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<strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> Wednesday <strong>September</strong> <strong>13</strong> <strong>2023</strong><br />
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10<br />
NEWS<br />
Skate park users<br />
‘upset’ over age limit<br />
• By Daniel Alvey<br />
PARENTS AND caregivers<br />
have questioned why an age<br />
restriction has been placed<br />
on a Darfield skate park.<br />
The new sign at the<br />
Westview Reserve Skate<br />
Park, which opened in July,<br />
states children under-8<br />
should not use it.<br />
People shared their<br />
concerns over the rule on<br />
the Darfield community<br />
Facebook page.<br />
One wrote: “8 years+?<br />
My boys will be so upset<br />
we are there nearly every<br />
weekend and days after<br />
school. They’re 4 and 5.”<br />
Another said: “I’ve<br />
always taken the grandies<br />
there and have found the<br />
majority of older ones are<br />
only too willing to teach<br />
them a thing or two.”<br />
There has been no<br />
incidents at the skate park<br />
involving children under-8.<br />
District council head<br />
of capital works Kamal<br />
Narang said the sign is a<br />
health and safety measure<br />
to minimise risks.<br />
Narang said the same<br />
HAVE YOUR SAY?: Do you think children<br />
under-8 should be allowed to use the Westview<br />
Reserve Skate Park? Send your views in 200<br />
words or less to daniel.alvey@starmedia.kiwi<br />
SAFETY: A new sign<br />
outlining the rules at<br />
the Westview Reserve<br />
Skate Park states “its<br />
use is for competent<br />
users aged 8+”.<br />
sign has been placed at<br />
14 skate parks, BMX, and<br />
pump tracks across the<br />
district.<br />
He said the<br />
recommended competency<br />
age at the Westview skate<br />
park is 8-years-old, which<br />
reflected the skill level it<br />
was built for.<br />
“The (sign) is there to<br />
give users a guide. We<br />
recognise that not every<br />
child is at the same skill<br />
level at the same age. The<br />
age level guide is a support<br />
to help responsible adults<br />
make an assessment to help<br />
any children under their<br />
care stay safe.”<br />
Malvern Community<br />
Board member Sharn Nu’u<br />
wants more consistent<br />
signs at district facilities.<br />
She brought the issue up<br />
at the board meeting.<br />
“The wording is<br />
very different at the<br />
swimming pool; it requires<br />
supervision for children<br />
under-8.<br />
“I said maybe if we had<br />
that sort of wording as<br />
opposed to no one under-8<br />
allowed, then that might be<br />
perceived a bit better and<br />
the (board) accepted that.”<br />
The board agreed to<br />
communicate the need for<br />
consistent rules on signs<br />
with district councillors in<br />
the future.
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