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ACTIVE December,
SPORTS - STRATEGY2011 2011 - 2016
VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS
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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 19 December, This document is Volume 1: Strategy and Actions of the Mornington Peninsula Active Sport The Mornington Peninsula Shire would like to acknowledge the assistance of sporting Strategy, prepared by @leisure in conjunction with the Mornington Peninsula Shire. clubs, associations and leagues, schools and residents, who participated in the study and - others who provided feedback to update the plan. Findings and recommendations presented within this report are based on information gathered during the market research and consultation phases of the project. 2011 Documents that make up the Mornington Peninsula Active Sport Strategy are:
Volume 1: Strategy and Actions Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport Volume 3: Consultation Findings
This document was initially developed in December 2005, and then updated in 2009 and again in 2011. In this time a significant body of work has been completed to address some of the directions in this plan. This has enabled clarification of some specific issues and actions.
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CONTENTS Monday, Council
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ...... 3 5. KEY ISSUES, GOALS AND STRATEGIES...... 31 Meeting 19
1. INTRODUCTION...... 5 5.1 Adopt a co-operative approach to sports development...... 31 December, 5.2 Provide greater emphasis on the planning process...... 34
1.1 Project aim...... 5 - 5.3 Develop facilities to serve growth sports...... 36 1.2 Active Sports Strategy...... 5 5.4 Matching facility standard with levels of competition...... 38 1.3 Methodology ...... 6 5.5 Encouraging a greater range of people to participate...... 39 2011 1.4 Definitions ...... 6 5.6 Provide better awareness of opportunities ...... 41 2. SHIRE CONTEXT...... 7 6. KEY SPORT DIRECTIONS ...... 44 2.1 Location and proximity to Melbourne ...... 7 6.1 Basketball ...... 44 2.2 Population...... 8 6.2 Soccer...... 46 2.3 Township characteristics...... 9 6.3 Tennis ...... 47 2.4 Policy context...... 12 6.4 Other sport directives ...... 48 2.5 Regional influences...... 14
3. SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND DEMAND...... 17 7. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN ...... 49 7.1 Shire-wide Strategies...... 49 3.1 Demographic influences...... 17 7.2 Sport Specific Actions ...... 53 3.2 Facility’s influence on demand...... 20 3.3 Expressed demand ...... 21 APPENDIX 1: LIST OF PRIVATE SPORT FACILITIES ...... 64 3.4 Sport participation in the Mornington Peninsula Shire ...... 22 APPENDIX 2: REFERENCES ...... 65 3.5 Estimation of gross demand for sports in Mornington Peninsula ...... 25 3.6 Implications of participation and assessment of local demand ...... 28
4. COUNCIL AIMS AND BUSINESS IN SPORT ...... 29 Item
4.1 The Shire’s core business in sport ...... 29 2.2
4.2 The Shire’s principles for sport...... 29 Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 2 2/12/11
Monday, Council EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Whilst all five influences play their part in activity demands, the aging nature of the Shire’s population and its projected growth were identified as major demographic
influences on activity demand. Meeting The Active Sports Strategy has been prepared for the Mornington Peninsula Shire to help 19 guide strategic planning for the future provision of sports and sporting infrastructure The Shire has found in recent times that demand for sporting facilities is beyond the December, throughout the municipality. current supply. There has been significant growth in female participation, which has created greater need for unisex or separate changeroom / shower facilities in sports - The preparation of this study was a key action identified in the Shire’s 2004-2006 pavilions. In addition, sports ground management is under stress from high demand for Community Plan and reinforces the Shire’s commitment to providing a range of sporting use at peak times. Renovations of many sportsgrounds and their facilities are required to 2011 opportunities for the community. make their operations more sustainable and to reduce use conflicts between different The study involved three major market research components, including: analysing current users. Programs such as sports ground lighting will increase ground usage times and sports participation and provision in the Shire, assessing state and national sporting help to ease current pressures. Sharing of club facilities between clubs will also assist. trends and undertaking extensive community consultation process with residents, Participation rates derived from the schools survey highlighted that the Shire is currently schools, sporting clubs, leagues, associations and peak sporting bodies. achieving higher than average levels of participation across most sports. However, the This market research identified a number of influences on sports participation and the need for a better player pathway from school participation into local clubs was identified. demand for particular activities, they included: proximity of the Shire to Melbourne, the Originally, soccer, basketball and tennis were identified as key growth sports requiring township nature of settlement patterns and the lack of direct public transport between additional training and competition facilities to satisfy current a future projected demand. townships. These sports are targeted for detailed analysis throughout the study. However, since the The Shire’s coastal location and vast range of beach and foreshore areas makes it a strategy was developed, the growth in tennis and basketball has changed and the focus popular destination for visitors in summer months. Estimates of population increases for these sports is now consolidation. Soccer participation continues to grow. indicated that up to 40,000 people visit the Shire during the summer holiday period. A regional analysis of sport highlighted the need for a more united regional approach to Additionally, the beach and ocean offer unique sport and recreation resources. Also of sports planning between the Shire, its neighbouring municipalities and with sporting note are the 15 golf courses located within the Shire. clubs, associations and leagues. Consultation at all levels highlighted the need for Whilst the large influx of visitors to the area is a major influence on the demand for additional networking opportunities and for forums to share information about common activities, it also creates opportunities for local clubs (and the Shire) to capitalise on. issues.
The township-based structure of the Shire was considered to have a high impact on Schools (public and private) were also identified as important stakeholders in the Item facility provision, with some sports (i.e. tennis and lawn bowls) requiring facilities to be provision of sports facilities and as an important link in player pathway and sports provided in the majority of the Shire’s 40 townships. development initiatives. Providing the opportunity for girls to participate in sports such as 2.2
Australian Rules Football, soccer, cricket and others was considered an important Attachment Apart from local influences, five principle demographic influences on sport and leisure function of the school network. participation were identified: age, gender, ethnicity, education and income.
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Assistance with marketing and promotion of sporting activities would be highly valued by sporting clubs. In most cases, clubs saw this as a joint responsibility between themselves Monday, Council and the Shire. This was an important finding and one the Shire could easily capitalise on. Promotion to all key market segments should include visitors, residents, social Meeting participants, schools, women and girls, people with a disability and senior citizens. 19
A significant role for the Shire is to maximise “grass roots” participation in a wide range December, of sporting activities. The Shire is unlikely to be a major contributor to elite or - professional sporting developments or programs. With limited resources the Shire it must encourage consolidation and sharing of facilities 2011 wherever possible. The Shire must also seek to understand why people are not participating and remove barriers wherever possible. With an increasing aged population on the Peninsula, it must be cognisant of the need for facilities that enable a wide range of age groups to participate. To address the key issues of maximising participation, catering for future demand, providing new facilities and assisting club and regional networking, the following six strategies have been developed:
adopt a co-operative approach to sports development provide greater emphasis on the planning process develop facilities to serve growth sports match facility standard with levels of competition encourage a greater range of people to participate provide better awareness of opportunities. Discussion of each strategy (identified in Section 5 Key Issues, Goals and Strategies) includes the background and basis of issues raised, strategies to adopt for Item future planning and key opportunities and actions for the Shire to capitalise on. 2.2 Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 4 2/12/11
1. INTRODUCTION Monday, Council
1.1 Project aim Meeting 19 This study will assist the Mornington Peninsula Shire to plan for the future provision of The study also examines the future demand for sport and recommends strategies for the sports and sporting infrastructure throughout the municipality. future provision to meet residents’ needs. A key output of the strategy is a ten-year December, priority listing of recommended actions. For the purposes of this study, sports have been broadly defined as; ‘active, organised - and structured sports, which utilise Shire facilities and are represented by a peak body’. This document, Volume 1: Strategy and Actions sets out the future directions for the Shire. 2011 1.2 Active Sports Strategy A summary of each sport researched as part of this study, including: club participation, future estimated demand, facility provision, key issues and recommended actions is This study includes an examination of: detailed in Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport.
existing participation rates a profile of the selected sports and the Shire’s facilities areas of unmet demand identification of new and emerging sports.
The key sports to be assessed as part of this strategy included:
Archery Gymnastics Squash Athletics Hockey Surf Lifesaving Australian Rules Football Lacrosse Table Tennis Baseball Lawn Bowls Tennis Basketball Martial Arts Volleyball Bocce Model Cars / Aeroplanes Other sports Badminton Netball - Diving Item BMX Rugby Union - Mountain Biking 2.2 Cricket Sailing - Aquatics Attachment Cycling Shooting - Surfing Equestrian Soccer - Motorsports / motorcycling Golf Softball
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1.3 Methodology 1.4 Definitions Monday, Council A number of tasks were undertaken to achieve the study outcomes: The definition of sports
a review of existing Shire documents, strategies and reports Meeting For the purposes of this study, the Mornington Peninsula Shire has broadly defined 19
an analysis of the influence of trends and participation rates / impacts sports to be included in this study as ‘active, organised, structured sports, which utilise December, interviews, meetings and workshops with Shire staff Shire facilities and are represented by a peak body.’ The study brief identifies a selection of such sports for review. - telephone and written surveys of sporting clubs telephone interviews with district, regional and state peak bodies, leagues
Organised and non-organised participation 2011 and associations telephone interviews with primary and secondary school physical education The Exercise Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) is conducted annually for the and sport staff Standing Conference on Recreation and Sport (SCORS). ERASS provides participation data at a national, state and regional level and is currently the main industry resource for household survey distributed to 3000 randomly selected households demand data for recreation and sporting activities. However the data only includes senior an in-school survey distributed to randomly selected primary and secondary sports for children over 16. Junior participation rates are not tracked nationally. There schools has been significant growth in participation in junior sports on the Peninsula over the inspections of a range of the Shire’s sports facilities past years, particularly in soccer. four forums for key sport stakeholders and peak bodies ERASS distinguishes between organised activity, that is, activity undertaken under the identification of the key issues for resolution, preparation and presentation of auspices of a 'club, association or other type of organisation' and non-organised activity. key issues to the Project Team and key stakeholder groups The importance of this distinction varies from activity to activity. preparation of a Draft Active Sports Strategy for public consultation. Feedback from Shire staff and associations to update the document in 2011. This project has adopted the same definitions for the terms ‘organised’ and ‘non- Updating of report to include 2009 ERASS data organised’ participation.
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Figure 1: Location of the Mornington Peninsula Shire
2. SHIRE CONTEXT Monday, Council
2.1 Location and proximity to Melbourne Meeting 19 The Mornington Peninsula Shire is located just over an hours drive from Melbourne. The Shire forms a promontory separating two contrasting bays: Port Phillip and Western December,
Port. 'The Peninsula' (as it is known to local residents), is almost surrounded by the sea, - with coastal boundaries covering over 190km. Additionally, the Shire occupies a very large geographical area of over 720 square kilometres.1 2011 The proximity of the Shire to Melbourne, the extent of coastline and the Shire’s relative isolation, have considerable influence on the use and viability of sports facilities. Item 2.2 Attachment
Source: Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne 2030 website
1 Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Profile, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 7 2/12/11
Monday, Council Table 1: Mornington Peninsula Small Planning Area Population Figures 20063 2.2 Population 2006 Meeting Area Small Planning Area Townships 19 In 2006, the total population of the Shire was estimated at 136,483.2 Population December, The Shire’s resident population is projected to grow to an estimated 175,735 by 2031. 1 Balnarring, Balnarring Beach, Merricks, Merricks 3,901 Beach, Somers This equates to an additional 39,252 people requiring access to a range of community - services. With the aging nature of the Victorian population and the popularity of the 2 Baxter - Pearcedale 2,234 3 Bittern - Crib Point 6,238
Mornington Peninsula as a retirement destination, many of these additional residents are 2011 expected to be in the 60 year and over age group. It is projected that in 2021, the most 4 Dromana - Safety Beach 8,011 populous age group will be 60 - 64 year olds, with 11,435 persons and the age group 5 Flinders - Shoreham - Point Leo 2,104 with the largest proportional increase (relative to its population size) will be 70 - 74 year 6 Hastings 7,190 olds, with an increase of 58.3% (10,262 persons). 7 HMAS Cerberus 1,148 The settlement pattern of the Peninsula is characterised by separate townships located 8 Mornington - Moorooduc - Tuerong 22,830 on coastal strips. There are 40 separate townships with a mixture of urban and rural 9 Mount Eliza 16,706 areas, incorporating resort towns, tourist development and some commercial, industrial 10 Mount Martha 14,686 and port areas. These townships have retained relatively clear boundaries and are 11 Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie 4,426 centres of both commercial and residential development, each with its own identity and 12 Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - Main value. For planning specific purposes, the Shire has created 16 ‘Small Planning Areas’, Ridge - Arthurs Seat 2,949 which incorporate a number of townships and hamlets. Table 1 following shows the 2006 13 Rosebud - Rosebud West - McCrae - Boneo - resident population of each Small Planning Area. Fingal - Cape Schanck 19,062 14 Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach 11,446 15 Somerville 10,823 16 Tyabb 2,722
TOTAL SHIRE POPULATION (2006) 136,483 Item
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2 Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Profile, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 3 Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Profile, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 8 2/12/11
■ Visitor population Monday, Council Table 2: Estimated Population at Peak Season by Township6 The location of the Shire, its close proximity to Melbourne and the presence of Port Phillip Bay and other ocean / coastal areas make the Shire and its townships one of Small Planning Area Townships Peak
Usual Population Meeting
Melbourne’s major holiday destinations. The Mornington Peninsula population grows Area Season 19 Population Increase
substantially during peak holiday periods (namely December to February – summer Population December, months). Recent visitor statistics indicate that the Shire population can rise by up to 30% 1 Balnarring, Balnarring Beach, Merricks, 3,901
during peak seasons (December to February)4. Merricks Beach, Somers 5,071 1,170 - 2 Baxter - Pearcedale 2,904 2,234 670 Based on a 30% population increase in the total population, the following figures 3 Bittern - Crib Point 8,109 6,238 1,871 presented in Table 2 have been calculated and ranked according to the most popular 2011 4 Dromana - Safety Beach 10,414 8,011 2,403 small planning areas for visitor stays at peak season times. 5 Flinders - Shoreham - Point Leo 2,735 2,104 631 Furthermore, the Mornington Peninsula Visitor Profile and Satisfaction Report5 states 6 Hastings 9,347 7,190 2,157 that: 7 HMAS Cerberus 1,492 1,148 344 Majority of visitors travel for holiday and leisure purposes (84%) 8 Mornington - Moorooduc - Tuerong 29,679 22,830 6,849 9 Mount Eliza 21,718 16,706 5,012 Most visitors stayed overnight (71%) 10 Mount Martha 19,092 14,686 4,406 11 Portsea - Sorrento - Blairgowrie 5,754 4,426 1,328 Nearly nine in ten visitors (88%) were domestic visitors 12 Red Hill - Red Hill South - Merricks North - 3,834 2,949 885 Over three quarters of domestic visitors (77%) were from Victoria Main Ridge - Arthurs Seat 13 Rosebud - Rosebud West - McCrae - Boneo Seven in ten visitors (72%) were repeat visitors - Fingal - Cape Schanck 24,781 19,062 5,719 14 Rye - Tootgarook - St Andrews Beach 14,880 11,446 3,434 The fluctuation in population and increase in visitation in summer months have 15 Somerville 14,070 10,823 3,247 implications for sport. There is a significant increase in demand for some activities (e.g. 16 Tyabb 3,539 2,722 817 walking, swimming, tennis) due to the high number of visitors and therefore opportunities and issues exist for resident clubs and facilities. These need to be addressed accordingly. Item
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4 Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Profile, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 5 Mornington Peninsula Visitor Profile and Satisfaction Report, Tourism Research Australia, Department of 6 Figures were calculated by applying the indicated 30% increase in population to 2006 population data; Resources, Energy and Tourism, June 2 Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Profile, .id Consulting Pt Ltd, 2010 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 9 2/12/11
Figure 2: Major Activity Centres in the Shire Monday, Council 2.3 Township characteristics
The geographical nature and the township structure of the Shire divides the municipality Meeting 19 into thee relatively distinct population centres. For the purposes of this study, these have December, been defined as:
Northern Peninsula; - Southern Peninsula; and Western Port. 2011 (Table 1 above identifies Small Planning Areas and corresponding population centres). Melbourne 2030, has designated a hierarchical network of activity centres in metropolitan Melbourne. The policy has identified the townships of Mornington (Northern Peninsula), Rosebud (Southern Peninsula) and Hastings (Western Port) as major activity centres. Each of these activity centres will serve the three distinct population centres. Essentially these activity centres are based around transport hubs and will be the focus for mixed use and higher density residential developments in the Shire. The map below identifies the location of each Major Activity Centre under the Melbourne 2030 strategy. This distribution of population, the development of these activity centres and travel patterns have a significant influence on the use and viability of sports facilities. Item 2.2
Attachment Source: Department of Sustainability and Environment, Melbourne 2030 website 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 10 2/12/11
Monday, Council The nature of the Shires township structure and its size creates a significant impact on ■ Implications for sport travel and transport options between townships, some of which are between 20 and
40km apart. The proximity of the Shire to Melbourne, the influx of visitors in summer, the settlement Meeting pattern in townships in three distinct districts and the nature of travel between them all 19
The Shire’s population is heavily vehicle dependent, with the focus on the development December, have implications for the demand and use of sporting facilities. The key implications of of major activity centres to act as transport nodes and links to and within the main these characteristics include the following. population centres. Public transport primarily runs north to south up and down the Shire, - leaving east to west travel largely to personal motor vehicles. However an east-west bus The potential increased demand for social sport in summer months and scheme is being trialled in 2011. holiday periods (for example, tennis, cycling, swimming, lawn bowls, skate and BMX, surf sports, sailing and other water based sports). 2011 The Shire contains a number of households without motor vehicles. The highest proportions of households without cars are located at the Small Planning Area’s of 13 The opportunities for providing sports and activities to target visitor interests (Rosebud, Rosebud West, McCrae, Boneo, Fingal, Cape Schanck), 8 (Mornington, and for local clubs to capitalise on visitor markets (for example, casual hire of Moorooduc, Tuerong) and 6 (Hastings). Inner Melbourne presents the largest club facilities). concentration of households without motor vehicles, but this is expected in an area with The pressure for each township to have its own suite of sports facilities, well-provided public transport. However, in the Mornington Peninsula where there is less possibly over and above that would otherwise be viable. extensive provision of public transport and a more dispersed pattern of residential The quantity of local based facilities may constrain the viability of regional or development, households without motor vehicles are subject to access and social equity shire wide facilities. disadvantages.7 The desire to satisfy city / metropolitan based expectations concerning The difficulties surrounding transport and travel distance have been a major factor in the quality and variety of facility provision in smaller, rural / seaside townships. creation of a significant township base and culture within the Shire. The need to focus on district provision and major activity centres for the The 2009 Ridesafe program, the 2007 Transport Plan and the 2010 Bicycle Strategy all development of higher order sport facilities. seek to improve opportunities for non-car based trips in the Shire. Many of the facilities built in the 1960’s and 70’s no longer meet the needs of sporting clubs The growth of junior sport is placing pressure on facilities and club member expectations are for more modern facilities.
For older adults and others, facilities should be more accessible Item 2.2 Attachment
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2.4 Policy context ■ Activity Centre Strategy 2005 Monday, Council
The key council documents that provide direction on sports issues are: The Activity Centres Strategy was developed in 2005 to address a range of economic,
amenity, land use planning, transport and social objectives to optimise net community Meeting Shire Strategic and Community Plan 2009-2013 benefit to the current and future residents of the Mornington Peninsula Shire. 19
Health and Wellbeing Plan 2003-2006 December, A range of strategy objectives were developed, those of relevance to the Active Sports Health, Hope and Happiness Action Plan 2010 Strategy are detailed below. - Draft Tennis Strategy 2006 (being updated 2011) ‘To provide clear land-use planning and development framework for each of Draft Soccer Strategy 2008 (being updated 2011) the major and township centres in the Shire and to identify key development 2011 Skate and BMX Strategy 2008 opportunities where appropriate’. Community Plan 2006-2010 ‘To maintain and enhance the diverse range of roles played by the Shire’s Access Plan (disability) 2005 activity centres, including important tourism and recreational roles’. Activity Centre Strategy 2004 ‘To recognise the important social roles played by the Shire’s activity centres Open Space Strategy 2003 (being updated 2011) and to provide for the inclusion of further community facilities and services in these areas’. Occupancy Policy: Active Sports Reserves, Pavilions & Community Halls 2004 The Activity Centres Strategy has been developed as a direct response to the State Strategic Review of Golf Facilities 2002 Government planning document Melbourne 2030. As part of the implementation of Indoor Pools Feasibility Study 2000 Melbourne 2030, local Council’s are required to develop structure plans for designated Equestrian Strategy 1997 (being updated 2011). ‘Activity Centres’ in their municipality. Activity Centres for the Mornington Peninsula Shire are; Mornington, Hastings and Rosebud. Relevant strategy extracts and directions are provided briefly below.
