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___ —-—- —\ IB ' I B \ It doesn’t matter who you are, or where you B ? • i are. You can carry the baton for one kilometre and pass S IHb I it on. It’s your chance to play a part in the 1990 IB ' i <7 ' I Commonwealth Games, the biggest sports event this ■I \ 1 B I country has ever known. 1b ''V / I B 'L? ' ' Each runner is supplied with a uniform |B that is made up of the cap, sports shirt, shorts, WTAJJ £1 1 TITI socks and sweatband that are to be worn during the lUU Vill.l DIjvVIWIJ event. The cost of this outfit (which is yours to keep) A COMMONWEALTH GAMES RENNER.—7“ Here is your chance to grab an opportunity But hurry. You only have until 15th October to that may never come again in your lifetime. enter the Queen’s Baton Relay. In the very early hours of New Year’s Day Entry forms can be collected from any BP or 1990, two silver batons bearing Her Majesty Queen Europa service station, DB Wholesale outlet, Toyota Elizabeth’s message to the Commonwealth Games will dealer, Radio New Zealand station, local power begin a unique tour of New Zealand. authority, or Lotto outlet. These batons, one in each island, will be Join the chain that joins up New Zealand, passed from New Zealander to New Zealander in the Be there to carry the Queen’s baton. biggest relay run this country has ever seen. It will last for 24 days, a running chain crossing ■— mountain passes and rivers, looping right around the ff Commonweahh Games North and South Islands. It will touch the biggest cities and the smallest country towns. It will end with the ——— ——■— batons being run into Mt Smart Stadium for the .. _ ... .... electricity TOYOTA opening ceremony of the Games on 24 January JWv. the power of the games ■ a v ■ * » IHMA M 4 4 4 | FROM 12 YEARS OLD TO 112, THEY’LL BE JOINING THE CHAIN. | ; HKM / RIALTO BIT) MOS X A 4 .4

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Press, 6 September 1989, Page 33

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