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The first indoor international standard cycling velodrome in New
Zealand now resides at Surrey Park, Invercargill, housing a 250
metre wooden track forming part of the multi-million dollar extension
to Stadium Southland.
The complete project took 56 weeks, with a crucial five weeks
allocated to the painstaking work of building the track itself.
The track is formed using 376 Nordic pine laminated trusses at
600mm centres, while the surface timber is Baltic pine 6 metres
in length. Trusses were surveyed into place with the 250m inside
board meticulously placed as this board officially forms the measurement
of the track. Securing the 185 laps of surface timber, each secret
nailed into the previous inside layer and skew nailed into each
truss at a rate of five nails per metre, was an exacting task
requiring 2000 nails per lap (360,000 nails in total) to be hand-nailed
by a team of 15 carpenters under the instruction of track designer
Ralph Schürmann. The outer balustrade was formed with 3000
pieces of tongue and groove.
The finishing touches were selected from the Resene range of
products, with Resene Armourchlor HBF white used to protect steelwork
and Resene Lusta-Glo semi-gloss enamel tinted to Resene Silver
Chalice (pewter grey), Resene Zylone Sheen tinted to Resene Crab
Apple (red terracotta), Resene Athens Grey (pearl grey), Resene
Mantle (pastel green) and Resene Killarney (shamrock green) and
Resene Sonyx 101 semi-gloss acrylic tinted to Resene Crab Apple
protecting all other areas in need of a lick of paint and a touch
of colour.
With a world class track at their doorstep, the continual whirr
of bike tyres is testament to the dedication of the cyclists.
Design and Built Contractor: Calder Stewart
Painting Contractor: HG Morsink
Resene: Hamish McLeod, Southland Trade Representative
Track Designer: Ralph Schürmann (Germany)
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