The Sydney Academy of Sport athletics track in Narrabeen has been closed since December 2023 with the closure having a profoundly negative impact on sport in the area, say concerned locals.
The Sydney Academy of Sport athletics track in Narrabeen has been closed since December 2023 due to track damage.The Office of Sport is conducting an investigation into the damage and says the facilities will be closed for the 2024/2025 athletic seasons.
"It's the greatest overreaction I've ever seen with anything," said Geoff Davis, javelin coach at Manly Warringah Little Athletics Club. "Then the final occasion they were able to host it there's no atmosphere whatsoever,"' Mr Davis said. Other options Ms Lodge attempted to use included facilities in ovals in Forest Lodge and Forestville, sharing the spaces with AFL and soccer teams.Ms Lodge would often need to dodge soccer balls and was eventually asked to leave by the soccer club's president as he was worried that she and her squad would run into the children, she said."It's the fact that there are no other safe or good alternatives and it just seems as though we're left in the dark.
A NSW Office of Sport spokesperson said if alternatives provided did not meet the needs of users, they were advised to seek alternative locations to train and compete.Javelin is in the blood for Malachi and the local athletics track is his second home
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