Gibbon to feature at Queen’s Baton Relay

The relay starts at 9 am opposite BPTT . The QBR has been the traditional curtain-raiser to the Commonwealth Games since the 1958 Games in Cardiff, Wales.

The relay started at Buckingham Palace in England on March 13, and will travel throughout the Commonwealth region, before the 2018 Commonwealth Games opening ceremony on April 4, 2018.

Gibbon, a two-time gold medallist at the 1966 Commonwealth Games, along with past and present national athletes will ride, jog and walk the route through Maraval, St James and St Clair.

Among those who will participate in the historic event, will be 1998 Commonwealth Games long jump bronze medallist Wendell Williams.

Members of the public can join the QBR as it makes its way along the route. On Tuesday, there will be QBR celebrations at Pigeon Point in Tobago, from 9 am.