The owners of the Broken Hill Golf Course are being sued for more than $1 million.
The board of the Broken Hill Golf and Country Club says the owners of the golf course have not been maintaining the grounds, forcing local members to complete work.In a notice to members, the club says it is claiming $1.1 million from Dialena Nominees, the Mildura-based company that bought the course in 2008.
The club has lodged a statement of claim with the Supreme Court and is yet to get a response from Dialena Nominees.
The board discussed the claim at a meeting last night but president Steve Tucker will not publicly comment on the case, as it is before the court.
Dialena Nominees also declined to comment.
History
Around a decade ago the then owners of the golf course, the Barrier Social Democratic Club, sold the course to the Broken Hill Golf and Country Club.
In the 2004/05 financial year a Queensland based developer, John Cowley, bought the golf club with a view to renovating and expanding the business.
After several years of inaction Mr Cowley sold the course to the Mildura based company Dialena Nominees in July of 2008, which also hoped to develop the site to include accommodation and other businesses.
The ABC understands that, as part of the agreement undertaken when purchasing the golf course, Dialena Nominees was to assume the financial responsibility for maintenaning the course.
A subcommittee of Directors from the Broken Hill Golf and Country Club say that this has not taken place and the Statement of Claim lodged in the NSW Supreme Court for $1.1 million is to recoup losses their club incurred by maintaining the course over several years.
Dialena Nominees has two weeks to respond to the legal action.
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