Following the Picketts Lock debacle the Government has promised to give £40million to grassroot athletics.

A substantial amount of this is earmarked for London which should be good news for Barnet.

Council leader Alan Williams and the MP for Hendon, Andrew Dismore, are influential people and should be able to obtain a significant amount of this money to modernise and improve training facilities at Copthall Stadium. This could be a on time only opportunity.

I believe Councillor Williams will want his administration to be associated with actions which will place the borough very firmly on the map for sport rather than be remembered as the administration which presided over the demise of Copthall Stadium.

I am sure he knows it is the policy of his party that every child should have access to good sporting facilities.

Gerry Elmore

Milton Avenue, Barnet

October 23, 2001 13:54