- Target:
- Birmingham Council
- Region:
- United Kingdom
Dear friend of Hilltop Golf Course,
As you may have read in recent newspaper articles, Birmingham City Council appears intent on closing down Hilltop Golf Course in Park Lane, Handsworth at any cost - and in the very near future!
IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! IMPORTANT! We have now heard that Hiiltop Golf Course WILL close on January 1st 2010 - more than ever we need YOU to help us reverse this decision!
The council cites financial losses as its reason for closure, but at present, there is some disagreement between the council and those who use the venue - and its many and varied facilities - as to the reason(s) being given, proving 100% accurate!
The venue, (the facility also boasts football pitches,a running track and other leisure options that members of the public can use) has been providing the people of North Birmingham (and farther afield) with exciting and challenging golf - at a reasonable cost - for over thirty years and indeed is home to Hilltop Golf Club, which is one of Seven council authorised clubs based on The Birmingham Council municipal course 'ring'.
As a friend of Hilltop Golf Course, we are seeking YOUR help in trying to initially halt the council's attempts to shut this venue without proper consultation and we hope, through this petition, to at least buy some time for the venue so that proper financial and logistical investigations can be undertaken.
YOUR 'signature' CAN make a difference, so please, take a moment to help your fellow leisure facility users today.
Many thanks for your time.
We the undersigned, call on Birmingham council to halt the proposed closure of Hilltop Golf Course forthwith, pending a full and open debate into all aspects of the need and reasons for such a closure.
We ask that the course remains OPEN until at least March 31st 2010 to enable due consultation to take place!
We further ask that the council makes available a full and transparent breakdown of the reasons why the course has been singled out for closure.
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The Save Hilltop Golf Course petition to Birmingham Council was written by Friends of Hilltop Golf Course and is in the category Sports at GoPetition.