When "Kiwis Fly: A Sports Tour of Great Britain" is the first book
to shine a spotlight on 140 leading sports venues and profile the
New Zealanders who have succeeded there. Stadia across the UK are
temples for sports fans. Places where crowds gather to worship at
the feet of the gods on the pitch, track or course. New Zealand
sports fans travel across the globe to visit venues such as
Wimbledon and Wembley, Aintree and Anfield, Silverstone and St
Andrews. The fans want to know more about the venues, more about
the history and more about the stories. It tells the stories of
dreams, hopes, disappointment and redemption. It is the story of
New Zealand growing up as a nation in the sporting venues of
Britain. Sporting stadia are intrinsically linked to the culture,
fabric and history of the UK. Golfers have been playing at St
Andrews for over 500 years - 300 years before New Zealand made it
onto the map! From the whispering to the ear-splitting, the rickety
to the state-of-the-art, every venue has its own eccentricities,
charms and quirks. The United Kingdom is currently in the middle of
a golden decade for sport. The Olympics, The Rugby League World Cup
and the Commonwealth Games are just three of the major events
happening between 2012 and 2014. The value of sports tourism is
significant and now contributes over GBP 2 billion to the British
economy every year. Nearly 2 million people watched sport when they
visited the UK in 2010. When "Kiwis Fly" covers traditional
sporting venues such as Lord's, Old Trafford and Wimbledon and some
venues which many readers will not recognise - Pedestrianism at the
Royal Agricultural Hall in the 1880s, Stone Skimming in Scotland
and the west London concert venue where the Kray brothers boxed.
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