Mayor Stuart Crosby responds to last week's letter from Mr Joyce, criticising Tauranga's apparent lack of involvement in RWC:
Thank you Mr Joyce for your comments. This is definitely one of those ‘damned if you do and damned if you don't' scenarios.
There are plenty of people who would have liked to have seen the Council spend more money than we have ($100,000) on supporting World Cup activities and plenty who would be very angry if we had 'wasted ratepayers' money” on something that is not core business. A wide range of views was also evident around the Council table when the proposals came forward for funding. Tauranga submitted a joint bid with Rotorua and Whakatane. There were more places willing to host than there were games available for hosting. Tauranga did engage but we were unsuccessful at getting a game. It was a decision of RWC2011.
Your feedback is appreciated.
Mayor Stuart Crosby.
4 comments
DAMNED MESS EITHER WAY ....
Posted on 30-09-2011 17:21 | By WORMTONGUE
I agree it is a waste of ratepayers money to spend the $100,000, but the fact is there is benefits to Tauranga by having a game or several here, that has an immediate cost to ratepayers but also a benefit to, so balance to it. The real issue is "why" did Tauranga's so called leadership fail to prove their worth and for example fail to out do Invercargill ? Whangarei ? New Plymouth ? Napier, Palmerston North ? .... even Rotorua ? End result I guess the population is no guarantee of competence making it all the way ehre, in fact as some have stated the image of "village" has not yet rubbed off.
Location more than size
Posted on 01-10-2011 09:06 | By Murray.Guy
In the absence of knowing the exact scoring criteria the RWC folk used to determine game location allocation it leaves us only to apply a bit of educated guess work. Seems to me not unreasonable that Invercargill be included due to the isolation of it's community, difficulty to access and participate. We are very well located here in Tauranga, having multiple choices within easy reach.
@ MURRAY, YEAH RIGHT
Posted on 04-10-2011 19:28 | By YOGI
Cheap stadium built for a short life span, over priced cost to TCC and you know it Murray, no educated guess needed here mate, RWC is all about the money, TGA can not fill its stadium even with a randfurly shield game so why go to a game between Russia and Nambia or something like that?
DAMNED BY THE TORPEDOES
Posted on 06-10-2011 20:13 | By PLONKER
That means the MV TCC is being sunk by getting hit by to many, to many leaks means the MV TCC sinks, then no more lolly for the kiddies to suck on.
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