And his passionate ideas will certainly strike a chord with those who have long campaigned for top-class facilities for sports such as swimming, gymnastics and martial arts.
Harvey, who has, over the past four years, helped oversee Jersey RFC’s astonishing rise to National prominence, is a highly-qualified and innovative rugby coach – but he says that his call for a top-class sporting hub that will underpin Island youngsters’ sporting potential will be to the great benefit of all Jersey sports, not just rugby.
Harvey, and his young family, have ‘fallen in love with the Island,’ and he says that the Island is already a great place to bring up children.
But from a sporting point of view he is concerned that Jersey could be left behind in terms of leading facilities – and that that would impact on the progress of Islanders in the future.
He said: ‘I think we are limited by the gene talent pool – although that is pretty high – and we are limited by the opportunity that is afforded to kids at school – but the latter is limited only by facilities.’
