RIBBLE Valley MP Nigel Evans has visited St Leonard's Balderstone Primary School to see the arrival of the Schools Commonwealth Baton Relay and promote the Lancashire School Games.
The relay, organised by Hyndburn and Ribble Valley Sports Partnership, began West Lancashire in March and has been travelling around the county’s 12 districts, visiting a total of 57 schools.
Each school has to find a creative way to get the baton from one school to the next. T
The Lancashire School Games 2022 provides children and young people with the opportunities to have fun and develop skills whilst helping them recover from the effects of coronavirus pandemic
It will culminate in a celebration event in Blackpool’s Stanley Park on Tuesday July 5 2022.
House of Commons deputy speaker Mr Evans said: “I was delighted to see the baton delivered to Balderstone Primary.
“The Schools Commonwealth Baton Relay 2022 represents an opportunity for children across the Ribble Valley to not only recover from a difficult two years through sport, but to learn about the Commonwealth and the vital role it plays for us in the Queens Platinum Jubilee year.”
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