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A country that cries out for a public swimming pool

Mar 01, 2016 Letters

Dear Editor,
During the 1960’s, 1970’s and even the 1980’s when the Georgetown Municipality was properly managed and run there was the Luckhoo Pool that was open to every Guyanese every day from morning to sundown. Thousands of Guyanese learnt to swim there including our former swimming champions. Today, the Georgetown City Council forces our youths who are not affluent enough to be members of a private swimming club to go swim in ‘The Blacka’ which is really referring to the Lamaha Canal.
Since the ’80s, we have been hearing the Council saying that they would rebuild a municipal pool after closing the Luckhoo swimming pool. We have waited for that in vain and now we are still waiting even as we hear of the dawn of a new era in our capital. A pool can pay for itself if it is opened to the public. There are thousands of children who want a pool to go to. Charge a fee and maintain it and have it pay for itself and save the taxpayers some money.” A lot of kids have nowhere to go for recreation and now only the privileged few can access it and that should change immediately. Is this too much to ask the Georgetown City Council? This would make much more sense than the ‘Presidential Park’ on the Merriman’s Mall which is clearly a political gimmick. The public should be aware that at Colgrain – only members of swimming clubs are allowed entry; at Castellani – only invited guests and those given permission by Office of the President have access; and at  Aquatic Centre – this facility is reserved for competitive swimmers only and invited guests. City Council of Georgetown, we need a public pool!
Debra Gibson

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