Swimmer wills£24k to DCC

A FORMER recreational swimmer has willed £24k to Derry City Council in gratitude for the kindness and attention shown by the staff at Londonderry’s Templemore Sports Complex.
By The Newsroom
Published 16th Jun 2011, 12:00 BST

Derry City Council’s Development Committee was due to decide on whether or not to lodge the money to the local authority’s repair and renewal fund at a meeting as the Sentinel went to press yesterday.

According to the Acting Town Clerk’s report to the committee a cheque in the sum of £24,221.76 was received from Thomas Doherty and Co. Solicitors from the Estate of the former user of Templemore Sports Complex.

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“The executor has informed us that in the years prior to his death the gentleman was a regular early morning attendee at the pool,” the report advised.

“He has requested that the family’s gratitude and appreciation is passed to the staff at Templemore Sports Complex for their attention and kindness shown.

“Approval is sought for the sum of £24,221.76 to be lodged to Council’s Repairs and Renewals Fund to cover future expenditure that may relate to Templemore Sports Complex,” it added.