‘Face up to my boys’ firefighters
Wednesday 27th May 2009, 2:30PM BST.
Five of the six junior golfers who had their trip to the Hampshire Under-16 County Championship cancelled. Clockwise from top left: Tom Pattimore, Tom Dawson, James Hamon, Luke Blondel and Sam Le Huray. Jamie Le Page was unavailable for the photograph. (Picture by Steve Sarre, 0779507)
JUNIOR Golf Club president Bill Le Huray has challenged airport firemen to face up to six bitterly disappointed young golfers who have seen their Hampshire championship dreams crushed.
For three of the six youngsters it had been their final chance to play for the county under-16 title at the Cams Hall Estate Club. They will be too old in 2010.
And it is the crushing of boys’ sporting dreams which angers Le Huray more than the heavy cost implications involved for the Junior Club, which had forked out £1,500 to send the talented juniors to the prestigious event and does not expect to get more than half of that total back.
‘I’d like the firemen to see the faces of these six disappointed youngsters,’ said Le Huray, whose son Sam, was among those eligible for the competition for the final time.
‘It is not all about money. It’s about the fact this isn’t something I have arranged over the last few days. It has taken months to do and hours and hours of my time.
‘For Sam, Tom Dawson and Tom Pattimore it was their last chance as they will be too old next year.
‘On the financial side I don’t yet just how many hundreds it will cost us, but I will lose a lot of Junior Club money.’
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SHAME ON THE FIREFIGHTERS !!!!
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Does this Bill Le Huray not realise that nearly everyone was affected one way or another!. whether they were trying to get off, or waiting for people to arrive!!.. Strikes always effect in this manor.. Its not the fire fighters fault that things got to this stage.
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So whose fault was it Claire? The man on the moon?
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I think the blame should be squarely on the PSRC who have had 2 years – Yes 2 years- to sort this out – and have got nowhere. During this time the ff have been working many extra shifts, giving up their days off and holidays to ensure cover. Something had to give eventually and whatever was said at the meeting on Monday afternoon was enough to make the men walk out. Oh to be a fly on the wall. We ought to be glad that the disruption only lasted a short while – it caused enough chaos and upset, but imagine what it would have cost if it had gone on for days? What would these young sportsmen have done if it had been foggy? Flights recommenced about 3pm on the Tuesday but Flybe didn’t fly anyway – is no one asking why??? Aurigny started flying immediately. There was also a boat to Jersey put on which enabled passengers to fly from Jersey to the UK. There were ways of dealing with this short and unexpected problem.
By coming to an interim deal with the ff The Emergency Committee have ensured that the airport will remain open. That is priceless.
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