■ Community Plan 2009-2013
The Shire’s Community Plan outlines five goals to be achieved:
‘Nurturing our local character and sense of place Protecting our environment and tackling climate change Item Creating safe, healthy and engaged communities 2.2 Supporting a sustainable peninsula economy Attachment Being responsive, accountable and forward looking The development of this Active Sports Strategy was a key action from the Community Plan. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 12 2/12/11
The strategy describes Activity Centres as multi-functional spatial concentrations of
■ Access Plan 1 (Disability) 2005 Monday, Council commercial, business and recreational activity. Through the provision of these land uses, activity centres by promoting them as public transport hubs and by integrating a wider The development of the Access Plan 1 aims to integrate (disability) access within all range of land uses into them. They also identify needs and recommendations for open
areas of Council work, including physical and social infrastructure and services. Council’s Meeting
space. 19 role includes the responsibility for advocacy with and on behalf of residents and visitors Activity Centres and major population centres will inform key future facility development of all abilities. December, options as part of this study. Whilst many areas of the Access Plan relate to all areas of Council’s work, Recreation has - Activity Centre / Structure Plans have been developed for: been identified as a category for access improvement. Recommendations included the following. Mornington 2011 Tyabb Incorporate ‘access for all’ requirements in the development of new recreation facilities including playgrounds and open space areas’. Hastings ‘High public use / profile facilities and amenities should be priorities for Rosebud access audits and works to address access barriers’. A community needs assessment is being undertaken for Somerville ‘Investigate provision of an accessible swimming facility in Rosebud area’. Open Space Strategy 2003 ‘Evaluate current recreation opportunities for people with disabilities and develop appropriate programs’. The purpose of the Shire’s Open Space Strategy was to develop a strategic framework ‘Identify accessible venues for school holiday programs’. that will provide a basis for a planned approach to open space amenities in the Shire. The strategy identifies five open space planning and management principles: ■ Occupancy Policy: Active Sports Reserves, Pavilions and Community Halls 2004
community involvement and information The Shires Occupancy Policy aims to provide a clear framework for the future direction of participation and partnerships lease management and conditions, seasonal occupancy agreements, hiring agreements access, equity and provision for regular and casual hirers of Shire facilities. The policy will also assist with the planning priorities management of facilities, in particular player field loadings. management and development. The policy outlines four key policy directions for Council, their issues and
recommendations. The key policy areas are: Item The open space strategy also identifies some recommendations relevant to this study occupancy agreements
that are specific to the development and planning of sports reserves across the Shire. 2.2 management Attachment fees and charges capital works funding contributions. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 13 2/12/11
The objectives of the policy are to: ■ Southern Peninsula Aquatic Centre Feasibility Study 2005 Monday, Council ‘develop an equitable standard Lease for single purpose tenancies’ A recreation and aquatic centre at Hastings has since been constructed, opening in ‘specify seasonal licence / occupancy agreements for shared tenancies’ December 2003. In 2005 Council commissioned a Feasibility Study to address the issues Meeting
‘outline a model for the management of tenancy agreements and the associated with the development of a new facility in the Rosebud area (Priority 2). This 19
collection of fees and charges’ Southern Peninsula Aquatic (SPA) Centre Feasibility Study was adopted in 2006. Since December, ‘adopt an equitable and consistent direction for fees and charges’. then Council has been deliberating about the location of a pool in the Rosebud Area. - The policy also details the Shire’s hierarchy and classification of sports facilities, developed through the Open Space Strategy 2003. Facilities are classified into the following hierarchy: 2011
Regional Township Secondary Minor.
■ Indoor Pools Feasibility Study 2000
Mornington Peninsula Shire commissioned a detailed report, which identified current aquatic provision across the municipality. It considered population figures and potential catchment areas and the popularity of swimming as a competitive sport and a recreational activity. This was considered in light of the existing supply of both public and privately operated indoor pools and the report provided broad proposals for the development of new aquatic facilities. Council adopted these recommendations in May 2000. Three locations were identified and prioritised as proposed locations for development: Item Priority 1:Hastings to cater for Western Port communities
Priority 2:Rosebud to cater for Southern Peninsula communities 2.2
Priority 3:Mornington to cater for Northern Peninsula communities. Attachment
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2.5 Regional influences Monday, Council By 2016, the Small Planning Area of Somerville, Tyabb, Baxter and Pearcedale (Area 15) The Mornington Peninsula is bordered by Port Phillip Bay to the east, Bass Strait to the is estimated to have a population of 17,158 residents, which will be the third largest in south and Western Port Bay to the west. The City of Frankston is the main municipality the Shire. By 2031, this Small Planning Area is expected to reach 18,925, making it the Meeting that borders the Shire to the north, with the City of Casey bordering the Shire to a lesser fourth largest in the Shire, being exceeded by Small Planning Area 8 (Mornington, 19 extent in the northeast corner. Mooroduc, Tuerong) with 19,733. Although the township of Somerville is not a December, designated Major Activity Centre under Melbourne 2030, it is one of the larger district Regional sports facilities used by Mornington Peninsula residents in the Frankston area - include the synthetic hockey facility, the synthetic athletics track, the baseball centre, level activity centres amongst the Shire’s northern townships. soccer facilities, Frankston Dolphins Football Club (VFL), Frankston Peninsula Cricket Planning for a second major sports complex in Somerville may be required, as would 2011 Club, netball centre and the BMX racing track. redevelopment of Fruit Growers Reserve into a Town Park; a non-sports facility. The Shire has shown a willingness to engage in regional sporting developments with the ■ City of Frankston contribution to the regional hockey facility in Frankston. The Frankston City Sports Development Strategy was developed in 2003 (being reviewed Residents in the northern townships of Baxter, Pearcedale and Somerville use local club in 2011), with the aim of providing a framework for the development of sporting facilities located in the City of Casey, but to a lesser extent than regional facilities in infrastructure in the City of Frankston for a 10-year period. The study has some regional Frankston. The Casey Tennis Centre and the Casey Fields development provide significant implications that may effect sports development and infrastructure provision in the high-level regional sporting facilities. Mornington Peninsula Shire. The City of Dandenong also provides some facilities that are used by sports clubs and Some key sport recommendations from the study included the potential development of a associations based in Mornington Peninsula. These include Dandenong Basketball regional tennis centre and to investigate the feasibility of developing a regional baseball Stadium and Springers Leisure Centre (current base for Volleyball Victoria state league and softball centre at Robinson’s Road Reserve, Frankston. competition). Interviews with City of Frankston officers during this study revealed a desire to continue New residential development in the northern Peninsula areas of Somerville and to develop regional sporting facilities in partnership with the Mornington Peninsula Shire. Pearcedale (part of which is located in the City of Casey) will contribute an estimated Furthermore, to work with regional leagues and associations to develop higher levels of 17,645 residents by 2016. Significant community infrastructure development has already and better access to sporting competition and to improve regional networking with taken place (i.e. Pearcedale Skate Park) with more community facilities proposed in the neighbouring municipalities. Somerville area, the Mt Erin Secondary College and an extension to the Somerville
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■ City of Casey Monday, Council
Interviews with City of Casey officers during this study reported participation growth in a range of sports including; Australian Rules Football, soccer, cricket, rugby, basketball, Meeting netball and golf; with growth more prominent at the junior level rather than senior. 19 Similar growth was identified across the Mornington Peninsula Shire, which may impact December,
on future regional demand for sporting facilities. Travel time and distance was identified - as a potential constraint of Casey residents utilising facilities in the Mornington Peninsula Shire. However, if there were regionally significant facilities based in the Mornington Peninsula Shire that were not provided for in Casey, there did appear to be some 2011 preparedness to travel. No relevant City of Casey strategies were identified for review or that influence the recommendations or outcomes of this study at the time of production. The City of Casey has however produced a Soccer Strategy and Leisure Facilities & Sports Development Plan. Further regional planning initiatives between the Shire and the City of Casey may be appropriate. Item 2.2 Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 16 2/12/11
3. SPORTS PARTICIPATION AND DEMAND Individual income Monday, Council The Mornington Peninsula Shire occupies a very large geographical area, which balances 3.1 Demographic influences urban and rural communities and settlement types. This variety of settlement also Meeting
represents a range of industry and employment opportunities, with retail trade, 19 Sports participation reflects subtle changes in population, lifestyles, patterns of leisure construction, manufacturing and health and social assistance, contributing to the majority December, and work behaviour, household spending, the business cycle and commercial activity, as of the labour force.
well as changes in government policy and spending priorities. - The Peninsula exhibits diverse income characteristics within small geographic areas. The There are six principle demographic influences on sport and leisure participation: Mt Eliza area on the northern edge of the Shire is a high-income area of metropolitan
ethnicity significance and other pockets of high-income households are located at Mt Martha and 2011 Portsea. However, in very close proximity to these areas are a number of low-income income households, notably at Mornington, Hastings and along the coastal strip from Safety Beach to Portsea.9 age The 2006 Census reported an over-representation of individuals earning less than $399 gender per week ($20,750 annually). This represents approximately 42.3% of the Shire population. The large proportion of individuals with low levels of income is likely to have education an impact on participation in sports such as baseball, softball, cricket and cycling. Income however, is not likely to be a significant barrier to those wishing to play soccer, AusKick health or Australian Rules Football where the cost of equipment and registration fees is These impact on separate codes of sport in different ways. For example, the core age for relatively low. tennis is broader than the core age for basketball which is, generally speaking, ‘a young’ sport. People from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds play soccer where as this is Population Size, Age and Gender generally not the case for netball. While country of birth is not considered a strong determinant of participation in the Shire, the projected growth in population and age and gender structures are still considered Country of Birth strong influences on participation and provision of specific types and codes of sport. Participation in sport is generally lower in people born overseas in non-English speaking It is predicted that the Shire population will increase by 39,252 residents to a total of countries. In 2006, an estimated 17% of the total Shire population was born overseas, 175,735 by 2031.10 The effect of population growth on demand for specific sporting 8 Item with 5.6% born in non-English speaking countries. However, the majority of overseas activities is further explored in Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport. born residents an estimated 11.6%, were from English speaking countries of origin.10 Therefore, the country of birth is expected to have little effect on sports participation Table 3 following identifies the Shire’s estimated population growth and age / gender 2.2
across the Shire. breakdown for the period 2006 to 2031. Attachment
9 Mornington Peninsula Activity Centres Strategy, Ratio Consultants, October 2004 8 Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Profile, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 10 Mornington Peninsula Shire Population Forecast, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 17 2/12/11
Females represent more than 51% of the total estimated population, however males Table 3: Mornington Peninsula Estimated Population Growth 2006 to 203112 generally have a significantly higher rate of involvement in sport.11 Access to sports Monday, Council facilities for women appears to be an issue in some cases, however, the preferences for Female Population Male Population some sports are still very gender specific (e.g. netball - women and Australian Rules Age Range 2006 2031 Change 2006 2031 Change Meeting
Football - men). These influences and effects on demand are explored on a sports 0-4 3,875 4,362 487 4,166 4,732 566 19
specific basis in Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport. 5-9 4,243 4,773 530 4,578 5,296 718 December, 10-14 4,544 5,008 464 4,850 5,554 704 The core sport-playing ages are 5 to 29 years, however this varies between sports. - Sports such as golf and tennis tend to have an increased playing age range over others. 15-19 4,473 4,779 306 5,179 5,661 482 20-24 3,346 3,983 637 3,679 4,567 888 The 20 to 29 year age group generally provides the core of senior competitors in team
25-29 3,070 3,682 612 3,002 3,758 756 2011 sports. 30-34 3,929 4,142 213 3,777 4,038 261 The reason for taking account of age-structure is that participation in many activities 35-39 4,852 4,957 105 4,403 4,715 312 varies noticeably with age, so generally speaking, an area with a younger than average 40-44 5,073 5,406 333 4,743 5,137 394 age can be expected to have higher levels of demand for some activities and lower levels 45-49 5,111 5,506 395 4,790 5,237 447 of demand for others. 50-54 4,685 5,596 911 4,485 5,262 777 55-59 5,066 6,024 958 4,570 5,563 993 60-64 4,672 6,405 1,733 4,124 5,822 1,698 65-69 3,981 6,368 2,387 3,618 5,890 2,272 70-74 3,364 5,937 2,573 3,119 5,491 2,372 75-79 3,050 4,955 1,905 2,857 4,569 1,712 80-84 2,349 4,029 1,680 1,862 3,253 1,391 85+ 2,159 3,188 1,029 1,090 2,088 998 Total 71,842 89,100 17,258 68,892 86,633 17,741
Table 3 indicates that not only will the total population increase in most age groups, but also a significant growth in the 60+ age group is predicted. This identifies implications
for future sport planning, not only for the traditional high participation age groups (5 to Item 29 years), but for older adults as well. In addition to Shire wide population growth, it
must also be noted that the majority of growth is anticipated in the Southern and 2.2 Northern Peninsula population centres. Attachment
11 Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Profile, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 12 Mornington Peninsula Shire Population Forecast, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 18 2/12/11
The following table shows the estimated population growth by Small Planning Area. Monday, Council Table 4: Mornington Peninsula estimated resident population by Small Planning Area Townships 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Change Area13 12 Red Hill, Red 3,059 3,156 3,179 3,243 3,349 3,454 395 Hill South, Meeting
Merricks 19 North, Main
Area Townships 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Change December, 1 Balnarring, 4,089 4,213 4,353 4,588 4,831 5,058 969 Ridge, Arthurs Seat
Balnarring - Beach, 13 Rosebud, 19,604 20,748 21,721 22,666 23,737 24,800 5,196 Merricks, Rosebud West, McCrae, Merricks 2011 Beach, Boneo, Fingal, Somers Cape Schanck 2 Baxter, 2,234 2,299 2,376 2,492 2,585 2,619 385 14 Rye, 11,801 12,211 12,584 13,039 13,571 14,167 2,366 Pearcedale∗ Tootgarook, 3 Bittern, Crib 6,401 6,824 7,171 7,495 7,826 8,152 1,751 St Andrews Beach Point 15 Somerville 10,823 11,138 11,510 12,079 12,532 12,695 1,872 4 Dromana, 8,267 9,204 10,104 10,927 11,739 12,636 4,369 Safety Beach 16 Tyabb 2,722 2,801 2,895 3,038 3,152 3,193 471 5 Flinders, 2,170 2,196 2,259 2,340 2,474 2,618 448 Shoreham, Total 140,380 149,403 156,537 162,797 169,119 175,316 34,936 Point Leo Note: * denotes that figures for Area’s 2, 15 and 16 were estimated by applying the 6 Hastings 7,408 8,709 9,504 10,202 10,751 11,206 3,798 change (%) in population between projection years for previous Small Planning Area 7 HMAS 1,221 1,228 1,218 1,209 1,205 1,203 -18 classification of 'Area 15', against 2006 Census population for each township, to ensure Cerberus alignment with current small planning area classifications 8 Mornington, 29,029 31,726 33,378 34,157 34,948 35,961 6,932 Moorooduc, All areas except HMAS Cerberus (Area 6) are expected to increase in population. The Tuerong most significant growth levels are expected in Areas 8, 13, 4, 6 and 10. 9 Mount Eliza 17,200 17,726 18,362 18,591 18,769 19,009 1,809 The increases in population are based on household growth, which in turn relates to a
combination of new residential development and the conversion of holiday homes to Item 10 Mount Martha 9,793 10,429 11,007 11,631 12,344 13,028 3,235 permanent settlement.
11 Portsea, 4,559 4,795 4,917 5,100 5,306 5,518 959 The forecast population growth rates are lower than household growth as a result of the 2.2
Sorrento, decreasing number of people per household, which is a pattern that is likely to affect all Attachment Blairgowrie areas of the Mornington Peninsula Shire during this period. 14
13 Mornington Peninsula Shire Community Profile, .id Consulting Pty Ltd, 2010 14 Mornington Peninsula Shire website, 2011 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 19 2/12/11
The Peninsula Link Freeway (currently under construction) can be expected to improve 3.2 Facility’s influence on demand Monday, Council access to facilities in the City of Frankston and beyond by significantly reducing travel times. The supply of opportunities has a considerable influence on expressed demand. The availability of surf and foreshore areas has a significant bearing on the demand for water Meeting
Calculating demand with demographic influences 19 and surf sports. The same can be stated for the availability of opportunities to play golf
Using the 'gross demand' method, it is possible to estimate the likely participation for and the provision of trails has a direct influence on residents cycling activities. The December, specific activities by local area, using national or state-level participation rates, while still quality, accessibility, location, nature, management and promotion of those facilities will taking account of differences in age structure between the national / state population ultimately determine the degree to which they are used. - and the local population. These estimates make the assumption that the local area is The Shire provides or supports 57 multi-use playing fields incorporating; Australian Rules
'average' in every way (traditions, culture, settlement, infrastructure, income) except 2011 football, cricket, soccer, baseball and softball, as well as another 84 facilities for tennis, age-structure. Such estimates provide a starting point for considering local demand and lawn bowls, netball, equestrian, shooting, athletics, archery, croquet, bocce, motocross necessary levels of provision in a quantitative and qualitative fashion.15 and BMX.16 The extent to which age makes a significant difference in estimating local gross demand The Shire provides and directly operates major sport and leisure facilities, where Council depends on the extent to which the local age structure differs from the national age- is responsible for their management, maintenance and service provision. They are: structure. Crib Point Outdoor Pool David Collings Leisure Centre, Mornington Hastings Fitness and Leisure Centre, Hastings Pelican Park Recreation Centre, Hastings Somerville Recreation and Community Centre, Somerville Mt Martha 18 hole Golf Course, Mt Martha Bittern Memorial Centre
Item 2.2 Attachment
16 Occupancy Policy - Active Sports Reserves, Pavilions and Community Halls, Mornington Peninsula Shire, 15 Trends in participation in sport and physical activities, Prof AJ Veal (UTS Sydney), February 2005 September 2004 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 20 2/12/11
3.3 Expressed demand Monday, Council
■ National Participation Data Participation in organised and non-organised sports and physical activities for Australia
and Victoria, for the year 2009-2010 is detailed in Volume 3: Consultation Meeting It has been virtually impossible to track the changes in participation in recreation in Findings. There was a total participation rate of 82% Australia wide, with Victoria having 19 Australia prior to the new millennium or so, because of the failure of authorities at a marginally higher participation rate of 82.4%18. The same comparisons can be seen in December, national, state and local level to collect comparable data on an on-going basis. While both organised and non-organised sport, with Victoria again marginally ahead of the - recreation participation surveys have been conducted almost annually since the 1980s, national figure. However, Shire officers report junior football increasing at a rate of 20% until very recently there have never been more than two comparable annual surveys per annum. conducted. Changes in survey design have resulted in a break in the data series, making Sport specific trends and figures are highlighted in Volume 2: Profile and Issues by 2011 it impossible to measure changes in participation levels over more than two years. Sport, but it should be noted that movement and increasing participation in non- Recently, however, the Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) has been organised activity as compared to organised must also be considered in future planning, conducted for the Standing Conference on Recreation and Sport (SCORS) using an especially considering club based competitions. This is particularly evident in sports such identical format nine years running. SCORS has recognised the need for a consistent as tennis. approach and has conducted the survey annually from 2001 to 2009, a period which provides enough data that it is possible to undertake meaningful analysis of changes in patterns of participation and their causes.17 The Participation in Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) distinguishes between organised activity, that is, activity undertaken under the auspices of a 'club, association or other type of organisation' and non-organised activity. Only data for those aged 16 and over is collected. The importance of this distinction varies from sport to sport. Data for organised participation may be more reliable and relevant for team-based sports such as cricket, soccer, netball and Australian Rules football. However, non-organised participation for activities such as running, cycling and swimming, may constitute the bulk of the participation. Item 2.2 Attachment
17 Trends in participation in sport and physical activities, Prof AJ Veal (UTS Sydney), February 2005 18 Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport, 2009 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 21 2/12/11
■ State and Regional Sports Participation ■ Sources of Local Sport Participation Monday, Council
ERASS participation data for individual activities in Victoria for the comparison period of A householder survey was distributed in November 2004 to 3,000 randomly selected
2005-06 and 2009-10 indicates that of the 54 individual activities represented, 25 households throughout the municipality. A total of 656 responses were received and Meeting showed an increase in total participation. The increase in total participation, however, analysed. This data is now considered out of date, however, more recent data is not 19 can be attributed to the increase in total population. So a more accurate snapshot of the available. December, current participation in activities is their participation rates. Twelve activities have been The profile of respondents was consistent with the Shire’s population profile. As such, - identified as having increasing participation rates, which are identified below. householder survey results can be used as a reasonable forecasting tool for the Aerobics activities purposes of sports planning. Furthermore, there is a correlation between these results 2011 Badminton and statewide data available. Therefore, general conclusions can also be made, based on statewide data, about local demand. Boxing Canoeing / kayaking: The following tables (5-8) represent the local participation for a range of sports and leisure activities across the Shire. The data presented is based on the householder Cycling / BMX sample, which reflects male and female respondents, from the age of 10, to 80+ Hockey years.19 Jogging / running Table 5: Local Participation in Recreation Activities Undertaken Away From Home Rock climbing / abseiling Activity Rate % Activity Rate % Activity Rate % Rugby league Walking 54.7 Sailing 5.3 Body board / surfing 2.9 Rugby union Swimming 22.1 Bowls 5.2 Beach 2.7 Soccer (indoor) Golf 19.2 Football 5.2 Dance 2.4 Weight training Cycling 18.1 Caravanning / touring 4.6 Netball 2.4 Gym 11.7 Running 4.1 Reading 2.4 3.4 Sport participation in the Mornington Peninsula Shire Tennis 8.2 Horse riding 3.2 Cricket 2.1 Information about the local demand for sport was collected from a variety of sources, Fishing 7.6 Motor bikes 3.2 Skateboarding 2.0 including a review of previous plans, the results of the householder and school surveys, Outings 6.7 Basketball 3.0 Yoga 1.8 from sport clubs, association and league representative interviews, from sport specific Movies 5.5 Boxing / kickboxing 3.0 Martial arts 1.5 Item workshops and also via telephone interviews of stakeholder groups. NOTE: activities listed are for those that received more than one response. ‘Rate %’ refers to the participation rate calculated as a percentage of survey respondents. 2.2 Volume 3: Consultation Findings provides a detailed analysis of all consultation Attachment findings. Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport provides a summary of demand and key issues for each sport.
