Monitoring requested for tennis courts

The Wagstaffe-Killcare Community Association has asked police and the Central Coast Council to monitor the tennis courts at Pretty Beach.

Association president Ms Peta Colebatch said that, within the past month, a gate to the child-safe area behind the courts had to be removed and the shade cloth protecting children and adults in that area has been damaged and ripped.

"The council and police have been advised and we have asked for surveillance of the area," Ms Colebatch said.

"We have replaced the shade cloth and plan to replace the damaged gate as soon as possible but all this is expensive and takes time," she said.

Ms Colebatch called for "more respect" from local parents, children and young adults to ensure the damage of community property in the area does not continue.

Issues of concern have been raised with the public school and high school in the area.

"The damage is unacceptable.

"It not only harms the facilities and disillusions all the volunteers who work so hard to maintain them but also damages the reputation of children in this area and by extension that of the schools," she said.

A proposal to erect a practice soccer net nearby has been rejected by Council due to safety concerns.

"We are open to ideas about what more we can do but we don't want what we have now despoiled and we want to respect the work of our volunteers and all who assist us to raise funds for spending on community resources.

"After all, for example, there's so much asparagus fern around the area anyone wanting to use up excess energy could help us in getting rid of it rather than using the tennis courts to work off steam.

"We're happy to assist in pointing kids in the direction of the asparagus fern or to play tennis or to clean up the old bottles and refuse in the environment.

"There's lots to be done," she said.

Newsletter, 7 Dec 2016

Peta Colebatch, WTKCA