Memorial Park, also known as Trust House Memorial Park for sponsorship reasons and formerly as Cameron and Soldiers' Park, is a sports facility which is located in

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. The two main sports that are played on the ground are

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and

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. It has a capacity for 10,000 spectators. It is the home ground of

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side

Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union The Wairarapa-Bush Rugby Football Union is the body that regulates rugby union in Masterton, New Zealand. It was formed in 1971 with the amalgamation of the Wairapapa and Bush Unions. The Wairarapa-Bush team play in the Heartland Championship ...

History

The previous Masterton showground was acquired by a local committee in 1918. Brothers Donald and Robert Cameron acquired the land for Memorial Park and the park commemorated their last name and their father and uncle Lieutenant Norman Cameron, killed at

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. The grandstand was blown by a storm in 1934, and during the

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the grounds were used by the

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. In 2008 the park was renamed Trust House Memorial Park for sponsorship reasons. In 2015 at the cost of NZ $2.1 million the park was renovated to add a turf ground, stadium lighting and redesigned fence lines and footpaths.

Tenants

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team Wairarapa Bush uses Memorial Park for all its home games. It has also been the home ground on some occasions for the

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Development team. In

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use the home ground for their home games. Wairarapa United won the

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, New Zealand's most coveted football trophy, in

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References

External links

Official website of the Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union
{{Heartland Championship Rugby union stadiums in New Zealand Sport in Masterton Buildings and structures in the Wairarapa Sports venues in the Wellington Region

History

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