The Commonwealth Games are fast approaching this year and are adding to a year of celebrations, following the recent Platinum Jubilee events. A large part of the games is the Queen's Baton Relay, which began over 10 months ago with many Batonbearers journeying across the Commonwealth.
The Queen's Baton will travel through our region on 14 and 15 July, culminating in the final stretch through Gateshead and then finally on Newcastle Quayside. One of the Batonbearers is local man Dennis Hewitt from Birtley, an avid supporter of St Oswald’s Hospice in Gosforth.
Dennis was intrigued from the moment he caught wind of the event, he said, "I l ooked at the criteria, have you done any work with sports, charity, arts, media, film, TV? Tick, tick, tick, tick, I’ve got to do this. So my brother Alan nominated me and I thought, I’ve got to stand a chance.”
