Queens Baton Relay

THE QUEENS Baton Relay was launched from Buckingham Palace on October 7th, 2021. It's set to travel the lenth and breadth of England for a total of 29 days, before culminating at the Open Ceremony for Birmingham 2022 on 28th July.

As a tradition, Her Majesty The Queen places a message inside the Baton which will be read out at the Opening Ceremony. Starting on the 2nd June, the Baton will spend four days in London, coinciding with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Weekend.

For the 2022 event Haywards Heath Harrier Michael Parish was nominated as a Baton Bearer as part of the relay across the South East. The nominations came from the Emergency Services for the work he had done with mental health and starting a learn to run group for workers who had a sedintary role answer emergency and non-emergency calls.