2022 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay

The Queen's Baton Relay for the 2022 Commonwealth Games will cover 90,000 miles and visit 72 Commonwealth nations and territories. The journey began at Buckingham Palace on 7 October 2021 and will end in Birmingham for the opening ceremony on 28 July 2022.[1]

Host cityBirmingham, England
Countries visitedAll 72 Commonwealth Nations
Distance90,000 miles
Start date7 October 2021
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2022 Commonwealth Games

The Queen's baton

Designed by artist Laura Nyahuye and manufactured in the West Midlands, the baton features a platinum strand along its length to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II in 2022.[1] 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.[2]

International route

The route of the Queen's baton relay takes in all Commonwealth countries and territories during a 294-day schedule.[3][4]

Africa
Nation or territoryDatesSelected batonbearers
Nigeria 16 to 17 October 2021 Abaiola Joy Jonathan, a student at Aduvie International School in Jahi, Abuja[5]
The Gambia 20 to 21 October 2021 Dawda Barry, a teenage sprinter[6]
Sierra Leone 23 to 24 October 2021
Ghana 26 to 27 October 2021 Former Sunderland footballer Asamoah Gyan[7]
Cameroon 29 to 30 October 2021 Ayuk Otay Arrey Sophina, a judoku who competed at the Tokyo Olympics[8]
Kenya 2 to 3 November 2021 Faith Ogallo, a taekwondo champion and environmentalist[9]
Uganda 5 to 6 November 2021 Ritah Asiimwe, a para-badminton Olympian, and Olympic Boxer Shadir Musa Bwogi[10]
Rwanda 10 to 11 November 2021 Munezero Valentine, a member of the national volleyball team[11]
Tanzania 13 to 14 November 2021
Malawi 17 to 18 November 2021 Mary Waya, whose foundation tackles local issues such as child marriage and abuse[12]
Zambia 20 to 21 November 2021 Enock Mwewa, a 22-year-old climate justice activist who co-founded Environment Savers of Zambia[13]
Mozambique 23 to 24 November 2021
Mauritius 27 to 28 November 2021 Noemi Alphonse, a para-athlete who carried the Baton around the Mahébourg waterfront[14]
Botswana 30 November to 1 December 2021 Oganne Manengene, a female entrepreneur from the remote Northwest District[15]
Saint Helena 5 to 6 December 2021 Josh Herne, who lives off grid[16]
South Africa 8 to 11 December 2021 Bongiwe Msomi, netball manager and coach at the University of Johannesburg[17]
Namibia 14 to 15 December 2021 Emily James, a charity worker with Elephant Human Relations Aid (EHRA)[18]
Eswatini 17 to 18 December 2021 Thabiso Dlamini, a Swazi boxer who competed at the Tokyo Olympics[19]
Lesotho 20 to 21 December 2021 Michelle Tau, a 24-year-old taekwondo practitioner[20]
Seychelles 23 to 24 December 2021 Laurence Hoareau and Dailus Laurence, wardens of the island of Praslin[21]

The Americas
Nation or territoryDatesSelected batonbearers
Belize 23 to 24 March 2022 Chris Guydis, who makes canoes by hand[22]
Guyana 26 to 27 March 2022
Grenada 30 to 31 March 2022 Anderson Peters, a world champion javelin thrower, and Paralympian Ishona Charles[23]
The Bahamas 3 to 4 April 2022 Vashni 'Metro' Thompson and Austin Green, representing the Bahamian Special Olympics[24]
Turks and Caicos Islands 7 to 8 April 2022
Cayman Islands 12 to 13 April 2022 The head boy and head girl of West End Primary School and Layman E Scott High School[25]
Jamaica 15 to 17 April 2022 Shauna-Kay Hines, who represented Jamaica in taekwondo at the Tokyo Paralympics[26]
Trinidad and Tobago 19 to 20 April 2022
Barbados 23 to 24 April 2022
Montserrat 26 to 27 April 2022
Dominica 29 to 30 April 2022
British Virgin Islands 3 to 4 May 2022
Saint Kitts and Nevis 6 to 7 May 2022
Anguilla 9 to 10 May 2022
Antigua and Barbuda 13 to 14 May 2022
Saint Lucia 16 to 17 May 2022
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 19 to 20 May 2022
Bermuda 22 to 23 May 2022
Canada 26 to 29 May 2022
Falkland Islands 7 to 8 June 2022

Asia
Nation or territoryDatesSelected batonbearers
Pakistan 27 to 29 December 2021 Aqsa Dawood, a football player who represents Pakistan as a youth social ambassador for the Asian Football Federation[27]
Maldives 1 to 2 January 2022
Sri Lanka 4 to 5 January 2022 Jayanthi Kuru-Utumpala, the first Sri Lankan to summit Mount Everest[28]
Bangladesh 7 to 9 January 2022 Ruman Shana, an archer from Khulna District[29]
India 12 to 15 January 2022 Vinisha Umashankar, the teenage inventor of a mobile, solar-powered ironing cart[30]
Singapore 17 to 19 January 2022
Malaysia 22 to 24 January 2022 Samuel Isaiah, a teacher at a rural school for indigenous children from the Orang Asli population[31]
Brunei 26 to 27 January 2022

Australasia
Nation or territoryDatesSelected batonbearers
Papua New Guinea 30 to 31 January 2022
Solomon Islands 2 to 3 February 2022
Nauru 5 to 6 February 2022 Pupils from Nauru Secondary School[32]
Fiji 13 to 14 February 2022 Rusila Nagasau and Jerry Tuwai, who captained Fiji's rugby sevens teams at the Tokyo Olympics[33]
Samoa 16 to 17 February 2022
Tonga 19 to 20 February 2022
Vanuatu 22 to 23 February 2022 Ati George Sokomanu, who was president from 1984 to 1989[34]
Kiribati 25 to 26 February 2022 Martin Moreti, the minister for Women, Youth, Sports and Social Affairs in the Cabinet of Kiribati[35]
Tuvalu 28 February to 1 March 2022
Niue 3 to 4 March 2022 Feuina Tukuitoga Viviani and other children from Niue Primary School[36]
Cook Islands 6 to 7 March 2022
Norfolk Island 9 to 10 March 2022 Pony Club member PJ Wilson riding a horse called 'Big Girl'[37]
New Zealand 12 to 15 March 2022 Alexis Pritchard, a boxer, and hockey goalkeeper Kyle Pontifex[38]
Australia 17 to 20 March 2022 Kelsey Cottrell, an international lawn bowler, and freestyle swimmer Lani Pallister[39]

Europe
Nation or territoryDatesSelected batonbearers
Cyprus 9 to 10 October 2021 Kyriakos Ioannou, a high jumper who won medals at two Commonwealth Games: Melbourne 2006 and Glasgow 2014[40]
Malta 12 to 13 October 2021 Thomas Borg, a para-athlete,[41] and Yasmin Zammit Stevens, a weightlifter[42]
Gibraltar 31 May to 1 June 2022
Jersey 10 to 11 June 2022
Guernsey 13 to 14 June 2022
Isle of Man 16 to 17 June 2022
Scotland 18 to 22 June 2022
Northern Ireland 23 to 27 June 2022
Wales 29 June to 3 July 2022
England 2 to 6 June 2022 &
4 to 28 July 2022

National route

The baton is due to travel around London from 2-6 June 2022 and the rest of England during July, visiting:[43]

See also

References
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  40. "Kyriakos Ioannou". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  41. "Thomas Borg". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  42. "Yasmin Zammit Stevens". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
  43. "Batonbearers". Commonwealth Games - Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 4 May 2022.


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