SA: Queen's Baton goes on a horseback canter on Adelaide beach

AAP General News (Australia)
02-12-2006
SA: Queen's Baton goes on a horseback canter on Adelaide beach

ADELAIDE, Feb 12 AAP - Olympic dual gold medallist Gillian Rolton will typically be
on horseback as part of her involvement in today's Queen's Baton Relay across Adelaide.

Equestrian Ms Rolton will carry the baton while cantering along Aldinga Beach, south
of Adelaide, as part of a special 2.35km beach leg about 3 pm (CDT).

"It will be an amazing spectacle to see her riding on a horse along the beach - everyone
is having a ball today in sunny Adelaide," relay spokeswoman Kirsty Boston said.

Other prominent South Australians who have ferried the hi-tech baton on its odyssey
to the 2006 Commonwealth Games site in Melbourne include footballer Gavin Wanganeen, Governor
Marjorie Jackson-Nelson and Olympic cyclist Anna Meares.

"I'm thrilled," Meares said in a statement.

"Not only am I able to represent my country in a Commonwealth Games on my home soil,
but I also have the honour of carrying the baton.

"There are not many more things I could wish for except maybe to take out gold in Melbourne."

The baton will be passed between 89 runners today and travel about 143km between Adelaide
and Victor Harbor, where a special celebration will be held in the coastal township from
5.30 pm (CDT).

The Queen's Baton Relay will spend five days travelling through South Australia and
concludes in the Riverland before entering regional Victoria on Thursday.

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