The stadium can hold 10,500, but despite having £5.6m spent
on renovations in 2002, the main stand was condemned last year and now UK
Athletics (UKA) has deemed the athletics track unsuitable for competitions,
although training can still take place on it.
It is a sad plight for a stadium that once saw athletes like
Colin Jackson and Lynn “The Leap” Davies hone their skills there, and Cwmbran
Town football club take on the likes of Cork City, Nationale Bucerusti and
Maccabai Haifa in European competition.
UKA claims that warnings were made to Torfaen Borough
Council of the track’s condition last March and as no action has been taken
they have had to take action.
But the council says that the license has only been
suspended, and if they can complete the necessary work it will be reinstated.
They will investigate various ways in which the money can be raised in due
course.
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