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Temporarily closed for resurfacing, Clement Track at Minoru Park will sport a blue hue (replacing orange) as the primary surface colour when the facility re-opens in August.
Photo by Don Fennell
Blue will replace orange as the primary colour of the resurfaced Clement Track.
Photo courtesy City of Richmond
Clement Track to have blue hue
A popular feature at Minoru Park is temporarily out of bounds.
A popular feature at Minoru Park is
temporarily out of bounds.
Clement Track is closed until perhaps as late
as Aug. 30 for resurfacing.
As a result, the sports field surrounded by
the track (Minoru Oval) will also be off-limits.
Workers are installing a new rubber surface
that can only be applied during dry weather conditions.
The new track will be blue versus the
existing burnt orange colour.
“Blue is the primary colour of the track
resurfacing, with grey being the transition zones for the 4x100m section,”
explains Clay Adams, director, corporate communications and marketing for the
City of Richmond.
Turns out the color choice is trending. Adams
notes blue was also the colour of the track at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games in
Rio de Janeiro and is also a popular choice at other word venues.
“It’s also reflective of the Richmond
(Kajaks) Track and Field Club’s colours—blue and orange.”
Clement Track, named in honour of local track
and field pioneers and former Canadian Olympians Dr. Doug and Diane Clement,
who in 1961 started the Kajaks, was last resurfaced in 1997.
The track is popular with local athletes as
well as the community as a whole. Walking around the track is a popular evening
activity with local residents.
The track will also get optimum use as an
activity site during the B.C. 55+ Games which Richmond is hosting in 2020.
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