Sports Centre Given High Priority By Borough Council

Chronicle (Levin), 17 May 1949, Page 4

Sports Centre Given High Priority By Borough Council

Playford Park Was the obvious place for a sports gymiihsium and tlib erOctibn oi a reaiiy ilrst class building there woUld have to be one of the iirst conslderations when the park wafe laid out, said the Mayor, Mr. h, B. Burdekin, when speakihg at the fortnightly hiefeting oi' the Leviii Ba'rOUgh Council last hight.

Mohey for its erection- could be secured from thfe amount faised thfbugh the Sa.§ of the sections, cbntihued the Maybr. He fblt confldbnt that the counci. cou d also obt'aih d gfah't from the Internal Affairs Departmenc, and perhaps but down the expense by the rebruiting of working parties from the various sports organisations. It Wafe the only solution to the probIbhi conf rontihg Sports bbdies ih LevixV at the pfeserit tiirie. It wds a prbblem that could not be "playe'd aibund with," and he asked the ddunfcil to keep the matter in ihihd as the earliest aetivity at Playfbrd Pafk; Thb subject arose after Cr. C. H. Nelsbn had pointed out the difficulty in which the Levin Amateur Boxihg and Physical Trainihg Club wbuld find itself when the Rbgent Hall renovations Wbre bohipieted ahd the hall, was c osed lO them. "These boVs havb hbwhere to go," sgtid Cr-. Nelson, and he 'recommended that perhaps they courd be allbwed" the use of the band room when extehsidhs there were cafried out. It waS ,a gredt pity that such a latge nlinibef bf boys, all keeh ti get started on the new season. had ndwhere to gb for tfaihing, said Dr. A. J. 'H. Allen. In answer to the Majior's reminder that several hundred pounds Were to be spent bri the -social hall and the councii leould not a'ffbfd tb contiriue to et it for such purposes, Cr. Allen said that he fully undefstood, the positibn, but slill thought that Sohie-

thing shauld be done to help the bbys. It Wbuld be 1.2 ihoiithS befbre P ayfbrd Park wodid be feUdy dnd what wbli'd thd eluh db iri the • . meantime. Go intp recess? Mr. Burdekin: ^What about. the buildings at the Levin Farm?. Could no; an ex-Air Force building be found there? Grs' Allen- Transport is the difficulty. It is too fair from town.' Could we . ribt iet theih Use the Regent Hali iheahwliiie whlle we bbk found fbf a building? Mr. H. T:_ Tilyard" (building inspector ) : The trouble is that there is ho slorage robin aySilable to the clUfe in the Regent Hall now. Mr. E. Lycette (borough overseer) : There are several inches of dust under the floor of the hall and jumping bri the boafds brings this through. Cr. A. W. Tartori : I think we should go to the Levin Farm and find out frofn thbih What thbfb is there in the way of buildings, I Mr. Burdekin: ThatJs a good idea. We can't spend our money on the |Regerit Hg.ll useiessl^. I ain as keen a sportsman ds ariy, but We must temper our enthusiasm with ' coriimon sense. : ■Cr. R. S. Antcliff: I agree that to use the Regerit Hall is bUt bf the^ question, but I think we should find somewhefe else fbf the club. It was agreed that Cr Par/on investigate ihe pbSSibility oi secur- , ing a hal' at. the Levin Farm or elsewhere, and report back to the ■ council. f-'-TVft-r-" • y--- fiirir-i —