2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay
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{{Infobox Commonwealth Games Queen's baton relay
|logo = Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay Emblem.png
| caption =
| host city = Birmingham, England
| countries visited = All 72 Commonwealth Nations
| distance = 90,000 miles
| baton bearers =
| theme =
| start date = {{Start date|2021|10|07|df=y}}
| end date = {{End date|2022|07|28|df=y}}
| baton designer = Birmingham Open Media. Raymont-Osman Product Design, Maokwo, Kajul
| baton development =
| number of batons =
| logo size = 250px
}}
{{2022 Commonwealth Games}}
The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2022 Commonwealth Games covered 90,000 miles and visited 72 Commonwealth nations and territories from Birmingham Airport. The journey began at Buckingham Palace on 7 October 2021 and ended in Birmingham during the opening ceremony on 28 July 2022.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-birmingham-58722281|work=BBC News|title=Birmingham Commonwealth Games: Baton relay will cover 90,000 miles|access-date=30 September 2021}}
This relay marked the last time under Queen Elizabeth II prior to her death on 8 September 2022.
Organisation
The Relay was organised by the Birmingham Organising Committee for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, a private company based at One Brindleyplace.{{Cite web|url=https://www.brindleyplace.com/2019/04/12/welcome-birmingham-2022/|title=Welcome, Birmingham 2022!|date=12 April 2019|website=Brindleyplace, Birmingham|language=en-GB}} The 14-strong board of directors includes Dame Louise Martin, Ellie Simmonds, OBE, Nick Timothy and Ama Agbeze, MBE.{{Cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/corporate/who-we-are/board-of-directors/|website=Birmingham 2022|language=en}}
The Queen's baton
Designed and manufactured in the West Midlands by a collaborative team including Technologist Karen Newman of Birmingham Open Media (BOM), Designers and Engineers Kelly Raymont-Osman and Tom Osman of Raymont-Osman Product Design, artist Laura Nyahuye of Maokwo, and Engineer and Modelmaker Karl Hamlin of Kajul Ltd, the baton features a platinum strand along its length to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2022.{{cite web |title=The Queen's Baton |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/baton |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=8 May 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} Made using the traditional method of lost-wax casting, apart from the platinum the baton has purposely been made from non-precious metals and alloys: copper, aluminium and brass to represent the gold, silver and bronze medals awarded at the games. It includes a camera, a heart-rate monitor, an atmospheric sensor and lights that change each time the baton is passed from person to person.{{cite news |last1=Moyo |first1=Skhumbuzo |title=UK-based Zimbabwean Laura Nyahuye Designs 2022 Commonwealth Games Baton |url=https://www.africa-press.net/zimbabwe/all-news/uk-based-zimbabwean-laura-nyahuye-designs-2022-commonwealth-games-baton |access-date=5 May 2022 |work=Africa Press |date=30 September 2021 |ref=Yes}}
International route
The route of the Queen's baton relay took in all Commonwealth countries and territories during a 294-day schedule.{{Cite web|url=https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/QBR_Learning-Resources-for-Schools_Reception_FINAL-1.pdf|title=Birmingham 2022 Queen's Baton Relay Schools Resources for Reception|publisher=CGF|page=9|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220225213/https://images.birmingham2022.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/QBR_Learning-Resources-for-Schools_Reception_FINAL-1.pdf |archive-date=20 February 2022 |access-date=1 November 2021}}{{cite web |title=The Queen's Baton Relay International Sector |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/event |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}}
=Africa=
{{Table}}
! Nations & territories !! Dates !! Selected batonbearers |
Nigeria
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=16 October|Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (Abuja)|Moshood Abiola National Stadium (Abuja)|Aduvie International School (Abuja)|British High Commission (Abuja)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=17 October|Jabi Lake (Abuja)|Abuja}} | Abaiola Joy Jonathan, a student at Aduvie International School in Jahi, Abuja{{cite web |title=Queens Baton Relay: Nigeria |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/event/2323987/nigeria |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |ref=Yes}} |
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The Gambia
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=20 October|Banjul International Airport (Banjul)|July 22 Square (Banjul)|Aduvie International School (Banjul)|Banjul Coconut Beach Project (Banjul)|Mayoral Palace (Banjul)|Denton Bridge (Banjul)|Kanifing}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=21 October|Abuko Nature Reserve (Abuko)|Governor’s Office (Brikama)|Lamin Lodge (Lamin)|British High Commission (Banjul)}} | Dawda Barry, a teenage sprinter{{cite web |title=Dawda Barry |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/dawda-barry |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Sierra Leone
