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Leisure centres go private Neil Walker neil@baysidenews.com.au
WEDNESDAY WALKS
Free mall walking EVERY WEDNESDAY
7:45AM - 8:45AM
Walk at your own pace and enjoy the safe indoor environment. Hosted by Jetts Langwarrin, the session includes gentle exercises too. If you are interested in joining, simply turn up and you can register on arrival.
230 Cranbourne-Frankston Road, Langwarrin Enq : 5976 1299 WWW.THEGATEWAYSC.COM.AU
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FIVE peninsula sports and leisure centres will be managed by a private operator from 29 October after Mornington Peninsula Shire decided to outsource day-to-day operations to a company that manages more than 120 such centres across Australia. Belgravia Leisure will manage and operate the Pelican Park Recreation Centre in Hastings, Mornington’s Civic Reserve Recreation Centre, the Somerville Health & Fitness Studio, Crib Point Pool and Western Port Gymnastics at the Hastings Hub. The Bayswater-based leisure centre and golf course management company will also run All Access outreach programs for older adults in Mornington, Rosebud, Hastings, Somers, Blairgowrie and Somerville. In May this year The Times revealed Peninsula Leisure Pty Ltd, a Frankston Council owned company, and Belgravia Leisure had spoken to the shire about managing peninsula sports and leisure centres. Frankston councillors subsequently voted to restrict Peninsula Leisure’s operations to the two Frankston swimming centres amid concerns about “financial risks” to Frankston ratepayers through “empire building”. The door was left open for Peninsula Leisure
to present a business plan to operate other sports centres within the Frankston municipality. Peninsula Leisure operates the Peninsula Aquatic Recreation Centre (PARC) in Frankston and the Pines Forest Aquatic Centre in Frankston North. The shire announced the “partnership” with Belgravia Leisure last Thursday (14 September) and said all council staff at the five centres will be offered employment by the private company “with recognition of prior service and maintenance of existing terms and conditions of employment”. The deal to have Belgravia Leisure manage the centres was hailed as “a win-win-win” by the mayor Cr Bev Colomb. “This is a win-win-win: a win for cost-effective service delivery on behalf of our community, a win for members and user groups and a win for staff,” Cr Colomb said in a statement. “Council will retain ownership and mainte-
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