Modern-day Maui: The day council staff stopped the sun at McLean Park
7 Feb, 2021 09:57 PM
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It didn't take much sun to stop play. But it took a lot of ingenuity to stop the sun. Photo / Paul Taylor
It didn't take much sun to stop play. But it took a lot of ingenuity to stop the sun. Photo / Paul Taylor
Perhaps one day a legend will be told about the day Napier City Council staff stopped the sun.
Because these modern-day Maui achieved just that on Friday night when they successfully erected a giant shade
sail over McLean Park, blocking once-and-for-all the rā that has plagued top-level cricket at the ground in the past few seasons.