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The Commonwealth Games and Hornby.
When the 1974 Commonwealth games came to Christchurch, a cycling velodrome was needed to host the cyclists competing in the games. Denton Park, in Hornby was suggested as a likely venue, as it was close to rail, and road transport, and there was plenty of room to build and accommodate for the expected number of patrons. This idea was accepted and the building of the velodrome began.
Security was high, since at the 1972 Munich Olympics seven of the Israeli team were massacred, no one wanted a repeat of it here!
Compiled by Stephen P. from various sources. Please contact the Hornby Online Team if you have more early history to add.
Page last updated 27 March, 2008
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