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Joseph Sullivan Drive

Monday 27 August 2012, 4:39PM

By Marlborough District Council

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PICTON

Named in honour of Marlborough’s gold medal rower

Marlborough has honoured its first Olympic gold medallist by naming a road Joseph Sullivan Drive in his home town of Picton.

The sign for the new road, leading off Waikawa Road past the rower’s old secondary school, Queen Charlotte College, will eventually provide access to the town’s new sports pavilion being built at Endeavour Park.

The new sign was erected this morning.

The announcement of the road naming was made by Marlborough Mayor Alistair Sowman to a reception for Joseph Sullivan in Picton last evening, generating a huge cheer from guests.

Mr Sowman asked the unsuspecting rower to unwrap a parcel containing the sign in front of the audience of family, friends and the local rowing fraternity.

Mr Sowman said a landmark would be a permanent tribute to the great sporting achievement.

“Joseph Sullivan’s exceptional record competing at international level, topped off with this gold medal, makes him Marlborough’s top-ranking sportsman, something which well deserves this kind of recognition,” he said.