Unfortunately there is a lot of money being pumped into the old one.
The publicity going out is a bit one sided with some unanswered questions like what would become of the users and staff if the existing one was renovated or rebuilt. One suggestion was to pay them to stay at home or double up the staff at Staveley. strange idea from someone who runs his own business.
Correct me if I am wrong but Middlecroft shut before the Staveley HLC opened. What happened to the staff on that occasion?
For my own part I think the town does need a new purpose built sports centre but I don't see why it has to be built on the annexe.
If the college are to be given dual usage (and if they are pretty much blocking the centre out 8 hours a day 5 days a week I think they ought to be paying a lot more than 1/3 of the costs) why not put it on the old Trebor site and use it as a centre piece of the new canal basin development?
