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Last Updated: Feb 24, 2012 - 5:05:01 PM |
Pictured (from left): BHRA Director Bertram Bowe; BHRA Public Relations Officer Leslie Crawley; Director Munnings; Minister Maynard; President Donaldson and BHRA Directors Michael Sweeting and Clint Harding. (BIS Photo / Eric Rose)
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Nassau, Bahamas - Minister of
Youth, Sports and Culture the Hon. Charles Maynard poses with executive
members of the Bahamas Hot Rod Association (BHRA), during a recent courtesy
call. Minister Maynard said the Association's track was one of the facilities
demolished as a result of the construction of corridors, during the
current Sports Centre Redevelopment Project. The overall master plan
for the Sports Centre, he added, has a new facility designed to run
parallel to Corridor 9. \
"We are pleased today to welcome them to
discuss the commencement of that part of the Phase 1 project and we
expect that, within the next two weeks, work will begin on the new state-of-the-art
hot rod facility that is going to include a number of new amenities,"
Minister Maynard said. "It is going to be able to be internationally
certified, thereby attracting international hot rod events to the country,
in pursuit of our development of sports tourism."
President of
the Bahamas Hot Rod Association Elwood Donaldson thanked the Minister
and Director of Sports Tim Munnings for meeting with the Association
representatives. "We are appreciative in being a part of Phase
1, building us a state-of-the-art racetrack facility," he said.
"Racing will soon be returning to The Bahamas. A lot of the local
drivers and some of our international partners are looking forward to
this. We thank the Government for keeping us abreast of all the developments
and assisting us in the development of our new facility." Minister
Maynard added, "We look forward to the project being started shortly
and the facility being completed in the course of this calendar year."
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