Jarro
4th April 2006, 02:41 PM
from the April Golfer magazine :
Both Gailes and Wolston Park golf clubs are under threat from the Queensland governments strategic plan for the Wacol area.
After both courses appear to have escaped emasculation by the various Ipswich motorway schemes, the new threat is real and on the maps.
A newsletter issued late last year on the strategi plan for Queensland governement land at Wacol outlines 4 options which have been exposed for public discussion.
Two openly propose relocation of the courses, one a reconfiguration of both and a third proposes the status quo.
And the state government, at this time, is keeping mum on the subject and apparently it got a serious fright when the likely costs of clubhouse and course relocation were aired.
The Golfer understands club officials have been told not to expect a final decision until at least the middle of the year.
Wolston Park Golf Club president Malcolm Chisolm said his club presented a document prepared by a golf course architect/design company.
"The first meeting was at short notice and we subsequently agreed to consider an amalgamation of the two clubs which would have seen a 27-hole setup. It was later discovered the land would only be suitable for 18 holes"
The combined fields from both clubs for premium competitions such as Saturdays, were far too big for an 18 hole course. And the clubs could be saved any disruption if an apparently nervous developer takes fright and withdraws.
The public consultation period ended on December 22, 2005 and the draft preferred strategic plan is to be released on a date to be announced this year.
Several questions on the subject sent to the Premiers office early last month have not been answered as the Golfer went to press.
Residential development is believed to be part of the plan however the Wacol area is home to several prisons and institutions.
Both Gailes and Wolston Park golf clubs are under threat from the Queensland governments strategic plan for the Wacol area.
After both courses appear to have escaped emasculation by the various Ipswich motorway schemes, the new threat is real and on the maps.
A newsletter issued late last year on the strategi plan for Queensland governement land at Wacol outlines 4 options which have been exposed for public discussion.
Two openly propose relocation of the courses, one a reconfiguration of both and a third proposes the status quo.
And the state government, at this time, is keeping mum on the subject and apparently it got a serious fright when the likely costs of clubhouse and course relocation were aired.
The Golfer understands club officials have been told not to expect a final decision until at least the middle of the year.
Wolston Park Golf Club president Malcolm Chisolm said his club presented a document prepared by a golf course architect/design company.
"The first meeting was at short notice and we subsequently agreed to consider an amalgamation of the two clubs which would have seen a 27-hole setup. It was later discovered the land would only be suitable for 18 holes"
The combined fields from both clubs for premium competitions such as Saturdays, were far too big for an 18 hole course. And the clubs could be saved any disruption if an apparently nervous developer takes fright and withdraws.
The public consultation period ended on December 22, 2005 and the draft preferred strategic plan is to be released on a date to be announced this year.
Several questions on the subject sent to the Premiers office early last month have not been answered as the Golfer went to press.
Residential development is believed to be part of the plan however the Wacol area is home to several prisons and institutions.