January 2008 - New National Standard BMX
Track Opens at Tipkinder
On Friday 18th January the new
floodlit national standard BMX track at Tipkinder Park was
officially opened by Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, Mayor of Crewe &
Nantwich Cllr. Maurice Jones and representatives from the
Borough Council, Groundwork, British Cycling, Ghostriders BMX Club,
Horticon, Cheshire County Council and Barclays Spaces for
Sport.
The track has been provided by the
Borough Council with the assistance of Groundwork Cheshire and
Cheshire Ghostriders BMX Club who will use the track as their new
home. The Ghostriders-trained, gold medal winning Shanaze Reade,
has already taken time out of her busy international sports
schedule to come down and try out the track.
In addition to £100,000 invested in
the facility by Crewe and Nantwich Borough Council, the other
valuable funding support for the project was provided by Barclays
Spaces for Sports (£50,000), WREN (£40,000), Cheshire County
Council (£23,000), plus further contributions of £7,000 from the
Local Network Fund and £4,000 from Groundwork Cheshire.
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Mayor of Crewe & Nantwich Cllr Maurice Jones and Gwyneth
Dunwoody MP open the new track
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Mayor of Crewe & Nantwich, Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, Local Riders
and Barclays Representative
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Mayor of Crewe & Nantwich, Cllr Maurice Jones talks about
the work behind the project.
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The New Floodlit BMX Track
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