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Andrew Board We’ve had the Rugby World Cup, the Cricket World Cup, the Crusaders and the Blacksticks, but deputy mayor Paul Matheson says a British and Irish Lions game could surpass them all. Nelson City Council has allocated half a million dollars in its long term plan if Nelson can secure a game during the Lions rugby tour to New Zealand in 2017. Paul says the region has proven itself as a place that can host international sporting events. “Running on the success of the Rugby World Cup and Cricket World Cup we’re saying to ourselves ‘we get a good return, so lets have a shot at it’.” The tour is one of the largest sports tours in the world and sees thousands of rugby fans from the UK and Ireland follow the team for more than a month. The Lions only visit New Zealand every 12 years and Nelson has thrown its hat in the ring to host one of the games. “I think the Lions tour will attract more interest because they have that base support that travels the world,” says Paul. “It could be bigger than the rugby or cricket world cups because you’ll see more of them on the ground and they love a hamburger or two.” Nelson Tasman Tourism’s Lynda Keene says if a game was to come to Nelson it would be a huge boost for the industry, with the game likely to be broadcast live to a huge audience in the UK, a traditional tourism market for Nelson. wheelchairs mobility scooters walkers/canes electric bed/hoists lift assist chairs bathroom solutions incontinence products daily living aids/products
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Former Navy man Neil Ballock, left, and Nelson RSA president Barry Pont, with some of the crosses that will be at Trafalgar Park for this Saturday’s Anzac Day commemorations. Photo: Andrew Board.
‘Biggest Anzac Day ever’ This Saturday’s Anzac Day commemorations will be the biggest ever, says the local RSA president, with between 5000 and 10,000 people expected. This year marks 100 years since the New Zealand and Australian soldiers landed on the beaches at Gallipoli during World War One. To commemorate the day the Nelson RSA, along with Nelson City Council, is hosting its dawn service
andrew@nelsonweekly.co.nz at Trafalgar Park this year. Nelson RSA president Barry Pont says the traditional home of the service, Anzac Gardens, is simply too small to host it this year. “Every year it grows and grows, but this
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year will be huge, it will be the biggest Anzac service ever.” At the dawn service there will be a reading from the Turkish ambassador to New Zealand, speeches from Nelson high school students and 590 white crosses that will mark each of the Nelson men who died during WWI.
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