A financial boost to secure a strong sporting future in the Bay will open doors to world-class facilities for local athletes.
There is no shortage of sporting talent in Hawke's Bay and Marcus Agnew wants to harness that talent for the international stage.
The talent development project co-ordinator for Sport Hawke's Bay was, last year, looking for key stakeholders to come on board and establish a high-performance sport system in the region. He got his wish.
Sport Hawke's Bay chief executive Mark Aspden yesterday announced three key parties - Sir Graeme Avery, the Hawke's Bay Regional Sports Park and Eastern Institute of Technology - have thrown their financial support behind Mr Agnew's vision.
Mr Agnew said that would allow young athletes in the Bay to train at the Regional Sports Park, the Pettigrew Green Arena, use the sports science capabilities of EIT and be granted access to the AUT Millennium Institute of Sport and Health.