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QUEEN’S BATON RELAY BRINGS ‘MESSAGE TO THE ATHLETES’

Feb 27, 2010 Sports

Guyana welcomes XIX Commonwealth Games

By Edison Jefford

Georgetown was endowed with greetings from the XIX Commonwealth Games yesterday when the symbolic Queen’s Baton and Mascot was relayed from State House to the major sport and official locations, ending at the University of Guyana.
President Bharrat Jagdeo initiated the relay at State House and one of the University’s top athletes, Kiev Chesney ended it on the Turkeyen Campus. The Baton made some assorted stops before it came to a final halt on its tour of Guyana.
It moved from State House to the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports with Minister Dr Frank Anthony taking the pass from Jagdeo. It was then transported along Church Street into Avenue of the Republic making stops at the Non-Aligned Monument, the National Library and City Hall respectively.
Onlookers lined the streets to get a glimpse of the symbolic Baton that was also carried to the Stabroek Market Square and Parliament Building as it continued to make its rounds at a fast rate through Central Georgetown.
It went up Water Street and into Main Street making stops at Customs House and British High Commission before arriving at the High Street Guyana Olympic Association (GOA) Headquarters, Umana Yana and the Canadian High Commission.
During those journeys officials from Boxing, Athletics, Squash and Karate had the privilege of transporting the object before Prime Minister Samuel Hinds took it from Umana Yana to the Canadian High Commission.
The Baton went from High Street to Young Street to the Office of the Police Commissioner at Camp and Young Streets before going down Camp Street into Regent Street and into Albert Street.
The Rifle Shooting Association, Weightlifting Association, Judo, Table Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton and Hockey took the Baton on the Regent and Albert Street journeys as the flock chasing the Baton continued to grow.
It came into Vlissengen Road with Bodybuilding and Rugby doing the honours before it visited the Demerara Cricket Club. There West Indies Under-19 Player, Trevon Griffith was the main patron before it left for the European Union.
The Baton went Church and North Road to the Indian High Commission and Georgetown Football Club respectively before visiting the Georgetown Cricket Club. The Baton’s last visit was to the Manatee Pond at the Botanic Gardens.
From there, it went along Homestretch Avenue with Cyclists doing the honours pass the Commonwealth Youth Programme office before Everall Franklin took it to Mandela Avenue and Basketball’s David Patterson to Sheriff Street.
People’s National Congress leader, Robert Corbin, Clifford Reis and the Alliance for Change’s, Raphael Trotman did the honours on Sheriff Street before it came onto the Railway Embankment Road for its last rounds.
Guyana Motor Racing and Sports Club and the Swimming fraternity were among those that carried the Baton on the Railway Embankment into the University of Guyana road on its way to the Campus for the finish.
Chesney collected the Baton at the Cyril Potter College of Education for the finish on the tarmac of the institution.
The University’ Vice Chancellor, Lawrence Carrington and Vincent Alexander were among the officials from the University who were present.
The first Queen’s Baton was created for a relay to commemorate the Cardiff 1958 Games in Wales. Since then, the relay has become a significant part of the Games’ tradition. The Baton this year symbolises harmony and shared ideals.
The 2010 Commonwealth Games will be held Delhi India and the Baton is expected to be transported around the Commonwealth of Nations for 340 days.
It left Buckingham Palace with Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s ‘message to the athletes’ on October 29 last year and is expected to arrive in India for the opening Ceremony.

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