Memorial Park, Palmerston North

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Memorial Park is a multi-use stadium in Palmerston North, New Zealand. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home stadium of YoungHeart Manawatu in the ASB Premiership. The stadium has a capacity of 8,000 people.

Stadium Place or venue for (mostly) outdoor sports, concerts, or other events

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Palmerston North Metropolitan area in North Island, New Zealand

Palmerston North is a city in the North Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Manawatu-Wanganui region. Located in the eastern Manawatu Plains, the city is near the north bank of the Manawatu River, 35 km (22 mi) from the river's mouth, and 12 km (7 mi) from the end of the Manawatu Gorge, about 140 km (87 mi) north of the capital, Wellington. Palmerston North is the country's seventh-largest city and eighth-largest urban area, with an urban population of 86,600.

New Zealand Country in Oceania

New Zealand is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. The country geographically comprises two main landmasses—the North Island, and the South Island —and around 600 smaller islands. New Zealand is situated some 2,000 kilometres (1,200 mi) east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and roughly 1,000 kilometres (600 mi) south of the Pacific island areas of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. Because of its remoteness, it was one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long period of isolation, New Zealand developed a distinct biodiversity of animal, fungal, and plant life. The country's varied topography and its sharp mountain peaks, such as the Southern Alps, owe much to the tectonic uplift of land and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, while its most populous city is Auckland.

The stadium hosted the final of the 2011 Chatham Cup on 28 August 2011. Wairarapa United won the competition for the first time in their history, defeating Napier City Rovers 2–1. This is the first time that the final of New Zealand's premier knockout football competition has been held in Palmerston North.

The 2011 ASB Chatham Cup is New Zealand's 84th knockout football competition.

Wairarapa United is a football club based in Masterton, New Zealand and are currently competing in the Central League.

Napier City Rovers FC

Napier City Rovers are an association football (soccer) team based in Napier, New Zealand. They are currently competing in the Central Premier League.

In 2015 Central Football board member Bruce McGhie proposed a plan to the Palmerston North City Council on making the ground an all-weather sports field. He stated that by 2019–20 Memorial Park would have a multi-purpose artificial sports field. The plan is set to cost $1.7 million. [1]

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Participating in sports is a popular pastime in the Manawatu region of New Zealand, with many local clubs and venues catering for sports such as those listed below and other sports including athletics, archery, badminton, croquet, lawn bowls, squash, tennis and other minority sports. Secondary school and age-group sport is popular and actively encouraged.

References

  1. "Football growth needs grounds". Stuff . 7 May 2015. Retrieved 6 June 2018.

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