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Commonwealth baton relay: Aberdeen route

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Dons legend Willie Miller will launch the Queen’s Baton Relay through Aberdeen on Monday.

A series of celebrations have been planned as the baton makes it way through the city, and members of the public will have the chance to catch a glimpse of it from a host of vantage points.

Highlights include a two-hour concert at Union Terrace Gardens, which thousands of people are expected to attend to welcome the arrival of the baton at the end of the day.

Lord Provost George Adam said the plans for Aberdeen will celebrate the city’s maritime history, diversity of industry and scenic coastal location.

He said: “Now that the street level route is available, I hope the citizens of Aberdeen and visitors alike will plan where they want to be, to cheer on and support the baton bearers, and be part of this fabulous sporting and cultural event.”

The baton is on its way around Scotland, covering more than 400 communities in advance of the start of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 23.

The start of the Aberdeen leg will be marked at Royal Aberdeen Golf Club, where Gothenberg Great Mr Miller will tee off to get the relay underway at about 8.20am.

From there, the baton bearers will head along Donmouth Crescent, Balgownie Road and Scotstown Road to Bridge of Don Academy on Braehead Way at about 9am, where a mini-Commonwealth Games will be held.

Next up, from about 9.30am, will be Fairview Street, Laurel Drive, Provost Rust Drive, Springhill Road and Provost Fraser Drive before the relay heads to Northfield Academy for another athletics event at about 10.45am.

From there, the baton heads along Kings Gate, Queens Road, Springfield Road and North Deeside Road then onto RGU Garthdee and the Garthdee snowsports centre at 2pm.

Bearers will head towards the River Dee via Garthdee Road, the A90 Stonehaven Road and Riverside Drive for 2.30pm.

At that point, pupils from Kaimhill School and Kincorth Academy will form part of a canoe flotilla to carry the baton down the river, with public vantage points at either side.

The next stop will be the Petrofac training facilities at Aberdeen harbour at 3pm, where the baton will be plunged into the water in spectacular fashion before travelling in a convoy around the various berths, led by the harbour pilot boat.

From there, the baton will travel along Footdee Quayside to Beach Esplanade, Beach Boulevard and Links Road to Transition Extreme sports centre at about 3.45pm.

A free BMX and skateboard stunt show will take place while crowds await the arrival of the procession.

The relay then continues along Beach Esplanade, St Machar Drive, High Street, College Bounds, Orchard Street and King Street before arriving at Aberdeen Sports Village on Linksfield Road at about 4.50pm.

The baton will make its way through the facility to the new Aquatics Centre, where it will be welcomed by high profile Commonwealth athletes.

At 6pm, the baton will arrive at Pittodrie Stadium and enter the Richard Donald Stand and be met by Dons mascot Angus the Bull with the League Cup trophy.

From Pittodrie, the route continues along Golf Road, Justice Street, Castlegate, Union Street, Broad Street via the Marischal College quadrangle at 6.20pm.

From there, the baton travels along Upperkirkgate, Blackfriars Street, St Andrews Street, Charlotte Street, John Street, Woolmanhill and Lower Denburn to its final destination in the city, Union Terrace Gardens at about 6.45pm.

Entertainment will be provided by Fusion Dance, Citymoves and singer Mitzi Wilson, with a crowd of up to 2,000 people in the gardens.

A big screen will also be erected on Union Terrace to allow other people to watch the arrival of the baton.

For full details of the baton’s journey through the north and north-east keep watching the Press and Journal or go to our website at www.pressandjournal.co.uk