Glasgow to host Queen’s Baton Relay ahead of 2022 Games

GLASGOW will host the Queen’s Baton Relay next month, ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

At 80 days to the opening ceremony of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth

Games, organisers announced the

Queen’s Baton will journey through Scotland in June.

The Queen’s Baton Relay first took place in 1958 at the Commonwealth Games in Cardiff, and this year’s Relay will mark its 16th year.

It is a tradition that celebrates, connects, and excites communities from across the Commonwealth in the build up to the Games.

Since its launch at Buckingham Palace on October 7, 2021, the Baton has visited over half of the 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth, with events and activities staged to showcase untold stories and projects that address some of the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Final preparations are now under way for the five-day hosting of the Baton, with visits planned to sporting clubs, schools and other notable landmarks across the country, including locations not previously visited in previous years.

Members of the public will be able to follow the activity across Team Scotland social channels.

The Scotland leg starts on Saturday, June 18 in Inverness, travelling down the Caledonian Way before visiting Arran on Day Two.

The Baton will then travel through Ayrshire and Glasgow on Day Three, June 20.

It will then head to Edinburgh on Day Four, before finishing in the Borders and Dumfries on Day Five.

Northern Ireland and Wales are up next before England, with the host nation conducting a 25-day programme covering the length and breadth of the country.