Major uplift for Churchill Park ahead of Drua fixtures

Lautoka’s Churchill Park will get a infrastructure uplift in February ahead of the Swire Shipping Fijian Drua’s first 2023 Shop N Save Supermarket Super Rugby Pacific home game against the Crusaders in March.

This will consist of an additional temporary stand adjacent to the main pavilion.

Fijian Drua head of commercial and marketing Shane Hussein said they were happy to announce that they were working with the Lautoka City Council to uplift Churchill Park to Super Rugby standard.

Hussein said the facility had been closed since late last year for turf upgrade. “In February there will be infrastructure upgrades so we are doing up the change rooms to bring them up to Super Rugby standard,” he said.

“There will be additional seating that will be constructed to the right of the main grandstand. It will seat up to 1300 spectators.

“That will be called the temporary permanent seating with bucket seats and reserved seats. So if you have a particular seat number in a row that will be yours and no one can take that seat.

“For the first time for the vintage grandstand at Churchill Park, the LCC with our assistance is installing bucket seats.

“Those will be numbered seating as well so no matter what time you come to the venue, your seat will be available. There will be no first come first serve seating for the bucket seats.

“As for the timber grandstand, seating will remain as it is. It is hard to reserve seats there as well as the grass embankment.”

The Fijian Drua will play the Crusaders at 3.35pm on March 11.

Source: City Star – The Community Newspaper from Lautoka