Fire Closes Wellington location
On Tuesday the 8th of Feb the new Poneke Dojo at Prince of Wales park suffered fire damage. What appears to be an electrical fault in the kitchen, sparked a fire on the top floor of the Scottish Harriers building. The fire caused extensive damage to the kitchen and lounge area and the training areas suffered smoke and water damage.
Our thoughts go out to Jill and Chris Gower who have put in countless hours over the Christmas holidays working on getting the new facility ready. The damage is heart breaking and although insurance will cover the costs I’m sure they are hurting right now.
What does this mean for GSW? Well I’ve made the decision to run all our classes from our Hutt Location until the Wellington Building is repaired or until a new venue is found. So beginning Sunday the 14th of February our Lower Hutt class timetable will look like this.
Sunday 6pm Fundamentals – 7pm Grappling
Monday 7pm Fundamentals – 8pm Grappling
Wednesday 7pm Fundamentals – 8pm Grappling (Please note there is no normal class on the 17th we are closed for a John Will Seminar!!)
Thursday 7pm Fundamentals – 8pm Grappling
Thomas took several pictures of the fire damage and you can see them on our facebook page. Compare them to the pristine videos posted below.
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=146480&id=72268139002&ref=mf
http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/local/3310078/Fire-destroys-newly-renovated-karate-dojo
Please check back here for more information as we get it.
Thanks
Geoff
