melbourne in 2006, where they won 29 medals comprised of 11 golds, seven silvers and 11 bronze.

The country has competed in every Commonwealth Games since the first Empire Games in 1930 and has hosted the event three times, twice in Edinburgh 1970 and 1986 and, most recently, in Glasgow in 2014.

The event is the only multi-sport competition of its kind in which Scottish athletes can compete under their own national flag.

"I am delighted that we have now signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sunshine Coast," said Commonwealth Games Scotland chairman Paul Bush.

"We are excited about working closely with colleagues there and in Gold Coast as we aim to deliver our best ever overseas Commonwealth Games performance."