Former committee member is pushing to resurrect town’s swim club
By Kirra Livingstone
FORMER Beerwah Splash Swim Club secretary, Andrew Lange, is urging local parents to get behind the push to bring back the local swimming club.
Following the loss of their senior coach in 2022 the Beerwah club folded with 60 swimmers forced to find other clubs to pursue the sport.
Most local kids who swim, now train at other swimming clubs across the Sunshine Coast and even Brisbane, and Andrew stressed why Beerwah needs a thriving swim club.
“Like any community I think having all round sporting facilities , we’ve got the pool and it’s just not being utilised within this community,” he said.
“There are definitely keen swimmers who are having to travel distances, so it would just compliment the sporting environment of the community.
“It comes down to the competitive swimmers who need a good coach, they need a coach full stop.
“If they also want to attend all of the local swimming events, having a coach handy to assist them makes a big difference.”
Andrew plans to help “the next generation” of parent volunteers help restart the committee.
Once the committee is back up and running with passionate volunteers, then the pool will be able to hire a swim coach.
“I’m sure that there are swimmers and parents in the local community who would love to have a local club to attend,” he said.
“ I still hold the club’s records, archives, bank account info and we even have money waiting to be used, so I would like to pass on.”
If anyone is interested in joining the club’s committee, contact Andrew via their Facebook page, ‘Beerwah Splash Swim Club’.