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Published Date: 12 April 2007
THE upgrading of the Royal Commonwealth pool should be paid for by the team bidding to bring the Commonwealth Games to Scotland, campaigners say.
Members of the Save Meadowbank Stadium campaign said that part of the bid should involve bringing the pool up to scratch for use in 2014. The city council has said it needs the money from selling Meadowbank Stadium to pay for the pool's refurbishment.

But Save Meadowbank spokeswoman Paula Ferguson said: "I am delighted at plans for Edinburgh to play a part in Scotland's bid for the Games.

"However, I don't see why the citizens of Edinburgh have to lose a prime facility in order to do so. The cost of refurbishment should be met partly from Scotland's Commonwealth Games bid."

The Save Meadowbank campaign was formed last month by people living around the stadium who are concerned by its demise, as well as sports clubs who use it. It aims to halt the city council's plan to demolish the stadium.



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  • Last Updated: 12 April 2007 12:00 AM
  • Source: Edinburgh Evening News
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: Commonwealth Pool
 
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Road Raga,

12/04/2007 11:59:20

Maybe a few crumbs of the £billions of pounds being sponged by London to pay for the 3 week Olympic jamboree could be thrown Edinburgh's way.
After all, Lord Coe keeps bleeting on that 'the whole of the UK will benefit from the London Olympics'
Aye rite.

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Keith Gilbert,

London 12/04/2007 22:16:01

There only seems to be a shortage of money when it comes to spending it in Scotland. Here is a reply to a privious article i have pasted if anyone is at all intrested in where huge sums of sport money goes.
The new LTA tennis centre, for great Britain was being used yesterday and i must say looks great. Thinking further I considered how this beautiful centre was going to change things for the young kid who lives in Durham or the 12 year old that lives in Dundee and can't make the 1200 mile round trip 4 times a week to practice.
There are children all around the country that are keen and want to play to improve there tennis, but where?
In Scotland alone there is but a few indoor or covered tennis courts, there is a huge shortage of facilities in the North yet London has just seen one of the biggest investments in tennis ever, of "British funds".
Funds that are supposed to benefit all i thought.
Scotland is now dominating British tennis and will do for the next 5 years at least. If you don't believe me just look at our Davis Cup team, 2 scots from 4 players.
The efforts made by these boys parents must have been enormous!

Truly a great achievement What a great effort given that Scotland has always been seen as a backwater for investment in tennis.

The Davis Cup may even end up being played in front of a home crowd in Scotland as half the Davis cup team is Scottish.
Perhaps we would have more top players if some of the stated £40,000,000 yes forty million pounds, spent on a new tennis centre in London was spent all around the U.K.
How many indoor centres could have been built around the country at a cost of much less than £1,000,000 each.
Would this not have served the game better as there does seem to be a shortage of covered facilities particularly in the U.K. where the weather is almost always a concern when running any form of training or event.
I my opinion this must be looked at as a


 

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