Parents and local businesses, not the Town Hall, rescue sports centre facilities after the rain
Leaks at the sports centre, left unrepaired for years, once again soaked the tatamis and mats after the rain. According to pupils’ parents, it was the families who cleaned and dried the equipment.
Guardamar del Segura, 23 October 2026. Leaks at the municipal sports centre, which have gone unrepaired for years, have struck again. After the rain a few days ago, water got into the facilities and soaked essential sports equipment, including tatamis and mats used for rhythmic gymnastics, judo and other floor-based disciplines.
Days have passed and, according to parents of pupils at the sports schools who spoke to La Gaceta, help has not come from the Town Hall. The families themselves have stepped in, on their own initiative, to clean, dry and salvage the equipment, with machinery loaned by local businesses. According to these parents, they have heard nothing from the ruling team: they have seen neither technical nor staff support to restore the facilities to normal and ensure classes can continue as usual.
This newspaper is awaiting an explanation from a municipal representative about what action has been taken to solve this problem. It is neither the first time this has happened nor will it be the last unless the necessary repairs to the sports centre are finally carried out.
What happened is another example of the lack of maintenance and neglect affecting many municipal facilities, in this case sports venues. It is sad that families have to make up for the Town Hall’s inaction so that their children can continue playing sport.
La Gaceta remains open to publishing the ruling team’s account whenever it wishes to provide one.
This is an automatic translation of an article originally published in Spanish by La Gaceta de Guardamar. If in doubt, the Spanish version prevails. Read the original · More news in English