{"id":61325,"date":"2022-01-12T18:32:29","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:32:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/?p=61325"},"modified":"2022-01-12T18:32:29","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:32:29","slug":"nominations-open-for-baton-bearers-for-commonwealth-games-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/12\/nominations-open-for-baton-bearers-for-commonwealth-games-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Nominations Open For Baton Bearers For Commonwealth Games 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A mural has been unveiled to launch the official search for 2,022 baton bearers for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.<\/p>\n<p>The nominees chosen will take part in the symbolic Queen&#8217;s Baton Relay ahead of the Games.<\/p>\n<p>Organisers say it offers people a &#8220;once-in-a-lifetime opportunity&#8221; to carry the baton in their regions as the international sporting event heads to the UK.<\/p>\n<p>According to Birmingham 2022 they are searching for someone&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Always willing to take on a challenge<\/li>\n<li>Have a unique and inspiring story<\/li>\n<li>A figure of inspiration who positively challenges others to achieve their best<\/li>\n<li>Or passionate about making a positive impact within their community<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The baton is due to be handed to the Queen at the Games&#8217; opening ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>As part of events marking the Games, a commemorative mural has been unveiled in the city centre.<\/p>\n<p>The mural has highlighted Haseebah Abdullah, England&#8217;s first hijab-wearing boxing coach and Salma Bi\u00a0who founded the first all Asian women\u2019s cricket team.<\/p>\n<p>Created by street artist Gent 48,\u00a0aka Josh Billingham.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To be on the wall in the heart of Birmingham is pretty amazing,&#8221; said Ms Abdullah.<\/p>\n<p>The baton will travel through 72 Commonwealth nations and territories during the relay, returning to England to tour for 25 days through nine regions.<\/p>\n<p>Sports minister Nigel Huddleston said it was an incredible opportunity to &#8220;shine a light on the unsung heroes who make a real difference to their local communities&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Birmingham City Council&#8217;s leader Ian Ward said the role of the baton-bearers was of &#8220;huge significance&#8221; and urged people to nominate inspirational figures from their family, neighbourhood or community.<\/p>\n<p>Nominations can be made for baton-bearers &#8211; who must be 12 or over on 2 June &#8211; via the Commonwealth Games website.<\/p>\n<p>The Games will take place in Birmingham and across the West Midlands from 28 July to 8 August.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mural has been unveiled to launch the official search for 2,022 baton bearers for the Birmingham Commonwealth Games. The nominees chosen will take part in the symbolic Queen&#8217;s Baton Relay ahead of the Games. Organisers say it offers people a &#8220;once-in-a-lifetime opportunity&#8221; to carry the baton in their regions as the international sporting event [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":61339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,53,37,112],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-61325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-latest","category-local-news","category-top-stories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61325","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theasiantoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}