A GYMNASTICS club say they are continuing to work on a proposal to convert the swimming pool building at Moss Farm.

Cheshire Gymnastics, along with landowners Cheshire West and Chester Council, unveiled in March an idea to convert the space at the outdoor complex into a centre of excellence for their sport.

Since then, architects have studied whether their dream is realistic.

They have been tasked too with working out how much it would cost.

“Our published design and vision is very much in progress,” said Laura Hudson, who runs Cheshire Gymnastics with her husband Mark.

“Representatives from our governing body, British Gymnastics, visited the site last week to assist us in moving the project forward. The priority now is to attract funding and support.”

She said Guardian readers can play a part by sending letters or e-mails to the group, which was picked by the council as their club of the year for 2014.

Hudson added: “The community around us can help speed up the process by declaring their backing – it will have a huge impact on the panels that make funding decisions.”

Cheshire Gymnastics, which has operated from Mid-Cheshire College in Hartford since the Hudsons set it up three years ago, would lease the building from the authority if their plan succeeds.

Last week the Guardian reported the pool building, left locked since Memorial Court opened in the town centre earlier this year, had become vulnerable to crime and attractive to drug users.

Brio Leisure, which runs Moss Farm on the council’s behalf, said they would work with police to solve the problem.

Hudson said: “Nobody wants to see the site fall into a state of disrepair, and the sooner it is transformed the better it will be for everybody."

“There is obviously a need to change it into something positive.”

The council has consistently said it has no money to spend on an overhaul of Moss Farm.

Last November, clubs based there said they wanted a mixed-use facility that complements existing provision.