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Basketball are just beginning their new season after being very competitive in the KBA. Of great note is the progress of the new facility on the Primary School grounds which will house a competition court. We are expecting this facility to become our new home court which will be a big boost for our Club.
Life Member Recognition.
On the 28th of July the Sporting Club is having a gathering of Life Members. The brainchild of Rob Stevenson, the event will be held in the Tennis Club rooms and all existing Life Members have been invited were possible. It is intended to formally present each Life Member with a Medallion identifying them as such, and also to get together those persons recognised as being heavily involved in establishing the Sports Club or it’s evolution into the current organisation we have.
The Club initially began as the Taylors Lakes Community Group who were involved in discussions on the development of the suburb and then became involved in setting up groups such as the Garden Club, actively encouraging new residents to develop a community from scratch. This group were also active in setting up the first embers of the Tennis Club on asphalt courts on the site now occupied by the Taylors Lakes Fresh Food Market.
Tennis morphed into including a Cricket Club (same people) who started life playing on mowed paddocks now occupied by Bunnings and then into adding a Football Club (same people). Basketball followed within a couple of years of Football.
Unfortunately the Garden Club is now in hiatus, and the Social Golf Club appears to be the same, but for now we cover;
- Basketball and Aussie Hoops,
- Cricket and Blasters
- Football and AusKick
- Netball
- Tennis and Hot Shots
A great achievement from small beginnings in the 1980’s. We will be celebrating the work done by our Life Members to get us to now, but the Sporting Club has many more steps we intend to take.
Just to name a few:
- New Tennis rooms and Lighting commencing September 2024
- Opening of a competition capable Basketball facility at Primary School which will become our home court
- Upgraded Lighting on the main oval
- Further development of our Women’s teams in Football and Cricket
- Increasing our Netball teams
- Remodelling and increasing the capacity of our main Social rooms.
- Developing exclusive use of alternate ovals such as Delahey.
Cheers to all for the next 40 years.
Football and Netball Club – forging ahead in 2024
Football are already well underway for their 2024 Season. As of writing the Seniors, Reserves and Thirds are all top of the ladder, The inaugural Women’s Senior team are more than competitive, and a great chance to make finals in their first season.
Junior sides are also doing very well with nearly all sides having a chance to feature in Finals.
Our Netball teams both played off in Grand Finals recently with one win and one runner up… A great result.
Off field, the club is running very well with the efforts of the Committee and dedicated volunteers really showing how to successfully run a club. Well done all.
Cricket ramping up for new Season.
Cricket are already well advanced in their planning and recruiting for the new season starting in October. See their media pages for more details.
Tennis Club Kicking Goals…
Tennis continue to be a club to be taken notice of in our region. With the new room and lighting upgrade to commence in September 2024 and three new court upgrades, the club can only go from strength to strength.
Keep an eye out for the works to begin Tennis’s next chapter in it’s development.
All Clubs can benefit via our association with Strathmore Bendigo Bank
All our Clubs and Members have the opportunity to benefit our Clubs through our association with Strathmore Bendigo Bank… check out the funding to the club offers available via this Funding Offer Link if you are considering seeking bank finance for any reason. Give our friends at Strathmore Bendigo Bank a call, or visit, to see if they can be of service to you.
THE SYDENHAM PARK DEVELOPMENT: AN OPPORTUNITY TO BE MISSED?
Project Shelved by Council… Too hard.
John Rumbelow, Secretary. Taylors Lakes Sporting Club Inc.