North Manly Bowling Club could be turned into BMX, surf and snowboarding centre
A vacant bowling club could be turned into a combined BMX, skateboarding, surf and snowboarding centre. It’s one of five ideas for the prominent Manly site which has sat empty since 2018.
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A former bowling club could be turned into a combined BMX, skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding facility.
It is one of five ideas for the vacant North Manly Bowling Club site, which has sat empty since 2018.
Other suggestions for the space include tennis courts, small-sided synthetic soccer courts and indoor basketball or indoor gymnastics facilities.
These ideas will now be explored more thoroughly by council staff.
But if it was decided that the site would be used for snowboarding and surfing, it would most likely involve wave pools and man-made snow.
The regeneration of the site is part of a plan by Northern Beaches Council to turn the area into a sporting hub.
Across the road from the site are tennis and futsal courts and where Warringah Golf Club has been given permission to build its new $6m community clubhouse.
Cr Candy Bingham said the bowling club site has been vacant for a long time and she was “really looking forward to what happens next”.
She said the aim will be to “fill the gaps” in sport and recreational facilities on the peninsula.
Cr Pat Daley told the Manly Daily he has been fighting for years to improve the area, going back to when he was a councillor for the old Warringah Council.
He said previous plans to regenerate the area were ripped up by the new council when it was formed.
He said he was pleased to see progress at last.
Cr Daley said new facilities will boost the area and he would like to see something that complimented what was already there, which includes the nearby golf club.
“Whatever happens it must be compatible with the golf, tennis and futsal already there,” he said.
At a council meeting last week, councillors approved a report to get more detail on the five ideas.
The area, which is over a hectare in size, currently has four natural lawn bowling greens lying unused and a brick clubhouse.