19 A full breakdown of the respondent age profile is available in Table 38 of Volume 3: Consultation Findings. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 22 2/12/11
Table 6: Top Activities by Gender - Householders Tables 6 and 7 show the sports and activities where there is existing demand and table 7 Monday, Council Activity % of Females Activity % of Males illustrates where demand has not been met by existing opportunities. Whilst there is a range of sports identified, of particular note is the high level of unmet demand for tennis. Walking 34.1 Walking 20.6
Swimming 14.3 Golf 12.7 Respondents identified a range of reasons as to why they did not participate in various Meeting 19 Gym 8.2 Cycling 10.2 sports and what would encourage them to participate. The key responses to what would Cycling 7.9 Swimming 7.8 encourage greater participation across all sports are summarised below. Volume 2: December, Golf 6.6 Fishing 6.6 Profile and Issues by Sport addresses sport specific responses. - Tennis 4.9 Football 4.0 Ways in which greater participation in sport can be achieved: Outings 4.1 Gym 3.5
2011 Movies 4.0 Tennis 3.2 put me in touch with a club / centre offering sport in my age group Netball 2.3 Sailing 3.2 provide suitable programs / classes to learn provide information about where I can play Table 7: Participation in Top Ten Sports Overall - Householders provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club member) Sport Total % Sport Total % reduce the cost of playing sport. Golf 21.8 Swimming 5.6 ■ Differences Between Local and State Participation Lawn Bowls 9.5 Sailing 4.7 Tennis 9.2 Cycling 4.2 A comparison of participation rates from the householder survey with state and national Gym 6.1 Basketball 3.6 level participation indicates Mornington Peninsula has extremely high participation in Australian 5.6 Netball 3.4 Australian Rules Football, golf, lawn bowls, sailing and surf sports (some well over the Rules Football Victorian averages). These high participation rates may be linked to geographical characteristics (such as proximity to the ocean) and excellent supply and quality of Table 8: Sports Liked but not Played - Householders facilities (e.g. Golf courses throughout the Shire and the region). Sport Total % Sport Total % Mornington Peninsula however, is not achieving the average participation rates in some Tennis 12.0 Basketball 2.1 other sports. The following sports are considered to be under the state participation Golf 9.6 Hockey 2.1 averages: cricket, hockey, netball, rugby, soccer, tennis and volleyball.
Swimming 4.0 Netball 2.1 These figures help to highlight the potential market demand for sports and the need for Item Bowls 2.7 Football 1.8 facilities and sports development to meet participation potential. Squash 2.7 Sailing 1.8 2.2
NOTE: activities listed are for sports that received more than one response Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 23 2/12/11
■ Children’s Participation Table 10: Participation in Competitive Sports by Gender - School Children Monday, Council
Total Female Male Total Female Male An in-school survey was conducted in November 2004 at 20 randomly selected primary Sport Sport % % % % % % and secondary schools across the municipality. Each of the selected schools was asked
Basketball 22.2 7.2 14.7 Gymnastics 5.6 3.8 1.3 Meeting to distribute surveys to students in a particular class, which was also randomly selected. 19 Aussie Rules 15.6 1.9 13.8 Hockey 4.4 0.3 3.8 A total of 320 responses were received and analysed. December, Cricket 15.3 2.5 12.8 Life Saving 3.4 0.9 2.5 The profile of respondents was relatively consistent with the profile of the Children’s BMX 15.0 2.2 12.5 Equestrian 3.1 2.5 0.6 - Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities study, undertaken by the ABS in April Skateboarding 15.0 2.5 12.8 Table Tennis 3.1 0.9 1.9 2003.20 In this study, respondents were aged between 5 and 14 years. The majority of Cycling 13.1 6.6 5.9 Sailing 2.8 0.6 1.9 respondents to the school survey were aged between 9 and 14, which account for the 2011 top two age cohorts in the ABS survey (9 -11 and 12-14 years). Soccer 10.3 4.4 5.9 Badminton 2.5 1.9 0.6 Tennis 10.3 4.1 6.9 Volleyball 2.2 1.9 0.3 The following tables (10 and 11) represent the local participation rates for a range of Athletics 10.0 4.7 5.0 Baseball 1.9 0.9 0.9 sports and leisure activities across the Shire, identified through the school survey. Netball 10.0 9.1 0.6 Softball 1.6 1.3 0.6 Table 9: Top Activities Undertaken Away From Home - School Children Inline Skating 9.7 3.4 5.9 Rugby 1.3 0.3 0.9 Golf 8.1 2.2 5.6 Lacrosse 0.6 0.3 0.3 Activity Total % Activity Total % Surfing 6.6 1.9 4.7 Lawn Bowls 0.3 0.3 0.0 Cycling 16.9 Netball 6.3 Basketball 14.7 PC / Playstation / X-Box 6.3 In comparing the results and estimated participation rates from the schools survey with Swimming / beach 10.9 Soccer 5.6 state and national level participation, the Mornington Peninsula area is currently General socialising 10.3 Surfing 4.4 achieving higher than the average levels of participation across most sports. Skateboarding 10.3 Athletics 4.1 Aussie Rules Football 9.1 Dancing 3.8 However, noticeably gymnastics, hockey, netball, softball and tennis for females aged BMX 8.4 Equestrian 3.1 between 5 and 14 were well below national levels, where Victoria generally has high Cricket 7.5 Inline Skating 3.1 levels of participation in these sports. The lack of adequate facility provision or access to local facilities has been highlighted as a key issue for all these sports. Another Tennis 7.5 Walking 2.8 explanation is that there is significant growth in non-organised recreation activities such
as surfing, skating, bike riding and online games and entertainment such as Wii. Item For boys aged 5-14 years, baseball, gymnastics, soccer, tennis and volleyball participation levels were also well below national participation rates. Similarly to female 2.2
participation in the latter, all these sports have reported lack of available facilities and Attachment access to existing indoor facilities as key issues preventing future development.
20 Data from this survey has been the key informant of participation figures and demand for particular sports for children aged 5 to 14. Relevant sport specific demand information and projections are detailed in Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 24 2/12/11
However, these claims would need to be supported by club participation / membership The following is a summary of key reasons identified by school children for not data and business planning processes to demonstrate need for additional facility participating in the activities that they said they would like to:22 Monday, Council provision. ‘play other sports instead’
Survey respondents were also asked to indicate ‘what sports they would like to play, but Meeting
‘no club / team provided’ 19 do not’. The following table illustrates responses.
‘too expensive’ December, Table 11: Sports liked but not undertaken - School Children ‘family constraints’ - Sport Total % Female % Male % ‘not good enough’. Surfing 13.1 47.6 52.4
Soccer 9.4 51.7 48.3 3.5 Estimation of gross demand for sports in Mornington Peninsula 2011 Basketball 9.1 66.7 33.3 Netball 5.0 100.0 0.0 Based on participation rates by age from ERASS, the following estimates of the number Aussie Rules football 4.1 53.8 46.2 of people participating in each sports activity has been projected for the Shire. Comparison estimates derived from the household survey and school survey are also Tennis 3.8 70.0 30.0 provided to highlight local participation levels in relation to state figures. These estimates Cricket 3.4 27.3 72.7 are shown in the following three tables. Swimming / beach 3.1 90.0 10.0 23 Golf 2.8 33.3 66.7 Table 12: Estimated potential demand for Mornington Peninsula (2006 to 2031) Rugby 2.8 0.0 100.0 Activity 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Skateboarding 2.5 0.0 100.0 Aerobics / fitness 25,439 26,885 27,995 29,038 30,135 31,213 Skiing / snowboarding 2.5 25.0 75.0 Aquaerobics 1,375 1,528 1,662 1,775 1,875 1,962 NOTE: activities listed are for sports that received more than one response. Female and male percentage Athletics / track and field 774 813 821 839 863 885 relates to the gender bias of responses (i.e. no males identified netball as a sport they would like to play). Australian Rules Football 4,914 5,067 5,132 5,238 5,387 5,541 Surfing was the sport identified by most respondents as liked but not undertaken. Badminton 846 873 894 917 945 975 However surfing was not included within the scope of this study.21 Soccer and basketball Baseball 284 293 297 302 309 318 also showed high latent demand. Both of these sports are addressed in detail later in Basketball 5,156 5,336 5,399 5,514 5,670 5,829 this report. Billiards / snooker / pool 0 0 0 0 0 0
Boxing 707 730 742 758 778 800 Item Canoeing / kayaking 774 813 837 861 888 917 2.2 Carpet bowls 578 663 746 814 876 926
Cricket (indoor) 958 974 988 1,007 1,036 1,068 Attachment
22 A sport by sport breakdown of reasons is provided in Table 18 of Volume 3: Consultation Findings 23 Figures in Table 12 are based on data provided in ERASS and Mornington Peninsula population 21 Surfing was not included under the study definition of sport, which is detailed in Section 1.5 of this report projections. Estimated numbers of participants are for residents aged 15 years and over only. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 25 2/12/11
Activity 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Activity 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Monday, Council Cricket (outdoor) 4,069 4,209 4,285 4,384 4,517 4,654 Table tennis 715 770 812 851 890 925 Cycling 13,647 14,290 14,715 15,145 15,640 16,161 Tennis 7,445 7,872 8,170 8,460 8,772 9,080 Dancing 3,163 3,400 3,567 3,729 3,893 4,041 Tenpin bowling 866 933 983 1,027 1,069 1,108 Meeting Darts 144 157 168 178 186 194 Touch football 190 194 197 201 207 213 19
Fishing 1,526 1,638 1,722 1,796 1,867 1,936 Triathlon 392 396 402 409 420 434 December, Golf 7,989 8,671 9,224 9,704 10,149 10,561 Volleyball 4,954 5,100 5,183 5,297 5,455 5,618 - Gymnastics 244 261 272 284 296 307 Walking (bush) 5,128 5,490 5,772 6,021 6,260 6,493 Hockey (indoor) 116 120 121 123 127 131 Walking (other) 43,489 47,058 49,921 52,413 54,748 56,931 Hockey (outdoor) 976 1,017 1,031 1,054 1,085 1,116 Waterpolo 0 0 0 0 0 0 2011 Horse riding / equestrian activities / 1,025 1,066 1,081 1,103 1,134 1,168 Waterskiing / power boating 670 691 705 721 741 764 polocrosse Weight training 3,106 3,263 3,392 3,512 3,641 3,770 Ice / snow sports 1,847 1,934 1,995 2,054 2,118 2,186 Yoga 3,830 4,064 4,241 4,399 4,555 4,713 Lawn bowls 3,308 3,752 4,167 4,505 4,803 5,052
Martial arts 2,106 2,240 2,340 2,436 2,539 2,634 Motorsports 1,205 1,246 1,276 1,308 1,348 1,391 Netball 4,813 4,954 5,014 5,112 5,255 5,406 Orienteering 748 773 785 801 823 846 Rock climbing 409 422 427 435 447 460 Rollersports 532 548 559 573 592 611 Rowing 371 394 411 427 442 458 Rugby league 377 391 394 403 414 426 Rugby union 195 203 207 212 219 225 Running 9,577 9,946 10,196 10,455 10,751 11,071 Sailing 576 616 641 664 686 708 Scuba diving 190 197 203 208 213 219
Shooting sports 582 620 647 674 701 727 Item Softball 92 95 96 97 100 103
Squash / racquetball 1,173 1,204 1,223 1,244 1,275 1,313 2.2
Soccer (indoor) 2,266 2,333 2,373 2,426 2,494 2,564 Attachment Soccer (outdoor) 2,878 2,970 3,004 3,064 3,151 3,240 Surf sports 1,216 1,264 1,292 1,322 1,358 1,399 Swimming 14,997 15,827 16,414 16,982 17,586 18,191 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 26 2/12/11
Table 13: Estimated potential local demand for Mornington Peninsula, 15+ years Table 14: Estimated potential local demand for Mornington Peninsula, 5-14 years (2006 to 2031)24 (2006 to 2031)25 Monday, Council
2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Aerobics / fitness Athletics / track and 747 763 790 805 823 846 12,665 13,385 13,938 14,457 15,003 15,540 Meeting
field 19 Basketball 2,864 2,964 3,000 3,063 3,150 3,238
Australian Rules 1,658 1,693 1,753 1,787 1,826 1,877 December, Boxing 3,031 3,130 3,181 3,247 3,334 3,430 Football Cricket (outdoor) 2,034 2,105 2,143 2,192 2,258 2,327 Basketball 2,678 2,734 2,831 2,887 2,950 3,033 - Cycling 19,297 20,207 20,808 21,416 22,117 22,852 Cricket (outdoor) 1,366 1,395 1,444 1,473 1,505 1,547 Dancing 2,711 2,915 3,057 3,196 3,337 3,464 BMX 1,530 1,562 1,618 1,650 1,686 1,733 2011 Fishing 8,922 9,578 10,067 10,501 10,914 11,318 Cycling 3,078 3,143 3,255 3,319 3,391 3,487 Football 4,989 5,148 5,207 5,311 5,461 5,617 Dancing 692 707 732 746 763 784 Golf 23,598 25,614 27,247 28,664 29,980 31,196 Horse riding and 565 577 597 609 622 640 Horse riding / equestrian activities / equestrian events 3,279 3,410 3,460 3,531 3,629 3,737 polocrosse Inline skating 565 577 597 609 622 640 Lawn bowls 7,820 8,868 9,849 10,649 11,352 11,942 Netball 1,148 1,172 1,213 1,237 1,264 1,300 Martial arts 1,663 1,769 1,847 1,923 2,004 2,080 Rollersports 1,876 1,916 1,984 2,023 2,067 2,125 Motorsports 3,213 3,322 3,402 3,488 3,595 3,710 Soccer (outdoor) 1,020 1,042 1,079 1,100 1,124 1,155 Netball 2,265 2,331 2,360 2,406 2,473 2,544 Swimming 1,985 2,027 2,099 2,141 2,187 2,249 Running 3,356 3,485 3,573 3,664 3,767 3,880 Tennis 1,366 1,395 1,444 1,473 1,505 1,547 Sailing 6,106 6,524 6,791 7,040 7,270 7,508 Walking 510 521 539 550 562 578 Swimming 23,843 25,164 26,097 27,001 27,960 28,923
Tennis 8,848 9,355 9,709 10,054 10,424 10,790 Walking (other) 66,263 71,701 76,064 79,860 83,418 86,745 Yoga 2,028 2,152 2,245 2,329 2,411 2,495
Item 2.2 Attachment
24 Figures in Table 13 are based on data provided in the household survey and Mornington Peninsula 25 Figures in Table 14 are based on data provided in the school survey and Mornington Peninsula population population projections. Data is for people aged 15 years and over only. projections. Data is for children aged 5-14 years only. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 27 2/12/11
3.6 Implications of participation and assessment of local demand Monday, Council The local sports demand information collected throughout this study reflects significant participation in a range of sports by both ‘young’ people and those participating at the Meeting ‘senior’ level. Sports that have identified high participation levels in most cases appear to 19
have a correlation with the quality and level of facilities or the availability of natural December, resources in the Shire. Examples of this are golf and lawn bowls. Conversely, a sport where participation and demand is low (at all age levels) corresponds to low-level supply - of facilities, or facilities that are not readily available. Examples of this are baseball,
softball, hockey and cycling. 2011 The key sports where local participation was shown to be high in the householder and school surveys, where additional latent demand was identified and where participation rates were lower than for those in Victoria were: Tennis, basketball and netball. In addition, Australian Rules Football and golf showed high local participation and latent demand in both the householder and school surveys, but had higher participation rates than for Victoria. Whilst soccer did not register considerable latent demand in age groups above 15 years, the demand by younger age groups is considerable and has out stripped the supply of facilities. State and national trends also support growth in these sports. Basketball, tennis and soccer form a major focus for the remainder of this study. Issues of growth in participation, maintenance of facilities and localities of future provision are explored in more detail in Chapter 6: Key Directions by Sport later in this report. It should be noted that the issue for tennis is no longer growth, as participation is in decline. The key issue facing the sustainability of tennis has become more about clubs maintaining their facilities and sustaining their viability. Item 2.2 Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 28 2/12/11
4. COUNCIL AIMS AND BUSINESS IN SPORT Monday, Council
In assessing the relative merit of providing additional sport facilities in the municipality it Meeting
is necessary to compare the provision and nature of the potential developments against 19
the Shire’s sporting aims. December, Specific sports objectives have not previously been prepared for the municipality. However, considering local government’s role in sport and the role of other likely - stakeholders, some general aims are proposed which will assist in planning and making
decisions about the nature of facility developments. 2011
4.1 The Shire’s core business in sport The Mornington Peninsula Shire, like other local government authorities, is generally in the business of sport to provide a range of benefits to individuals and the community. The Shire’s core business objective, in terms of sports provision is to create an environment where participation is maximised. This can be achieved by:
facilitating the prerequisite leadership, organisational and environmental conditions that will provide positive outcomes for participants providing infrastructure to support sports participation marketing and managing facilities to maximise their value to ratepayers focusing the Shire’s involvement in sport on the benefits derived from use of the facilities it provides, by its ratepayers firstly and visitors secondly. balancing provision of active sports facilities and resources against general passive recreation infrastructure such as trails.
Item The Shire is generally not in the business of organising ongoing sports competitions or the administration of playing of the game. This is consistent with local government 2.2 authorities throughout the state. Attachment
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4.2 The Shire’s principles for sport Monday, Council work co-operatively and collaboratively with clubs, schools, peak sporting In providing sports facilities, the Shire aims to: associations, adjacent municipalities and private providers in the development, management and marketing of the benefits of sport and sport promote the benefits of an active lifestyle and social activity Meeting facilities, to minimise competition between local facilities, increase use, 19
increase participation in sport (and then increase involvement as non players encourage joint use, reduce Council's expenditure on new facilities and avoid December, and spectators) especially from those traditionally marginalised by sport duplication of services - provide primarily for the foundation and participation, levels of sports provide incentives for sporting clubs to contribute to the marketing, development before subsidising performance and excellence levels of sport 26 maintenance, upgrade and development of facilities for the benefit of the
maximise the opportunities for all residents to play and view sports of their local community 2011 choice, regardless of age, gender, culture or ability support clubs that assist the Shire to meet its sport aims and assist the support sporting clubs and the community to increase levels of non playing growth and development of their sport. participation and continuing volunteerism increase the knowledge base within sporting clubs to enable them to better manage governance, finance, sports development and coaching issues provide a hierarchy of sports facilities to ensure sport can be sustained at varying levels of participation and competition and to promote career paths for participants enhance the return on investment of facilities by ensuring facilities are marketed and utilised to the maximum, whilst overuse is prevented ensure the quality of playing surfaces matches the level of competition appropriate for the Shire to support ensure long term viability of sports facilities and clubs, by ensuring clubs do no overcapitalise on developments and that facilities are located so as to strengthen the sport, the existing club membership base and capitalise on potential catchments and core markets Item
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Attachment 26 Foundation; the development of basic movement skills, e.g. school sports. Participation; playing for reasons of enjoyment, fitness or social contact, e.g. junior sport or local mums playing social volleyball. Performance; where the focus is on players improving in club competitions to meet personal goals, e.g. district cricket. Excellence; where competitors aim to achieve public measured levels of success, i.e. State/National/League competitions. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 30 2/12/11
5. KEY ISSUES, GOALS AND STRATEGIES 5.1 Adopt a co-operative approach to sports development Monday, Council The consultation for this project highlighted that there is considerable value in providing
As a result of research and consultation conducted for this study, six key Shire wide assistance to sports clubs and schools to meet the needs of the community and to Meeting issues were identified and specific strategies and goals developed to address them. address the common issues they face with administering clubs, meeting participants 19 December, Issues and recommendations specific to each sport are provided in Volume 2: Profile needs and growing their sports.
