Re: Application to keep the beach volleyball sandpit field in Pakuranga
We are New Zealand Light Volleyball General Association. Our association has 200 full members, many of whom also like to play beach volleyball. On summer afternoons, our group have been to this field and played beach volleyball, normally three times per week, every Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday.
Only when we saw news about ‘Dog park plan draws criticism’ in the Times newspaper, then we knew of the dog park’s plans will be located within Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga, where there is a beach volleyball sandpit field.
We feel shocked and very disappointed about this plan.
When we play beach volleyball there, often other groups are also playing besides us, all different ages and ethnicities. There are two fields in this sandpit, so we can hold two volleyball games together. Some players even were high level players who retired from the New Zealand Volleyball Team.
There are not many beach volleyball play grounds in Auckland and this volleyball sandpit is a nice place for us because we can play beach volleyball and have our picnic as well.
We haven’t booked the field before because we don’t know how to book this field. No related sign was put over the pit. When we play beach volleyball, we always bring our own net, line and volley ball.
This volleyball sandpit is very popular in summer, we hope you can keep the beach volleyball sandpit field. We hope that more people will support it. We would appreciate your support for beach volleyball sports.
New Zealand Light Volleyball General Association, Panmure
