Official Provider: Baton Relay Nominations and Route Planning
The Birmingham 2022 Queen’s Baton Relay has been on an epic journey across the Commonwealth since October 2021, visiting all 72 nations and territories. Celebrating, connecting and exciting communities in the run up to the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, the Queen’s Baton Relay will have covered no less than 140,000 km upon its conclusion at the Opening Ceremony of the Games on 28 July 2022.
As the Official Provider of Birmingham 2022’s Core Games Management Systems, Wiz-Team and its smart software solution
Event-Works have been part of this amazing journey since the very beginning. As the Baton Relay Nominations and Route Planning application, Event-Works delivers to B2022 the Batonbearer nominations portal, selection, registration, data management, and communications for the domestic portion of the relay. It also serves organisers in the process of route stage and slot planning, route operations management, live baton tracking, as well as tour services. In addition, Wiz-Team’s revamped Relay App made its debut by bringing the web-based solution to the fingertips of teams on-the-ground, running relay operations around the nation.
Snapshot:
The following numbers highlight the scale of this extraordinary undertaking for the Baton’s domestic journey…
- 7,960 Batonbearer nominations by…
- 9,665 nominators, led to the selection of…
- 1,525 Batonbearers attributed to…
- 1,700 slots covering …
- 1,100 stages.
Léa Margot, Event Assistant at Wiz-Team, oversaw the development and delivery of the application for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sharing some insights, she said: “The Event-Works Relay module was ready for a rewrite from the last international torch relay it supported. Therefore, we had the unique opportunity to sit down with the Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee to co-create its new look, feel, and functionality. My role in this project involved working with both our development team and the client to facilitate a more iterative and agile approach to delivery.”
She added: “It is fantastic to see how all these thorough technical preparations now enable a unique real-time experience for the participants and fans. I feel this is what it’s all about – bringing people together through sport; and, for us our technology.”
Léa Margot, Event Assistant at Wiz-Team, oversaw the development and delivery of the application for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games. Sharing some insights, she said: “The Event-Works Relay module was ready for a rewrite from the last international torch relay it supported. Therefore, we had the unique opportunity to sit down with the Birmingham 2022 Organising Committee to co-create its new look, feel, and functionality. My role in this project involved working with both our development team and the client to facilitate a more iterative and agile approach to delivery.”
She added: “It is fantastic to see how all these thorough technical preparations now enable a unique real-time experience for the participants and fans. I feel this is what it’s all about – bringing people together through sport; and, for us our technology.”
More Wiz-Team members will proudly carry the baton on 20 July. Watch this space as Johann Woringer, founder and CEO of Wiz-Team, John Tweardy, Managing Partner – Olympic, Paralympic & Major Events Practice, and… Léa Margot prepare for their turn in the spotlight.
Want to follow the Queen’s Baton Relay? Checkout the route and its final lap currently underway in England: The England Route (birmingham2022.com)
