New public gym equipment installed in Golden Bay

Tuesday, 21 August 2018 12:15

By Monique Passchier

Rockingham Mayor Barry Sammels, Golden Bay Primary School Principal Peta Lawrence and GBPS students. PIC: Twitter

The Golden Bay community now has somewhere new to boost their fitness with the installation of gym equipment at Rhonda Scarrott Reserve.

The first area contains parallel, chin-up, push-up, step-up and rollover bars, while the second area has a rope climber, log wall, commando climber, balance walkers, aerobic stepper and hurdles.

City of Rockingham Mayor Barry Sammels said the new equipment would benefit both Golden Bay Primary School and the wider community.

“The fitness equipment will be a fantastic addition to the Golden Bay community and strongly reinforces the Act Belong Commit values of a physically active community that the City strives to achieve,” Mayor Sammels said.

“The location of the new equipment will allow students from the school as well as neighbouring sporting groups and members of the community to make the most of it.”

The total cost of the installation is $81,518, with the City of Rockingham contributing $30,000, Golden Bay Primary School contributing $28,518 and the Golden Bay Primary School Parents & Citizens Association donating $10,000. Land Developer PEET and WA Housing Authority also made a $10,000 contribution while the Lions Club of Comet Bay donated $3,000.

Golden Bay Primary School principal Peta Lawrence said it had been a great pleasure to work in partnership with the City, PEET, WA Housing Authority and the Lions Club of Comet Bay to achieve this goal for the community.

“The installed fitness equipment will benefit our students, the Secret Harbour Dockers football and cricket clubs and the wider public,” Ms Lawrence said.

“Our community uses the oval extensively in the pursuit of health and fitness as part of the City’s Act-Belong-Commit goals.”

The installation of the equipment was celebrated at an official opening on Tuesday at Golden Bay Primary School.