South Ayrshire – unless plans for a new leisure centre are revisited.Council bosses want to erect a £40 million facility in the heart of Ayr town centre.But their early proposals make no mention of diving, which currently has a home at the closure-threatened Citadel.Concern is now high among the sport's leading figures that up-and-coming stars could be forced as far afield as Edinburgh to pursue their career.Peter Smith, a former Commonwealth diver who is now president of Ayr Diving Club, told Ayrshire Live: "The current plans make no mention of diving and that's our worry."If that comes to pass, it would tear an Olympic sport away from the people of the south west of Scotland.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the.
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