Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton unveiled.

The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay Route and Baton design has been unveiled.

The Baton will take a 90,000-mile route across the Commonwealth which will begin on 7 October lasting 269 days.

The Baton embodies the idea that every individual has distinctive lived experiences that are threaded together and woven into a collective tapestry of cultures. The Baton form is entwined with unique components and displays connectivity to represent the power of collaboration.

Baton is equipped with technological features ©Birmingham 2022

On 7 October 2021, at a special event at Buckingham Palace, Her Majesty The Queen will place her message to the Commonwealth into the Baton, signifying the start of a 294-day Relay through the 72 nations and territories of the Commonwealth. The Baton will inspire people of the Commonwealth to come together and host moments of celebration ahead of the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

The Baton has been specially created by designers and technologists from the West Midlands in a unique collaboration that fuses science, technology, engineering and art.

The shape of the Baton moves away from the traditional shape seen in previous editions of The Queen’s Baton. With Birmingham 2022 making history by being the first major multi-sport event to award more medals to women than men, the strength and fortitude of women across the Commonwealth is celebrated throughout the design of the Baton.

Birmingham 2022 Queens Baton on display ©ITG

Its features include:

• QUEEN'S MESSAGE COMPARTMENT

A mechanised chamber beneath the brass leaf plaque will hold a message from The Queen, to be opened at the Birmingham 2022 opening ceremony.

• 360 CAMERA

Fitted with a 360-degree camera, the Baton has ‘eyes’, and a ‘brain’ which record and transmit imagery and digital information, allowing stories from Commonwealth communities to be told.

• COPPER, ALUMINIUM AND BRASS

Elements of the Baton have been cast in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter using accessible metals of copper, aluminium and brass.

• PLATINUM STRAND

Lining the length of the curved shape and woven throughout the Baton is a platinum strand, paying homage to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in her Platinum Jubilee year.

• LED COMPONENTS

The Baton features LED lighting and a heartrate sensor that display the heartbeats of Batonbearers. The lighting also changes when two people grip the Baton during handover.

• SENSORS

The Baton also has ‘lungs’, consisting of atmospheric sensors with laser technology that analyses the environmental conditions wherever it is in the world.

For more information check out,

Discover the Baton

https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/baton/

Follow the Relay Route

https://www.birmingham2022.com/queens-baton-relay/route/