JOLENE OGLE
The long months spent fighting to save Cooroy Bowls Club are finally over with the sale of the land announced at the RSL AGM at the weekend.
Cooroy RSL & Citizens Memorial Club general manager Tina Bernard confirmed the land had been sold to local family business, Listra Pty Ltd.
Listra has run national businesses from Cooroy for more than 20 years and from Noosa for the 10 years prior.
In a statement to Noosa Today, company director Ronald McCarthy said: “It is our full intention to offer the rinks to the new bowls club, allowing them to operate independently under a generous lease back agreement.
“Listra has had negotiations with Cooroy Bowls Club over the past 10 years, at one stage running the club’s restaurant,” Mr McCarthy said.
“The bowls club has suffered a disruptive decade, however we are confident that the new club will now enter a stable growth period. They certainly will have our full support.”
Mr McCarthy said it was the company’s full intention to run the restaurant and bar and it is currently in the process of having a liquor license transferred to the venue.
Mr McCarthy said he was aware the sale of the land was a sensitive issue and was hoping for a seamless transition.
“So far, we have received nothing but goodwill. It is onwards and upwards,” he said.
