Games baton reaches SVR

The Severn Valley Railway welcomes the Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay to Kidderminster station on July

23. Baton bearer Jess Benyon, who is also the West Midlands regional co-ordinator for the Dwarf Sports Association, carried the baton into the station building through a guard of honour comprising SVR volunteers. The baton, which contains the Queen’s Message to the Commonwealth, had visited 72 nations and territories prior to its arrival in Birmingham for the opening ceremony of the Games on July

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