Arima Velodrome

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The Arima Velodrome (2014)

The Arima Velodrome is a cycling track in Arima , Trinidad and Tobago . It is one of five railways in the country.

The Arima Velodrome is open, 440 meters long, and the surface is made of concrete. It was built on the spot where one of Trinidad and Tobago's first cinemas had previously stood since at least 1906, the Arima Savannah. National track championships have been held repeatedly on the cycling track. The Easter International Cycling Grand Prix takes place annually in March .

Since the track had no lighting for a long time, training times were limited, which is why an indoor cycle track, the National Cycling Center , was built near the Ato Boldon Stadium in Couva in 2016 . In 2018, after 30 years, light was installed again in the Arima Velodrome.

Football matches are played in the interior of the cycling track . The velodrome is also used for other events, such as the First People's Heritage Week in 2014, an event of the Amerindian community, or carnival parades.

Web links

Commons : Arima Velodrome  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 10 ° 38 ′ 13.2 ″  N , 61 ° 17 ′ 2.4 ″  W.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bike Cult / Book: Online Resource: Velodromes. In: bikecult.com. July 28, 2005, accessed December 14, 2016 . The new National Cycling Center is not yet listed in this source.
  2. ↑ Isport.com: Cycling Velodromes in Trinidad And Tobago. Retrieved December 14, 2016 .
  3. ↑ Angelo Bissessarsingh: Trinidad's first cinema . In: Trinidad Guardian . 2nd February 2014.
  4. ↑ Content Editor: Records tumble at Arima Velodrome - TTCF. In: ttcyclingfederation.org. June 14, 2016, accessed December 14, 2016 .
  5. ^ Spotlight on Trinidad and Tobago Cycling Federation. In: UCI. November 29, 2016. Retrieved January 8, 2017 .
  6. ↑ CNC3.co.tt: Arima Velodrome gets new lights after 30 years of lobbying. Retrieved January 10, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Agile Telecom Ltd., Xidemia: Trinidad and Tobago's Newsday: newsday.co.tt:. In: newsday.co.tt. June 12, 2011, accessed January 8, 2017 .
  8. ^ The First Peoples - Our foundation. In: Guardian Trinidad and Tobago. October 16, 2014, accessed December 14, 2016 .
  9. ↑ LoopTT.com: Soca Monarch semis head back to Arima. Retrieved January 10, 2019 .