\n The sense of civic pride was immense.\n<\/p>\n
\n My fellow boxer and great friend, the late David “Bomber” Pearce, when he won the British Heavyweight Title in 1983, in the immediate aftermath of his win against Neville Meade, said: “I did it for Newport!”\n<\/p>\n
\n His statue stands proud in the city centre.\n<\/p>\n
\n It’s about time Newport Council recognised the massive part sport has played in the history of the city.\n<\/p>\n
\n Educating the next generation of girls and boys concerning the feats of Newport’s sportsmen and sportswomen will be a crucial stage of their education and will provide them with an incentive to replicate the aforementioned feats.\n<\/p>\n
\n Newport has witnessed an eclectic variety of sports over the years, including rugby union, we beat South Africa and New Zealand, football, Newport County reaching the quarter final of the Cup Winners Cup, lawn tennis, hockey and squash at Rodney Parade, etc.\n<\/p>\n
\n One way to honour the past feats and cement a legacy is to use an empty shop on High Street or Commercial Street in the town centre and turn it into a Newport Museum of Sport.\n<\/p>\n
\n It would require significant fund raising but Newport got behind the David Pearce statue by raising \u00a361,000 to commission the same and erect.\n<\/p>\n
\n I have no doubt the public of Newport would get behind this project with the right incentive from the council re allowing an empty building to be donated rent free.\n<\/p>\n
\n I request the Argus get behind this campaign, which will be fronted by me and assisted by Andrew Collingbourne Solicitor, who played a pivotal role in getting the David Pearce statue over the line.\n<\/p>\n
\n Steve “Sammy” Sims.\n<\/p>\n
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