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The Sydney Olympic Park Master Plan 2050 has been approved by the NSW State Government. Buried in that plan, but never explicitly stated, is the obliteration of the 2000 Olympic Games archery venue. The plan mentions in passing "repurpose of the Archery Centre building as a community centre" and the "provision of four sports fields" without noting that means closure of the Archery Centre, eviction of Sydney Olympic Park Archers club, and replacement of the archery range with two of those new sports fields. There will be no new archery range, there's nowhere to relocate to, it will simply be the end of archery in Sydney Olympic Park. I'm told that the archery club will be granted a lease until 2031 but after that it's all over, and it's not like there are archery ranges all over the place and it's easy to find somewhere else to do it. Closing a big range and club in a central, accessible location like this will have a big impact on the sport in Sydney. To add insult to injury Sydney OIympic Park Authority still refer to the area as "Archery Park", despite their plan to eradicate all actual archery from it. https://www.sydneyolympicpark.nsw.gov.au/master-plan #Archery