and Issues by Sport. Further dialogue between stakeholders and especially clubs in the same code would be - The priority Shire wide goals are to: beneficial, as would co-operative efforts to address the key issues identifies throughout the study: 2011 adopt a cooperative approach to sports development changes and location / township differences in demand provide greater emphasis on the planning process the support and retention for volunteers develop facilities to serve growth sports insurance develop facilities to meet levels of competition funding encourage a greater range of people to participate in sport providing pathways for participants from schools to clubs and onto elite levels provide better awareness of opportunities. transport to facilities Each issue and suggested strategy is outlined in the following chapter. These six goals marketing of facilities to visitors. translate into the following set of strategies and actions for Council to achieve its participation and sports development goals in the future. Increasing financial demands and government regulations placed on volunteers and clubs to improve their operations have been seen as having a negative impact on
volunteerism and have placed an increased financial demand on local sports clubs to buy in labour and assistance. A number of clubs have indicated they believe volunteerism has to be abandoned as there is now a strong need for paid administrators or assistance to up skill officials. Schools are significant providers of sport development and competition opportunities in
the Shire and the links with sports clubs could be stronger to ensure participation by Item young people continues beyond school age. Many schools have recently benefited from
Federal Government funds for new sporting halls and other facilities, however, school 2.2
building programs have also reduced the available open space within school grounds, Attachment placing increased demand on nearby Shire managed grounds. There is considerable value in developing partnerships and collaborative working with schools. In particular regarding use of facilities by schools, the use of school facilities by 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 31 2/12/11 the community and Council and clubs using schools as a conduit to deliver sporting Consultation with clubs indicated that many did not appreciate that the Shire could assist competitions, activities and education programs. in sport development issues, although a number complimented the Shire on workshops Monday, Council provided on specific club related issues. There appears to be some specific issues faced The Shire’s Occupancy Policy identifies that school use of Shire managed facilities is high by clubs of the same code in different townships and localities that could be addressed in
but currently ad hoc. It further states that there is a requirement to better manage and Meeting
a strategic way. This is due to the fact that there are no formal opportunities for sports 19 monitor the use of Shire owned and managed facilities by schools to ensure a greater
clubs to get together on a regular basis and some clubs appear hesitant to share December, spread of use and to alleviate the intense use of a few facilities. The current Occupancy information about use of facilities for fear that if use is seen to be low, facilities may be Policy identified that fees and charges are required to be paid by schools for use of Shire taken away. - facilities. Consultation with schools and school sport providers identified a lack of established links between schools, sports clubs and regional sporting peak bodies. As the Shire is regionally isolated from metropolitan Melbourne there is perhaps an
Furthermore, partnerships between all groups were identified as the most important increasing need to support and be supported by neighbouring Councils. This is particularly 2011 ingredient to improving sports development opportunities. vital as there is no Regional Sports Assembly (RSA) operating in the Peninsula region and the opportunities provided to support local clubs as in other regions are not present. Informants identified that trying to link schools with sporting clubs was difficult. Issues of There is no formal mechanism for sports development across the southeast region for all cost of club fees, uniforms and travel expenses were cited as constraints to partnership sports. Some sports are set up regionally, but many are not. development, as well as the lack of flexibility of some codes such as netball as to age of players. There are some sports where the demand will be relatively small for some time and therefore the role of regional facilities and working with adjacent Councils is very Baseball was cited as an example of where local clubs were unable to run coaching or important. However, there may come a time where facilities for some of the smaller after-school activities, resulting in a drop-off in demand to play in club baseball sports are needed within the Shire. Close dialogue with adjacent municipalities would be competitions. an advantage especially whilst the Shire is in a state of growth. While the Shire provides the majority of outdoor sporting facilities for club use, there are Competition and association / league boundaries for most sports stop at the City of a number of indoor sports facilities operated by private providers across the Shire. They Frankston and City of Casey borders, increasing the need for the Mornington Peninsula mostly cater for squash, indoor cricket, learn to swim schools, gymnasiums and ten pin to become self-sufficient. bowling. A list of the private providers identified throughout the course of this project is provided as Appendix 1. There is value in working closely with these providers as the Sports clubs identified through consultation that time and costs associated with travelling core reason for the Shire to provide sports facilities is that the market cannot provide to sports facilities (inside and outside the Shire) were key constraints to participating. them in a viable way without public subsidisation. Respondents identified that a maximum of 30 minutes travel time to compete or play in localised or domestic level sport would be acceptable. Council may be in the position to
broker community-sporting transport on weekends and at night when the Shire’s two Item community buses may not be in high demand for other community activities. 2.2 The Shire now operates a ‘dial a bus’ service, which extends to clubs on weekends if booked. Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 32 2/12/11
Where we would like to be Strategies to get there Monday, Council
Partnerships to achieve mutual outcomes for Council, schools and sports clubs should be No. Strategy developed, particularly in terms of usage and access to school facilities. Costs associated
5.1.1 Investigate the possibility of establishing a ‘Peninsula Sports Network’ for the Meeting
with use and future facility development or improvement could be offset between all 19 Mornington Peninsula region. Development of the network should consider: partners. . establishing a ‘local’ charter, that considers (but not limited to) SRV and December, Clubs need support in organisational and sports development issues and independent Regional Sports Assembly (RSA) objectives - non-aligned advice and non-threatening networking opportunities between clubs who . representatives from peak sporting bodies and neighbouring Councils deal with similar issues is a must. 5.1.2 Use existing networks with neighbouring local government authorities, peak With a limited range of undeveloped open space available across the Shire, there is an sporting bodies and other relevant partners to develop an ongoing dialogue about 2011 increasing need to develop additional sports fields and facilities in conjunction with sports development in the region. schools. However, maintenance and access agreements are required to progress this. 5.1.3 Host a school, club and peak body sport forum every 12 months to encourage A policy titled ‘School Tennis on Council Land’ is now in place. greater dialogue between stakeholders, the sharing of ideas and information, monitor trends in club development and management and to market the benefits of Internal Shire departments have already begun working on maximising opportunities for sports participation and school-club development pathways. a shire-wide volunteer network. Sport and recreation organisations could easily tap into 5.1.4 Consider reviewing existing Shire policy to include school facilities in a Shire wide the existing networks to adopt a more collaborative approach to volunteer recruitment inventory of sports facilities and identify opportunities for improving facilities inline and training in order to expand the expertise of clubs in the Shire. with expressed demand and poor supply of facilities for key sports. Regular club development forums or opportunities for all stakeholders to discuss 5.1.5 Explore opportunities with schools to develop partnerships for facility provision and common issues and strategies with a regional network would benefit sports development. to promote sporting and funding opportunities, using the policy ‘ School Tenancy on Council Land’ where relevant. Proposed goal 5.1.6 Use regional networks to continue to develop regionally significant sports facilities To increase the dialogue, support and co-operation between schools, clubs, and programs (i.e. baseball / softball, soccer hockey and cycling). the Shire, private providers and peak bodies to enhance organisational 5.1.7 Partner other municipalities and key sports to run information, club development or efficiency and maximise use of facilities. coach education forums or workshops (cricket / soccer have expressed interest). 5.1.8 Support peak sporting bodies in their delivery of volunteer and club development
programs and initiatives. Item 5.1.9 Continue to work with other local support services and Volunteering Australia to develop cross-organisation volunteerism. 2.2 5.1.10 Encourage sports clubs to become involved in the Shire’s Volunteer Expo’s. Attachment 5.1.11 Support applications through Council’s community grants program, for innovative transport initiatives that aim to reduce transport and travel barriers to sport participation.
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5.2 Provide greater emphasis on the planning process Monday, Council There is a need for master planning to consider the requirements of wider communities Historically many different entities contribute to the development of sporting within facility catchments, for example the whole township. This process is currently
infrastructure and sporting reserves become an easy target for indoor facilities that may underway in Somerville and Balnarring. Local demand assessments for sports played on Meeting not necessarily be dependant on open space. As a result development is often specific reserves and extensive consultation with peak bodies should be undertaken to 19 incremental and overlooks opportunities for minimising ongoing management costs, ensure they are consistent with the strategic direction for the development of sport in December, maximising sharing and usage, or to develop alternative facilities, which provide greater that locality and that the placement on a specific site works in well with the future of other - benefits to the whole community. reserves in the same township. Consultation with schools and clubs highlighted a lack or a minimal involvement with the All major sporting and recreation reserves should have master plans to direct actions 2011 Shire in the planning and development of facilities, sporting programs and in marketing and improve the reserves. Open space developer contributions should provide additional or promotion of club activities. funds for this work. The Shire has a significant opportunity to enhance planning to deliver better facility Local Governments are primarily responsible for the development and provision of outcomes due to in-house expertise in the area of sport and sports facilities and the community sports facilities and schools are an important partner in the provision and use information it holds about potential users, clubs and opportunities to engage the of community facilities. Council should include schools and be included in planning for new community. The Shire can use its contacts and occupancy agreements it has with clubs to school and community sport and recreation facilities. Discussions should take place along seek demand information and update contact details on an ongoing basis to inform with local demand assessments at the early scoping stages rather than at the planning and decision making processes. For example occupancy agreements can presentation of planning applications. require clubs to submit details about numbers and age of participants, membership Some sport facility developments at school sites have been undertaken without initial levels and unmet demand at the beginning and end of each season. This then can be sports planning advice and negotiation with Council. This can pose some supply issues for monitored over time to inform current and potential trends. specific sports, as well as for specific facility types. Additionally, the Shire should use existing information in the form of mapping (GIS) and Adhering to government legislation regarding volunteers and working with children, population data to ensure strategic planning and development is achieved. administering GST and taxation, food handling and responsible service of alcohol were all The Shire has adopted an efficient approach to the planning of indoor sports facilities, identified by clubs as being additional ‘off field’ issues that ensure clubs operate requiring detailed feasibility studies to be undertaken in order to ensure long-term according to best practice and in a more professional manner. sustainability of facilities and their activities. Where we would like to be
Benefits can be derived from ensuring that reserve master planning encompasses Item broader community need, rather than on an individual site basis. Expectations on specific The adoption and implementation of existing master plans should be undertaken in line
reserves by site user groups are often raised in isolation from broader community needs, with key recommendations of this strategy. 2.2 and capital resources often cannot meet these expectations. Township based planning Where schools, clubs and private providers submit proposals for development, the Shire Attachment would deliver community considered outcomes and take into account the range of should ensure that these are consistent with the principles and objectives of this plan and reserves and opportunities offered, thus enabling the development of diverse range of that they undergo considerable planning scrutiny before they are progressed. Additionally, facilities, sports and activities. the Shire’s Contribution to Facilities on non-Council Owned or Controlled Land Policy 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 34 2/12/11 should be referred to when issues and requests for funding are made by external school sports facility proposals. Monday, Council organisations. 5.2.3 Encourage schools to develop their sports facilities (new and existing) to deliver The contributions policy will determine future funding assistance from the Shire into school community benefits and outcomes.
and DET owned facilities. Any major capital project (greater than $20,000) would be Meeting
5.2.4 Prepare master plans for sporting reserves by township, inline with the principles 19 required to undergo detailed project assessment to determine facility suitability and and objectives, sport specific demand projections and recommendations of this December, feasibility prior to receiving financial or in-kind support. All projects must deliver study, considering broader community use. Encourage co-location of facilities. community outcomes in order to be considered. 5.2.5 Prepare a Recreation Needs Study for Somerville that focuses on the future - The Shire could assist schools to prepare plans and where new schools are being provision of sport and recreation facilities in-line with future residential developed, or where existing schools are expanding, the Shire should utilise these
development and projected population growth (in Somerville and surrounding 2011 opportunities to investigate indoor and outdoor sports facilities to cater for community areas). The Somerville Community Planning Project is underway in 2011. sport where there is local demand. In all cases, mutual agreement about facility 5.2.6 Develop a planning process for all facility development for clubs and Shire that components should be reached prior to development. includes: Community use of facilities at school sites is essential to meet the projected demands for a . appropriate consultation with clubs, associations and range of sports. Any new or redeveloped facilities should be designed to meet minimum other community partners size and competition requirements for multiple sports (e.g. suitable run-offs for indoor netball courts) to ensure that it can cater for competition from the foundation level . assessment of local demand through to the elite. . assessment of existing and likely supply of other facilities Proposed Goal . the identification of target groups and objectives for each Plan sporting and recreation facilities in a systematic, thorough manner, . estimation of lifecycle capital and maintenance costs considering greater community needs and the facilities managed or proposed . impact assessment of existing use and future by others (such as schools and private enterprises) development of sites Strategies to get there 5.2.7 Prepare a Sports Ground Facilities Strategy and service standard encompassing pavilions. No. Strategy 5.2.8 Develop a Shire endorsed business planning template to assist clubs and Council 5.2.1 Require clubs to provide statistics annually through seasonal tenancy staff Item agreements. Monitor trends, sports statistics and data to keep abreast of
possible shifts in demand as the Shire’s population ages. This would include 5.2.9 Identify planning processes for sports clubs (particularly co-location and 2.2 monitoring lower profile sporting activity trends and the emergence of new extension of existing grounds). Attachment activities and their needs for open space, facilities and services. 5.2.2 Conduct regular planning meetings with school clusters and DETs Southern Metropolitan Region – Facilities Manager to ensure Council is aware of all new 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 35 2/12/11
However, it is essential that the nature of demand (social participation versus club 5.3 Develop facilities to serve growth sports competition / play), the nature of the market, the scheduling and accessibility of existing Monday, Council facilities is further investigated before new facilities are provided. The research and gap analysis provided for this project identified demand for major
With respect to tennis, it is apparent that not all courts are floodlit and yet the market for Meeting
facilities for soccer. It also identified a need for greater access to indoor facilities for 19 casual use for tennis courts and for competition is largely at nights. Lights and the
badminton, gymnastics, netball and volleyball. December, quality of surfaces / facilities should be the priority for investigation before additional The sports of baseball, softball, athletics and velodrome cycling operate within a regional courts are provided. The Shire could work with tennis clubs, associations and Tennis - competition and major facilities should be developed in-line with regional demands. Victoria to assist clubs with business plans and more sustainable membership fees. However, consultation identified a need for existing facility upgrades. Gaps in provision; Sporting clubs, associations and local government are commonly being required by peak such as a cycling velodrome and athletics, should be investigated before any major 2011 bodies or government instrumentalities to upgrade the standard of facilities. This is a facility development. result of increasingly onerous regulations and requirements designed to improve the Although aquatic facilities were not the focus of this report, consultation raised that the health and safety of players and the public. Consequently the minimum standards for there was not a 50m swimming pool within the Shire. However, the Shire is working even basic club level facilities (e.g. toilets and change rooms) now may require levels of towards a sub-regional goal for aquatic facilities, supporting the development of regional capital investment, which are beyond the reach of most clubs. facilities in Frankston, which would enable the hosting of regional and district level It is advisable that the Shire works with clubs to improve, update and better schedule swimming carnivals. The sport of diving identified that the lack of any ‘wet’ facilities their existing sports facilities before committing considerable investments into new restricted them developing the sport locally within the Shire. facilities. Clubs will need to develop feasibility studies, along with business plans to National participation data and many state sporting associations have identified an support further investments. However, some facilities for key growth sports (e.g. soccer, increasing demand and shift towards the use of indoor sporting facilities. This shift will cycling, athletics) will need to be developed in the short to medium term. become increasingly prevalent as the Mornington Peninsula Shire ages. Within 20 years, the vast majority of the population is expected to be aged 50+. This may also create a Where we would like to be push towards more programmed activities rather than club based team sports. Chapter The township structure of the municipality makes it difficult for the Shire to provide a 6: Key Directions by Sport outlines sport specific recommendations in relation to centrally located core of facilities for all sports that serve the whole municipality. The population aging the implications for certain sports. township model results in much duplication of facilities. In general terms, facilities in the Mornington Peninsula are needed to: The Shire could extend the catchment hierarchy of sports grounds used in the Shire’s foster the range of people playing sport Open Space Strategy. The provision of new facilities could be developed primarily in foster non-car based travel to facilities Major Activity Centres and transport nodes. Item meet the growing demand for sports where possible improve access to peak court time for indoor sports 2.2
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The Shire could work with clubs to develop more community accessible policies for their
Strategies to get there Monday, Council facilities that also support the principles of multi-use. This is as distinct from facilities that focus more on member only and single or exclusive use. It is not financially feasible for No. Strategy the Shire to construct sports fields and reserves for single purposes. Most need to serve Meeting a multi-purpose function to cater for fluctuating demands and the needs of other user 5.3.1 Prioritise the development of major sports facilities in M2030 Activity Centres and 19
groups (e.g. dog walkers, pavilions used by other activity groups). transport nodes where the greatest levels of participation exist. December, It would be ideal to be able to provide facilities that can cater for a range of ‘field based 5.3.2 Through open space planning identify potential locations for future large scale - sports’ that cover both summer and winter seasons and those that can also be line sports reserves that caters for a minimum of 3 fields in each major population marked for additional sports, activities and events. centre. Add the needs of sporting clubs to an open space land requirement
register. 2011 There are additional opportunities for further multi-purpose co-habitation and increasing the use of sports grounds and indoor sports courts by others. Examples of soccer 5.3.3 Support and facilitate the development of multi-use reserves and fields at all potentially sharing with cricket and little athletics (summer and winter seasons) or soccer reserves. with lacrosse and rugby (similar size and shaped fields) were raised through 5.3.4 Develop and manage an information database about facility capacity to assist consultation. Additionally, outdoor netball courts can be line marked and retrofitted to clubs use available under-utilised resources more efficiently and promote facilities cater for social or casual tennis. Underutilised facilities should be identified and options to the community. for further use identified and facilitated wherever possible. 5.3.5 Continue to develop and implement formal occupancy agreements for all clubs Consistent monitoring of facility usage for single use facilities (i.e. tennis, lawn bowls, and users of Shire facilities that encompass shared-use of facilities (where scouts, netball courts etc.) by Council and close contact with clubs and associations on appropriate). Modify to include the annual return of statistics. player and team numbers will assist to determine facilities that are being used to their 5.3.6 Continue to work with Statutory Planners to align planning objectives through maximum capacity and those that aren’t. sports facility provision. Proposed Goal 5.3.7 Develop facilities and use register to identify areas of under and over supply of facility use (in order to maximise use). To provide facilities that; enhance club viability, promote flexibility and sharing, are cost effective to manage and that address the demand for 5.3.8 Publish information on the Shire’s website about facilities available for other uses, social / casual participation as well as club competition. such as weekday, daytime use of pavilions for classes, meetings etc.
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The Shire’s Occupancy Policy identifies that a schedule of fees and charges will be
5.4 Matching facility standard with levels of competition Monday, Council matched to a grading formula of facilities.27 The formula is based on the level of competition played, which should in turn also reflect the level and quality of facilities The proximity of the Shire to metropolitan Melbourne has an impact on the level of provided.
competition provided across the range of sports. Many townships within the Shire are Meeting geographically isolated from regional and district centres outside the municipality. This The Shire’s Open Space Strategy details a sports reserve hierarchy at a user catchment 19 geographical disadvantage has a strong impact on the amount and level of competition or settlement level. Council is presently reviewing these classifications as part of a full December, that can be provided in all areas. In most cases, sports participation is restricted to review of the entire Open Space Strategy in 2011. - localised competition. Where we would like to be The level of competition played in the Shire for most sports is at the foundation, 2011 participation, social or club level. Many sports have reported that they lose some of their A number of sports facilities will require upgrading to meet levels of competition and higher quality or more experienced players to other areas such as Frankston, association / league standards. Additional elite level competition could be attracted into Dandenong and inner metropolitan areas. These sports include basketball, volleyball and to the Shire by improving higher-level facilities. Cricket is an example of a sport where tennis, athletics, football and cycling. high level competition (i.e. Premier Cricket – also known as District Cricket) is moving to outer metropolitan suburbs, as new facilities become available.28. The Shire must decide The implications of relatively lower or localised levels of competition reduce the need to if it wishes to adequately provide for elite level sport. develop large-scale facilities that cater for regional competition and large numbers of visitors or spectators. It does not however reduce the need for safe, quality facilities that The preparation of a database and detailed grading of facilities that identifies all sports meet the needs of users. facilities, the quality of those and where possible, the availability of these each season, so better matching of club and user needs with available facilities can be made. The sports club interviews undertaken identified that there was an expressed need for Information that links facilities to clubs, teams and associations is an important planning improved facilities to meet minimum senior competition standards and some junior sport. tool for Council. Improvements are consistently requested for baseball, senior level cricket, soccer, cycling and tennis. Lawn bowling clubs also require periodic assistance. There is a need for the Shire to manage the levels of use of sporting fields in a manner that is consistent across the Shire for clubs, schools and participants and is in Australian Rules Football played within the MPNFL is reported to be a strong, competitive accordance with the grading of playing facilities. Current pricing policy requires a minimal league. The existing facilities (in particular playing fields) provided by the Shire to contribution by schools for the use of fields, however they are reluctant to pay for the support the league are of considerable quality and add to the future sustainability of use of lesser quality grounds e.g. former tip sites. A revised pricing or management clubs and therefore the league and the sport. However, secondary reserves need structure that considers the quality of facilities provided may help to manage demand to irrigation, surface improvements and many require better drainage and lighting. prevent overuse and provide affordable opportunities for the lower level of competition Item Cricket clubs also using grounds have the benefit of utilising these facilities (1st and 2nd and foundation sport.
XI’s only) and likewise, the MPCA is considered to provide a strong local competition. In 2.2
these sports the higher levels of competition are well catered for. However, only two turf Attachment wickets on the Peninsula Link to higher-grade cricket participation. 27 This formula includes; sports fields to match to the level of sport (e.g.. 1st 18 football / senior soccer / 1st cricket shall be the highest level. 28 South Melbourne Cricket Club will move to Casey Fields in the City of Casey following completion of facility development 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 38 2/12/11
Proposed Goal 5.5 Encouraging a greater range of people to participate Monday, Council To enhance the depth in competition and create a better match between the demand, pricing and maintenance and the quality of facilities using peak It is incumbent on all community leaders to ensure that equity and access issues are
addressed. Providing a range of opportunities that offer people of all ages and abilities Meeting
body standards. 19 the opportunity to engage with their environment, natural or built, is a good way to Strategies to get there enhance community cohesion. December,
The provision of sport is highly valued by the community. The householder survey - No. Strategy revealed that over 83% of respondents said that the Shire ‘providing social opportunities and benefits to the community’ through sport was either very important or extremely
5.4.1 Review the Occupancy Policy to: 2011 important. . better define existing facility / ground grading . include shared-use objectives Consultation with schools and sports clubs highlighted the need to provide and encourage sporting opportunities for a range of people. . match standards of facilities with levels of sports competition played . separate fees into an annually revised schedule In many cases there is demand for sports activities from key target groups such as women, girls, people with a disability and older adults. However, in some instances, lack . to provide equity of access to facilities / grounds across the Shire of availability or access to facilities, suitable programs and the need for assistance 5.4.2 Develop service standards for Shire managed facilities and identify gaps in constrain participation. Also, club attitude, lack of information or the relatively small delivery in liaison with peak bodies and associations numbers of people with similar skills and interests in the one sport means a wide range 5.4.3 Work closely with local, regional and state peak sporting bodies to understand of groups are difficult for clubs to serve. sport specific requirements for sports facilities and levels of competition offered. The regional Access for All Abilities (AAA) provider that includes the Mornington 5.4.4 Complete the Pavilions Strategy and associated service standard. Peninsula Shire – ‘Leisure link-up’, offers a range of support and activity programs and opportunities for people with a disability who are aged between 16 and 45.
The Shire’s Positive Ageing and Health, Hope and Happiness Action Plans provide a range of activities to support healthy participation by older adults.
Leisure link-up has developed a 5-year Strategic Plan for an Inclusive Sport and Recreation Community, which identified that issues of public attitude and access to Item sporting facilities are the key constraints restricting people with a disability from playing sport. 2.2 The strategy identified that most sport and recreation clubs want to engage in all ability Attachment programs, but lack the resources and expertise to cater for individuals and programs. The study also highlighted preferred activities for people with a disability to participate in were lawn bowls, cycling, swimming, golf, basketball, sailing and tennis.
