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Genesis Energy Recreation Centre Incorporating the War Memorial Stadium
Genesis Energy Recreation Centre - Hydroslide
A 60-metre long hydroslide, one of the many new developments at Masterton’s Genesis Energy Recreation Centre, has been delivered to its new Dixon Street home. The totally enclosed hydroslide, constructed by Christchurch based company Cresta Composites, features two right hand and two left hand bends, and is one of the longest slides in the country. The slide entrance will be on the top level of the new centre and swimmers will exit after their 60 metre “ride’ into a shallow plunge pool on the ground floor. Water flowing through the slide will be heated. Naming RightsThe naming rights for the redevelopment of the stadium and pool complex were granted to Genesis Energy as part of a sponsorship agreement. The facility is known as the
Genesis Energy Recreation Centre and Genesis provided sponsorship in two
ways. It offered its expertise in the specification of electrical plant in
the new facility to achieve the most energy- efficient operations possible.
Secondly, a sponsorship grant was made for which the company
received the naming rights. Genesis Chief Executive, Murray Jackson says Genesis is pleased to add the Recreation Centre upgrade to a number of other activities it already supports in Wairarapa, including the Glistening Waters Storytelling Festival and Genesis Wairarapa International Balloon Festival. Genesis Energy Recreation Centre and Sewerage Upgrade DebateStatement from Mayor Bob Francis In the period leading up to the debate on the
Genesis Energy Recreation Centre Upgrade, some people have become confused in the
relationship between this project and other Council priorities.
There are a number of significant infrastructure projects that are
of highest priority, including sewerage upgrades, roading, and waste
management and landfill solutions. The Council is a
multifunctional organisation. The
Council has to deal with a lot of big projects at the same time.
It has to manage each project to its respective timeframe in terms
of investigations, property issues, public consultation, environmental
assessments and resource consents. It is time for the public
to analyse the facts behind the claimed linkage between the Genesis Recreation
Centre and the Sewerage Treatment Upgrade. Here are some facts which put the Genesis Energy Recreation Centre Project and the Urban Sewerage Upgrade in perspective:
I am confident that there
will be a funding solution to both the capital cost and the operating
costs that is clearly affordable for our community. While the Genesis Recreation
Centre is ready to go the Council does have difficulties in progressing
the sewerage treatment upgrade. To
achieve the sewerage upgrade, the following key issues have to be
addressed:
The outcome of the above key issues are independent of on any decision regarding the Recreation Centre. Masterton Genesis Recreation Centre Facility Management tender letThe Masterton District Council has awarded the
tender for managing Masterton’s Genesis Energy Recreation Centre to Community Leisure
Management (CLM), a company specialising in the contract management of
Council-owned leisure facilities throughout the North Island. The agreed contract is for an initial two-year
period up to 30 June 2005, with rights of renewal to be negotiated beyond
that time. Manager of Assets and Operations, Kevin Montgomerie
says CLM would provide comprehensive management and programming for all
elements of the facility. It
was one of three tenders considered by the Council. “We are impressed with CLM’s professional
manner and are pleased to welcome such expertise to the operation of this
significant Masterton facility”. “CLM has excellent knowledge and experience in
recreational facility management and the general company philosophy,
combined with an integrated management and operating methodology is viewed
as being compatible with the Masterton District Council. Its philosophy to
promote community partnerships in providing community leisure facilities
is also in line with Council’s aims”. CLM is a private company operating since 1995 with
its administrative base in Auckland.
It currently runs ten major facilities throughout the North Island
including the redeveloped Lido facility in Palmerston North. CLM began operation of the recreation centre complex in Masterton on Friday 30 May 2003. Check out their website at www.clmnz.co.nz |
