Due to damage at the Boathouse, rowing coach searches for solution

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) – After burst pipes went unnoticed earlier this winter at The Boathouse close to the Augusta Marina, the already getting older constructing wants much more repairs.

It’s making it troublesome for the native rowing membership to coach. Right here’s how the pinnacle coach is engaged on discovering an answer to their drawback.

The spring season for the Augusta Rowing Membership begins in every week. Nevertheless, no person is allowed inside attributable to security causes.

This leaves these questioning what’s subsequent and whether or not there will probably be a fast repair.

“They’ve requested us to place a number of plans collectively, from most cost-effective to most costly and from quick time period to long run,” mentioned Brad Holdren.

He’s been the pinnacle coach for eight years. He says he’d like to remain put.

“Ideally, we want to nonetheless have the ability to use our constructing. Simply use it as a storage and preserve our tools secure inside,” he mentioned.

The coaching facility is situated on the Savannah River, at an ideal location for rowing. For this reason 5 highschool and faculty rowing groups from the north journey to Augusta to coach initially of the spring season.

However this 12 months will probably be completely different than these prior to now.

“Usually, they like to make use of our constructing. If the climate turns dangerous on a day and we will’t permit them contained in the constructing now, in order that’s just a little irritating, however the river remains to be good, the river remains to be lovely and can nonetheless operate,” he mentioned.

Holdren says rowing brings in $1 to 1.5 million yearly with completely different occasions all centered across the constructing. He needs to develop the game much more within the space however has issues some groups might not come again subsequent 12 months because of the lack of a constructing.

“We’re one of many strongest historic cities for the game of rowing. And, with all the pieces we do for the junior youngsters on the town, we predict we’re very important,” mentioned Holdren.

He says there are limitless potentialities for constructing a brand new boathouse. As for options, Holdren says the town needs them to give you some choices, they usually’ll take a look at these and go from there. On the finish of the day, he understands cash is an element with regards to the following step on this course of.

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