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Richard Cole spoke with Peter Hyatt about a design
very much created from the inside out.
This is a vast leap forward from the old clubhouse.
Richard Cole: It’s a transformation. With the old one
falling apart, the club needed to stop the endless
yearly spend on maintenance.
How mindful was management of the competition
not simply in open water, but the quality of
competing club-houses?
We were very mindful. We wanted a community
building of high quality. With funding so tight there
are significant financial co nstraints on most clubs
and so there certainly wasn’t an open-chequebook.