Leeton's sporting legends will be cemented in the town's history, once plans for a new Sporting Walk of Fame are realised.
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It's a new community project that is currently in the planning stages, but they've already pulled together a team of sporting enthusiasts to run the committee.
The committee are hoping to immortalise the names of Leeton locals who went on to greatness in the sporting world by cementing their legacies in the pavement outside Leeton's Number 1 Oval.
Walk of Fame committee president Tony Reneker said he wanted the project to stoke Leeton's pride in their home-grown sporting heroes.
"We want to acknowledge people in Leeton who have reached an elite level in their chosen sport," Councillor Reneker said.
There's certainly no shortage of sporting legends to choose from, according to Leeton Shire Council mayor Paul Maytom.
"We're a sporting town, and I think it's great we foster sporting talent and have so many sporting groups in our town doing so much to encourage sport," Councillor Maytom said.
"We want to recognise those big achievers who have gone beyond the normal."
The Walk of Fame committee will be asking members of the community to pitch in donations, as well as ideas for who they think is worthy to be cemented in Leeton's history.
They're hoping to have the Sporting Walk of Fame finished in 2020, but they plan to add more names every year.
With over 100 years of rugby and cricket to go through, Leeton residents will be spoilt for choice.
Sporting legends Mark Taylor, Matthew Dunn, and Norman Harris are just a few of the obvious choices that the committee are currently considering.
They're hoping the Sporting Walk of Fame will perhaps inspire the next generation of young Leeton athletes who may one day make a name for themselves as a sporting legend.
The concrete details of the project are still being hashed out and are subject to change.