New administrator expected to be appointed to Concord RSL
A new administrator is expected to be appointed to assess the financial health of the cash-strapped Concord RSL and Community Club.
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A new administrator is expected to be appointed to assess the financial health of the cash-strapped Concord RSL and Community Club.
Yesterday insolvency expert Hogan Sprowles confirmed they were no longer the administrator for the club, which is in financial trouble after a mega-club from south western Sydney pulled the pin on plans for a residential complex.
Club general manager Paul Bourke declined to comment but a member told the Courier the Mount Pritchard Community Club — Mounties — made the decision late last year to walk away from negotiations to build apartments for over-55s and refurbish the club house.
The Mounties had spent a considerable amount of money keeping the club afloat.
Many members feel it was a mistake to knock back a merger offer from Burwood RSL.
The rejection triggered a walk out by the club’s bowlers in late 2017.
“If we had accepted the Burwood offer the place would have been renovated and the Burwood bowlers would have come across to the club,” the member said.
“We thought that would have been in the best interests of the members.”
He said Burwood was now preoccupied with its own redevelopment plans.
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While the club remains open for business, the poker machines were switched off last week.
Members feel like they’re been kept in the dark as they haven’t had a general meeting for almost two years.
“We’d like to know what’s going on in our club even if they just call a meeting without resolutions just to explain what’s happening,” the member said.
“It would very sad for the RSL to close.”
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