Letter writer says the city’s decision-makers aren’t doing enough to ensure access to quality sporting facilities for young people
Every parent from Sudbury who has taken their children to southern Ontario for sports has gazed in awe at the facilities, including modern indoor soccer fields, basketball courts, swimming pools, hockey pads, etc. Every parent has asked themselves “Why don’t we have those things here?” when they have come home.My children are aging out of youth sports . They have left Sudbury for university, with no expectation of returning.
Sudbury’s legacy of competitive swimming excellence is evaporating before our eyes as the Jeno Tihanyi pool at Laurentian University reaches the fourth anniversary of its closure. My daughter was a competitive swimmer, training and competing at the pool until the pandemic closed it, and the university’s insolvency kept it from re-opening. Over a year and half ago the pool began leaking, with no fix in sight.
What are we doing here? Who is in charge of sports facilities in this city? Why do smaller towns have far better facilities than we do? If the city wants to grow, and for people to be happy living in Sudbury, access to sports facilities is critical. Ironically, the city had a sport tourism strategy, and had even applied to host the Canada Games. This all seems laughable now.
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