QUEEN S BATON RELAY
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our locations within Newcastle-underLyme borough will receive a visit from the Queen s Baton Relay in the lead-up to the Commonwealth Games this Summer. The four locations that the Baton will visit in the borough on July 18 are the Belong Heritage Gallery and Keele University campus, in Newcastle, and the Harecastle Tunnel and Trent and Mersey Canal in Kidsgrove as well as the Pump Track at Newchapel. Birmingham 2022 is hosting the 16th official Queen s Baton Relay a journey which brings together and celebrates communities across the Commonwealth during the build up to the Games. The Queen s Baton Relay is set to travel the length and breadth of England for a total
from around ten local primary schools will visit the sports facilities on campus, where year five and six children will take part across different sporting activities in an informal multi sport competition, celebrating the spirit of camaraderie and sportsmanship embodied by the Games. Mike Huss, Operations and Active Lifestyles Manager at Keele said: It is with great pleasure that we welcome so many young people to Keele University Sports Centre to help us celebrate the Commonwealth Games Queen s Baton of 29 days, before culminating passing through Newcastle. We hope the event inspires at the Opening Ceremony for future generations of Birmingham 2022 on 28 July sporting talent in the local 2022. area. The Baton began it s Moving on to Belong journey across the UK on June Heritage Gallery, the Baton 2, spending four days in route activities will include a London, coinciding with the Philip Astley Circus Queen s Platinum Jubilee Celebration. Belong s CEO, Weekend. The Baton then Martin Rix, said: We re resumed the international journey and return to England really excited to be part of this historic occasion. It on Monday, 18 July to couldn t be more fitting that commence a 25-day tour of we ll have the opportunity to the regions. showcase Newcastle-underOn Monday, July 18, Lyme s heritage as the Newcastle-under-Lyme will original home of modern officially welcome the Baton. circus, and residents, A busy schedule of activities and events are planned for the colleagues and local school children are all looking Queen s Baton, with forward to joining in the opportunities to highlight spectacle as the Queen s untold stories from Baton Baton follows its route bearers who are striving for through the Belong village change in their community. and heritage gallery. The Baton s first visit will For the events in be to Keele University and, to Kidsgrove, members of the mark the occasion, children
