The Commonwealth Games Baton Relay will be on the Yorkshire Coast later today.
The games are taking place in Birmingham later in the month, the Baton is on a 22 day tour of England in the run up to the games.
Today the Baton will be in Scarborough at around 3:50pm, Robin Hoods Bay at 5:20pm and will finish the day with a public event in Whitby just after 6:30pm.
The public are encouraged to line the route and cheer on the 17 baton runners who will form the relay for it's Yorkshire Coast stages.
Matt Hewison is the Borough Council's Sports Development Manger, he says it's a special day for the area and for those carrying the baton itself.
The baton will take three routes, one through Scarborough, one in Robin Hood's Bay and one in Whitby.
Sports Development Manager - Matt Hewison - says it's also making a stop at Fylingdales School.
After visiting the school the baton will make it's way into Robin Hood's Bay before being delivered to Whitby via RNLI Lifeboat.
Matt Hewison says there will be a public event at Whitby Abbey before the baton leaves the area on a Coastguard Helicopter.
The local stages of the relay start in Scarborough at 3:48pm at the southern end of Foreshore Road. The Queen’s Baton Relay will head along Foreshore Road, Sandside, Marine Drive, Royal Albert Drive and the North Bay promenade via a succession of Batonbearers who will run or walk with the Baton.
After a short pause outside the colourful beach huts for photographs, the Baton will be transferred to the vehicle convoy for its journey north.
The Baton’s next stop will be the village of Fylingthorpe. It will arrive at Fylingdales C of E Primary School at 5.14pm for a ten minutes visit so that the school children have the opportunity to get up close to the Baton.
At 5.24pm, Batonbearers will progress the Queen’s Baton Relay along Thorpe Lane into the picturesque village of Robin Hood’s Bay. They will continue down Station Road and the steep incline of New Road until the Baton reaches the shoreline.
A handover to the RNLI inshore lifeboat will take place at 5.40pm. 21 year old Batonbearer and Whitby RNLI crew member, Andrew Brighton, will take the precious cargo to the RNLI all-weather lifeboat for its journey, by sea, to Whitby.
At 6.38pm the Baton will disembark from the lifeboat onto dry land at the RNLI Whitby Lifeboat Station. Andrew Brighton will pass the Baton to the next Batonbearer who will take it up to Whitby Abbey via Church Street, Church Lane and the challenging 199 steps!
The Baton will be taken into the grounds of the abbey at 6.45pm for an open public celebration to mark’s the Baton’s visit to Whitby.
The abbey will be open to all for the celebration and English Heritage is offering free entry for Whitby residents (proof of address will be required).
From 6.45pm to 7.15pm, the Baton will be on show for people to see it and photograph it or take selfies. People will also be able to take part in archery with the Whitby Company of Archers, and other activities within the abbey grounds.
At 7.15pm, it will be time for the Baton to take to the skies. It will be transferred to a HM Coastguard Sikorsky S92 helicopter to continue its onward journey out of the borough to Sedgefield.
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