THE Torquay Bowls Club has asked its members for their help in getting the Great Ocean Road Coast Committee (GORCC) to support the club\u2019s plans for a third green.<\/p>\n
In an open letter to members sent out last month, the club\u2019s board of management wrote that having the third green included in the new master plan for Taylor Park was \u201cour one and only chance as we approach our 100 years in the Park anniversary\u201d.<\/p>\n
The new green would take up half of the existing car park (on The Esplanade side), slightly pushing outside the club\u2019s existing footprint, and new vehicular access would be created through Taylor Park.<\/p>\n
The open letter notes \u201cthe expansion amounts to no more than 0.5 per cent (half of one per cent) of the total available parkland\u201d.<\/p>\n
GORCC\u2019s Taylor Park Masterplan was last updated in 2000 and is due for review and renewal.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs Torquay Bowls Club sits within Taylor Park, any aspirations we have for future expansion and development as both a Bowling Club and Community Hub, must be established now, within the new Master Plan,\u201d the letter states.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile there is no fixed timescale for creating a third green, the proposal must be part of the 2019 GORCC Master Plan. Demand for more bowls facilities has increased dramatically in the past five years, and so too, has the need for a friendly, welcoming social outlet.<\/p>\n
\u201cA third green would help meet the bowls demand and improve the facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Torquay Bowls Club is asking its members to complete GORCC\u2019s online survey about Taylor Park \u201cand clearly support the extra land for TBC\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE Torquay Bowls Club has asked its members for their help in getting the Great Ocean Road Coast Committee (GORCC) to support the club\u2019s plans for a third green. In an open letter to members sent out last month, the club\u2019s board of management wrote that having the third green included in the new master […]<\/p>\n