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Furthermore, there are many sports currently operating within the Shire that with assistance Where new or developing sports and disciplines are created and introduced by peak could provide better opportunities for people with a disability to participate. They include sporting bodies, the Shire is in a position to facilitate and promote programs for a new Monday, Council archery, shooting, basketball, sailing, lawn bowls and tennis. range of users, or to existing users who are looking for a new challenge. The Shire has already begun to embrace this through the introduction of Footsal into its reserves and
Review of population projections for the Mornington Peninsula Shire has identified a likely Meeting
leisure centres. 19 increase in the older adult population (aged 60 years+) over the next 25 years. This December, increase is estimated to provide up to an additional 29,390 older adults in the Shire by Where we would like to be 2031. Whilst traditionally older adult activity programs involve recreational rather than - sporting pursuits, state and national participation data tells us this, participation in sports The Shire cannot provide the range of sports development opportunities demanded by such as lawn bowls, golf, fishing, cycling, swimming, badminton and table tennis and the the community without partnerships with clubs, peak bodies and schools. There are maters end of many sports will continue to grow. considerable opportunities for Council to tap into programs such as VicHealth and the 2011 Department of Human Services (DHS) as well as with existing peak bodies and Sport While some sports such as basketball operate a diverse program and provide opportunities Commission programs to engage with people and groups who are traditionally for a wide spectrum of players (male, female, mixed and intellectually disabled players), marginalised from mainstream activities. some other large and growing sports such as Australian Rules Football, cricket and soccer still lack teams (in some areas), competitions and specific opportunities for women and girls With support from peak bodies and Womensport Victoria, the Shire could assist to participate. associations develop female sport, particularly with the establishment of a female: soccer league, football league and cricket teams. At the school level, female participation is high The householder survey identified tennis, golf, netball, volleyball and hockey as sports that these sports, but female players have nowhere to develop outside of school competition. females would like to play, but do not currently. While the school-based survey identified soccer, basketball, netball, tennis and Australian Rules Football as key sports where demand Where council has facilities and where there are elite athlete role models, the Shire is not met. These sports should form the focus of future programs and activities specifically should embrace new sports, sports for women with young children, older adults and for female participants. The reasons why people do not participate (as indicated in the people with a disability. There are opportunities to capture a higher proportion of young survey) should drive future programming and targeting. Barriers to participation should be people who are not likely to be involved in teams sports through the support of surf and identified and measures to minimise barriers put in place. beach sports, extreme sports, mountain biking, BMX and skating that have high appeal in those markets. These sports also have an opportunity to attract youth on holidays in the Many traditional sports that are played at the senior and junior levels offer additional Mornington Peninsula and to raise revenue for local clubs. programs that provide variations in rules and structure. Many variations to existing sports have been devised to make them attractive to new markets. Trends towards greater social Footsal is a recent example of a new sport in the Shire. Council support for new sports participation in various sports, such as night tennis and ‘barefoot’ bowls, can have an should continue and include other sports such as: Recreation Football (Australian Rules impact on how often and in what sports people choose to participate. Football), cycling and other sports where there is demand. More sport specific Item opportunities for modified sport development have been provided in Volume 2: Profile Some sports such as soccer have been able to meet demand for social and casual and Issues by Sport. 2.2 participation through programs targeting children older than Goalkick age and women with young families, by scheduling low cost programs at suitable times. Proposed Goal Attachment Increase the proportion of older adults, people with a disability and women, participating in sport. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 40 2/12/11
Strategies to get there 5.6 Provide better awareness of opportunities Monday, Council No. Strategy 5.5.1 Provide information about activities for older adults and fully accessible facilities Without information there is no choice. The understanding by the community about the Meeting
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5.5.2 Work with clubs, Primary Care Partnerships, VicHealth programs, Probus, U3A, success. Advertising and marketing of club and Shire opportunities and facilities is December, Senior Citizens Clubs and other agencies with clients in the identified target essential to address unmet demand for sport, to maximise use of facilities and therefore groups, to develop sustainable sporting programs for these groups. return on investment, as well as to better match user needs with available opportunities. - 5.5.3 Work with other internal Shire teams to match clients (e.g. new mothers, isolated Sports Clubs older adults) to suitable clubs and programs. 2011 5.5.4 Promote local case studies, role models for participation in these target groups Assistance with marketing, promotion and advertising was a common need identified and reward clubs to include these groups. across the range of sports clubs surveyed. Most sports clubs felt that marketing and 5.5.5 Assist existing clubs such as life saving clubs, tennis clubs and the hockey clubs promotion of facilities, sports and programs was a joint responsibility between clubs and to provide casual sports opportunities for visitors (i.e. surfing programs, beach the Shire. volleyball, social tennis, lawn bowls). In addition to the expected increase in assistance to upgrade and maintain facilities, 5.5.6 Assist sports associations and peak bodies to address the needs of the identified sports clubs also identified that an increased level of communication with Council would target groups through local clubs. assist club development and increase participation and club memberships. 5.5.7 Ensure sporting facilities cater for the key target groups (i.e. change facilities for In the sports club interviews, respondents were asked to identify marketing and females and people with a disability). Retrofit facilities to better cater for all users. promotional activities that should be undertaken by clubs, the Shire or jointly between all 5.5.8 Prioritise support for facility upgrades where tenant clubs can easily include partners. Generally, clubs believed it was: people from these target groups their responsibility to encourage and recruit new participants 5.5.9 Support the available knowledge of and access to “extreme sports” and non- their responsibility to develop new teams and competitions team sports that can be played socially and utilise available facilities in peak their responsibility to promote available competitions season, including through existing club networks. their responsibility to develop partnerships and share facilities e.g. AFL and 5.5.10 Continue to research and support new and modified sports and promote events netball. and competitions for new and emerging sports including provision of facilities. a shared responsibility to develop new sports and sporting clubs
5.5.11 Assist clubs to develop modified or more social versions of existing sports (i.e. a shared responsibility to promote existing sporting clubs Item night tennis, Recreational Football, indoor lacrosse etc.) and role out available a shared responsibility to promote sporting programs and events
programs and coaching models to serve specific population groups. a Shire responsibility to promote sports facilities and centres. 2.2 5.5.12 Partner smaller non-mainstream sports to develop ‘come-and-try’ days or Attachment demonstrations for non-members. 5.5.13 Identify facilities that could potentially have ‘softer’ sports for older adults in a co- operative arrangement with other agencies
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Advertising Council’s community directory provides a list of sports clubs, their contact information and services they offer. This information should remain readily available, be consistently Monday, Council The householder survey identified a range of mediums that could be used for advertising updated and distributed in a number of forms so that residents know how to access it. sports clubs, facilities and activities. Over 30% of respondents identified the local
newspapers as their preferred medium of receiving information. This was followed by: Meeting
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‘information sent through schools’ (15%) Information is required about where to go, what to do, what time activities are on, how December, ‘council’s newsletter’ (15%) much they cost and the benefits they provide. - ‘information provided through sports clubs, leisure centres and other Council is in the best position as the holder of a substantial amount of information about community facilities’ (14%). organisations and facilities to communicate information to the broader community. 2011 Of particular note was the response to information distributed through the Shire’s website It would be beneficial to develop the sport and recreation link on the Mornington and direct email (6% and 4% respectively). This poses some financial implications for the Peninsula Shire website to provide: Shire, with newspaper advertising being the most expensive method of advertising. It also information on all facilities (not only major leisure centres and swimming pools) restricts coverage to localised areas and newspaper catchments, therefore neglecting the high visitor population that use sporting facilities. Council should use specific distribution a calendar of events / activities undertaken by sports clubs channels for different types of information to target different groups. links to relevant leagues and peak bodies up to date and accurate club contact information Website information about upcoming sports events Not only is there unmet demand for sport in the Shire, but also there is demand by information on new activities and new sports residents for better technology that should be addressed. ‘easy to find’ contacts for all sport and recreation team members. 2006 Shire demographic information reported that and 56.8% of residents have access to a household Internet connection. Electronic advertising and promotion could be a The Shire’s festival and events team are a key link with the local community and are worthwhile medium for some markets. This form of distribution of information would be already working in areas to promote sport, recreation and volunteer involvement. The more cost effective and over come issues of delay and who receives the information. Shire should better market and promote sport around the conducting of events, from local through to International to capitalise on pre-established community enthusiasm. For the visitors market, it is important to note that an estimated 38% of visitors to the Mornington Peninsula plan their trip using the internet. This is the most widely used Proposed goal source of information.29 Develop a cost effective information management system and distribute Item The sport and recreation link on the Shire’s website could focus on promoting a wide information about sports opportunities, providers and facilities in a range range of sport and recreation activities, especially private partners where the Shire does of accessible formats to residents and visitors. 2.2
not provide facilities for some sports (e.g. squash, ten pin bowling, yachting, tennis Attachment clinics).
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Strategies to get there Monday, Council
No. Strategy
5.6.1 Prepare a communication plan (in conjunction with other stakeholders) that Meeting targets all user markets of sports clubs and facilities (i.e. residents, visitors, older 19 adults, people with a disability, women and girls etc) to promote all possible Shire December, and club sports activities. - 5.6.2 Provide better basic information on the website about sports, facilities and events to foster participation amongst residents and visitors to the Peninsula. 2011 5.6.3 Negotiate with local newspapers (and other publications) to cost effectively promote sport activities. 5.6.4 Work with the tourism industry to advertise sport through visitor information booklets and information centres. 5.6.5 Improve website information about sports and facilities 5.6.6 Develop an internet ‘web link’ policy that assists the promotion of local sports clubs, associations, leagues and peak bodies. 5.6.7 Create a club ‘forum’ on the Shire website, where clubs can publicise their sport, programs, registration days, events, competition, coaching and training activities. 5.6.8 Use student or volunteer assistance to compile a current, accurate sports database that includes clubs, associations, leagues, regional bodies, private facility providers and state sporting association contacts. 5.6.9 Provide targeted information for older adults about facilities and activities to encourage participation, social connectedness and health and well being.
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locally in the Shire by a large school age participant base, which was identified through a 6. KEY SPORT DIRECTIONS local demand assessment. Monday, Council Local consultation also revealed a large intake in the 30+ age group, as well as in fewer As detailed in previous chapters of this report, the sports of basketball, soccer and
than 20 competitions. There was a reported decline in local female participation, Meeting
tennis were highlighted for more detailed analysis. Basketball and Soccer are 19 however, the majority of identified unmet demand for basketball in the Shire was by
experiencing high levels of growth in participation and are restricted in their provision of December, females (66%). facilities and funding for major facility development. Tennis facilities require consolidation,
promotion, assessment of asset condition and investigation of business planning Estimated market demand for basketball in the preliminary work undertaken for the - processes. Southern and Western Port basketball feasibility studies indicates that the expected number of participants will remain constant until 2026, and extra courts are not Key issues, facility and sports development opportunities, club and local demand and 2011 warranted until this time. future participation demand projections for each sport are provided in Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport. ■ Facilities A summary of the key directions and recommendations proposed for basketball, soccer and tennis is provided in the following chapter. Detailed actions for each sport have been Basketball is generally well supported by the schools network. The SPBA use and prepared in Chapter 7: Implementation Plan. manage 2 indoor basketball centres in conjunction with Dromana and Rosebud Secondary College’s. The MDBA currently has a 3-court stadium at Mornington 6.1 Basketball Secondary College. Feasibility studies are underway in 2011 for possible extension of SPBA and WPBA courts. State funding has been provided for an additional court at ■ Participation and demand Western Port Secondary College. 13 separate basketball venues are used across the municipality by the three There are currently three basketball associations operating within the Shire; Southern associations to conduct their programs and competitions. None of these venues has Peninsula Basketball Association (SPBA), Mornington District Basketball Association more than two courts. Each association uses a series of satellite venues, which places (MDBA) and Western Port Basketball Association (WBA). Basketball competition across additional financial pressure on associations to provide a greater number of officials and all age levels is played under both the Basketball Victoria Metropolitan and Country support staff / volunteers. regions. The Shire views their directly managed and operated leisure centres as community There are approximately 4,327 registered players across the three associations accessible ‘multi-sport’ venues. Basketball is a regular tenant of leisure centres, but pay (2011figures): market rates for their usage. The sport tends to dominate the use of indoor centres Item . Southern Peninsula Basketball Association - 1,708 across the Shire, sometimes to the detriment of other minor or non-mainstream sports. . Western Port Basketball Association - 1,019 The Shire’s primary business in facility development is to support indoor sports facilities 2.2
. Mornington Basketball Association - 1,600 wherever possible and encourage a range of sports uses and other opportunities. Attachment In 2004, Basketball Victoria reported growth in junior participation (5-9 year age group), particularly in the southern and eastern metropolitan area. This trend was supported 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 44 2/12/11
the sport of basketball. Consistency in governance, competition management and
■ Issues and constraints Monday, Council communication are all benefits paid administrators could provide. Several constraints to the growth of basketball in Shire have been identified, including: School facility developments should be supported to ensure key infrastructure
requirements for the sport are adequately provided for. Meeting
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no district, sub-regional or regional level facility of significance in the Shire ■ Priorities December, high annual court hire expenses for associations - perceived as being more expensive than other sports (e.g. football, cricket) Priority actions for basketball are detailed in Section 7.2: Sport Specific Actions. lack of resources to pay administrators for competition administration 2011 lack of volunteers and support personnel (referees, coaches, managers, scorers, administration and committee members).
■ Opportunities and directions
Associations identified that more courts in a single location would assist to reduce operation and administration costs in the longer term and to help create a better community and club atmosphere. A minimum of 3-courts per venue is considered viable. School based developments provide substantial community and sporting benefits within their local areas, as well as providing the potential for developing strong partnerships between schools, clubs and associations. The location of additional court facilities will be determined by feasibility studies, which are underway in 2011. The existing associations should be supported by the Shire to help them cater for growth where it is proven to exist. Western Port Basketball Association currently services the Somerville, Hastings and broader Western Port area, and a new court is being built at Western Port Secondary College in Hastings.
Higher levels of unmet demand were expressed by females, as was an increasing Item demand for more social competition. These two specific markets should be targeted
through greater levels of promotional activity. Competition bases could be expanded to 2.2 incorporate more programs. Attachment A desire to become more professional in their approach to administration was raised by each association and as such sound business planning is required. Recognising that their pool of volunteers is declining, paid administrators are becoming more common within 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 45 2/12/11
Open space planning should identify possible future playing fields in appropriate 6.2 Soccer Monday, Council locations. ■ Participation and demand ■ Issues and constraints Meeting There are four soccer clubs based within the Shire; Mornington Soccer Club, Rosebud 19
Several issues regarding the growth of soccer in Shire have been identified, including: December, Soccer Club, Western Port Soccer Club and Rosebud Heart. Senior competition is played in the Bayside Soccer League and junior in the Football Federation of Victoria lack of facilities to cater for expected future growth - competition. junior facilities not meeting the standards for competition There are an estimated 1,200 registered players across all clubs and 600 in Mornington inadequate school facilities in terms of quality and accessibility 2011 alone. Rapid female participation growth has also been reported at the state and national lack of ability for clubs and schools to attract funds for ground development levels. demand for floodlit grounds for training Estimated market demand for soccer in the Shire could be expected to reach in excess of requirements for improved social and unisex changing facilities 5,400 players by 2016 and almost 6,000 players by 2031. At current participation levels, no programs set up for schools or people with a disability this would equate to almost four and a half times as many soccer players by 2016. Whilst this figure sounds high, it is still considered conservative based on current state and retention of volunteers national participation rates. There could be considerable demand for the establishment an geographic representation of clubs – gaps identified in the northeast and additional large-scale soccer club playing within the Shire. southwest areas.
Any further growth in soccer participation will place greater demand on existing facilities. ■ Opportunities and directions Estimated market demand figures would suggest a number of additional soccer or multi- use grass fields would need to be established or made available in the Shire over the School fields are based in most townships. Mornington, Hastings and Rosebud all have next 10-15 years. major secondary schools located within the township area. Access to additional school fields could provide a short-term solution to cater for existing demand. However, in the ■ Facilities longer-term, additional multi-use and multi-field sports grounds may need to be developed within the Shire. This could be in the form of conversion of existing facilities, Access to grounds across the Shire is becoming an issue. Mornington Soccer Club creation of two to three new sports complexes, or acquisition of land adjoining existing occupies a large site with multiple grounds configured for soccer. Ideally all clubs would sports reserves to allow expansion. have access to a site that has a minimum of three grounds to ensure they have the Item capacity to cater for multiple teams and hence ensure their long-term viability. There is significant growth projected for soccer in the Shire over the next 10 years, which
needs to be supported. The three existing clubs should continue to be supported by the 2.2 With the exception of the Mornington Soccer Club, no other venue in the Shire provides Shire to help them cater for growth. more than two soccer fields together. Each club uses a series of satellite venues, which Attachment places additional financial pressure on clubs to provide a greater number of volunteers, as well as having to hire multiple venues for training and competition. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 46 2/12/11
6.3 Tennis Monday, Council With population growth expected in the Somerville / Tyabb area, the establishment of an additional soccer club could be sustained. Mornington and Baxter (located in the City of ■ Participation and demand
Casey) Soccer Clubs currently service the Somerville / Tyabb area, but with both clubs Meeting reported to be at capacity, particularly with junior teams, Somerville could accommodate There are three levels of administration for tennis in the Shire; Tennis Victoria’s 19 the overflow of players, if suitable open space was found e.g. adjacent to existing sports Mornington Peninsula Region (one of 11 regional peak bodies around the state), the December, reserves, in other Shire reserves, or close by. The Somerville Community Needs Study Peninsula Tennis Association (to which most clubs are affiliated) and the 22 tennis clubs - identified options including development of Barakee Reserve or acquisition of green field that are based in the Shire. land beside Barber Reserve. Detailed investigation is required. There were 2,777 registered club members across all tennis clubs in 2009/10.Tennis 2011 Population projections for Somerville and surrounding townships indicate growth in youth Victoria research indicates that participation has increased nationwide, however more and older adults between 2011 and 2016. The formation of any new club should people are choosing to play socially and outside of club competitions. Local club correspond with population increases and the availability of adequate facilities to sustain consultation supported this trend, with a reported 36% of survey respondents indicating a viable club. that they only play at a social level. Junior participation programs and initiatives developed by the state body have been Local consultation revealed an increase in the demand for mid-week night tennis hugely successful over recent years in the Bayside League. The Football Federation of competition and increases in junior players participating in coaching programs. Victoria also provides guidance and assistance to clubs regarding coaching, education Estimated market demand for tennis is expected to reach 9,000 players by 2016 and and club governance. The Shire should support the roll out of these initiatives and almost 10,100 by 2031. programs. The Mt Martha Tennis Club had the highest number of members in 2009/10 (according Consistent and continual monitoring of school based participation in soccer through to Tennis Victoria figures) at 287, followed by Mt Eliza, Dromana, Sorrento and VPSSA, VSSSA and private school associations, as well as via the Bayside Soccer League Balnarring. However, membership of many clubs has declined significantly between 2004 and FFV will provide the Shire with an indication of potential growth in specific age group, and 2011, some as high as 30-40%. gender and overall team numbers. Monitoring of these trends will assist to schedule grounds and facilities and to better assess their carrying capacity, as well as monitor club ■ Issues and constraints growth. The provision of tennis courts and clubs has evolved into a ‘township’ approach to ■ Priorities provision. Each major township has a club, as do many smaller towns, villages and hamlets in the Shire. Tennis is generally conducted at the local club level and as such it is Item Priority actions for soccer are detailed in Section 7.2: Sport Specific Actions. becoming increasingly difficult for the Shire to support the existing number of tennis courts and clubs. 2.2 Attachment The distribution of existing tennis clubs appears inconsistent with township population levels. The expanding population areas around the northern peninsula clubs of Mornington, Mt Eliza, Mt Martha and Somerville are short in court supply in comparison to southern peninsula based clubs. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 47 2/12/11
Clubs are placing increased pressure on the Shire to support the incremental Opportunities may exist to expand Rosebud, Dromana or Rye (or other selected) Tennis development of club facilities (i.e. the addition of one or two courts), however most do Clubs to provide 12-16 courts. Detailed investigation would be required to ensure long- Monday, Council not have business plans in place. Whilst the majority of the clubs in the southern term viability. peninsula can cater for existing demand, many clubs in the northern townships are
Community consultation highlighted higher levels of unmet demand expressed by females Meeting
struggling to maintain their facilities. The expansion of selected existing tennis clubs into 19 and older adults, as was an increasing demand for more social competition and access
sub-regional (12 court centres) facilities could provide a greater community wide benefit December, to facilities for visitors. Clubs acknowledged that better communication and promotion of and a more sustainable facility. tennis facilities and the tennis fraternity collectively would create additional benefits. - Several constraints to the growth of tennis in Shire have been identified, including: Tennis clubs should also be more proactive and should take advantage of educational poor business planning by clubs for maintenance, improvements and growth programs offered by Tennis Victoria to link their clubs with a school. 2011 lack of floodlighting at existing facilities Many clubs use courts based at other clubs within their local area in order to fulfil Shire policy not to contribute financially to tennis court floodlighting competition schedules and demand. The hiring or organisation of this court use is often high demand for court space during peak times ad-hoc and offers no consistency between seasons, nor does it offer long-term sustainability. A consistent seasonal monitoring program of player and team numbers availability, cost and quality of publicly accessible tennis courts (through the Peninsula Tennis Association), as well as an indication of where vacant great pressure and high level of responsibility on clubs and volunteers to courts may be available would assist the Shire to prioritise future development and to deliver facilities, programs, activities, events etc allocate existing resources. rising insurance (and other operational / maintenance costs) costs for clubs volunteer retention ■ Priorities lack of maintenance and promotion of Shire owned facilities The issues of township demand and existing tennis club capacity to accommodate court development are detailed in the Shire Draft Tennis Strategy. ■ Opportunities and directions Priority actions for tennis are detailed in Section 7.2: Sport Specific Actions. The greatest short-term opportunity the Shire has to maximise existing court use would be to prioritise district level catchment facilities and support clubs to develop business 6.4 Other sport directives plans and sustainable business practice. Sport specific issues, estimated market demand assessments and key recommendations There is a long-term opportunity to consolidate the overall number of tennis clubs based
have been compiled in Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport. Item in and around major population centres. Priority development should be considered in the Mornington area, with the potential relocation of the Mornington Tennis Club to Civic Actions by sport are detailed in Section 7.2: Sport Specific Actions. Reserve, Mornington in accordance with the Master Plan. A 12 court sub-regional centre 2.2
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7. IMPLEMENTATION PLAN Monday, Council Key Issue No Action Timeline Partners 7.1 Shire-wide Strategies Adopt a co- 5.1.1 Investigate the possibility of establishing a 2013 SRV, Local operative ‘Peninsula Sports Network’. Govt, DHS, Meeting The following summary of strategies and actions has been based on information approach to VicHealth, 19
presented in Chapter 5: Key Issues, Goals and Strategies of this report. sports peak bodies December, development 5.1.2 Use existing networks to maintain an ongoing ONGOING SRV, Local Govt,
The actions under each strategy have been provided in an implementation table, with a dialogue about sport and facility development in SSAs, clubs, - corresponding timeframe and potential partners to assist with their implementation. the southeast region. leagues, associations
The following list of abbreviations is relevant to this section of the report. 5.1.3 Host a school, club and peak body sport forum ONGOING SSAs, clubs, 2011 every 12 months to encourage greater leagues, schools, Code Organisation networking and marketing. associations BSL Bayside Soccer League 5.1.4 Update Shire inventory of sports facilities to ONGOING Schools, VSSSA, DET Department of Education and Training include school facilities. Identify priorities for VPSSA, clubs, DHS Department of Human Services community-school partnerships. leagues, DSE Department of Sustainability and Environment associations FFV Football Federation of Victoria 5.1.5 Explore opportunities with schools to develop ONGOING Schools, DET, partnerships for facility provision and to VSSSA, VPSSA MDBA Mornington District Basketball Association promote sporting and funding opportunities. MPCA Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association 5.1.6 Continue to support and develop regionally ONGOING SRV, Local Govt, MPLBA Mornington Peninsula Ladies Badminton Association significant sports facilities and programs. SSAs MPNFL Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League 5.1.7 Partner other stakeholders to provide ONGOING Local Govt, SSAs, MPTTA Mornington Peninsula Table Tennis Association information, club development and coach clubs, leagues, education forums and workshops. associations, MVC Mornington Volleyball Club local business PCP Primary Care Partnership 5.1.8 Support peak bodies in their delivery of 2011-2016 SSAs, clubs, PTA Peninsula Tennis Association volunteer and club development initiatives. leagues, RVBA Royal Victorian Bowls Association associations SPBA Southern Peninsula Basketball Association 5.1.9 Continue to work with local support services and ONGOING Local community, Volunteering Australia to develop cross- Volunteering SRV Sport and Recreation Victoria Item organisation volunteerism. Australia SSA State Sporting Organisation 5.1.10 Encourage sports clubs to participate in the ONGOING Clubs VLA Victoria Lacrosse Association 2.2 Shire’s Volunteer Expo. VLBA Victoria Ladies Bowls Association 5.1.11 Support innovative transport proposals through 2012-2016 Local community, Attachment VPSSA Victorian Primary Schools Sports Association the Community Grants Program. clubs, leagues, VSSSA Victoria Secondary Schools Sports Association associations VWFL Victorian Women’s Football League WBA Western Port Basketball Association 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 49 2/12/11
Monday, Council Key Issue No Action Timeline Partners Key Issue No Action Timeline Partners Provide 5.2.1 Require clubs to provide statistics annually ONGOING Local community, Develop 5.3.1 Prioritise development of major sports facilities in 2011-2016 SRV, SSAs,
greater through seasonal tenancy agreements. Annually clubs, leagues, facilities to main population centres and M2030 Activity State Govt, Meeting emphasis on monitor trends, sports statistics and data to associations, serve Centres. Local Govt 19 the planning SSAs, State Govt December, keep abreast of possible shifts in demand as the growth 5.3.2 Through open space planning identify potential 2011-2016 Clubs process Shire’s population ages. This would include sports locations for future sports reserves. monitoring lower profile sporting activity trends - and the emergence of new activities and their 5.3.3 Support and facilitate (where possible) the 2011-2016 SRV, SSAs, needs for open space, facilities and services. development of multi-use sports reserves and clubs, leagues,
fields. associations 2011 5.2.2 Conduct regular planning meetings with school ONGOING DET, schools clusters and DETs Southern Metropolitan Region 5.3.4 Develop an information database about facility 2012 Clubs, leagues, – Facilities Manager. capacity to assist resource allocation and shared associations use 5.2.3 Encourage schools to develop sports facilities ONGOING DET, schools, (new and existing) to deliver community benefits. clubs, leagues, 5.3.5 Continue to develop and implement formal 2012 Local associations occupancy agreements for all clubs and users of community, Shire facilities, which encompass shared-use of schools, clubs, 5.2.4 Prepare master plans for sporting reserves by 2011-12 State Govt facilities (where appropriate). Modify to include leagues, township, inline with the principles and annual return of statistics. associations objectives, sport specific demand projections and recommendations of this study, considering 5.3.6 Continue to work with Statutory Planners to align ONGOING Internal broader community use. Encourage co-location objectives with sports facility planning. of facilities. 5.3.7 Develop facilities and use register to identify areas ONGOING Clubs, leagues, 5.2.5 Prepare a Recreation Needs Study for Somerville ONGOING Clubs, Shire of under and over supply of facility use (in order to associations that focuses on the future provision of sport and maximise use). recreation facilities in-line with future residential 5.3.8 Publish information on the Shire’s website about ONGOING Leagues, development and projected population growth facilities available for other uses, such as weekday, associations, (in Somerville and surrounding areas). The daytime use of pavilions for classes, meetings etc. SSAs Somerville Community Planning Project is underway in 2011. 5.2.6 Develop a Shire endorsed business planning 2012-13 Clubs, leagues, template to assist clubs and Council staff. associations Item 5.2.7■ Prepare a Sports Ground Facilities Strategy and 2011-12 Shire service standard encompassing pavilions. 2.2 5.2.8■ Identify planning processes for sports clubs 2012-13 Shire, Clubs Attachment (particularly co-location and extension of existing grounds).