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=23 October|Lungi International Airport (Lungi)|Aberdeen|Sierra Leone House of Parliament (Freetown)|State House (Freetown))|Cotton Tree (Freetown)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=24 October|Sussex|York|Kent|Benguema Military Academy, (Benguema)}} | Julius Maada Bio, president since 2018{{cite news |title=Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio Receives the Official Queen's Baton Relay for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in England |url=https://snradio.net/sierra-leones-president-julius-maada-bio-receives-the-official-queens-baton-relay-for-the-2022-commonwealth-games-in-england/ |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=Sierra Network |date=23 October 2021 |ref=Yes}} |
Ghana
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=26 October|Jubilee House (Accra)|El Wak Stadium (Accra)|Valco Roundabout (Tema)|Harbour Road (Tema)|Tema Fishing Harbour (Tema)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=27 October|Manhyia Palace (Kumasi)|Rattray Park (Kumasi)|Bonwire|Ntonso}} | Former Sunderland footballer Asamoah Gyan{{cite web |title=Queens Baton Relay: Ghana |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/event/2325789/ghana |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Cameroon
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=29 October|Government Primary School Bastos (Yaoundé)|Ministry of Sport and Physical Education building (Yaoundé)|British High Commission (Yaoundé)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=30 October|Reunification Monument (Yaoundé)|National Museum of Cameroon (Yaoundé)|ENEO building (Yaoundé)|Immeuble T Bella (Yaoundé)|City Council Courtyard (Yaoundé)}} | Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina, a judoku who competed at the Tokyo Olympics{{cite web |title=Queens Baton Relay: Cameroon |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/event/2325853/cameroon |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Kenya
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=2 November|British High Commission (Nairobi)|Nairobi Arboretum (Nairobi)|Uhuru Park View Point (Nairobi)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=3 November|Ngong Hills (Ngong)}} | Faith Ogallo, a taekwondo champion and environmentalist{{cite web |title=Faith Ogallo |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/faith-ogallo |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Uganda
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=5 November|Ministry of Education and Sports building (Kampala)|British High Commission (Kampala)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=6 November|Entebbe Wildlife Sanctuary (Entebbe)|Equator Monument (Kayabwe)|Lake Victoria|Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary|State House (Entebbe)|Youth Sport Uganda (Kampala)}} | Ritah Asiimwe, a para-badminton Olympian, and Olympic Boxer Shadir Musa Bwogi{{cite web |title=Queens Baton Relay: Uganda |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/event/2347923/uganda |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Rwanda
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=9 November|Kigali International Airport (Kigali)|Kigali Genocide Memorial (Kigali)|Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-Tourism Park (Kigali)|Lycée de Kigali (Kigali)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=10 November|Campaign Against Genocide Museum, Parliament of Rwanda (Kigali)|Equator Monument (Kayabwe)|Lake Victoria|Ngamba Island Chimpanzee Sanctuary|Rwanda Cricket Stadium (Kigali)|BK Arena (Kigali)}} | Munezero Valentine, a member of the national volleyball team{{cite web |title=Queen's Baton Relay: Rwanda |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/event/2357282/rwanda |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Tanzania
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=12 November|Jakaya M. Kikwete Youth Park (Dar es Salaam)|Uhuru Monument (Dar es Salaam)|Clock Tower (Dar es Salaam)|Askari Monument (Dar es Salaam)|British High Commission (Dar es Salaam)|British High Commission (Dar es Salaam)|British High Commission (Dar es Salaam)|National Museum of Tanzania (Dar es Salaam)|Ikulu (Dar es Salaam)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=13 November|Changuu}} | Filbert Bayi, Olympic middle distance runner{{cite news |last1=Barker |first1=Philip |title=Tanzania President hope QBR visit will inspire new generation at Birmingham 2022 |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1115531/qbr-visits-tanzania-uganda-and-rwanda |access-date=15 May 2022 |work=www.insidethegames.biz |date=16 November 2021 |ref=Yes}} |
Malawi
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=16 November|Chileka International Airport (Blantyre)|Blantyre Civic Centre (Blantyre)|Makata Road (Blantyre)|St Michael and All Angels Church (Blantyre)|Blantyre Clock Tower (Blantyre)|Old Boma (Blantyre)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=17 November|Mulanje Civic Centre (Mulanje)|Chuitsi Junction (Mulanje)|Mulanje Boma (Mulanje)|Luchenza|Bvumbwe Market}} | Mary Waya, whose foundation tackles local issues such as child marriage and abuse{{cite web |title=Mary Waya |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/mary-waya |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Zambia
