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23 May 2017
Cape Whale Coast
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Supplement inside PUSH!!! Hermanus High held its annual go-cart race on 19 May. Bigger and better than before, the day put a smile on the faces of all who attended, old and young. This year the event was started off with a ‘Pie-in-the-Face’ competition where the lucky draw winners could throw a pie in a chosen teacher’s (or headmaster’s) face! This year’s winners of both the dances and the races were the Gr12A class. (See more photos on the Facebook pages of Hermanus High and The Village News). PHOTO: Taylum Meyer, Titanium Photography
Sport Centre set to receive a boost De Waal Steyn
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he Hermanus Sport Centre (HSC) is set to receive a huge boost, with Council expected to approve a payment of R7,6 million this week to complete the construction of the centre that was started in 2012. According to the Municipality the money will be used to move the tennis and squash courts and to complete the clubhouse. The current tennis and squash courts next to the Municipality
are in dire need of an upgrade that will cost in excess of R400 000. The money for the construction of the HSC has become available after the sale of the piece of land commonly known as the ‘circus grounds’ near the Gateway Centre to Builders Express. The tender for the sale amounted to R22,8 million. This is R6,1 million more than the tendered value of R16,7 million. “With the money we are set to receive from the Municipality, together with funds that
we will raise ourselves, the HSC will boast 6 tennis courts, 4 squash courts and a clubhouse,” says Tony O’Hagan, chair of the HSC committee.
the end of 2011, but with the sale of the Sandbaai Commonage falling through, the funds dried up and construction had to be halted.
The idea of establishing a sport centre next to Hermanus High School has been on the cards for more than a decade. In 2012 the Council took the decision to allocate R6,5 million towards the establishment of the sport centre. Initially the funding would have been derived from the sale of the Sandbaai Commonage.
In March 2014 Council decided to grant a further R400 000 in order to prevent structural damage due to the non-completion of the building.
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According to the report that will serve before Council on Wednesday, four years have passed since the initial decision to allocate R6,5 million towards the construction of
the HSC and the relocation of the tennis and squash courts. The delay has made the pledge outdated due to escalations in building costs. Therefore the amount needs to be escalated to R7,6 million. “The current construction costs for the tennis and squash courts and the clubhouse amount to R9 million. The amount allocated is less than the construction costs but it is foreseen that the HSC committee will be able to source alternative funding to complete the project,” states
the Municipality. The plans for the HSC also include the construction of netball fields, a dance hall, a clubhouse with food courts, gym, indoor swimming pool, a rehabilitation/medical centre, an indoor cricket court, cloakrooms and ablution blocks, a bicycle track, skateboard park, volleyball courts, an outdoor amphitheatre, an outdoor water polo pool and parking for cars and busses. An Astroturf hockey field has already been completed by the High School at the centre.