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Monday, Council Key Issue No Action Timeline Partners Key Issue No Action Timeline Partners Matching 5.4.1 Review the Occupancy Policy to: 2012-13 Internal Encouraging 5.5.1 Provide information about activities for 2014 Leisure link-up, a greater older adults and fully accessible facilities disability support facility . better define existing facility / ground for recreation activities. services, DHS, clubs Meeting
range of 19 standard grading with levels people to 5.5.2 Work with clubs, Primary Care ONGOING VicHealth, PCPs, . December, of include shared-use objectives participate Partnerships, VicHealth programs, Probus, advocacy groups, competition . match standards of facilities with levels U3A, Senior Citizens Clubs and other local community, agencies with clients in the identified clubs - of sports competition played . separate fees into an annually revised target groups, to develop sustainable schedule sporting programs for these groups. 5.5.3 Assist to match Shire client groups to ONGOING Internal, clubs, local 2011 . to provide equity of access to facilities / suitable clubs and programs. community grounds across the Shire 5.5.4 Promote local case studies and role ONGOING Local community, 5.4.2 Develop service standards for Shire managed 2013-14 Shire and models for participation by target groups. clubs facilities and identify gaps in delivery in liaison with associations 5.5.5 Assist existing clubs to provide casual or ONGOING Clubs, tourism, media peak bodies and associations non-structured activities for visitors. 5.4.3 Work with key sport stakeholders and peak bodies 2009-2016 SSAs, leagues, 5.5.6 Assist sports associations and bodies to ONGOING Clubs, leagues, to understand facility requirements and levels of associations address the needs of identified target associations, SSAs competition offered groups. 5.4.4 Complete the Pavilions Strategy and associated 2011-12 Shire, clubs 5.5.7 Ensure sporting facilities are as accessible 2011 – 2016 Local community, service standard. and as possible for people with a disability. clubs, leagues, peak associations Retrofit facilities to better cater for all bodies users. 5.5.8 Prioritise support for facility development ONGOING Clubs, leagues, where clubs can incorporate participation associations, from key target groups. advocacy groups, service providers 5.5.9 Support the promotion and access to ONGOING Internal, media, information regarding ‘extreme sports’ or private providers, non-formal sporting activities. local community, schools
5.5.10 Continue to support new and modified ONGOING Clubs, media, schools Item games and promote events and private providers, competitions. leisure centres 2.2 5.5.11 Assist clubs to develop modified or more ONGOING Clubs, leagues,
social versions of existing sports. associations, SSAs Attachment 5.5.12 Partner sports to develop ‘come-and-try’ ONGOING Clubs, leagues, days or demonstrations to non-members / associations, SSAs, non-participants (select one sport local community annually). 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 51 2/12/11
Monday, Council Key Issue No Action Timeline Partners Provide 5.6.1 Prepare a communication plan to promote all 2012 Clubs, tourism, better Shire and club sports activities. private providers, Meeting awareness of local community, 19 opportunities media December, 5.6.2 Provide better basic information on the website ONGOING SRV, SSA, State Govt, media
about sports, facilities and events to foster - participation amongst residents and visitors to the Peninsula.
5.6.3 Negotiate a regular column / page in local ONGOING Media, internal 2011 newspapers to promote local sport or Peninsula Wide 5.6.4 Continue to advertise activities, services and ONGOING Tourism, media, facilities through tourism network and clubs, private publications. providers 5.6.5 Improve website information about sports and ONGOING Private providers, facilities local community, tourism, local business, internal 5.6.6 Develop an internet web link policy that assists 2009 IT, clubs, the promotion of local sports clubs, leagues leagues, and associations. associations 5.6.7 Create a club forum of the Shire website where 2011-2016 IT, clubs, clubs can share experiences and information. leagues, associations, SSAs 5.6.9 Compile an accurate sports database that 2009 Students or includes contacts from recreation and volunteers community groups to state and national bodies. Item 5.6.10 Provide targeted information for older adults ONGOING Senior Citizen about facilities and activities to encourage Clubs, DHS, local participation, social connectedness and health community, 2.2 support services and well being. Attachment
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Role No Action Timeline Partners 7.2 Sport Specific Actions Monday, Council 3.4 Undertake a feasibility study to determine best sites, and 2012-13 Clubs The following summary of sport specific actions and implementation schedule has been costs of new all weather track(s). based on information presented in Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport. 3.5 Install distance markers on existing well used running Ongoing Internal Meeting
tracks throughout the Shire 19 The actions for each sport have been categorised into the following Shire roles: Sports N/A December, Facilities: Improvement or development to infrastructure or surfaces Development Management N/A Sports Development: Initiatives to assist the increase in participation - Management: Administration or communication activities. Australian Rules Football Archery
Role No Action Timeline Partners 2011 Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities 4.1 Investigate options to replace single field reserves with 2011-2016 Clubs, Facilities 2.1 Assist Mornington Peninsula Bowmen to provide an 2011-2016 Club, multiple playing fields and migrate small playing field leagues, accessible venue, and undertake pavilion improvements contractors, sports onto the smaller oval sites. associations through the pavilions capital works program. Shire 4.2 Ensure football grounds can accommodate multi-use 2011-2016 Clubs, Pavilions access and can cater for other sporting codes. leagues, Program, associations external Sports 4.3 Support junior Auskick (or other peak body initiative) ONGOING Clubs, grants Development programs to maximise future development and MPNFL, 2.2 Support the club through improvements at Long Point Ongoing Clubs participation. Football Reserve. Victoria Sports 2.3 Support Mornington Peninsula Bowmen to host state and 2011-2016 Club, media 4.4 Assist new teams to link with existing clubs to ensure ONGOING Clubs, Development regional events. Archery future viability. MPNFL, Victoria schools Management N/A 4.5 Support existing clubs to develop women’s football 2011-2016 Clubs, teams – set a target to have a minimum of 3 teams. MPNFL, VWFL, Athletics schools Management 4.6 Encourage all clubs to enrol in the Good Sports Program 2011-2016 Clubs, Good Role No Action Timeline Partners and support them to achieve higher accreditation than Sports Facilities 3.1 Retain existing grass tracks and continue routine ONGOING Clubs, the base level. maintenance and mowing throughout the athletics schools, Item season. internal
3.2 Plan for a 6-8 lane synthetic (all-weather) track, 2011-2016 SSA, Local 2.2 assuming the current local junior participation rate of Govt, clubs 10% can be sustained. Attachment 3.3 Develop good running tracks around reserve ovals within ONGOING Internal the long term master plan program, and consider the development of an ‘icon’ track like “The Tan” in South Yarra. 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 53 2/12/11
Baseball Basketball Monday, Council Role No Action Timeline Partners Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities N/A Facilities 6.1 Implement recommendations of feasibility 2011-2016 SRV, other sports
Sports 5.1 Support local facility improvements, club ONGOING Clubs, studies undertaken in 2011 for WPBA and clubs, associations, Meeting 19 Development development initiatives and regional player pathway Dandenong SPBA. leisure centres development where demand is apparent Baseball Assoc 6.2 Continue to support the development of a ONGOING MSC, MDBA December, (DBA), Baseball basketball centre at Mornington Secondary
Victoria, VPSSA, College (MSC). - VSSSA 6.3 Improve Council’s existing indoor sports ONGOING Clubs Management 5.2 Facilitate a baseball/softball forum with local clubs 2013-2014 Clubs, DBA, centres that provide for basketball in smaller and schools to determine extent of local unmet Baseball Victoria, townships and population pockets to act as 2011 demand or oversupply of facilities and to assist Softball Victoria, secondary or support venues for major sharing of baseball/softball facilities. Local Govt centres. Where possible, utilise schools to provide any new indoor sports facilities and ensure they cater for a full range of indoor sports.
Sports 6.4 Assist associations to develop existing 2011-2016 BV, SRV, WSV, DHS, Development programs and competitions to include teams VicHealth, PCPs, with players with a disability. Leisure link-up 6.5 Assist associations to further develop and ONGOING Associations, expand player numbers, competition and Basketball Victoria, activities, and report player numbers. schools, local community, media 6.6 Assist associations to further promote 2011-2016 Basketball Victoria, female, mixed gender and social associations, media competitions. Management 6.7 Assist associations to become more ONGOING SRV, Basketball professional and to introduce more paid Victoria, community administrative support. grants, local businesses, universities Item 6.8 Consider developing a variety of pricing 2014 Leisure centres, structures for indoor court hire. internal 2.2 Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 54 2/12/11
Bocce Cricket Monday, Council Role No Action Timeline Partners Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities 7.1 Provide basic facilities in key visitor areas for social 2011-2016 Tourism, local Facilities 9.1 Ensure facilities and grounds can cater for a range 2011-2016 Clubs, leagues,
play. Promote existing facilities on website. community of sporting codes. associations, Meeting 19 Sports 7.2 Provide activities and programs for older adults by: 2011-2016 Clubs, Bocce SSAs Development . working with local and regional disability Federation 9.2 Continue to maintain local cricket grounds and ONGOING Clubs, schools, December, service providers Australia, facilities to meet demands of minimum levels of MPCA . working with the BFA to implement ‘come and community & competition. - try days’ service clubs, 9.3 Ensure that facilities at clubs where female teams 2011-2016 Clubs, MPCA, . promoting the social elements of the sport local are developed are improved to meet their needs. Cricket Victoria through seniors and other community groups community, 2011 tourism, media Sports 9.4 Assist the development and promotion of a women’s 2011-2015 Clubs, MPCA, . promoting social Bocce through the local Development / girls and a veterans based competition. Cricket Victoria, tourism network. schools 7.3 Detailing locations of courts on the website 2011-12 Internal 9.5 Consider establishment of a sports development ONGOING Internal position within Recreation & Leisure. Management N/A Management 9.6 Facilitate a cricket club planning session to help 2011-2016 Clubs, MPCA, generate club development initiatives. Cricket Vic Badminton Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities N/A Sports 8.1 Assist clubs and schools to provide opportunities for 2009-2015 MPLBA, Development school based and older adult badminton programs. Badminton Victoria, schools, leisure centres Management 8.2 Monitor court usage time at Council operated indoor 2009-2011 Leisure centre sports courts for all sports to determine badminton staff, MPLBA allocation needs. 8.3 Ensure badminton clubs and associations are ONGOING Leisure centre allocated reasonable access to indoor leisure staff, MPLBA Item centres. 2.2 Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 55 2/12/11
Cycling Equestrian Monday, Council Role No Action Timeline Partners Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities 10.1 Support development of competition and 2011-2016 Local Govt, Facilities 11.1 Support clubs to sustainability use and manage ONGOING SEVEN,
recreational cycling facilities Cycle Sports equestrian grounds. Foster awareness of clubs, SSAs, Meeting Vic, BUGs, environmental care. Develop management / master Local Govt 19
clubs, tourism plans for all grounds, and update existing plans every December, 10.2 Investigate options for a regional velodrome on the 2012-2013 Local Govt, 3-5 years
Peninsula Cycle Sports 11.2 Implement actions of updated Equestrian Strategy 2012-2016 Clubs, local - Vic when completed community, Local clubs SSAs, SRV 10.3 Develop a strategy for mountain biking trails and 2011-2013 Local Govt, 11.3 In conjunction with the regional equestrian body ONGOING SEVEN 2011 facilities beyond BMX tracks and racing. Cycle Sports (South East Victorian Equine Network – SEVEN), Vic investigate the need for regionally significant facilities Local clubs over the next 20 years Parks Victoria 11.4 Ensure roadside equestrian / MTB trails are not ONGOING Internal 10.4 Continue to implement Bicycle Strategy 2010 ONGOING Local Govt, developed into concrete bike paths, displacing Cycle Sports equestrian activity, without thorough investigation of Vic, BUGs, all options clubs, tourism Sports N/A 10.5 Assist club to complete the BMX race track at 2011-13 Internal, club Development Dromana Management 11.5 Continue to monitor participation and demand and ONGOING Clubs, local Sports issues associated with use of grounds and shared use community, N/A Development trails. SSAs, SRV Management 10.6 Continue to encourage and support ‘day events’ 2011-2016 Cycle Sports 11.6 Identify appropriate sites for equestrian activities ONGOING Internal and recreational rides. Vic, tourism, through Council’s open space planning media 11.7 Publish information about shared-use trail behaviour ONGOING Clubs, local 10.7 Improve safety on roads through surface repairs, ONGOING Internal, Vic to educate all users community, secured shoulders and better signage Roads SSAs, SRV 10.8 Foster shared-use of roads and trails – educate ONGOING Local Govt, 11.8 Continue to improve riders knowledge and ONGOING Clubs, local drivers about popular cycle routes Cycle Sports understanding of minimal impact activity practice and community,
Vic environmental care SSAs, SRV Item 10.9 Identify routes to encourage participation through ONGOING Internal, 11.9 Actively manage commercial horse tour operator use ONGOING DSE/PV
better public information tourism, clubs of road side and other equestrian trails 2.2 11.10 Maintain general public access to grounds at times ONGOING Internal
Attachment when equestrian events are not taking place, through clear signage and access to public facilities such as toilets, picnic areas, trails for walking / cycling.
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Golf Gymnastics Monday, Council Role No Action Timeline Partners Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities 13.1 Investigate the feasibility of providing purpose built 2011-2016 Clubs, schools, Facilities 12.1 Should the development of Civic Reserve (Mornington) 2011-2016 Private gymnastics facility in a geographically strategic private land
for other sports require the moving of the golf driving providers & Meeting
location to serve needs. Current demand is based owners, 19 range, assist operator to seek an alternative site for a operators around Mornington. The facility should consider Gymnastics Vic similar facility. December, providing for all gymnastics disciplines and for all age 12.2 Ensure appropriate development of golf courses within ONGOING Internal ranges of activities. the Shire meets Municipal Strategic Statement - 13.2 Help ensure that the new facility at Mornington is 2012-14 Clubs objective and adheres to the Mornington Peninsula appropriate for local needs and provides competition Planning Scheme level facilities. Sports 12.3 Initiate dialogue with golf clubs and leisure centres to 2011-2016 Golf clubs, 2011 13.3 Promote use of the refurbished facility at the Hastings 2011-14 Clubs Development develop partnership opportunities to run programs leisure Hub. and coaching classes. Utilise short duration centres, opportunities such as golf driving ranges to develop local 13.4 Assist gymnastics clubs to seek an appropriate facility 2012 Clubs, schools, opportunities for beginners. community, as the need arises. leisure centres schools Sports 13.5 Support growing links between gymnastics and diving 2011-16 Clubs, pools, 12.4 Continue to subsidise (or create more affordable ONGOING Local Development to provide a ‘dry’ training area for local and regional schools, Diving opportunities) participation for community groups, community, divers. Vic, Gymnastics schools and other key target groups to develop skills. schools, Vic golf clubs Management 13.6 Support other operators to provide gymnastics ONGOING Clubs, other Management 12.5 Continue to assist in marketing Shire golf courses ONGOING Tourism, programs and opportunities. operators throughout promotional and tourism networks. media, golf clubs 12.6 Continue to support the hosting of the Australian Open ONGOING Tourism, Hockey (and any other major events) on the Peninsula. media, Role No Action Timeline Partners Moonah Facilities 14.1 Seek an appropriate site for a synthetic sports 2014-15 Clubs Links surface within 10 years. Should there be express demand from a school, consider construction of a multi-sport pitch in partnership. The Port Phillip Bay township would be serviced by the hockey centre in Franskton, consider this development in the
Southern Peninsula or Westernport areas. Item Sports 14.2 Support school and club links to develop 2011-2016 Clubs, schools, Development opportunities for girls. Hockey Victoria 2.2 Management 14.3 Continue to support regional hockey facility based in ONGOING Local Govt, Frankston. Monash Attachment University
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Lacrosse Netball Monday, Council Role No Action Timeline Partners Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities 15.1 Support the dual use and sharing of fields and ONGOING Clubs, leagues, Facilities 17.1 Continue to undertake a netball court rehabilitation 2011-2013 Clubs, facilities where there is expressed demand. associations, program for existing outdoor courts. associations, Meeting
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Sports 15.2 Consult with the Victorian Lacrosse Association (VLA) 2013 VLA, clubs, 17.2 Ensure that any new indoor facilities constructed in ONGOING SRV, Netball December, Development about sports development opportunities. schools the Shire cater for minimum standard netball Victoria
Management 15.3 Assist league and competition through schools by ONGOING Clubs, schools, requirements. - providing access to appropriate facilities. VSSSA, 17.3 Audit condition of existing facilities and identify 2011-2012 Clubs, schools, Victorian opportunities for improvement. associations,
Lacrosse Netball 2011 League Victoria, leisure centres Lawn Bowls 17.4 Investigate demand and supply to determine future 2011-14 Clubs, leisure facility needs and options for shared facilities with Role No Action Timeline Partners centres other sports such as badminton, football and Facilities 16.1 Provide support for floodlight installation or 2011-2016 SRV, RVBA, basketball. development of all weather (synthetic) or winter VLBA, Clubs Sports 17.5 Assist netball associations to develop new and 2012-2016 Clubs, schools, (grass greens). Development improve existing mixed netball competitions. associations, Sports 16.2 Capitalise on trends and initiate and subsidise a 2011-2016 Local Netball Development program of junior bowls tournaments / events and community, Victoria, leisure consolidation of existing facilities. clubs, RVBA, centres VLBA, schools, Management 17.6 Conduct a club development and management 2014 Clubs, associations workshop with all clubs and associations, in associations, 16.3 Actively support clubs and schools to develop new 2011-2016 Clubs, schools, conjunction with Netball Victoria. Netball Victoria partnerships and programs and to connect with other RVBA, VLBA 17.7 Monitor the use of Council’s indoor sports courts ONGOING Leisure clubs and corporate bodies and consolidate facilities. and ensure netball clubs and associations are centres, private 16.4 Initiate sports development opportunities and 2011-2016 Clubs, RVBA, afforded reasonable access to courts. operators, programs for the 40year + market, which will provide VLBA, tourism, associations clubs a good membership base for their future local viability. community, Rugby Union media
Role No Action Timeline Partners Item 16.5 Support clubs with synthetic or winter greens to 2011-2016 Clubs Facilities 18.1 Ensure existing sports fields can cater for multiple ONGOING Clubs, leagues, develop winter based activities. uses, including rugby if demand increases or associations, 2.2 Management 16.6 Assist clubs to target the visitor market for summer 2011-2016 Clubs, tourism, decreases. Rugby Union
evening bowls events and activities. Activities could local Victoria Attachment also be offered during periods of ‘non-beach going’ community, Sports N/A weather. media Development 16.7 Activity support clubs to amalgamate and consolidate ONGOING Clubs, schools, Management N/A facilities RVBA, VLBA 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 58 2/12/11
Sailing Shooting Monday, Council Role No Action Timeline Partners Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities N/A Facilities 20.1 Ensure clubs are not displaced from facilities due to ONGOING Private Sports 19.1 Assist Yachting Victoria and Sailability Victoria to expand 2009-2011 Clubs,
commercial or residential development and developers, Meeting Development the Sailiability program further into Shire clubs. Yachting expansion. clubs, 19
Victoria, internal December, Sailability Victoria 20.2 Assist clubs to make facilities accessible to enable 2011-2016 Clubs, participation from people with a disability (e.g. Wheelchair - Management 19.2 Continue to promote sailing clubs and venues through ONGOING Clubs, wheelchair users). Sports the Shire’s website. tourism, Victoria,
Yachting SRV, Leisure 2011 Victoria Link-up 19.3 Work with other land owners to help clubs secure 2009-2016 Clubs, Parks Sports N/A foreshore areas for boat rigging and marshalling for Victoria, Development events and competitions. DSE, private Management 20.3 Ensure management plans are in place for reserves 2012-2016 Shire land owners where the activity takes place (i.e. Long Point 19.4 Develop standard lease fee structure for clubs 2009-2016 Clubs, Reserve) Yachting 20.4 Encourage clubs to practice better environmental ONGOING Clubs, Victoria, protection through collection of clay target debris and management Sailability lead gun shot waste. Educate clubs in minimal impact Victoria activity practice.
