Pool closure was premature

We live on a Peninsula surrounded on three sides by water.

The ruin of the Woy Woy pool prior to last Anzac Day has had an affect on children learning to swim on the Peninsula.

While all Michael Dewicks, Leisl Jones, and Kevin Vickerys are put on hold, those responsible are more engaged in pointing the finger of blame or thumb twiddling on the issue.

Still no timeframe is forthcoming.

This hasty demolition has also done no favours for the local surf clubs (Ocean Beach and Umina), especially in the areas of recruitment and/or requalification.

The bronze medallion is the core award for active surf lifesavers.

Part of the requirements for this annual physical fitness test, is the completion of a 400 metre pool swim in under nine minutes, and a 200 metre run, 200 metre swim, 200 metre run to be completed in under eight minutes to retain this award.

It is hoped that, with Council's disastrous pool action, this lifesaving test does not become life threatening.

If a family was to demolish their residence and wait nine months to a year, to start reconstruction, the implication of lunacy would not be unfounded.

There has been a 150 per cent hike in insurance levies on surf clubs.

Your lifesaver now will have to pay more and sacrifice more just so they can stand on the beach for possibly longer watching and caring for the Peninsula community and its tourists.

Has there been an ulterior motive in Council's swift pool destruction?

Mike Hudson, Umina