There is a shortage of 50 metre pools on the beaches and no other indoor one, and a shortage of swim lesson places. With so many children on wait list for squads and lessons, and the importance of swim saftey in an area with abundant beaches and back yard pools, this seems so irresponsible from the council. Very very sad time indeed for the Northern Beaches. Don't let it happen. We should instead be reading in the Daily about the Opening of a new state of the art facility, not the closure of a rare resource. Very irresponsible indeed!!!!
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Gill Gaspar
9 years ago
The Warringah Aquatic centre should stay and be part of any re development plan not a victim of it.
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Louise Woods
9 years ago
Keep public pools open! Swimming is often the only activity those with physical disabilities can do.
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Hanah Brown
9 years ago
The Community needs this Centre in its present postion. Used by so many locals, swim clubs and schools who will be disadvantaged by its closure and re-location.
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Hanah Brown
9 years ago
The Community cannot afford to be without an aquatic centre for an unforeseeable length of time. Unsure that Council will fulfill its obligation to replace the Centre at proposed new Town Centre. Must be kept in present site.
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Kieren
9 years ago
This is my local swimming pool, I both train here 5 times a week as a junior elite triathlete and am training to be a learn to swim teacher at Warringah. Without WAC there would thousands of displaced people, including olympic and national level swimmers, right down to everyday people who visit once a week for fitness and enjoyment purposes and children enrolled in learn to swim.
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Sophie Todd
9 years ago
I struggle living in Avalon to find a pool for my kids to complete swimming lessons in. This is the closest public pool from Palm Beach to French's Forest. We need to keep this pool or else swimming will be a dying sport in the area.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Please don't close this facility - there is nothing like it anywhere else locally and we use it alot.
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Stephen Marquis
9 years ago
This is a valuable local resource and an important piece of public infrastructure. It will surely also increase in patronage once the hospital is fully operational
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Robert Germaine
9 years ago
The Warringah Aquatic Centre is and has been a critical pool for all of the North Shore both as a competitive swimming pool, but also as a key place for learn to swim activities. We do not have enough of these centres on the North Shore - without it we will have many more drownings! By resuming extra land in the bushland around the pool it is possible to rebuild a new high school adjacent to it . Doing this will give the northern beaches a very useful school and keep a critical community asset to support it!
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Kerrie
9 years ago
The Aquatic Centre needs to be remain. Thousand of children have learnt to swim there my own included. It is an important part of the Northern beaches I believe it is the only 50 meter indoor pool on the north shore
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Leanne Baggott
9 years ago
We need this. It's had a real reinvigoration over this last summer with the works done to the outside area for families but still allowing lane swimming etc inside the facility.
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Keep it open. Its an icon for people that grew up in the area. Theres no reason you can't build around or over it. In this day & age anything is possible!
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Well used by the community
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Anonymous
9 years ago
Agree
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Sarah Moore
9 years ago
Such a waste of community money to replace a local great asset, and such a loss to the community for the duration of the rebuilding... Assuming council actual does follow thru with the new pool. Who knows at the time of demolition whether the new pool will even end up being an equivalent facility? If moving the school makes so much sense, find a better solution for its new location and leave the pool alone.
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Craig Lush
9 years ago
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This facility is used by many in the community now and is a valuable community asset. The facility should be retained, refurbished and included in the proposed Forest High school relocation for use by the school, community and even the new hospital.
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Hilary Fredman
9 years ago
LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE!
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Rebecca Schaffler
9 years ago
After a significant upgrade, I can't believe consideration is being given to closing WAC without any other options. This will significantly impact talented swimmers, school sports & carnivals, water polo, diving and Northern Beaches families trying to keep our children safe by teaching them to swim! I would truly ask that other alternative suitable options be in place before any action is taken with this one and only 50m indoor facility.
There is a shortage of 50 metre pools on the beaches and no other indoor one, and a shortage of swim lesson places. With so many children on wait list for squads and lessons, and the importance of swim saftey in an area with abundant beaches and back yard pools, this seems so irresponsible from the council. Very very sad time indeed for the Northern Beaches. Don't let it happen. We should instead be reading in the Daily about the Opening of a new state of the art facility, not the closure of a rare resource. Very irresponsible indeed!!!!
The Warringah Aquatic centre should stay and be part of any re development plan not a victim of it.
Keep public pools open! Swimming is often the only activity those with physical disabilities can do.
The Community needs this Centre in its present postion. Used by so many locals, swim clubs and schools who will be disadvantaged by its closure and re-location.
The Community cannot afford to be without an aquatic centre for an unforeseeable length of time. Unsure that Council will fulfill its obligation to replace the Centre at proposed new Town Centre. Must be kept in present site.
This is my local swimming pool, I both train here 5 times a week as a junior elite triathlete and am training to be a learn to swim teacher at Warringah. Without WAC there would thousands of displaced people, including olympic and national level swimmers, right down to everyday people who visit once a week for fitness and enjoyment purposes and children enrolled in learn to swim.
I struggle living in Avalon to find a pool for my kids to complete swimming lessons in. This is the closest public pool from Palm Beach to French's Forest. We need to keep this pool or else swimming will be a dying sport in the area.
Please don't close this facility - there is nothing like it anywhere else locally and we use it alot.
This is a valuable local resource and an important piece of public infrastructure. It will surely also increase in patronage once the hospital is fully operational
The Warringah Aquatic Centre is and has been a critical pool for all of the North Shore both as a competitive swimming pool, but also as a key place for learn to swim activities. We do not have enough of these centres on the North Shore - without it we will have many more drownings! By resuming extra land in the bushland around the pool it is possible to rebuild a new high school adjacent to it . Doing this will give the northern beaches a very useful school and keep a critical community asset to support it!
The Aquatic Centre needs to be remain. Thousand of children have learnt to swim there my own included. It is an important part of the Northern beaches I believe it is the only 50 meter indoor pool on the north shore
We need this. It's had a real reinvigoration over this last summer with the works done to the outside area for families but still allowing lane swimming etc inside the facility.
Keep it open. Its an icon for people that grew up in the area. Theres no reason you can't build around or over it. In this day & age anything is possible!
Well used by the community
Agree
Such a waste of community money to replace a local great asset, and such a loss to the community for the duration of the rebuilding... Assuming council actual does follow thru with the new pool. Who knows at the time of demolition whether the new pool will even end up being an equivalent facility? If moving the school makes so much sense, find a better solution for its new location and leave the pool alone.
This facility is used by many in the community now and is a valuable community asset. The facility should be retained, refurbished and included in the proposed Forest High school relocation for use by the school, community and even the new hospital.
LEAVE WELL ENOUGH ALONE!
After a significant upgrade, I can't believe consideration is being given to closing WAC without any other options. This will significantly impact talented swimmers, school sports & carnivals, water polo, diving and Northern Beaches families trying to keep our children safe by teaching them to swim! I would truly ask that other alternative suitable options be in place before any action is taken with this one and only 50m indoor facility.
Please keep the WAC open