The Patsy T. Mink Central Oahu Regional Park (CORP) is a public park operated by the

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. It held its grand opening on July 21, 2001 and it is located in

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, Oahu just off the

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. The Central Oahu Regional Park complex currently includes a 20-court tennis center, which opened in 2003; the Veterans Memorial Aquatic Center, four youth

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, four regulation size baseball diamonds, a four diamond

softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

complex, as well as other multipurpose fields, and a 20-lane

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range. CORP plays host to many different sporting events including

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baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

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etc. It is also the home field for the

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Sea Warrior baseball team, the

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Silversword softball team as well as being the home of the 2007

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(HHSAA)

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Tournament. The

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(Korea Baseball Organization) uses the baseball field annually during spring training. The park was renamed after U.S. Representative

Patsy Mink Patsy Matsu Mink (née Takemoto; December 6, 1927 – September 28, 2002) was an American attorney and politician from the U.S. state of Hawaii. Mink was a third-generation Japanese American, having been born and raised on the island of Maui. ...

in 2007.

Current facilities

*4 Youth Baseball Fields *4 Regulation Baseball Fields *4 Regulation Softball Fields *20 Tennis Courts *

Olympic Size Swimming Pool An Olympic-size swimming pool conforms to regulated dimensions that are large enough for international competition. This type of swimming pool is used in the Olympic Games, where the race course is in length, typically referred to as "long cour ...

*1 meter and 3 meter

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s (Diving Boards) *Multipurpose Fields *Archery Range

Planned facilities

*Tennis Stadium *A Basketball Court is rumored *Equestrian Center

Notable events

Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships The Pan Pacific Swimming Championships is a long course swimming event first held in 1985.2012 File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather ...

2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; 2022 Sri Lankan protests, Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretari ...

"Charter Nations Announce Addition of Junior Pan Pacific Swimming Championships to 2022 International Events Calendar"
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''. March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.

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