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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Where should New Zealand's 2nd indoor cycling velodrome be located?


"Palmerston North has lodged a proposal with BikeNZ and Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) to build NewZealands second international indoor cycling velodrome.
Palmerston North City Council, Bike Manawatu, Sport Manawatu, and Massey University with the support of Manawatu District Council have lodged a proposal with BikeNZ and Sport and Recreation New Zealand (SPARC) to build New Zealand's second international indoor cycling velodrome.
Manawatu and Palmerston North are the perfect locations for this being central and easily accessible. Easy to get to by road we are a three hour drive gets you to a million people, regular air services, easy accommodation access to the track.

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Gary:
Jonah Lomu (Tongan) bulldozing his way
through some big South Africans
Several years ago I recommended to the then head of NZ high performance cycle coaching that we should place our next cycle velodrome in the Auckland suburb of Otara (Otara is the largest concentration of Polynesians in the world).  He scoffed at the idea because, in his opinion Pacific Islanders were not suited to individual sports.  Talk about ignorant - it was a direct insult to my family as well as to all the Maori and Pacific Islanders who have excelled at sports like tennis, squash, golf, boxing, multisports and - yes - cycling.