{"id":917734,"date":"2026-10-02T10:45:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:45:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917734\/"},"modified":"2026-10-02T10:45:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T10:45:48","slug":"brampton-olympic-fields-honour-lawrence-and-buchanan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/917734\/","title":{"rendered":"Brampton Olympic fields honour Lawrence and Buchanan"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brampton Olympic fields honour Ashley Lawrence and Kadeisha Buchanan at Creditview Sandalwood Park, connecting a neighbourhood recreation destination with Canada\u2019s women\u2019s soccer gold medal. Their names recognise achievements celebrated in 2021, and remain recorded in the City\u2019s current asset-naming directory.<\/p>\n

For families exploring the park at 10510 Creditview Road, the names offer a local connection to an international sporting milestone. The park also brings together soccer, cricket, walking trails and an Activity Hub, giving visitors reasons to explore beyond the playing fields.<\/p>\n

The story behind Brampton Olympic fields<\/p>\n

The City\u2019s naming register<\/a> lists the Ashley Lawrence and Kadeisha Buchanan Fields at Creditview Sandalwood Park, with a Council decision date of December 8, 2021.<\/p>\n

The sign unveiling followed on December 21, 2021. In its announcement that day<\/a>, the City described Lawrence and Buchanan joining municipal representatives and the Brams United Girls Soccer Club at the park. The recognition followed their contribution to Canada\u2019s gold-medal team at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.<\/p>\n

Lawrence started all six Canadian matches at those Games, according to the release. Buchanan played every minute of Canada\u2019s six matches, a total of 600 minutes. The City also highlighted their earlier achievements: Lawrence\u2019s two under-17 Canadian Player of the Year honours and Buchanan\u2019s Young Player Award at the 2015 Women\u2019s World Cup.<\/p>\n

Those accomplishments explain the names attached to the fields. This is an established recognition, rather than a newly announced naming ceremony.<\/p>\n

A park with room for more than soccer<\/p>\n

The current park page<\/a> describes a 100-acre destination developed in phases since 2004. Approximately three kilometres of walking trails connect its Activity Hub and sports amenities, with outdoor fitness stations along the network.<\/p>\n

That combination gives visitors a choice between a walk, outdoor exercise and the park\u2019s play facilities. The field names are one part of a larger public space whose amenities also include cricket fields.<\/p>\n

The City\u2019s Activity Hub project page<\/a> dates its opening to spring 2018. It lists swings, climbers, slides, sand tables, a bounce wall and a wheelchair-accessible sway ship, along with four-square and hopscotch.<\/p>\n

The City describes the hub as designed to meet Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act requirements. Its environmental features include drainage that allows rainwater to infiltrate the ground and a system that captures splash-pad water for irrigation of nearby soccer fields.<\/p>\n

Planning a visit<\/p>\n

Use the City\u2019s park page for its map and facility-rental route when planning organised activities. A named field does not establish that it is available for a particular match or booking.<\/p>\n

Brampton Olympic fields bring two local athletes\u2019 achievements into an everyday recreation setting. For other outdoor destinations, explore Bramptonist\u2019s things-to-do coverage<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brampton Olympic fields honour Ashley Lawrence and Kadeisha Buchanan at Creditview Sandalwood Park, connecting a neighbourhood recreation destination…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":917735,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194339],"tags":[51759,49,48],"class_list":["post-917734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brampton","tag-brampton","tag-ca","tag-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917734","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917734"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917734\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/917735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917734"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917734"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917734"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}