THE Queen’s Baton Relay ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast might be skirting around Bathurst, but that doesn’t mean local people have been excluded altogether.
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Three people from our region will be given the honour of carrying the baton as it passes through Orange in January next year.
Desmond Crawford, Toireasa Gallagher and Kathy Keech were among the 18 names confirmed as baton bearers for the Orange leg of the relay when the full list was announced overnight.
The relay route will see the baton will pass through Forbes, Parkes, Orange, Wellington and Dubbo on January 29 and 30 but it will not come to Bathurst.
The baton relay will begin at Buckingham House on March 13 and continue for more than a year before arriving on the Gold Coast for the Opening Ceremony on April 4, 2018.
The baton will carry a personal message from Queen Elizabeth II which will be read on the Gold Coast by the Queen, or her representative, to signal the beginning of the Games.
The Gold Coast baton was made from re-claimed plastic collected from Gold Coast beaches and waterways, macadamia wood, engraved stainless steel and also uses LED lights.
Its colours - including hot pink - change as the baton is passed between people.
