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Ryde Aquatic Leisure
Centre
The Ryde Aquatic
centre, located at Ryde in Sydney's west, will host the
preliminaries for both men's and women's waterpolo. The Bronze
medal match for the women will also be played at the aquatic
centre. It is expected to be completed in March 2000 and will have
a capacity of 4000. Water polo will be hosted from 23-30 September
(days 8-12 and 14-15). The 12 men's and 6 women's teams will play
their matches in the 51.5m indoor pool and will warm up in the
adjacent leisure centre.
Mountain Bike Course
(Fairfield City Farm)
Farifield City Farm at
Abbotsbury is the venue for Mountain Biking in 2000. The 350
hectare working farm near Fairfield has a 7km track with a mass
start, high speed turns, narrow paths and steep drops. Spectators
will be mainly concentrated around the start and finish areas but
can move around the course to some of the more technical areas. The
course was designed and constructed to exist in harmony with
surrounding flora and fauna.
Sydney International Shooting Centre
(Cecil
Park)
The shooting centre is
located at Cecil Park, in the south west of Sydney and the 78
hectare site will host both Olympic and Paralympic shooting
events.
It is expected to be
the most advanced shooting facility in the world at the time of the
Olympic Games. It has three Olympic shotgun ranges, a 25 metre
range, a 50 metre range, final range and a fully enclosed 10 metre
indoor range for moving target disciplines, air rifle and air
pistol. During the 2000 Games, pistol and rifle finals will be held
on a purpose built range with 2500 capacity grandstand and
scoreboard.
The outdoor facilities
play host to the Trap and Skeet Shotgun events. The Shotgun final
will be held on a Trap and Skeet finals range and there will be
seating for 4000 spectators. The current number of seats for 1,250
people will be raised dramatically by temporary seating to boost
the number to 10,000. The site includes change rooms, secure
storage areas, a shooting sports store, sports administration rooms
and audio-visual hall. The complex will have the accessibility
features of all other venues and provides the opportunity for the
site to later expand.
It contains all the
environmentally friendly features of the other complexes to host
Olympic sports. As with the Equestrian Centre, all visitors will
have to use public transport during the Olympic Games. Buses will
run from Eastern Creek and Liverpool.
Equestrian Centre
(Horsley Park)
The Sydney
International Equestrian Centre is at Horsley Park, 28 kilometres
west of Homebush Bay, and is set over 80 hectares of native
bushland. This venue will host Olympic dressage, jumping and
three-day events as well as Paralympic dressage. The site, at the
completion of construction will have over 25 kilometres of trails
for training, the three-day event, 15.4 kilometres of endurance
tracks and roads, a 12 metre wide, 7.4 kilometre long cross country
course with 42 jumps, steeplechase track and galloping
track.
There is a combined
dressage and showjumping main arena with permanent seating for
2,000, with the grass banks accommodating a further 3,000. The site
will have a stable complex with 224 stables and tack rooms and a
fully enclosed 70 x 35 metre indoor training hall that accommodates
800 spectators as well as administration buildings and amenities
for spectators.
The Olympic equestrian
events to be held at this site are expected to attract up to as
many as 50,000 spectators and temporary seating and other
facilities are to be added during competition time to allow as many
people as possible to experience equestrian events.
The facilities are
designed to maximise natural ventilation and light and minimise
water and electricity use. Parking will be provided for small
trucks, trailers and cars with horse floats in three areas. All
visitors to the centre will need to use public transport. Rail
services and bus links from Liverpool, Doonside and Eastern Creek
Raceway car parks will get the visitors to the Sydney International
Equestrian Centre.
Softball & Baseball Centre, Aquilina
Reserve
(Blacktown)
The Softball &
Baseball centre, situated 22 kilometres from Homebush Bay is due
for completion in late 1999. The Centre will have two training
diamonds and one competition field with 1,000 permanent seats.
Temporary seating will be added, taking the capacity to 8000 during
the games.
Penrith Whitewater
Stadium
The 300 metre long U
shaped artificial slalom course at Penrith is located next to the
Regatta centre and it runs at 14 cubic metres a second. It will
host Canoeing and Kayaking from September 17-22. The 6.5 million
dollar complex features conveyor belts to tow back kayaks and
canoes after competition is finished and the water flow can be
controlled so after the Olympics are over, the centre can be used
for people's recreational choice.
The competition
channel is 8-12 metres wide and the depth varies from 0.8-1.2
metres. The stadium utilises natural light and ventillation and has
a capacity of 12,500 spectators.
Sydney International Regatta Centre
(Penrith
Lakes)
The International
Regatta Centre is situated five kilometres from Penrith and
consists of a 2.3km competition course, a warm up lake, pavilion, 2
boatsheds and an event waste management area. The course
accommodates 9 lanes for rowing and 12 for canoeing. The
$6.5million complex will accommodate 30,000 spectators in the
pavilion and in the public areas on the sides during competition.
It has tactile floor tiles, fully accessible toilets, and other
facilities to care for those with special needs.
All buildings are
energy efficient and maximise natural ventilation and light and
what energy is used, comes from solar panels. The water quality is
controlled and fish and plants have been integrated to the lakes to
maintain and sustain the regatta's ecosystem. The venue is also
surrounded by wetlands and woodlands.
The centre currently
has 3,000 parking spaces but during the Games all public visitors
will be required to use public transport with buses from Penrith
Station.
The Regatta Centre is
the first stage of the Penrith Lakes scheme which will provide a
2000 hectare recreation area which will include seven lakes equal
in size to Sydney Harbour from the Harbour Bridge to the Heads on
its completion
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