Pittwater Life September 2018 Issue
WIN Tickets to see Diesel. As Happy as. Garden Parties. Under the Microscope. Get a Job! Electric Dreams.
WIN Tickets to see Diesel. As Happy as. Garden Parties. Under the Microscope. Get a Job! Electric Dreams.
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News<br />
SEEN…<br />
Congrats to all concerned for their roles in helping Avalon<br />
Beach SLSC snare the coveted ‘State Club of the Year’<br />
award at the Surf <strong>Life</strong> Saving NSW Awards of Excellence at<br />
Darling Harbour in late August (right). It was the first time<br />
the Club has been successful; this year no other Northern<br />
Beaches Clubs were nominated. It has been an outstanding<br />
year for the Club under the past President Richard Cole<br />
and they continue to go from strength to strength under<br />
new President Ash Cardiff.<br />
HEARD…<br />
The entire Sydney Academy of Sport and Recreation at<br />
Narrabeen has been earmarked for possible redevelopment<br />
– with an Australian Institute of Sport-type facility, complete<br />
with International-standard hotel accommodation at the top of<br />
the wish list. We hear the NSW Office of Sport has funded the<br />
development of a masterplan for the future use of the site, which<br />
should be completed by the end of October. A range of local and<br />
external stakeholders,<br />
including local sporting<br />
groups and Northern<br />
Beaches Council, met<br />
in July to discuss the<br />
masterplan. Among<br />
suggestions was a ‘hub<br />
and spokes’ sports<br />
model for the Northern<br />
Beaches, with the<br />
revamped site becoming<br />
the ‘hub’ with highperformance<br />
facilities<br />
for a range of sports<br />
including track and field, plus an indoor convertible velodrome<br />
/ athletics track, with the ‘spokes’ being more specific sporting<br />
venues such as hockey fields and basketball courts. Linking to a<br />
Sydney-based university and providing offsite campus services<br />
for schools is also on the blackboard. While the government has<br />
the cash for the masterplan, no funding for any construction is<br />
currently available. Stay tuned.<br />
ABSURD…<br />
We all love a feel-good community announcement. That is, until<br />
any holes are found. It was exactly a year ago that the State<br />
Government and Northern Beaches Council collaborated to<br />
announce a new, purpose-built community performance space<br />
would be constructed within Mona Vale Public School. But we’re<br />
hearing the project has hit a massive funding brick wall – with<br />
cost projections that could be out by as much as $15 million on<br />
original sums! Seems like the plan for a 1000-seat theatre will<br />
need a massive rethink by the project committee. Here’s hoping<br />
the curtain goes up in some form. Meantime, we wonder what<br />
other ‘isn’t it great!’ announcements are up against it?<br />
18 SEPTEMBER <strong>2018</strong><br />
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