Curtain raiser to 2010 CWG to be launched on Oct 29.Byline: ANI New Delhi, Oct. 23 (ANI): The Delhi Commonwealth Games Organising Committee Chairman, Suresh Kalmadi, on Friday said the Queen's Baton Relay The Queen's Baton Relay, similar to the Olympic Torch Relay, is a relay around the world held prior to the beginning of the Commonwealth Games. The Baton carries a message from the Head of the Commonwealth, currently Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. 2010 will be launched on October 29 when Queen Elizabeth II hands over the Baton to President Pratibha Patil in Buckingham Palace in London. The Queen's Baton Relay is one of the great traditions of the Commonwealth Games, dating back to the 1958 in Cardiff. Commonwealth Games Federation President, Michael Fennell will remove the Baton from its plinth and invite Queen Elizabeth II to place her message to the athletes inside the Baton and then hand it over to the President of India The President of India (Hindi: Rashtrapati) is the head of state and first citizen of India and the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces. In theory, the President possesses considerable power. . Patil will then hand over the Baton to Union Sports Minister M S Gill who will then pass it on to Kalmadi only to be handed over to the first Baton bearer Abhinav Bindra, India's first individual Olympic gold medallist. "The Queen's message to the athletes has been engraved en·grave tr.v. en·graved, en·grav·ing, en·graves 1. To carve, cut, or etch into a material: engraved the champion's name on the trophy. 2. onto a miniature 18-carat gold leaf that is representative of the ancient Indian palm leaf patras. The embossing embossing, process of producing upon various materials designs or patterns in relief by mechanical means. The material is pressed between a pair of dies especially adapted to its hardness and the depth of the design needed. has been done by micro-calligraphy that uses modern laser technology. And the Baton itself that is a fusion of handcrafted hand·craft n. Variant of handicraft. tr.v. hand·craft·ed, hand·craft·ing, hand·crafts To fashion or make by hand. hand·craft elements, precision engineered body and ornamented with intricate hand layered soil patterns," Kalmadi told reporters. Kalmadi also said that the Baton would arrive in India on June 25, 2010 from Pakistan through the Wagah border. "The international sector will traverse 170, 000 kilometres by land, air and sea and it will arrive in India on 25 of June from Pakistan at the Wagah border and it will start a 100-day national tour. The national stretch is about 20, 000 kilometres, which is twice as long as the domestic sectors of the Baton relays of Manchester or Melbourne," added Kalmadi. The Organising Committee will hand over the baton to Sir Andrew Foster, chairman of Commonwealth Games Council, England, in a formal ceremony at New Palace Yard on October 30, which will then begin its journey around the nations and territories of the CWG CWG Conversations with God CWG Core Working Group CWG Certification Working Group (WiMAX Forum) CWG Collaboration Working Group CWG Commercial Working Group (TAT-14) . Besides Bindra, the other Batonbearers are-Olympic Games 2008 medallists Vijender Kumar, Sushil Kumar, 1958 Commonwealth games gold medallist winner Milkha Singh and Olympian Gurbachan Singh Randhawa, ace tennis star Sania Mirza and many other eminent Indian sportsperson sportsperson Noun a person who plays sports . (ANI) Copyright 2009 Asian News International The Asian News International (ANI) agency provides multimedia news to China and 50 bureaus in India. It covers virtually all of South Asia since its foundation and presently claims, on its official website, to be the leading South Asia-wide news agency. (ANI) - All Rights Reserved. Provided by Syndigate.info an Albawaba.com company |
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