Opinion New AFC HQ: Stalled Indefinitely

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Do any other AFL clubs have their training oval, gym, recovery and pool facilities widely available to the public?

 

[deeztreez]

Could have functions with no alcohol.

Boooooooo

 

[Tyls83]

Do any other AFL clubs have their training oval, gym, recovery and pool facilities widely available to the public?

Fremantle certainly does

New Cockburn base has 'best of everything'

Fremantle's new home at Cockburn would set a new standard for best practice in the AFL, according to a report in The West Australian

www.fremantlefc.com.au

 

[Bay62]

So that’s why Fagan walked past me in the city today..

 

[SaltPeter]

Do any other AFL clubs have their training oval, gym, recovery and pool facilities widely available to the public?

yes

 

[Dc9798]

Excited that this proposal, whilst still having a long way to go, has taken the next step.
The Karen Rolton Oval is a great example of combining an elite sporting facility with parkland areas, if approved this will also be magnificent.


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[1970crow]

Isn't that what they've already got?

not from my recollection, decades old that it is.

 

[crows dude]

Surely there is more than the one pool. Current aquatic centre has the main pool area and a kids area and leisure pool plus spas and slides. I would expect we would still have all of this.

 

[Elite Crow]

Surely there is more than the one pool. Current aquatic centre has the main pool area and a kids area and leisure pool plus spas and slides. I would expect we would still have all of this.

Impossible too, plus add what we need and maintain the same footprint.

 

[dogs105]

If there can be a section to fence off for 20 years and do nothing with, that'd be great. Something like...
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30 years this year

 

[Elite Crow]

I can see that pool area being an issue unless we can provide more than just a pool.

 

[dogs105]

I can see that pool area being an issue unless we can provide more than just a pool.

I wonder if they'll want a new diving pool? The old one has been out of action for so long, and the state divers train at Marion now.

 

[Elite Crow]

I wonder if they'll want a new diving pool? The old one has been out of action for so long, and the state divers train at Marion now.

You would think it would at least need a kids pool.

 

[MarcusP2]

I wonder if they'll want a new diving pool? The old one has been out of action for so long, and the state divers train at Marion now.

I think they use that pool for other stuff as well as diving though (like water polo), so while it might not have to be 10m-platform deep it might still be needed.

 

[dogs105]

You would think it would at least need a kids pool.

I hope so. We use that a lot.

 

[slice]

Look in the background of the pool picture, there’s two more pools.

 

[Deaneus!]

30 years this year

I remember the old Le Cornu building, and being told “that’s the largest piece of curved glass in the world”

 

[dogs105]

I remember the old Le Cornu building, and being told “that’s the largest piece of curved glass in the world”

Add a bit of value?

 

[MarcusP2]

Sounds like the beginning of the fence

I know someone who worked at Calvary hospital and used to drive through there anyway. Up until came face to face with a bus and had to reverse out sheepishly.

This same person also noted that they got complaints from residents about too many people parking while accessing the hospital and crowding the street with parked cars (during the day!). Note that this was at the oncology wards and the parkers were cancer patients trying to reduce how far they had to walk.

 

[Cap]

So the ACC hasn't finished its needs analysis for a swim centre, that would need to be incorporated into the Crows plan, but they still pushed the Crows for their plan?

 

[GameofSloanes]

So the ACC hasn't finished its needs analysis for a swim centre, that would need to be incorporated into the Crows plan, but they still pushed the Crows for their plan?

Of course. It's the ACC

 

[GameofSloanes]

I’m a bit hazy on this, but when it was originally constructed wasn’t it hoping for Comm games bid but on completion wasn’t the 3 metre diving platform non compliant because it was to close to the roof or something similar can anyone shed some light

Yes, it was. BUT they built the concrete foundations so that the main pool was 50m long. But then it was tiled, so the whole pool was 49.9m long and no longer FINA compliant. Was deemed too expensive to fix (would've involved re-doing the pool foundations), so there have never been any major competition swims there as a result. Complete stuff up

 

[GameofSloanes]

Was talking to an ACC ratepayer on the weekend who is a friend of mine. They were strongly against the Crows moving in on the basis that all they've heard is that the Crows would be buying parklands and that the public would no longer have access to a pool or the parklands. When I explained what the actual proposal was, they were like 'what's the problem then? Sounds like a great idea!'. From what I understand the Crows haven't been allowed to explain anything by the ACC which has lead to this perception. Not our fault but hopefully we can clear the air now

 

[MarcusP2]

Was talking to an ACC ratepayer on the weekend who is a friend of mine. They were strongly against the Crows moving in on the basis that all they've heard is that the Crows would be buying parklands and that the public would no longer have access to a pool or the parklands. When I explained what the actual proposal was, they were like 'what's the problem then? Sounds like a great idea!'. From what I understand the Crows haven't been allowed to explain anything by the ACC which has lead to this perception. Not our fault but hopefully we can clear the air now

Sounds like that Parklands Propaganda Society spreading nonsense again.

 

[Drugs Are Bad Mackay?]

Yes, it was. BUT they built the concrete foundations so that the main pool was 50m long. But then it was tiled, so the whole pool was 49.9m long and no longer FINA compliant. Was deemed too expensive to fix (would've involved re-doing the pool foundations), so there have never been any major competition swims there as a result. Complete stuff up

Wow

Hadn't heard that