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Golf Vs Other Sports - Game Not Over Yet

27/7/2017

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Although he said previously that he would leave the decision to an elected Council, Administrator Dick Perrson passed the Sportsground Strategy at the Council meeting this week, leaving the future of a 18 hole Golf Course at Warringah in doubt.
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Following a very thorough process, the following strategy is to be implemented.
Key actions in priority order are:
 A. Allocate sportsfields based on a needs and participation growth basis.
 B. Improve the capacity and resilience of existing sportsfields.
 C. Build new and upgrade existing sportsfields in new housing development areas.
 D. Partner with schools to provide additional sportsfields for the community.
 E. Install synthetic surfaces on some existing sportsfields to enable greater use.
 F. Convert suitable open space to sportsgrounds including some golf course land as needed.
 
The primary focus in the first 5 years to 2021 is to implement actions that increase capacity of existing fields and to provide additional supply. 

This will be achieved by:
 A. Re-allocating grounds to maximise use.
 B. Installing, drainage, lighting and reconfiguring grounds.
C. Building new fields and or upgrading existing fields in Warriewood Valley and planning for Ingleside.
D. Working with schools to seek to provide use of school fields for community sports.
E. Installing synthetic surfaces at Lionel Watts including Fields 3, 4 and Cromer park Field 2, and investigating options for further synthetic fields including synthetic hockey fields.
 
A key focus of community feedback was the proposed conversion of half of Warringah Golf Course to sporting fields. Mr Perrson said that Council does not need to decide today whether to convert golf course land to sportsfields, however that land should not be ‘locked up’ in long term leases as forecasts suggest it will be needed to address demand in the future. It is also proposed that during this first five year period Council would plan for future potential conversion of suitable public land to sportsfields so that this could be implemented as required from 2022. 

Future of Golf Courses
A masterplan is to be developed for the conversion of the northern half of Warringah Golf Course to a Centennial Park style sporting area incorporating fields, playgrounds and passive open space and the undertaking of a feasibility study regarding Balgowlah Golf Course. 

Council’s assessment supports the conversion of Warringah Golf Course to a mixture of a ninehole course, playing fields and parklands connected by a network of walking tracks and cycle ways. This new sport and recreation precinct could be developed in such a way as to preserve many of the established trees while at the same time as giving the public much greater access, picnic areas, playgrounds and passive open space. Council’s assessment also supports conversion of Balgowlah Golf Course to a sporting area incorporating fields and passive open space integrated with the adjoining Balgowlah Oval. 

This will be achieved by a new minimum 20-year lease for the southern half of Warringah Golf Course (9 holes), together with the Warringah Recreation Centre and North Manly Bowling Club (District Park).  A new separate but linked lease for the the northern nine (9) holes that will be leased on an initial term of up to five years, with extension clauses at the discretion of Council in the years 2022, 2027 and 2032. This would maintain the current course configuration over the short to medium term to allow the Council and the community to evaluate progress on closing the demand/supply gap for sportsfields.
11 Comments
Jeff
28/7/2017 09:04:28 am

I would be interested to know what is The Good for Manly teams position on golf course conversion for additional sporting fields

Jeff

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Candy Bingham
2/8/2017 11:11:55 am

Hi Jeff. One of Good For Manly's policies is to retain the 18 hole golf course at Warringah. We believe that other solutions can be found to provide additional sports fields.

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Candy Bingham
28/7/2017 10:03:30 am

HI Jeff. Good for Manly supports the retention of the 18 hole golf course. We will be working with the Council to find other solutions to provide additional sports grounds.

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Mark Lawrence
2/8/2017 07:36:56 am

Candy,

Can you confirm that your position is to support the retention of ALL publicly owned golf courses in the Northern Beaches? eg I note the Council's view which supports closure of Balgowlah Golf Course as well as the reduction in size of Warringah Golf Course.

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Candy Bingham
2/8/2017 11:13:51 am

HI Mark. We do not generally support the closure of any golf course as we believe that if they are viable, they should operate.
Balgowlah would certainly fall into that category,

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Chris Goodmanson
2/8/2017 09:21:25 am

Can you please clarify your unconditional support. The golf course strategy report is flawed & biased & should not have been adopted. Submissions against have been completely ignored.
Your site indicates that the strategy to change WGC will still proceed instead of the other viable options that don't mean the death of this golf course by 1000 cuts.
People want to vote for candidates that say they will OPPOSE any alteration to WGC.

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Candy Bingham
2/8/2017 11:17:06 am

Our policy is quote: Retain the 18 hole Warringah Golf Course and develop a plan to increase the number of sporting fields elsewhere, unquote.

We believe that the current council approach is short-sighted and that there are other ways that the objective of providing additional sporting fields can be found.

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Beverley link
2/8/2017 09:33:27 am

Perhaps a video along the lines of that put together by the fabulous ladies at Chadstone Bowling Club is needed!
I thought the Chadstone ladies made a great point when they said they had children and, yes, they saw the point of facilities like netball courts and football fields but their children had lots of other sporting and social opportunities whereas they did not.
The Warringah golf club is important because it's relatively flat so good for those who are not so fit - unlike Wakefield, for instance. My 82-year-old mother in-law is incredibly fit, a great golfer, travels all over the world throwing the hammer, dicuss, shot and javelin and is a world champion for her age group. She can't countenance Wakefield without a golf cart, however, which kind of undoes the good of golf.
Warringah also has many more trees and therefore shade so is infinitely more pleasurable to play than the Manly club at the top of Sydney Road.
North Manly Bowlo hasn't been mentioned here and that is presumably in the firing line as well. It isn't the most beautiful facillity and it's a shame no-one has done more to make it more beautiful. It's in a fabulous spot and one of the very very few places to go to listen to live music on the Northern Beaches. Obviously that's not what a sporting club exists for but it's an important role they play nonetheless.
To make the claim that the area needs more "passive" recreation areas which can be achieved with the loss of "not too many trees," is a bit rich. We are beyond blessed in the Manly area with Manly Dam, North Head and many glorious beaches from Forty Baskets to Little Collins. It is hardly difficult to find either a patch of green or sand to call your own.

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Mark Lawrence
7/8/2017 08:34:16 am

I had a very distressing conversation with a Council candidate over the weekend (not Good For Manly), I asked on their policy re Golf Courses and got a very specific answer re Warringah Golf Course which was along the lines of "we will seek community feedback and balance the needs of the community.... blah blah blah). I asked again mentioning other golf courses such as Balgowlah and Wakehurst and got the same spiel.

To be frank, I don't want to vote for anyone who ways they will "consult the community" on every issue. I want to vote for someone with similar views to mine who will actively represent and champion my point of view on the majority of issues.

I think it would not be a difficult position for Good For Manly to say something along the following lines: " We will actively campaign and fight against the forced removal of recreational land or facilities from one group of residents in favour of another group of residents".

This blanket statement covers all golf courses, bowling clubs, tennis courts, dog parks, beaches and other recreational areas and is morally and ethically right. To pit one group of residents against another is bad politics and bad policy.

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Candy Bingham
7/8/2017 09:14:55 am

Thanks for your comments Mark. Good For Manly does have a clear policy on the 18 hole Warringah Golf Course - leave it alone and develop a plan to increase sporting fields elsewhere.

Community consultation is important - Warringah spent two years consulting the community on the golf course and decided it should stay!

Love the sentiment of your proposed policy but as always, these things are complex. With the much bigger council our focus will be to make sure they get the balance right.
Cheers Candy

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Darren
10/8/2017 03:12:35 pm

Reality is that golf is dying as a sport - but mainly played by white privileged males and as such will keep using public space

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