Call for help and reminder: After the closure of the Wörgler Wave, schools, sports clubs and course providers are fighting for far too few water areas – with life-threatening consequences. Does a Mayor’s Conference point the way? In any case, there is no quick solution in sight.
Drowning is the leading cause of death in children. The best remedy would be swimming courses for the little ones. “But after the closure of the Wörgler Wave, we have been going in circles for three years in creating urgent water areas,” warned Gabi Hausberger, chairwoman of the Triathlon Team Wörgl, flanked by fellow combatants. Go far for alternatives like other clubs – including water rescue – have to you can compete for extremely tight training times elsewhere. For example in the Aquarena Kitzbühel, in the atoll at the Achensee or in the Innsola in Kiefersfelden. “We are on dry land, there is a generation of non-swimmers – with life-threatening consequences,” Hausberger warned Less accepted.” Travel time and costs say hello. Numbers have shrunk badly Simone Auffinger (state swimming association) reminded of the 150 members of her Wörgl club. Now you can still manage 30, with an emergency solution in the Häring rehabilitation center. The director of the primary school in Kufstein, Birgit Obermüller, emphasized that swimming is actually anchored in the curriculum – but where? “Unfortunately, it happens that only a third of the students in a class can swim.” Concept must be “born” in the region Which ways out of the swimming emergency are realistic? Mayors Michael Riedhart (Wörgl) and Andreas Ehrenstrasser (Langkampfen), who were also present at the press event, at least agreed that the initiative had to come from the region. You can only apply to the state and federal government for grants with a finished concept. Places must pull together At a conference of local heads (possibly involving the TVB), cross-municipal financing must be clarified. And also how the inevitable operating losses are shared. A site in Langkampfen is envisaged as a location, which would score with its proximity to the motorway and central location between the metropolitan areas of Kufstein and Wörgl. Ehrenstrasser researched extensively and Dutch experts put numbers on his table. Sobering: A large solution with a 50-meter pool and 25-meter pool would cost 50 million euros or more. The outdoor pools, which have only been open for a few months, are not seen as alternative solutions, especially for children. However, one thing is clear: even in the best-case scenario, the swimming emergency in the lowlands will last for years.
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