Members of an 84-year-old golf club fear a sports hub proposal to chop their course in half could result in them closing down completely.
Gisborne Park Golf Club members are opposed to the idea of chopping their course in half.
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Gisborne Park Golf Club made its case at a Gisborne District Council meeting on Thursday in response to plans to reinvigorate sports and recreation facilities in Tairāwhiti.
Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti, Trust Tairāwhiti and Gisborne District Council have partnered to put a $150 million business case to central government.
The case proposes building four sports hubs to provide shared facilities for several clubs and codes.
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Some of the region s sports facilities are being held together with duct tape , many are in their second or third waves of life , with some clubs operating without much to call a facility at all.
Sport Gisborne Tairāwhiti, Trust Tairāwhiti and Gisborne District Council have partnered to ask central government for the funding over the next decade, saying the goal for a complete revamp is well beyond the financial resources of the region.
After two years spent engaging with about 200 sporting groups, clubs, codes and individuals, staff behind it described presenting the business case as a reasonably momentous and auspicious point in the process.