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{{short description|Sports venue in Masterton, New Zealand}}
{{For|other Memorial Parks|Memorial Park (disambiguation)}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=April 2024}}
{{Infobox venue
| stadium_name      = Trust House Memorial Park
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| location          = [[Masterton]], [[Wellington region]], [[New Zealand]]
| coordinates       = {{coord|-40.9568|175.6548|display=it}}
| broke_ground      = 1918
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| renovated         = 2015<ref name='stuff'>{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/wairarapa-news/67947465/New-turf-a-winner-for-Wairarapa-stadium|title=New turf a winner for Wairarapa stadium |author=Dickson, Walt|work=[[Stuff.co.nz]]|date=22 April 2015|accessdate=13 April 2016}}</ref>
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| owner             = [[Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union|Wairarapa Bush]]<ref name='stuff'/>
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| surface           = [[Turf]]
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| former_names      = Cameron and Soldiers' Park (1918–2008)<ref name='w100'>{{cite web|url=http://www.wairarapa100.co.nz/cameron-and-soldiers-memorial-park|title=Cameron and Soldiers’ Memorial Park|accessdate=13 April 2016|publisher=Wairarapa First World War Centenary}}</ref>
| tenants           = [[Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union|Wairarapa Bush]] ([[Heartland Championship]])<br/>[[Wairarapa United]] ([[Central Premier League]])<br/>[[Hurricanes (rugby union)|Hurricanes Development team]]
| seating_capacity  = 10,000<ref name='heartland'>[http://files.allblacks.com/comms/2013_Domestic_Competitions/2013-PBHC-MG-WEB-01.pdf "2013 Pink Batts Heartland Championship Media Guide"]. AllBlacks.com. 13 August 2013. Retrieved 13 April 2016.</ref>
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'''Memorial Park''', also known as '''Trust House Memorial Park'''<ref name='ta'>{{cite web|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/wairarapa-times-age/news/article.cfm?c_id=1503414&objectid=10976344|title=Rugby ground now Trust House Memorial Park|author=Morton, Jamie|date=7 November 2008|accessdate=13 April 2016|publisher=[[The New Zealand Herald]] — [[The Wairarapa Times-Age]]}}</ref> for sponsorship reasons and formerly as '''Cameron and Soldiers' Park''',<ref name='w100'/> is a sports facility which is located in [[Masterton]], [[Wellington region]], [[New Zealand]]. The two main sports that are played on the ground are [[Rugby union|Rugby]] and [[Association football|Football]]. It has a capacity for 10,000 spectators.<ref name='heartland'/>
It is the home ground of [[Heartland Championship]] side [[Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union]].<ref name='heartland'/>
==History==
{{external media | float = right | width = 258px | image1 = [http://www.wairarapa100.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/13-032-002-025MeM-PArK.jpg Image of Cameron and Soldiers' Park in 1969.]}}
The previous Masterton showground was acquired by a local committee in 1918. Brothers Donald and Robert Cameron acquired the land for Memorial Park and the park commemorated their last name and their father and uncle Lieutenant Norman Cameron, killed at [[Gallipoli Campaign|Gallipoli]].<ref name='w100'/>
The grandstand was blown by a storm in 1934, and during the [[Second World War]] the grounds were used by the [[New Zealand Army]].<ref name='ta'/>
In 2008 the park was renamed Trust House Memorial Park for sponsorship reasons.<ref name='ta'/> In 2015 at the cost of NZ $2.1 million the park was renovated to add a turf ground, stadium lighting and redesigned fence lines and footpaths.<ref name='stuff'/>
==Tenants==
[[Rugby union]] team [[Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union|Wairarapa Bush]] uses Memorial Park for all its home games.<ref name='heartland'/> It has also been the home ground on some occasions for the [[Hurricanes (rugby union)|Hurricanes]] Development team.<ref name='stuff'/>
In [[association football]], [[Wairarapa United]] use the home ground for their home games. Wairarapa United won the [[Chatham Cup]], New Zealand's most coveted football trophy, in [[2011 Chatham Cup|2011]].
==See also==
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*[[Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union]]
*[[Heartland Championship]]
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://waibush.co.nz/wp/ Official website of the Wairarapa Bush Rugby Football Union]
{{Heartland Championship}}
[[Category:Rugby union stadiums in New Zealand]]
[[Category:Sport in Masterton]]
[[Category:Buildings and structures in the Wairarapa]]
[[Category:Sports venues in the Wellington Region]]