It's not often you get a chance to ride your bike alongside a Commonwealth Games cycling team member carrying the torch as part of the Queen's Baton Relay. This is your chance to do so in the safe environment of Cuningar Loop.
You are invited to come and join us completing a lap of the park in the company of a past Commonwealth Games cycling team member for the Queen's Baton Relay. The baton will then be taken, via the Cuningar bridge, to the Emirates Arena by the cycling team.
The schedule for the Queen's Baton Relay Ride:
Meet at Bike Town, in Thomson Court at 10.30 to cycle to Cuningar Loop, via cycle path to smart bridge then along the river clyde.
Alternatively meet us with your bike at the park entrance at 11.20am
12noon : Baton is carried by Lord Smith of Kelvin (past chair of the 2014 Organising Committee and current chair of Clyde Gateway) across the Cuningar Bridge and into Cuningar Woodland Park
12.15pm : Baton is received by the Provost of South Lanarkshire and given to the Bike Town initiative of Healthy n Happy Community Development Trust to complete a lap of the park in the company of a past Commonwealth Games cycling team member. The baton will then be taken, via the bridge, to the Emirates Arena by the cycling team.
12.30pm : Baton arrives at Emirates Arena, where the 2017 World Badminton Championships are taking place on the day in question
1pm – 3pm : Community event at the Legacy Hub in Dalmarnock. Everyone who takes part in the ride and event is invited to the BBQ.
The baton itself will arrive at the Legacy Hub at 1.30pm.
To help us judge the level of interest and numbers please let us know if you'd like to join this event by calling 0141 647 3250 or by email to biketown@healthynhappy.org.uk We'll also post this event to our meetup page
(Any late changes or updates will be posted on our Meetup Page)