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=19 November|Kenneth Kaunda International Airport (Kusaka)|Lusaka Civic Centre (Lusaka)|Kafue}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=20 November|Livingstone Civic Centre (Livingstone)|Zambezi (Livingstone)|Victoria Falls (Livingstone)}} | Enock Mwewa, a 22-year-old climate justice activist who co-founded Environment Savers of Zambia{{cite web |title=Enock Mwewa |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/enock-mwewa |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Mozambique
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=23 November|Maputo International Airport (Maputo)|Maputo City Hall (Maputo)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=24 November|Marracuene|Komati River|Hobjana Community Garden|Obra Dom Orione Moçambique (Maputo)|Parque dos Continuadores (Maputo)|Eduardo Mondlane University (Maputo)|Maputo–Katembe bridge (Katembe)|Mafalala (Maputo)|Xipamanine (Maputo)|KaMaxaquene (Maputo)}} | |
Mauritius
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=27 November|State House (Moka)|Pointe d'Esny (Mahebourg)|Île aux Aigrettes|Mahebourg Waterfront (Mahebourg)|Mahebourg Museum (Mahebourg)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=28 November|Parliament House (Port Louis)|Mauritius Postal Museum (Port Louis)|Beau Bassin-Rose Hill}} | Noemi Alphonse, a para-athlete who carried the Baton around the Mahébourg waterfront{{cite web |title=Noemi Alphonse |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/noemi-alphonse |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Botswana
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=30 November|Tshwaragano Junior Secondary School (Toteng)|Toteng Kgotla (Toteng)|Sehithwa}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=1 December|Maun Kgotla (Maun)}} | Oganne Manengene, a female entrepreneur from the remote Northwest District{{cite web |title=Oganne Manengene |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/oganne-manengene |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Saint Helena
| {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=5 December|Ruperts|Alarm Forest|Diana's Peak|Blue Hill|Whitegate|Cape Villa|New Ground|Ebony View|Half Tree Hollow|Community Care Complex|Mule Yard (Jamestown)}} {{Collapsible list|framestyle=border:none; width:400px|titlestyle=background:none; font-weight:normal; text-align:left|bullets=on|title=6 December|Plantation House (Jamestown)|Prince Andrew School|Jacob's Ladder|Jamestown Seafront (Jamestown)|Plantation House (Jamestown)}} | Josh Herne, who lives off grid{{cite web |title=Josh Herne |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/josh-herne |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
South Africa
| 8 to 11 December 2021 | Bongiwe Msomi, netball manager and coach at the University of Johannesburg{{cite web |title=Bongiwe Msomi |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/bongiwe-msomi |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Namibia
| 14 & 15 December 2021 | Emily James, a charity worker with Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA){{cite web |title=Emily James |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/emily-james |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Eswatini
| 17 & 18 December 2021 | Thabiso Dlamini, a Swazi boxer who competed at the Tokyo Olympics{{cite web |title=Queen's Baton Relay: Eswatini |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/event/2448320/eswatini |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Lesotho
| 20 & 21 December 2021 | Michelle Tau, a 24-year-old taekwondo practitioner{{cite web |title=Michelle Tau |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-stories/michelle-tau |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=29 April 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
Seychelles
| 23 & 24 December 2021 | Laurence Hoareau and Dailus Laurence, wardens of the island of Praslin{{cite news |title=Queens Baton Relay - Seychelles |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/event/2468088/seychelles |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}} |
=The Americas=
File:Adam Van Koeverden at Queen’s Baton Relay event in 2022.jpg holds the baton at an event at McMaster University, Hamilton]]
=Asia=
=Oceania=
File:Cindy Kiro and Richard Davies with Queens baton.jpg, and her viceregal consort Richard Davies hold the baton in Wellington]]
= Europe =
England National route
File:2022 Commonwealth Games Hull Baton Relay 2.jpg on 13 July]]
The baton is due to travel around London from 2–6 June 2022 and the rest of England during July.{{cite web |title=Batonbearers |url=https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/batonbearer-nominations |website=Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022 |access-date=4 May 2022 |ref=Yes |language=en}}
See also
- Queen's Baton Relay
- 2018 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay
- [https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/ Official website]