20.5 Support SRV to develop an activity standard for ONGOING Clubs, SRV shooting
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Soccer Role No Action Timeline Partners Monday, Council Role No Action Timeline Partners are currently based. clubs Facilities 21.1 Negotiate the use of school grounds to satisfy ONGOING Clubs, BSL, 21.13 Monitor player and team numbers on a seasonal 2011-2016 Clubs, FFV, immediate demand for fields. FFV, schools basis to determine annual growth and demand. BSL Meeting 21.2 Identify possible sites for expansion through open 2011-2016 Clubs, BSL, 21.14 Establish a forum for clubs to meet with Shire 2011 – Clubs, FFV, 19
space planning. FFV, schools officers on a regular basis to discuss issues and 2012 BSL, schools December, growth options 21.3 Support clubs to develop facilities that cater for 2011-2016 Clubs, SRV,
female players. FFV, schools - 21.4 Assist Rosebud and Western Port soccer clubs to 2011-16 Clubs, FFV Softball develop a minimum of 3 full-size soccer fields at one site to ensure their future viability. Seek Role No Action Timeline Partners 2011 alternative sites to those existing if current site constraints prevent development. Identify Facilities 22.1 Support the regional development of softball / 2011-2016 Local Govt, opportunities through open space planning, ideally baseball facilities. Softball located adjacent to or near key sporting reserves. Victoria, Baseball Sports 21.6 Investigate options for use of existing reserves or 2011-2015 FFV, BSL, Victoria, Development acquisition of land in Northern Peninsula (Tyabb / schools, local SRV, clubs Somerville [Baxter]) for three soccer fields. community, Undertake a feasibility study for Barakee Reserve. other sports 22.2 Continue to maintain grass fields where local softball ONGOING Clubs, clubs competitions are played. internal 21.7 Continue to work with local clubs, leagues and the 2011-2016 FFV, BSL, Sports 22.3 Support local club initiatives to develop softball for 2011-2016 Clubs, FFV to assist the rollout of club development clubs, schools Development people with a disability. Softball initiatives and soccer development programs. Victoria, Leisure Link- 21.8 Assist clubs to form closer partnerships with local ONGOING FFV, clubs, up, Metro schools. schools Access 21.9 Assist in the development of new teams and 2011-2016 SRV, FFV, Management 22.4 Encourage greater sharing of facilities between 2011-2016 Clubs, activities for women and girls. clubs, schools, schools, softball and baseball clubs. schools VPSSA, VSSSA, leisure centres, Squash local community Role No Action Timeline Partners
Management 21.10 Continue to maintain and monitor club use of ONGOING Clubs, FFV, Facilities N/A Item existing soccer fields to ensure they are suitable for BSL, schools Sports N/A
all levels of competition. Development 2.2 21.11 Seek alternative satellite venues in the short-term to 2011-2015 Schools, other Management 23.1 Use Council’s website to promote locations, facilities ONGOING Private Attachment help to fulfil growing demand for training and sporting clubs and activities provided by local squash courts / providers, IT competition fields. centres. 21.12 Promote the benefits of ground and facility sharing 2011-2014 Cricket clubs, 23.2 Initiate dialogue between schools and private ONGOING Schools, with cricket clubs in townships where soccer clubs other sports providers to develop partnership opportunities to run private programs and coaching classes. providers 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 60 2/12/11
Life Saving Tennis Monday, Council Role No Action Timeline Partners Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities N/A Facilities 26.1 Evaluate the overall condition of tennis facilities across 2011-2012 Clubs, PTA
Sports 24.1 Assist in establishing links between surf lifesaving clubs ONGOING Sports & SLS the Shire to determine maintenance and other issues Meeting 19 Development and other sports clubs and promote the benefits of clubs, Life – prior to the investigation of any individual site / club cross training between sports. Saving Vic expansion. December, 24.2 Work with Life Saving Victoria to educate Clubs about ONGOING Life Saving 26.2 Develop two existing tennis clubs into sub-regional 2014-16 Clubs, PTA attracting members from minority groups and schools. Vic, clubs, level facilities to cater for additional coaching, - schools competitions/tournaments, night tennis, school use and casual hire. Adopt appropriate management
24.3 Assist clubs to seek funding for building renewal ONGOING Sports & SLS models for centres/clubs that will maximize 2011 clubs, Life participation, while increasing the commercial use and Saving Vic viability of facilities. Management N/A 26.3 Consider the long-term geographic rationalisation of ONGOING Clubs, PTA tennis facilities across the Shire. Council should use an appropriate hierarchy model approach to identify Table Tennis facilities or areas of over supply. Role No Action Timeline Partners 26.4 Support Mornington Tennis Club to move to Civic 2011-2014 SRV, Tennis Reserve. Victoria, Facilities 25.1 Plan for the development of another table tennis 2014-2015 SRV, Table Tennis PTA, clubs, venue in the Southern Peninsula area within the Victoria, Local coaches, next 10-15 years. Undertake feasibility study Govt, MPTTA, Local Govt schools 26.5 Support and assist clubs to attract external funding to 2011-2016 Clubs, PTA, Sports 25.2 Support the Mornington Peninsula Table Tennis 2011-2015 MPTTA, schools, provide floodlights in areas where none exist and SRV, Tennis Development Association to develop partnerships with schools VPSSA, VSSSA improve existing lighting to meet Australian Standards. Victoria across the Shire and retirement villages. Sports 26.6 Assist clubs and coaches to adopt Tennis Victoria ONGOING Clubs, PTA, Management 25.3 Assist schools and clubs to research and apply for ONGOING State Govt, SRV, Development development programs for specific target groups. Tennis external funding to purchase additional equipment MPTTA, schools, Victoria and conduct table tennis programs, events and DET, Table Tennis tournaments. Victoria 26.7 Assist the development of an association wide night 2012-2016 Clubs, PTA tennis competition. 25.4 Encourage social play through facilities such as ONGOING Internal Management 26.8 Investigate the level, range, membership and usage of 2014-16 City of outdoor table tennis tables. Item tennis facilities in the southern Frankston area, prior to Frankston, 25.5 Encourage schools to share facilities with the ONGOING MPTTA, schools, any facility development in northern townships. tennis clubs
broader public VPSSA, VSSSA 2.2 26.9 Initiate a seasonal monitoring process to assess 2012 Clubs, PTA
numbers of teams and annual participation levels. Attachment 26.10 Promote venues, costs and availability times to visitors ONGOING Clubs, where court hire is available. tourism, media, IT 26.11 Promote public tennis courts 2011-2016 Shire 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 61 2/12/11
Role No Action Timeline Partners 7.3 Other sports Monday, Council 26.12 Maintain Shire managed facilities for free public access ONGOING Shire 26.13 Encourage clubs to practice better business ONGOING Clubs, PTA, Mountain Biking management including business planning and more Tennis Meeting
sustainable fee structure Victoria Role No Action Timeline Partners 19 Work with groups such as the Red Hill Riders to Facilities 28.1 2011-14 RHR December, investigate further opportunities / trails. Volleyball 28.2 Investigate through open space planning, 2011-14 Clubs, PV, - opportunities for development of a Mornington Schools Role No Action Timeline Partners Peninsula Mountain Bike Park catering for riders of all abilities.
Facilities 27.1 Assist the Mornington Volleyball Club (MVC) to locate 2011-2016 SRV, Volleyball 2011 a long-term facility from which to base their Victoria, Local 28.3 Enhance opportunities in the BMX / MTB “hub” of 2011-14 Clubs, PV, operations and programs. Govt, MVC, Dromana Community Reserve and surround with Schools leisure centres appropriate facilities. Develop a MTB strategy that considers sports and 27.2 Ensure any new indoor sports courts developed 2011-2016 SRV, Volleyball Sports 28.4 2012-13 Clubs, PV, informal mountain bikers in liaison with Parks Victoria within the Shire are line marked for volleyball. Victoria, leisure Development Schools and other agencies centres, Publish information about trails. schools 28.5 2011-13 PV, Clubs Develop a shared use trail code and information 27.3 Line mark (at Council venues) or encourage line 2011-2014 Volleyball Management 28.6 2011-12 PV, Clubs about minimal impact riding. marking (at non-Council venues) any existing indoor Victoria, leisure sports courts to cater for volleyball. centres, private providers, Surfing schools Sports 27.4 Support the development of an annual beach 2011-2014 Volleyball Role No Action Timeline Partners Development volleyball event / competition during the peak Victoria, Surf Facilities N/A summer holiday period to encourage greater Life Saving participation by visitors. clubs, MVC, Sports N/A tourism, local Development community Management 29.1 Implement consistent safety messages through on ONGOING Clubs, peak Management 27.5 Monitor the usage by volleyball of Council’s indoor 2011-2014 Leisure site signs and other media and continuing to educate bodies sports courts in the short-term and ensure centres, MVC the public about hazards and water safety. reasonable access is provided. Item 2.2 Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 62 2/12/11
Monday, Council Model cars and aeroplanes Meeting
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Facilities 30.1 Support the clubs where possible to develop and ONGOING Clubs December, improve facilities and promote the sport
Sports N/A - Development Management N/A 2011 Motorsports - Motorcycling Role No Action Timeline Partners Facilities N/A
Sports 31.1 Provide information on the Shire’s website about the 2012-13 Vic Roads Development best routes on the Peninsula for visiting motorcycle tourists Management 31.2 Promote the local clubs as key places for safe off- ONGOING Clubs road riding, and discourage use of shared-use trails along roadsides
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Monday, Council APPENDIX 1: LIST OF PRIVATE SPORT FACILITIES
■ Gymnastics ■ Swimming Pools Meeting 19
Peninsula Gymnastics, Rosebud Frankston North Swimming Pool, Pines Forest, Frankston December, Jubilee Park Swimming Pool, Jubilee Park, Frankston - ■ Ten pin bowling Kings Swim Centre, Mornington Frankston Bowl, Frankston Mount Martha Indoor Swim Centre, Mount Martha 2011 Karingal Bowl, Frankston Rosebud West Indoor Heated Pool, Rosebud West
Peninsula Bowl and Swim Centre, Rosebud
■ Indoor Cricket
Frankston Action Cricket, Frankston Mornington Indoor Cricket Centre, Mornington Rosebud Nepean Indoor Sports Centre, Rosebud Tootgarook Indoor Cricket, Tootgarook
■ Roller rinks
Peninsula Sports and Leisure Centre, Frankston Rosebud Skate Centre, Tootgarook
■ Squash Courts Item Rosebud International Squash Centre, Rosebud
Frankston Squash Courts, Frankston 2.2
Hastings Squash Courts, Hastings Attachment Mt Eliza Squash Centre, Mt Eliza Tyabb Squash Courts, Tyabb Dromana Sport and Fitness Centre, Dromana 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 64 2/12/11
Shire Strategic Date Context document adopted Monday, Council APPENDIX 2: REFERENCES Southern Peninsula 2006 A new recreation and aquatic centre at Hastings has since Aquatic Centre been constructed. It opened in December 2003. In 2005 Meeting A review of all relevant strategies and policies regarding Active Sports was included in the Feasibility Study Council commissioned a Feasibility Study to address the 19 issues associated with the development of a new facility in December, assessment of demand and facility provision for active sports across the Mornington the Rosebud area. (Priority 2). This Southern Peninsula Peninsula.
Aquatic (SPA) Centre Feasibility Study was adopted in - 2006. Shire Strategic Date Context document adopted Open Space 2004 An assessment of a range of open space categories and 2011 Regional Equestrian 1997 This document was prepared in conjunction with Frankston Strategy provision was completed in 2003 and is being updated in Strategy City Council. It assesses the participation by residents in 2011. both club based and informal riding activities and An assessment of active open space was considered as suggested preferred routes for new equestrian trails. This part of the document. Key recommendations from the strategy is being updated in 2011/12 Strategy included the need to develop further strategic Indoor Pools 2000 Mornington Peninsula Shire commissioned a detailed documents such as Feasibility Study report, which identified current aquatic provision across Active Sports Strategy the municipality. It considered population figures and potential catchment areas and examined future demand Skate and BMX Strategy for swimming pools. The report provided broad proposals Soccer Development Strategy and for the development of new aquatic facilities. Council Reserve Master Plans. adopted these recommendations in May 2000. Shared Trails 2003 This Strategy examines the preferred routes for Three locations for aquatic facilities were identified and Strategy recreational cycling and walking including the delineation prioritised for development: of primary and secondary routes and the location of the Bay Trail. It recognised the popularity of cycling as a Priority 1: Hastings - to cater for Western Port recreational activity and transport alternative and communities presented a 20-year implementation program. The recent Priority 2: Rosebud - to cater for Southern Peninsula PathLinks program was able to accelerate the communities construction of the first ten years of the implementation plan into a two-year time frame. The Strategy is currently Item Priority 3: Mornington - to cater for Northern Peninsula being reassessed to look at greater links with the on-road
communities 2.2 cycling network and a new strategy document will be
prepared for Council during 2010. Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 65 2/12/11
Shire Strategic Date Context Shire Strategic Date Context document adopted document adopted Monday, Council Occupancy Policy: 2004 Council adopted the Occupancy Policy in 2004. It Exercise Recreation 2000-2003 The Exercise Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) is Active Sports proposes a number of initiatives to provide equity for and Sport Survey conducted annually for the Standing Conference on Meeting
Reserve, Pavilions sporting clubs based on fees, leasing arrangements, Recreation and Sport (SCORS). It began in 2001 and is 19 and Community tenure of facilities and facility improvements. scheduled to run for a six-year period, until 2006. ERASS December, Halls provides participation data at a national, state and
regional level and is currently the main industry resource - Skate / BMX 2008 This document sets out Council’s role in providing for for demand data for recreation and sporting activities. Strategy skate, BMX and mountain bike riding and identifies a five- year development plan for the construction of new ERASS distinguishes between organised activity, that is, 2011 facilities. activity undertaken under the auspices of a ‘club, association or other type of organisation’ and non- Access Plan: 2005 The development of the Access Plan 1 aims to integrate organised activity. The importance of this distinction varies Disability (disability) access within all areas of Council work, from activity to activity. including physical and social infrastructure and services. Council’s role includes the responsibility for advocacy with Bicycle Strategy 2010 Actions for improvement of cycling facilities Peninsula wide and on behalf of residents and visitors of all abilities. Draft Tennis 2011 (not Directions for tennis Activity Centre 2004 The Activity Centres Strategy was developed in 2004 to Strategy yet Strategy address a range of economic, amenity, land use planning, adopted) transport and social objectives to optimise net community Draft Soccer 2011 (not Directions for soccer benefit to the current and future residents of the Strategy yet Mornington Peninsula Shire. adopted)
Strategic Review of 2002 This report assessed the Shire’s role in the provision of Golf Facilities golf facilities. Item 2.2 Attachment 1 ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 1: STRATEGY AND ACTIONS - DRAFT 66 ACTIVE Monday, Council Meeting 19
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Monday, Council ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This is Volume 2 of a series of documents that make up the Mornington Peninsula Active Meeting Sports Strategy. It contains a summary of relevant information about each of the sports 19 identified for the purposes of this study. December,
This document provides a profile of sports and their related issues and recommendations. - It relates to all sports reviewed as part of the Active Sports Strategy.
Documents that make up the Mornington Peninsula Active Sport Strategy are: 2011 Volume 1: Strategy and Actions Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport Volume 3: Consultation Findings. The following consultation forums have informed the contents of this document: interviews, meetings and workshops with Council staff telephone and written surveys of sporting clubs telephone interviews with district, regional and state peak bodies, leagues and associations telephone interviews with 20 geographically selected primary and secondary school physical education and sports staff householder survey distributed to 3000 randomly selected households (656 responses) in-school survey distributed to randomly selected primary and secondary schools (320 responses). Sporting club updates in 2011 Shire officer updates in 2011 Item The study team wishes to acknowledge the assistance of the clubs, associations and leagues, schools, residents and others who contributed to the study. 2.2 Attachment 1
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Monday, Council TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ...... 3 Meeting
21 SOCCER...... 46 19 1.1 Project aim...... 3 22 SOFTBALL...... 50 December, 1.2 Active Sports Strategy...... 3 23 SQUASH...... 52
1.3 Methodology...... 3 - 1.4 Definitions...... 4 24 SURF LIFESAVING ...... 54 1.5 Sports summaries...... 4 25 TABLE TENNIS...... 56 2011 2 ARCHERY ...... 5 26 TENNIS ...... 58 3 ATHLETICS...... 6 27 VOLLEYBALL...... 64 4 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL...... 8 28 OTHER SPORTS ...... 66 5 BASEBALL...... 12 6 BASKETBALL ...... 14 7 BOCCE...... 17 8 BADMINTON...... 18 9 CRICKET...... 20 10 CYCLING ...... 23 11 EQUESTRIAN...... 25 12 GOLF...... 27 13 GYMNASTICS ...... 30 14 HOCKEY ...... 32 15 LACROSSE...... 34 Item 16 LAWN BOWLS...... 35
17 NETBALL...... 38 2.2
18 RUGBY UNION...... 41 Attachment 19 SAILING...... 42 20 SHOOTING...... 44 1
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Monday, Council 1 INTRODUCTION 1.3 Methodology
1.1 Project aim Meeting
A number of tasks were undertaken to achieve the outcomes: 19
This study aims to assist the Mornington Peninsula Shire to plan for the future a review of existing documents, strategies and reports December, provision of sports and sporting infrastructure throughout the municipality. an analysis of the influence of trends and participation rates/impacts - interviews, meetings and workshops with Council staff 1.2 Active Sports Strategy a telephone and written survey of sporting clubs 2011 This study includes an examination of: telephone interviews with district, regional and state peak bodies, leagues and associations existing participation rates telephone interviews with primary and secondary school physical education and how the Shire’s facilities are used sport staff whether there are areas of unmet demand a household survey distributed to 3000 randomly selected households identification of new or emerging sports. an in-school survey distributed to randomly selected primary and secondary The study also examines the future demand for sport and recommends strategies for schools the future provision of amenities to meet residents’ needs. A key output of the inspections of a range of the Shire’s key sports sites and facilities strategy is a ten-year priority listing of recommended actions four forums for key sport stakeholders and peak bodies identification of the key issues for resolution preparation of a Draft Active Sports Strategy for public display presentation of the Final Active Sports Strategy to Council and Councilors. review and update of demographic data and club data in 2011 Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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Monday, Council 1.4 Definitions Organised/non-organised ERASS distinguishes between organised activity, that is, activity undertaken under the ■ auspices of a 'club, association or other type of organisation' and non-organised ERASS Meeting National sports participation figures are drawn from Australia’s Participation in activity. 19 Exercise Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS)1. According to its annual report, The importance of this distinction varies from activity to activity. Throughout the December, ERASS is a joint initiative of the Australian Sports Commission and State and Territory following sport-by sport-summary, the terms ‘organised’ and ‘non-organised’ have Departments of Sport and Recreation. Data was first collected in 2001 and continues been used under the above definition. - until 2009.
