Save Carss Park Pool

24/03/2022

Today marks 3 years since locals presented the 10,700 signature petition to GRC to save Kogarah War Memorial Pool at Carss Park. Swimming NSW chief executive officer Mark Heathcote spoke on the residents' behalf at that meeting, strongly urging the council to allocate funding in the 2019/2020 budget to subsidise the ongoing costs of the pool.

Things haven't turned out the way we'd hoped but there's loads of fight in us all yet. We can be confident that we'll prevail to have our pool rebuilt at Carss Park, especially with the support of so many new elected and community-minded councillors.

Thanks for the support. Watch this space for updates.

Councillors took note and unanimously supported ongoing funding to keep the pool operating for the 2019-20 swimming season, unanimously supporting a Notice of Motion by Cr Kathryn Landsberry.

22/03/2022

👏 Thank you Chris Minns for your support.

I have been fighting hard to rebuild the pool at Carss Park. The facilities are already there, and the overwhelming view of the community is to rebuild the pool on-site. Almost 12,000 residents signed a petition and over 2,000 signed a pledge to rebuild the pool at Carss Park.

22/03/2022

To date, there has been no report that determines that a new state-of-the-art pool complex cannot be built on the current site at Carss Park. The only thing lacking has been political will. There is bipartisan support to rebuild the pool from Federal Liberal, State Labor and a new GRC all committed to rebuilding the pool.

So, let's get this done.🏊‍♀️

He has called on all three levels of government to open talks about an "equitable funding arrangement" for the rebuilding of the pool at Carss Park.

28/11/2021

https://www.theleader.com.au/story/7528061/stop-the-argy-bargy-and-take-the-plunge-on-the-pool-councillor-says/?cs=17293

Frustrated with the lack of progress on a decision to replace the Carss Park pool Cr Landsberry called for the new council to find the political will to progress on the issue.

26/11/2021

💚💚☘️☘️🤙

01/11/2021

https://www.theleader.com.au/story/7489235/its-time-to-right-the-wrongs-says-olympic-champion-michelle-ford/?cs=12

Michelle Ford took on the "East German medal machine" and won. Now, more than 40 years later the Olympic champion is looking for another win. Two, in fact. At...

01/11/2021

✍️ 𝗟𝗘𝗧𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 𝗧𝗢 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗢𝗥 📰
Great letter from Stephen Budge from Oatley

What an interesting article in the sports section of the Sunday Telegraph dated 24/10/2022.The NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet has reaffirmed a commitment to th...

17/10/2021

Opinion piece from Michelle Ford, re the possibility of athletes being awarded Olympic medals 40 years after the event, where they were beaten by East German athletes.

17/10/2021

3 of the 9 Aussie women who could be promoted to receive individual Olympic Medals, 40 years after they earnt them, have all signed our pledge to Save Carss Park Pool and Todd Park. All trained at Kogarah War Memorial Pool at Carss Park under the coaching of Dick Caine.

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/olympics/officials-to-consider-giving-olympic-medals-to-innocent-victims-of-doping-cheats/news-story/225e9d8a61a97a3975f8c5404cc1b35d

16/10/2021

How wonderful if after 40 years Michelle Ford is awarded the 2 more Gold Medals that were denied her as a result of the GDR State-based systemic doping system.

Former Australian swimmer Michelle Ford has been part of athlete activism for 40 years — now integrity reforms to world swimming may result in the two-time Olympian receiving two more gold medals from the Moscow Games.