Massive flood damage disrupts Shore sports

Thousands of sports participants face months of playing at alternative venues across the North Shore in the wake of serious flood damage to major facilities, including several in Forrest Hill.

School, club and social competitions and training sessions will all be disrupted.

Harbour Basketball, Tennis Northern and

Badminton North Harbour are among organisations juggling limited indoor playing space while contemplating expensive repairs or rebuilds. Come summer sports season, volleyball and futsal will also be disrupted, when Netball North Harbour re-lays arena flooring. Three groups’ facilities east of the Northern Motorway below Tristram Ave were particu- larly badly hit. Badminton North Harbour fears its centre – the country’s leading badminton venue – will be out of action for nine to 12 months.

It was meant to have hosted the Oceania Championships in mid-February, but was left a smelly shell by the floods of 27 January.

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