About the ‘Stadium for Cornwall’ campaign
Posted on Aug 28, 2010 under Stadium for Cornwall |Lady Mary Holborow, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall, has agreed to become the Patron of the Stadium for Cornwall group.
“Lady Mary’s enthusiastic approach to major Cornish projects is well known, as she is thoroughly supportive of our aims and aspirations.
The leaders of the four political groups in the new unitary authority, have contacted the Stadium for Cornwall committee, and stated that they are unanimously agreed in principle to the need for a stadium for Cornwall.
At present, the authority is investigating a number of possible sites.
At some stage it might well be important to show the extent of support throughout the Duchy for this scheme.
Currently, 3042 people have signed the on-line petition, and a further 5700 have signed the individual petition sheets.
Please help to swell this number to make it a significant response to a widely perceived need. Get family and friends to sign the on-line petition.”
From petition organiser Chris Davison:
‘Recently, whilst appearing at the Hall for Cornwall, Paul Jones the BBC Broadcaster & star of the Blues Band & Manfred Mann was pleased to sign the petition in support of a Stadium for Cornwall where sports teams and the performing arts can show their skills. The Blues Band joined him in signing and showing their support, this included the well known musician Tom McGuinness of McGuinness Flint fame’.
We would like more signatures both online and written. Please inform family and friends!
Professor Kenneth MacKinnon, Dingwall, Ross-shire, had this to say about a Stadium for Cornwall:
‘A valuable asset for Cornwall’s socio-economic infrastructure - enabling the Duchy to attract UK and International events and their economic benefits. A considerable plus for health, wellbeing and morale.’
You can help make the Stadium a reality by obtaining signatures from family, friends and your workmates!
WHY DOES CORNWALL NEED A STADIUM?
Cornwall is probably one of the few areas within the UK that doesn’t have a modern sporting stadium. Yet Cornish sportsmen and women have represented Cornwall all over the world and in many different sports - this remains the case today. Back in the ‘old days’ Cornish Rugby has had the honour to have played host to many international touring rugby teams over the years including; New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand Maori, France, Romania, the USA, Canada, Japan and the Soviet Union.
But can we, the people of Cornwall, host such teams now and be proud of our modern sporting facilities? Can we host a major rugby or football game? Do we have a venue that would attract top bands for concerts? The answer must be a resounding NO and we can’t allow Cornwall to be the ’sporting backwater’ that our sports stadia have become!
So it is therefore vital for the Cornish, the people of Cornwall and our future sporting stars, that we should have a modern multi - functional ‘Stadium for Cornwall’.We must call upon our new Cornwall Council to help facilitate the building of a Stadium of which the people of Cornwall can be proud. Give our Cornish youngsters something to which they can aspire! The Stadium that could support: http://stadiumforcornwall.com/chart.jpg
April 23rd, 2009 at 6:17 pm
This is a chance for the people of Cornwall to pull together to achieve something that will be of benefit to everyone in Cornwall and its future generations. Sign the petition, it only takes a few seconds and will make a big difference.
April 23rd, 2009 at 9:00 pm
Yes, sign the petition and write to your councillors & MP’s.
Let’s build support for the Stadium for Cornwall.
The petition total is now: 1407
April 24th, 2009 at 8:49 am
An excellent site - thanks for setting this up! Now let’s build on this momentum and keep challenging your local councillors and MPs and get as many people signing the petition as you can.
April 24th, 2009 at 7:02 pm
I totally support this campaign. For too long we have been forgotten down here and our sporting infrastructure neglected. Without this major asset Cornwall will not be able to progress on the National let alone International stage.
Kernow Bys Vyken
April 24th, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Chris & Bill - many thanks for your comments - the first of many we hope!
When this list of candidates is published, we can ask them where they stand with regard to a Stadium. It should be available on the http://www.onecornwall.cornwall.gov.uk/ site on or around May 13th. If time allows, I will post the list on this site.
I’ve always felt saddened that people of Cornwall have to travel over the Tamar before they see anything that looks something like a stadium. This campaign should ensure our new Cornwall Council takes notice!
Onen hag Oll
April 27th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
The details regarding usage, funding, situation and any other tedious grown up talk can follow. However, whichever way you look at it, the Duchy requires a modern sporting facility with multi use availability; Period!
The majority of folk I have spoken with are 100% behind the idea and see no detriment to proceeding with such a project. True they have a vested interest insofar as the Cornish Pirates (as one example) need a modern stadium to at last take roots in their own right. But there is a genuine willingness to see such a venue shared by other sports, live events and local access to make it a viable and accessible asset for all who live, work and play in Cornwall.
There will of course be an anti-lobby whose antipathy or worse, apathy; will strive as ever to squash such progressive thought. Their views however need to be taken on board in order to devise a workable plan that will allay any fears and hopefully win over their support too.
Either way, it’s a no brainer in my book. How can something that if executed thoughtfully and without self interest powering it be anything but a positive, to a region that could benefit so tangibly?
Build and they will come goes the saying. I believe that the inspiration and subsequent aspirations it will generate will propel the Duchy so far into this 21st Century at last; we’ll all be left wondering why such a simple idea wasn’t acted on sooner!
May 4th, 2009 at 10:53 am
tesco fund stadium
As mentioned on this forum before ..there’s a stadium in them there stores… If only someone knew how to work the system.
May 4th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
Hello Nigel, thanks for the comment.
A member of the Admin team has highlighted this means of funding under the ‘Stadium Funding - Options’ post. Referred to as a ‘Planning Gain’ and a term that our councilors are sure to be aware, will help some people to understand that when asking our Cornwall Council to help realise something like a Stadium for Cornwall, it doesn’t necessarily have to be funded wholly by the tax payer.
As you have pointed out Nigel, a large company such as Tesco, will go the extra ‘financial mile’ to assure of gaining planning approval to establish their large store within the Duchy.