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LOCATION OVERVEIW
Tamworth is a bustling city located within the Further to the equine centre, the Longyard
New England region of NSW, straddling the Peel Sporting Precinct is in the midst of a massive
River. Considered the major regional centre for enhancement, with plans to build world class
New England, it acts as a base to many regional facilities that will attract even more events and
events, with one of its most well-known being visitors to the city.
the Tamworth Country Music Festival, hosted
annually in January. Local, national and Currently, the aforementioned equine centre
worldwide acts and visitors alike, all converge on acts as the centrepiece, but the recently
the city to pay homage to Tamworth’s favoured approved Northern Inland Centre of Sporting
music genre, and can double the town’s Excellence to be included within the precinct, will
population of 60,000* people, in the two weeks soon turn the region into a hub for some of
it is put on. NSW’s more premier sporting events.
Current facilities include netball, basketball,
hockey, etics, and the equine, on top of the
Tamworth Sports Dome, a world class indoor
sporting facility, and the Tamworth Regional
Entertainment and Conference Centre. Plans are
also underway for a new synthetic athletics
track, to enhance the current facility in place.
A brand new indoor aquatic facility and cycling
complex is also proposed, directly behind the
Sports Dome and netball courts, adding further
As well as music, Tamworth is well known for its weight to the immediate region, and bringing an
equine facilities and events, run from the exciting new rise in popularity to the area that
Australian Equine and Livestock Events Centre will hugely benefit the Longyard community
(AELEC), located only a short walk from Longyard including the Golf Course, Windmill Tavern, and
Golf Course, and within the growing sporting other potential enhancements that could be built
precinct, locally referred to as the Longyard on golf course land to take advantage of these
Sporting Precinct. Boasting to be the largest local projects.
facility of its kind in the southern hemisphere,
recognising Tamworth as the “National Equine
Capital of Australia” due to it hosting a high *Approximately
volume of annual equine events, the presence of
several equine organisation offices, and a large Sources: The Northern Daily Leader, 2016.
number of nearby breeding and training Tamworth Regional Council, 2017. Wikipedia,
establishments. 2017. Population Australia, 2017.
LONGYARD GOLF COURSE
