Wolverhampton’s all-conquering cycle racing team is to re-open what is thought to be the country’s biggest track of its kind in the city.
Wednesfield Aces, who compete at Ashmore Park, have already registered a sister club called East Park Wolves which will use the venue when it is completed in March.
The project to renovate the dilapidated track, which was built in East Park in 1988 next to the old clock tower by the newly formed Wolverhampton City Council, began last year.
Wolverhampton Network Consortium, a company set up and run by local people to look after the needs of the community, funded the construction of a fence around the site and relaying of the track surface to the tune of £10,500.
The fence has been erected while the surface is due to be laid in late February in time for the season’s opening fixture in March.
Aces head coach and team manager Mick Aris, pictured, is the driving force behind the scheme. He said the Aces were going to use the track but stayed at Ashmore Park when more funding was pumped in.
He said the track was the biggest of its type in the country at 105 metres per lap.“We want to generate interest locally to get youngsters involved in the sport. This will be a top class facility, one the city can be really proud of,” he added.
Wednesfield Aces enjoyed their most successful campaign in the club’s 45-year history last season.
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