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Queen’s Baton Relay route announced 2006 Commonwealth Games Baton Latrobe City mayor, Cr Lisa Price, unveiled the street level route for the local sector of the Queen’s Baton Relay today. By Latrobe City Council - 12th January 2006 - Back to News The route includes the central business districts of Traralgon, Morwell and Moe, providing the community with plenty of opportunities to see the Baton passing through the municipality, and to cheer on the Baton runners.
Latrobe City will be an integral link in the world’s longest, most inclusive relay, when it welcomes the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton. The Baton will arrive in Traralgon from Bombala on Tuesday 28 February 2006, and will journey through Traralgon, Morwell and Moe on the following day, Wednesday 1 March.
The Baton started its journey at Buckingham Palace in London in March 2005, and is travelling more than 180,000 kilometres on its way to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games, visiting all 71 nations of the Commonwealth in one year and a day.
Cr Price said that with the Baton arriving in Latrobe City just two weeks before the XVIII Commonwealth Games’ opening ceremony, the event is a unique opportunity for communities across the region to join in the celebrations at a local level.
"Across Latrobe City and the region, this is a wonderful opportunity to ride on the anticipation and excitement already surrounding this international festival of sport and culture," Cr Price said.
"Significant planning has been undertaken to ensure the relay is a remarkable success, and Latrobe City has lots to celebrate. We look forward to the culmination of 18 months of planning, resulting in an event that the whole community can enjoy and recall in years to come with fond memories," Cr Price said.
"The Queen’s Baton Relay is an opportunity for the region to take centre stage as the world’s attention is turned to Australia, in the days leading up to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games."
When the Baton arrives in Traralgon on the evening of Tuesday 28 February, it will be carried on a journey commencing in Argyle Street and travel via Franklin Street, Hotham Street, Breed Street, Seymour Street, and Franklin Street to Kay Street.
A cultural concert will be held in Kay Street Traralgon near the outdoor pool during the afternoon and evening to celebrate the arrival of the Baton in Latrobe City. There will be entertainment provided from 3pm until 6.30pm, with the arrival of the Queens Baton a highlight of the program.
The Queens Baton Relay will depart from Newman Park Traralgon on the morning of Wednesday 1 March 2006. It will travel along Peterkin Street, Argyle Street, Grey Street, Franklin Street, Seymour Street, Breed Street, Grey Street, Grubb Avenue, Kay Street, Kosciuszko Street, Garibaldi Street, Catterick Crescent, and back into Kosciuszko Street.
In Morwell, the relay will recommence in Churchill Road, with the Baton travelling via Vincent Road, Donald Street, and McDonald Street; crossing Princes Way and then continuing its journey along Commercial Road.
It will then depart for Moe where the relay recommences in Anzac Street with the Baton travelling via Haigh Street, Moore Street, and George Street to Waterloo Road, and then into Apex Park. The relay will then depart Moe for Warragul.
A number of local citizens and visitors will be participating in the relay, carrying the Queen’s Baton for one leg of its 21,500 km journey across Australia. In Latrobe City, relay runners include:
Tuesday 28 February 2006 -Traralgon
Majella Fitzpatrick, Kristian Hunter, Norma Florence Moore, Julian Paynter, Melissa Tebb, and Barry Switzer.
Wednesday 1 March 2006 –Traralgon
Vasos Filips, Dimitrios Fkiaras, Betty Gillham, Shannon Hardy, Mick Lubawski, Lucinda Gaye Marshall, Susan Jane Norman, Shelley O'Donnell, Neville Parr, Terry Quigley, Toby William Thorburn, and Heidi Walsh.
Wednesday 1 March 2006 – Morwell
Kathryn Louise Bartlett, Colin Raymond Bermingham, Craig Blythman, Peter Linton, Phillip Aeron Mayer, and Herbert George Smith.
Wednesday 1 March 2006 – Moe
Gus Eaton, Derek Evans, William Frew, Victor Henry Naismith, and Lorna Warner.
It should be noted that the listing is by town and not in running order
Further information regarding the location and timings for individual relay runners will be released to the media the day prior and will also appear on the official games website: www.melbourne2006.com.au.
Federal Minister for the Arts and Sport, Senator Rod Kemp, said that more than 500 communities across Australia will unite in the unique and very special event.
"For runners and spectators alike, the Queen’s Baton Relay will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be part of sporting and cultural history, as the world’s longest, most inclusive relay commences its journey across Australia to the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games," he said.
During its final 50-day national tour, the Baton will visit every Australian state, territory and capital city and be carried by 3500 relay runners and travel on 45 alternative modes of transport.
David Moffatt, consumer and marketing group managing director of Telstra, the relay’s presenting partner, encouraged all Australians to support this event, by lining the roadside to applaud the relay runners and witness this remarkable spectacle first-hand.
The Australian leg of the Queen’s Baton Relay is fully funded by the Australian Government and is a joint initiative of the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Corporation and the relay’s presenting partner, Telstra; tourism partner - Tourism Australia; and sponsors, Qantas, National Australia Bank and Cadbury Schweppes.
For further information, or to follow the baton’s epic journey online, visit www.melbourne2006.com.au.
For a copy of the local route map and any further information regarding the local relay route and celebrations, please contact: Wendy Hrynyszyn, Events Officer at Latrobe City Council, telephone 5128 5618 or email wendyhr@latrobe.vic.gov.au.
Source: http://gippsland.com/ Published by: support@gippsland.com
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