2017-10-10 S&O Agenda - Attachment 1 to Item 6 - Sport and Active Recreation Plan

                                                                                                                                                                                     Sport and Active Recreation Plan



8.4 Aquatic Facilities                                 Given the significant costs in establishing and         •   Often sites are single court or single field       The Australian Skateboard Federation (ASF) is the
                                                       running aquatic facilities, partnerships between            facilities meaning clubs must spread across        peak national body for skate boarding and are
Seven aquatic facilities throughout the Shire are      Council, schools and private providers should be            numerous venues impacting on the sense of          increasing localised competitions and workshops
provided by Council, local schools and private         investigated for any future facility expansion and          ‘home ground’ and club culture;                    nationally in an effort to establish athlete
                                                       provision. As the solely Council managed aquatic        •   None or very limited on-site storage;              development pathways and identify athletes for
operators. Council subsidises the use of Education
                                                       facility in the Shire, the Noosa Aquatic Centre         •   None or limited access to essential amenities      elite competition.
Qld school pools to enable community use
                                                                                                                   for club operation eg toilets/change rooms,
outside of school hours.                               would greatly benefit from the development
                                                                                                                   canteen facilities;                                South East Qld has been earmarked as the future
                                                       of a facility master plan which would consider                                                                 national hub for skateboarding. The Shire’s skate
                                                                                                               •   Occasionally limited to junior competition
The trend in aquatic facility provision nationally     demand based expansion of facilities such as a                                                                 parks are small-scale with duplicated styles,
                                                                                                                   due to restrictions on adult presence in school
is moving away from competitive pools (25m             zero depth pool, warm water pool etc                                                                           elements and experiences which only service local
                                                                                                                   environment; and
and 50m lap lanes) to greater recreational use                                                                                                                        catchment areas.
                                                                                                               School will always have priority access, potentially
facilities. This is reflected by a steady decline in   8.5 Schools                                             leading to postponement or cancellation at short       Council intends to progressively upgrade these
competitive swim club memberships at the same
                                                                                                               notice of competition due to school functions/         facilities, however this should be done in a co-
time as an increase in self-reported participation     The Education Department recognises the
                                                                                                               events. Consideration should be given to               ordinated manner and in consultation with ASF to
in ‘swimming’. Noosa has predominately ‘lap lane’      importance of physical activity in the health and
                                                                                                               partnerships in future development of sports           ensure a range of experiences across the Shire and
facilities and one stand-alone public splash park      wellbeing of children and young people. Schools         facilities on school-controlled land to ensure
                                                       provide opportunities to all students for:                                                                     best design practice and principles are used.
in Tewantin.                                                                                                   designs incorporate the need for community use.
                                                       •   as part of the Health and Physical Education
Demand for a hydrotherapy or ‘warm water’                                                                      This may include financial investment in the
                                                           learning area
                                                                                                               construction and management from sources other
pool in the Shire has been identified, particularly    •   in the delivery of other learning areas
                                                                                                               than education providers.
given the aging demographic of the Shire.              •   in school sport
Currently the only access to a hydrotherapy            •   in school-organised activities before and after     Council should seek to partner with Education
pool is via the Noosa Hospital. A dedicated                school and during lunchbreaks                       Qld at a regional level to provide a consistent
warm water pool would allow far more locals to         •   through unstructured independent and                and considered approach to further investigation
experience the benefits of gentle exercise in a            group play (children) and recreational physical     of expanding the use of school grounds to
warm water environment and would also provide              activity (young people) during significant          accommodate community use including future
                                                           class breaks.                                       development of facilities.
an all-weather option for infant and pre-school
swimming lessons.                                      The use of school grounds for community sport
                                                       purposes is often flagged as a solution to combat
Sports such as water polo that require a
                                                       a shortage of community land for sport. Nine
                                                                                                               8.6 Skate Parks
significant proportion of pool space and specific
                                                       out of sixteen schools in Noosa currently offer         The Noosa Shire has seven local skate parks
depths for competition are struggling to find
                                                       facilities for community sport use. The common          spread across the Shire. As skateboarding is a
adequate space for training and competition,           issues surrounding use of school facilities for club-   sport included in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it is
often turning away members and travelling              based sport are:                                        predicted that these facilities will have increased
outside of the Shire to access facilities.                                                                     usage.
                                                       •   Use is dependent on the principal of the day;
Additionally, there are currently no competitive       •   Often playing spaces are too small for
diving pools in the Sunshine Coast region and              competition eg insufficient run-off or safety

Diving Qld is looking to source a suitable venue           zones;

outside of Brisbane.

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