Responding to a question from Deputy Marc Leadbeater addressing the possibility that Beau Sejour’s main sports hall could be cut down by a third in size, thereby not leaving adequate space for sports such as volleyball, basketball and netball, Deputy Montague said that the first two phases of the review into Beau Sejour completed earlier this year showed that the leisure centre was a critical asset in improving public health, community cohesion and individual wellbeing, with a significant social value impact.
With attention turning to the final two phases of the review later this year, Deputy Montague said it was also necessary to work out what was going to happen in terms of sports facilities at the new education campus at Les Ozouets.
‘We often say you can stand in the middle of Guernsey, and in 25 square miles there are very few sports you can’t do.' he said.
‘But as we go forward, we must make sure that we really develop that. We can’t cut back on that provision.’
He said his committee would be hearing from as many stakeholders as it could during the third and fourth stages of the review into Beau Sejour.
‘It’s not something we can get wrong, and we need to be imaginative about tying in with the private sector as well,' he said.
‘It would be nice if, in a couple of years' time, we could say that if you stood in the middle of Guernsey there was no sport that you couldn’t do.
‘Whether we have an ice skating rink or a velodrome, I don’t know, but we can always aspire.’
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