Queen's Baton Relay in England day five: Southampton
Key Points
- The Queen's Baton Relay is the main curtain raiser for the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow between 23 July and 3 August
- Iwan Thomas, the current 400m Commonwealth Games record holder will welcome the Queen’s Baton Relay to Southampton on board Cunard’s Queen Elizabeth
- The baton is the Commonwealth Games version of the Olympic torch and carries a sealed, secret message written by the Queen
- Southampton's baton-bearers include Richard Cartwright, who has developed wheelchair rugby in the city and Chris Grainger, nominated due to her services to netball
- Commonwealth Games England is sending a 400-strong team to Glasgow to compete across 17 sports disciplines
- The baton relay journeys around England for 14 days and crosses the border into Scotland on 14 June
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