Richard Hadlee

2022 - 5 - 24

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Next generation of cricketers to get runs on the board from new ... (Stuff.co.nz)

More than three decades in the making, the Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Centre is the final piece of the Hagley Oval Cricket Precinct.

The centre is versatile, and we can’t wait to see other sporting codes and community groups utilise this space,” Robinson said. This centre will accommodate the next generation of cricketers.” “It will give cricketers of all ages and skill levels world-class facilities to train in. We helped rally neighbours to rebuild a beloved vege garden accidentally destroyed. We waded into flooding when our city was deluged. Hartland showed off her batting prowess during a ceremony to open the final piece of the Hagley Oval Cricket Precinct, the Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Centre.

Final Piece Of The Hagley Oval Cricket Precinct Officially Opens ... (Scoop.co.nz)

Sir Richard Hadlee will unveil the facility alongside Canterbury Cricket Trust (CCT) Chair, Lee Robinson, Christchurch Mayor Lianne Dalziel and Stephen and ...

The build has been completed by Naylor Love and the Canterbury Cricket Trust has worked closely with Trevor Watt of Athfield Architects to ensure the design is simple but purposeful and state of the art. In 2017, the horticultural society building was offered for sale and to return this building to cricket was an opportunity too great for Stephen and Heather Boock to ignore. The building was demolished, and a series of community fundraising was underway. The Canterbury Cricket Trust needed to raise over $10 million to build the Pavilion and confirm that Christchurch would be ready for the ICC cricket world cup in 2015. The Centre is versatile, and we can’t wait to see other sporting codes and community groups utilise this space.” This centre will accommodate the next generation of cricketers.

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Sir Richard Hadlee opens new sports centre: 'It's my legacy to cricket' (New Zealand Herald)

A multi-million dollar indoor sports facility has opened at Christchurch's Hagley Oval bearing the name of a red-and-black sporting legend. Kurt Bayer reports.

It makes Hagley Oval the premier cricket ground in New Zealand. No other international cricket ground in New Zealand would have a facility like this, let alone everything else that is on this ground." "We'll see thousands and thousands of people using the facility in the time that I have left," Hadlee says. it's my legacy to cricket." "We have a magnificent cricket ground with the lights and pavilion, and now we have a sports centre of high quality. "It's the final piece of the jigsaw in the Hagley precinct," Hadlee says. The Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Centre is a product of $4.65m of fundraising including donations from the New Zealand cricket community - major donors include the Sir Richard Hadlee Sports Trust, Sir Stephen Tindall, Glenn and Lynne Ritchie and Mark Stewart - and completes the Hagley Oval Cricket Precinct which has fundraised around $20m since 2014.

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'My legacy to cricket': Sir Richard Hadlee opens new sports centre at ... (Otago Daily Times)

A multi-million dollar indoor sports facility has opened at Christchurch's Hagley Oval bearing the name of a red-and-black sporting legend.

It makes Hagley Oval the premier cricket ground in New Zealand. No other international cricket ground in New Zealand would have a facility like this, let alone everything else that is on this ground." "We'll see thousands and thousands of people using the facility in the time that I have left," Hadlee says. "We have a magnificent cricket ground with the lights and pavilion, and now we have a sports centre of high quality. "It's the final piece of the jigsaw in the Hagley precinct," Hadlee says. "[It] is a lovely recognition for the contribution that I've been able to make to Canterbury cricket and New Zealand cricket ... it's my legacy to cricket." "To have it named in my honour, is something very special to me, particularly at this time of my life," says the 70-year-old Hadlee who has battled cancer since 2018.

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