the eye
own goal clinches defeat
Many things make me sad. Rainy days, a heavy defeat for my favourite football team, wistful, laconic music… But occasionally I find myself saddened by the loss of an opportunity. I am especially saddened when it was an opportunity to give future generations something better than we
had ourselves. If it appears to be uncomfortably like snatching defeat from the jaws of success then I get very sad indeed.
Sutton has had the opportunity to put itself firmly on the sporting map with the news that Sutton Tennis Academy plans to develop its present site into a prestigious Sports Village. This would have given the borough an Olympic legacy that would have been the envy of most boroughs in London – and beyond. Plans to extend within the present site would have given us facilities for no fewer than nine Olympic sports. The range of sports and activities would have been staggering: gymnastics, cheerleading, dance, martial arts, soft play, swimming, spa beach volleyball, netball, volleyball – and one of the most comprehensive racquets sports complexes in the country, including real tennis.
The jewel in the crown would have been a junior football academy, run on presently unused all-weather pitches, next to the academy, in partnership with a major professional football club. But the chance has gone. The contract to run the pitches went elsewhere, on the basis that the financial return will be greater.
Much has been made of the Big Society recently, especially when Sutton was chosen by the Government as one of only four boroughs to pilot the concept. We have been told that the Big Society is about making sure you know what’s going on, making sure you can have your say and get involved in what happens in your area. I fear that in this case, residents were never informed of the options available and they certainly didn’t get the chance to have their say or get involved. How proud they would have been to have helped create a football academy for local talented youngsters that would have been the envy of so many other boroughs.
Chris Chris Wood, Editor
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