CWG - 2010: Queen’s Baton Relay to Arrive in DK on September 5

CWG - 2010: Queen’s Baton Relay to Arrive in DK on September 5

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, August 31: The Queen’s Baton Relay (QBR) will arrive in Dakshina Kannada district on September 5 as part of the 19th edition of Commonwealth Games (CWG) which is to be held in New Delhi in the month of October 3-14 this year.

The district-in-charge Minister Krishna J Palemar will welcome the Queen’s Baton and team at Sahyadri Ghat. The officials of district administration, police department, political leaders and sports persons will also take part in the baton receiving ceremony.

The relay team will proceed from Mahavir Circle through Kadri, Lalbagh, PVS and Jyothi to Town Hall where 125 minutes cultural program will be held. A team led by Rajani Duganna, Mayor, Mangalore, will receive the Queen’s Baton at Mahaveera Circle at Pumpwell. The relay team will consist of as many as 98 officers who will arrive in 28 vehicles. 

 

 

The Queen’s baton was launched on 29th October 2009 at Buckingham Palace in London, with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II handing the Baton to Her Excellency the President of India, Smt. Prathibha Devisingh Patil. Abhinav Bindra, the Olympic air rifle champion, began the Baton’s journey with a relay around the Queen Victoria Monument. It’s the longest relay of all the previous Commonwealth Games, and by the end, will have covered 190 thousand km across 71 nations.

The Queen’s Baton Relay is one of the greatest traditions of the Commonwealth Games, in having been the curtain-raiser to every games since Cardiff in 1958. The relay symbolism the gathering of people from across the Commonwealth at the four-yearly festival of sport and culture.

The Queen’s Baton Relay arrived in India on June 25th after covering over 1,70,000 kms across 70 countries in the world. The baton arrived from Pakistan via Wagah border.

The Baton has been designed by Michael Foley, a graduate of the National Institute of Design. It is a triangular section of aluminum twisted into a helix shape and then coated with coloured soils collected from all regions of India. The Coloured soils are a first for the styling of a Queen’s Baton. A jewel encrusted box has been used to house the Queen’s message, which was laser-engraved onto a miniature 18 carat gold leaf-representative of the ancient Indian Patras. The Queen’s baton is economically contoured for ease of use. It is 664MM high, 34MM wide at base, and 86MM wide at the top and weighs 1,900 grams.

The Queen’s baton has a number of technological features including:
* The ability to capture images and sound
* Global positioning system (GPS) technology so the baton’s location can be tracked.
* Embedded light emitting diodes(LEDs) which will change into the colours of a country’s flag whilst
in that country.
* A text messaging capability so that people can send messages of congratulations and encouragements to the Baton bearers throughout the relay.

Title:Queen’s Baton Relay – XIX Commonwealth Games Delhi 2010
Date of Issue: 25 June 2010
Country: India
Denomination: 2000p and 500p