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Cheer on our Baton Relay runners THE Queen’s Baton Relay is a unique symbol of the Games with its journey connecting the 70 nations and territories of the Commonwealth. Thousands of people across the globe have touched the Queen’s Baton and now its Cooroy’s turn to share the dream. We have four local worthy nominees selected to carry the baton: Abbey Morcom, Yvonne Pattinson, Clinton Stanley and Sue Stanley. The baton begins its journey from Read Park Tewantin at 3.52pm on Monday 26th March, 2018. Abbey’s baton leg is from 124 Hilton Terrace to the middle of Duke Bridge with an estimated start time of 4.26pm. Yvonne will start her leg at 4.33pm from 167 Gympie Terrace to the Quota Park Bus stop. The baton continues to Sue. Her start time is 4.45pm from 62 Noosa Parade to 42 Noosa Parade where she will hand the baton to her son (Cooroy’s Super Fish) Clinton. The baton then continues its way and reaches its destination Main Beach Noosa at 5.30pm. “In my wildest dreams I would never have thought that one day I’d be handing the Commonwealth Games Queen’s Baton to my amazing son Clinton,” said Sue. “How excited and proud we both are. I feel very emotional about it really.” You may remember in 2006 that Clinton carried the baton through Cooroy on its way to the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Sue and Clinton will be heading back to the Cooroy RSL after their relay legs and invite you to join them in their celebrations. Yvonne is also feeling excited and a little nervous about having the opportunity to carry the baton on its journey to the Games. She is planning to celebrate with those who wish to join her with dinner at the Saw & Mill in Cooroy (Reservations required). Abbey will be celebrating with family and friends. “I feel very honoured and extremely proud to get this opportunity to be a part of the QBR,” said Abbey. “To be running in front of my parents, family, friends and Sporting Associations that I have been connected to is very special. My grandparents live in Alice Springs NT and Murray Bridge SA so they can’t be here to cheer me on, so hopefully my parents have that covered and are filming it.” Even though the baton isn’t coming through Cooroy, let’s support our community runners and go and cheer them on and share the dream of celebrating this wonderful community.
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