Two successful swimming clubs boasting hundreds of members and decades of history will collapse if the leisure centre they call home is closed, it has been warned.
Both the Gateshead and Whickham Swimming Club and the Gateshead Synchronised Swimming Club are facing doom if Dunston Leisure Centre is shut down. The site is one of those considered to be at greatest threat under budget-cutting plans from Gateshead Council, which are expected to see at least two leisure facilities shut down.
As campaigners have united in calls this week for the Government to step in with funding to save the beloved centres, the two clubs have made clear just how devastating the proposals would be for them. Stevie Speight, president of Gateshead and Whickham Swimming Club, told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that Dunston’s ability to host galas is fundamental to his club’s survival.
