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leisure opportunities £3.2m surfing reef ‘a laughing stock’


Boscombe’s £3.2m man-made surfing reef has been branded a ‘laughing stock,’ with the surfers it was built for hav- ing long since abandoned it, say local practitioners. Te reef was built in 2009


in an attempt to double the number of good surfing days Boscombe offered. Surfers say the quality of the waves it generates do not meet their needs. “No one has surfed on the reef for a couple of years. I can’t speak for everyone but it seems they’re giving up on it as a surf venue,” said coach Tom Hatcher. Aside from a group of dedicated body boarders, who enjoy the shorter, steeper waves the reef creates, it is largely unused. “Te new wave on the reef was significantly


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Te reef is now being marketed for kite surfing and other water sports


different to the waves that are available on the natural beach around Boscombe Pier,” said Plymouth University’s Mark Davidson, who carried out an independent report on it in 2010. “It was consistently shorter than the design criteria, which promised rides of around 65m.” The beleaguered reef, which opened in 2009, was forced to close two years later aſter being damaged by a boat’s propeller.


It reopened in April 2014, aſter delays while Bournemouth Borough Council waited for insurance money to fund repair work. New Zealand based ASR Ltd, which built the proj- ect and similar sites in Mount Maunganui, New Zealand, and Narrowneck, Australia, was due to repair it, but missed its deadlines and then subsequently went into liquidation. In April this year, the council rebranded


the reef as part of a £700,000 Coastal Activity Park which runs one mile along the seafront from Alum Chine to Southbourne. Details: http://lei.sr?a=B4D8Z


UK architect receives top IOC honour


Geraint John, an established senior advisor at architecture practice Populous, has been awarded the Pierre de Coubertin medal for outstanding services to the Olympic Movement. Populous is a global sports design and


architecture firm that has worked on several Olympic projects including Sydney 2000, London 2012 and Sochi 2014. John is the first architect, and indeed Briton,


to ever receive the Pierre de Coubertin medal. Named in honour of the man who founded the modern Olympic Games, the medal is awarded by the IOC to individuals who have demonstrated an outstanding contribution to sport and the legacy of the Olympics. Tis is more than the case for John, who has made a “significant contribution to the IOC’s promotion of environmental and sustainable sports facilities that deliver lasting Olympic and Paralympic legacies” according to a state- ment. Commenting on the award, Geraint


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Populous senior adviser Geraint John


John said: “Architecture has and will continue to provide exceptional service to the Olympic Movement and I accept this award on behalf of all the talented people from so many countries that I have been fortunate to work alongside.” Details: http://lei.sr?a=Q3N4M


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