■ ABS Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities survey 2011 ERASS ‘collects information on the frequency, nature and type of activities undertaken This survey was conducted throughout Australia in April 2003 as part of the Australian by persons aged 15 years and over for exercise, recreation and sport during the 12 Bureau of Statistics Monthly Population Survey (MPS). It ‘provides details on months prior to interview’. The survey is conducted quarterly throughout Australia. participation in selected organised cultural activities and organised sports outside of Age range school hours during the 12 months prior to interview’. It also ‘provides information ERASS covers individuals aged 15 years and over but does not represent junior on participation in selected leisure activities (such as bike riding and watching sports participation. This means that, for many activities, a large number of television or videos) outside of school hours during the most recent two school weeks prior to interview’. It also ‘presents details on computer usage by children both participants are excluded and for key sporting activities, such as soccer and 2 swimming, this may be a majority. during and outside of school hours over the 12 month period prior to interview’. ■ Participation Local demand A survey respondent is counted as a participant in 'sport and physical activity' if he or Local demand figures are an estimate of the likely numbers of participants for a she has engaged in as little as one activity once in the previous year. Thus, in particular sport in the future. These are calculated on the basis of participation rates statistics on 'participants in sport and physical activity' no distinction is made between identified for ‘top activities undertaken away from home’ in the householder and such minimalist participants and regular participants who may participate in a range of school surveys undertaken for the purposes of this report, to ensure validity across activities hundreds of times in the course of the year. Information is gathered on both age groups. Where this data is not available, other sources of participation rates frequency of participation, but the published ERASS reports do not provide further i.e. identified from ‘participation in competitive sports’ in the householder and school analysis of frequent and infrequent participants. Nor does ‘participation’ include any surveys has been used.
minimum participation time or, in the case of activities such as walking or running, a Item 1.5 Sports summaries minimum distance.
Finally, it should be noted that the explanatory notes in the ERASS reports indicate The following pages contain a summary of data collected for the purposes of 2.2 developing the Mornington Peninsula Active Sports Strategy. Sports are listed in that participation includes active playing, practice and training activities but does not Attachment alphabetical order and contain information on participation, structure, demand, include coaching, refereeing or spectating (although there is nothing in the wording of the questionnaire to indicate this). facilities, issues, opportunities and potential for change.
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Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (2010) Participation in Exercise, Recreation and Sport: Annual Report, 2010: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2010) Children's Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, (Cat. No. 4901.0), Canberra: 1 Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport. ERASS 2010 AB ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 4 7/12/11
2 ARCHERY 2.7 Issues Monday, Council The key issues for Archery in the Mornington Peninsula Shire are: 2.1 Club participation perceived as a male-dominated sport Meeting The Mornington Peninsula Bowmen is the only affiliated club within the Shire and the lack of funding at the state level 19
only field archery club within the south-east region. The club has had grown from six difficulty in attracting people with a disability to the sport at state and club level December, members in 1996 to 50 members in 2011 - attributed to improved administration lack of an indoor facility practices and affiliation with Archery Victoria. The club has recently introduced junior - programs and a coach education program. It promotes family participation and 2.8 Opportunities
membership opportunities throughout the community. 2011 development of a program for people with a disability 2.2 Trends hosting of the State Field Archery Championships within two years identify an accessible indoor facility Archery Victoria predicts an increase in membership over the next five years, based on an annual participation increase of 3-5% in Victoria over the past five years. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Increases have been attributed to the success of Australian athletes at World Assist Mornington Peninsula Bowmen to provide an accessible venue, and Championship events, as well as Olympic and Paralympic Games, and movies that undertake pavilion improvements through the pavilions capital works program. feature archery. Support Mornington Peninsula Bowmen to host state and regional events. Support the club through improvements at Long Point Reserve 2.3 Future market demand No ERASS participation rates are available for archery. Archery is now an Olympic sport; so demand could be expected to increase due to exposure
2.4 Local demand Archery was not highlighted in response to any of the school or household surveys.
2.5 Projected demand
As no participation rates are available, projected demand cannot be assessed. Item
2.6 Facilities 2.2
The club currently has a field archery range located at Long Point Reserve, Cape Attachment Schanck, which is managed and maintained by the club. The club wishes to develop an indoor target range in order to expand their program offering to members. The facility would be a ‘shed style’ building approximately 18m x 30m in size. Venues outside the reserve should also be considered for this facility. 1
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3.1 Club participation Based on the current membership of clubs, participation in athletics within the Shire
is well under the average projected levels of participation nationally. Primary Meeting Table 02: Athletic Club membership participation in athletics is at the Little Athletics level, as well as through school 19 competitions. There is minimal participation in formal athletics programs and events December, Membership from people aged over 15 years, however ERASS data indicates an increase in participation of 77% between 2001 and 2010. - Club Name 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11
Western Port Little 3.4 Local demand 2011 82 78 102 139 129 150 Athletics Mornington Little The school survey results highlighted that athletics had a participation rate of 10.0%, 199 314 333 381 317 256 Athletics with slightly more males than females participating. The sports club telephone Southern Peninsula interviews identified: 125 107 129 140 123 56 Little Athletics an average of 95% of junior club members reside in the Shire TOTAL 406 499 564 660 569 393 facilities required in future for athletics were lighting, storage and toilets major obstacles to growth over the next five years reported was the need for generally improved facilities and the difficulty of retaining members. No athletics club in the Shire caters for all age ranges. No local clubs specifically cater for athletes with disabilities, who are encouraged to participate at their local the need for a synthetic athletics venue amateur club. Schools (in telephone interviews) reported that eight schools require athletic facilities for sports purposes. 3.2 Trends In the householder survey, athletics was not highlighted as a competitive activity. During the consultation process Mornington Peninsula clubs reported a decrease in However, non-competitive leisure activities (e.g. walking, jogging) were highly rated. membership, as did Athletics Victoria, particularly for the 30-40 year olds. It is speculated that this could be attributed to the increase in social running and 3.5 Projected demand organised fun run events. Table 03 illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 3 A lack of running tracks in the Shire could also contribute to declining participation in organised athletics in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031. Item this activity. 2.2 3.3 Future market demand Attachment ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.8% for the 15+ age group, with a 0.8% and 0.2% rate for organised and non-organised participation 3 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of respectively. Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011.
Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures 1 only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 6 7/12/11 Table 04 illustrates the estimated local demand for athletics in the Mornington There is no synthetic athletics track located in the Shire. The closest is located in Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.4 Frankston at Ballam Park. Ballam Park is approximately 25 minutes by car from Monday, Council Table 03: Estimated demand for athletics (persons) Dromana (assuming Dromana is the geographic centre of the Shire).
A feasibility study should be undertaken to determine demand and possible venues Meeting
STATE DATA 19 for use by schools, clubs, training for other activities and regional events.
AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 December, Under 15 601 614 636 648 662 681 3.7 Issues 15+ 774 813 821 839 863 885 - The key issues for athletics in the Mornington Peninsula Shire are: TOTAL ESTIMATED 1,375 1,427 1,457 1,487 1,525 1,566 lack of good facilities DEMAND 2011 MARKET DEMAND 1,126 1,198 1,255 1,306 1,356 1,406 lack of access to quality school playing fields for little athletics competitions TOTAL PROJECTED 1,126-1,375 1,198- 1,255- 1,306- 1,356- 1,406- maintenance of grass running tracks RANGE 1,427 1,457 1,487 1,525 1,566 retention of athletes and volunteers.
3.8 Opportunities Table 04: Estimated local demand for athletics (persons) development of links with clubs to include athletics as cross training for other AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 sports Under 15 747 763 790 806 823 846 target masters and school aged groups for participation 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a clubs to establish links with fun run/social athletics programs TOTAL ESTIMATED 747 763 790 806 823 846 develop all-weather track DEMAND develop track around reserves as part of master plans
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS 3.6 Facilities Retain existing grass tracks and continue to perform routine maintenance and All athletic facilities provided in the Shire are grass tracks provided on local sports mowing throughout the athletics season. ovals and school grounds located at: Plan for a 6-8 lane synthetic (all-weather) track, assuming the current local Trueman’s Road, Rosebud junior participation rate of 10% can be sustained. Item Western Port Secondary College, Hastings Develop good running tracks around reserve ovals within the long term master plan program, and consider the development of an ‘icon’ track like “The Tan” in Mace Oval, Mt Martha. 2.2 South Yarra. Undertake a feasibility study to determine best sites, and costs of new all Attachment weather track(s). Install distance markers on existing well used running tracks throughout the
4 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder against population projections from Shire
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 7 7/12/11
Monday, Council 4 AUSTRALIAN RULES FOOTBALL Table 05: Senior Football Club membership
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There are nine junior and ten senior football clubs in the Shire. The Mornington Senior December, Senior Senior Club Name TOTAL Male Peninsula Nepean Football League (MPNFL) administers senior football clubs in the Female Male 2010 Shire. - Crib Point FC n/a n/a Senior Football clubs indicated an overall increase in participation, mainly in the Dromana FC 93 92 93 under 17/18 age group. Junior football clubs reported an increase in participation, 2011 Hastings FC 65 70 65 attributed mostly to attendance at organised programs such as Auskick, rather than Mornington FC 75 120 75 as competition players. Mt Eliza FC 80 n/a 80 Football Victoria has also reported their biggest growth in the sport in 2004, an Peninsula n/a n/a Raiders FC increase of approximately 5,000 players at the community club level. Junior players Somerville FC 100 105 100 (18 and under) account for approximately 76% of registered players (129,500). Red Hill FC 65 85 65 Table 04: Junior Football Club membership Rosebud FC 70 120 70 Rye FC 75 70 75 Membership Sorrento FC 60 90 60 Junior Junior Total Club name TOTAL Tyabb FC 60 n/a 60 female male teams TOTAL 0 752 752 743 Balnarring JFC 4 Beleura JFC 9 The average club size is 74 members, enough players to sustain three teams. Crib Point JFC 6 Dromana JFC n/a 7 4.2 Trends Hastings JFC 5 Local sports clubs reported an increase in Under 18 participation within the MPNFL. Mt Martha JFC n/a 12 Mt Eliza JFC 380 380 14 This reflects a statewide increase at community club level and points to the potential Rosebud JFC n/a n/a for development of recreational/social football competitions. Football Victoria
Red Hill JFC n/a 6 reported growth at the Auskick level for children aged 5 to 12. Locally this is Item Rye JFC 120 120 7 estimated at 20% per annum.
Sth Mornington JFC 200 200 8 2.2 Somerville JFC n/a 11 Attachment Sorrento JFC 5 Tyabb JFC 4 TOTAL 700 26
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4.3 Future market demand 4.5 Projected demand Monday, Council ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 5.1% for the 15+ age group, Table 06 illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- with a 4.1% and 1.3% rate for organised and non-organised participation organised Australian Rules football in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years Meeting respectively. 2006 to 2031.5 Table 06b illustrates the estimated local demand for AFL in the 19 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.6 December, participation rate of 8.6% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 16% and 0.9%
Table 06a: Estimated market demand for Australian Rules Football (persons) - participation rate for males and females respectively. STATE DATA 4.4 Local demand AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2011 Under 15 1,566 1,600 1,656 1,689 1,726 1,774 The household survey identified: 15+ 4,914 5,067 5,132 5,238 5,387 5,541 5.2% of respondents indicated football was an activity they participated in away TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 6,480 6,667 6,788 6,927 7,113 7,315 from home MARKET DEMAND 5,770 6,141 6,433 6,691 6,951 7,205 football ranks sixth in the top ten activities for males (4.0%) TOTAL PROJECTED RANGE 5,770- 6,141- 6,433- 6,691- 6,951- 7,205- 1.8% of respondents overall identified football as a sport ‘liked but not played’ 6,480 6,667 6,788 6,927 7,113 7,315 6.1% of males identified football as a sport liked but not played factors to encourage more participation include: ‘put me in touch with club/ Table 06b: Estimated local demand for Australian Rules Football (persons) centre offering sport my age group’, ‘put me in touch with others that have this AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 interest/someone to play with’, ‘provide information about where I can play it’. Under 15 1,658 1,693 1,753 1,787 1,826 1,877 The school survey identified: 15+ 4,989 5,148 5,207 5,311 5,461 5,617 football was the top-ranked activity participated away from home (9.1%) TOTAL ESTIMATED 6,647 6,841 6,960 7,098 7287 7,494 DEMAND 14.5% of males nominated football as their top-ranked activity 13.8% of males participated competitively in football, but only 1.9% of females football was ‘liked but not participated in’ by 4.1% of students (53.8% females Projections identify that the local demand provided through school and householder and 46.2% males). surveys was greater than the state participation rates, until 2011. There are some The sports club telephone interviews identified: areas of growth in young families, particularly as the Peninsula Link Freeway reduces travel time for commuters (i.e. Mt Martha, Baxter, Somerville).
a majority of respondents recognised an overall increase in participation Item the majority of footballers reside in the Shire. 2.2
5 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 6 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 9 7/12/11 4.6 Facilities Senior clubs Monday, Council Generally, football facilities across the Shire require some updating to accommodate uni-sex change facilities, storage, umpires rooms and changing expectations for The senior clubs identified a number of future needs, including:
higher standard of facilities. Clubs based along the Nepean Highway have an improved shower facilities, club change/social rooms, spectator facilities and Meeting excellent standard of facilities. However, the majority of grounds are single oval time keeper/coaches boxes. 19 grounds, which restrict club growth and development. Furthermore, clubs have the Issues that will need to be explored in the next five years were identified as: December, financial capacity to attract high calibre players to play in the League, and should
ability to attract spectators - therefore invest further in the facilities they use. increased insurance costs The majority of facilities are also co-located with cricket clubs, tennis courts, netball club management professionalism. 2011 courts, playgrounds and in some instances, skate parks, helping to create community Junior clubs hubs and areas that promote social/family recreation. Further consolidation is The junior sports clubs identified a number of future needs, including: required. improved rooms, improved lighting for ovals and improved car parking 4.7 Issues The Shire’s Open Space Strategy 2003 identified that: ‘the Shire needed to work with Issues that will need to be explored in the next five years were identified as: the MPNFL to encourage a more effective integration of the management and increased competition from other sports development of junior and senior football. This would focus on: more fund raising required developing strong relationships between junior and senior football clubs more teams in lower age groups. addressing issues contributing to the decline of young people taking up senior football (i.e. club attitudes and behaviour, lack of ‘family friendly environments’, Future obstacles for both senior and junior football were identified as: codes of conduct’ lack of positive role models etc).’ rising costs All of the football clubs within the Shire are now football / netball clubs with netball rising insurance costs teams. Since 2003, much of the work to create family friendly sports environments over-regulation by statutory bodies has been completed, i.e. the Victorian Code of Conduct for Community Sport has been introduction of localised competition – may reduce quality opposition and developed, and the Good Sports Program introduced. development The school survey identified a number of reasons why respondents no longer ground and facility rental fees participated, including:
competition from other sports. Item no club team provided team number constraints Overall club issues 2.2 not good enough for selection.
Two major issues face the clubs: Attachment how to attract new volunteers or administrators to the sport – and retain them how to attract, train and retain umpires. 1
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4.8 Opportunities Monday, Council Football Victoria continues to encourage more female participation. However, constraints include the cost of replicating shower and toilet facilities and Meeting accommodating female umpires. 19 December, Shire assistance would be useful in terms of promotion, including advertising the
availability of grants. Also, the standard of play in the MPNFL would warrant the - provision of floodlights at selected grounds. This would also encourage participation.
Concerns over behaviour could be addressed by encouraging participation in the 2011 Good Sports Program,7 a free program designed to assist clubs with the responsible management of alcohol. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS The Shire’s main focus should be to support junior Auskick programs to maximise future development and participation. Assist new teams to link with existing clubs to ensure future viability. Encourage all clubs to enroll in the Good Sports Program and support them to achieve higher accreditation than the base level. Ensure football grounds can accommodate multi-use access and can cater for other sporting codes. Support existing clubs to develop women’s football teams – set a target to have
a minimum 3 teams. Investigate options to replace single field reserves with multiple playing fields and migrate small playing field sports onto the smaller oval sites. Item 2.2 Attachment
1 7 Australian Drug Foundation: Good Sports Program (see www. Goodsports.com.au) ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 11 7/12/11
5.5 Projected demand 5 BASEBALL Monday, Council Table 08 illustrates the possible number of participants in organised and non- 5.1 Club participation organised baseball in the Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.8 2031 Meeting
Table 08: Estimated market demand for baseball (persons) 19 The two baseball clubs based in the Mornington Peninsula Shire play in the
Dandenong Baseball Association (DBA) winter league competition. The DBA is an STATE DATA December, affiliated association of Baseball Victoria. There was previously a club based in Tyabb AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
but it has since ceased operations. Under 15 73 74 77 79 80 83 - 15+ 284 293 297 302 309 318 Table 07: Baseball club membership TOTAL ESTIMATED 357 367 374 381 389 401 DEMAND 2011 Membership MARKET DEMAND 281 300 314 326 339 351 TOTAL PROJECTED RANGE 281- 300- 314- 326- 339- 351- Club Name Total Female Total Male TOTAL 357 367 371 381 389 401 Boneo Braves BC 2 35 37 Mornington BC 3 83 86 5.6 Facilities TOTAL 5 118 123 Clubs operate out of two locations, which are co-located with other sports clubs: 5.2 Trends Olympic Park, Rosebud and CB Wilson Reserve, Mornington. Clubs consulted indicated that although national participation rates have remained 5.7 Issues stable over the past three years, there has been recent growth in junior participation. Facilities, including playing surfaces, lighting and provision for side and back nets, will need to be improved in future 5.3 Future market demand No programs have been implemented for female participation in baseball ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.3% for the 15+ age group, Major obstacles for the next five years were identified as constraints of facilities, with a 0.2% and 0.1% rate for organised and non-organised participation rising costs of delivering the sport and possibly declining participation. respectively. 5.8 Opportunities The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national Frankston City Council has conducted a feasibility study into the development of a participation rate of 0.4% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 0.6% and 0.2% regional baseball/softball facility at the existing Frankston Softball Association site on participation rate for males and females respectively. Robinson Road, Frankston, resulting in the direction of relocation of the Frankston Item Baseball Club to Robinson Reserve to co-locate with Frankston Softball Association, in 5.4 Local demand order to allow development of a regional softball / baseball facility at the reserve. 2.2 Attachment No significant local demand was identified. The sports club telephone interviews identified that junior baseball participation is increasing and senior baseball participation is steady. The school telephone interviews identified that two schools 8 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), currently use baseball facilities outside the school. 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011.
Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures 1 only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 12 7/12/11 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Monday, Council There is no medium-term demand identified for a regional or district level baseball facility in the Shire. The Shire should support the regional
development of baseball if demand is apparent Meeting Support local facility improvements, club development initiatives and regional 19 player pathway development if demand is apparent December,
Facilitate a baseball/softball forum with local clubs and schools to determine - extent on local unmet demand or oversupply of facilities and to assist sharing of baseball/softball facilities. 2011 Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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6 BASKETBALL 6.3 Future market demand Monday, Council ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 5.4% for the 15+ age group, 6.1 Club participation with a 4.0% and 2.0% rate for organised and non-organised participation Meeting
Three basketball associations operate within the Shire, with competition played under respectively. 19
both the Basketball Victoria Metropolitan and Country regions. The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national December, Southern Peninsula Basketball Association (SPBA). The SPBA had participation rate of 7.4% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 8.5% and 6.3% - 1708 registered players in 2011 and provided for teams from under 9 years participation rate for males and females respectively. through to senior level (male, female and mixed). 6.4 Local demand Mornington District Basketball Association (MDBA). The MDBA had 2011 105 junior teams (71 male and 34 female), 48 senior teams (32 male and 16 The school survey results identified that: female), 8 male masters teams and 14 mixed teams in the 2011 season. basketball had the highest participation rate of any team sports played by Membership was estimated at 1600 registered members in 2011 respondents (22.2%) Western Port Basketball Association (WBA). The WBA has 1019 basketball had a participation rate of 15.0% for female respondents – 3.2% registered players in 100 domestic competition teams, 185 players in 20 greater than netball representative teams, a schools competition with 50 plus teams, 5 teams basketball ranked 3rd (behind surfing and soccer) in terms of ‘sports liked, but participating in an all abilities competition, a Big V men’s team and men’s and not played’ (9.1%), with a high rate of response by females (66.7%) women’s CBC (Country Basketball Conference) teams. reasons for not continuing to participate included the ‘influence of other Gateway Basketball. Operate using David Collins Leisure Centre, sports’, ‘respondent’s ability’ and ‘no available team’. Mornington, with junior, senior, men’s, women’s and mixed teams. The household survey results identified: 6.2 Trends basketball was the 4th ranked team sport participated in, but 17th as an activity that respondents participated in away from home Basketball Victoria identified that 40,000 participants attended junior clinics and 2.1% of respondents indicated that they would ‘like to play but do not’ (after programs in 2004 with the largest observed growth area in junior participation (5-9 tennis, golf, swimming, lawn bowls and squash). year age group). Consultation with associations revealed a large intake in the 30+ age, as well as an under 20 competition. However, there was a reported decline in female participation. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 14 7/12/11 Estimated market demand for basketball in the preliminary work undertaken for the 6.5 Projected demand Southern and Western Port basketball feasibility studies indicates that the expected Monday, Council Table 09 below shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non- number of participants will remain constant until 2026, and extra courts are not organised basketball in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.9 warranted until this time. Meeting Table 09b illustrates the estimated local demand for basketball in the Mornington 19
Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.10 6.6 Facilities December, The three basketball associations use the following facilities.
Table 09a: Estimated market demand for basketball (persons) - STATE DATA Table 10: Basketball – facilities in use AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 2011 Under 15 1,348 1,376 1,425 1,453 1,485 1,527 Assn. Facility Courts Use Agreement 15+ 5,156 5,336 5,399 5,514 5,670 5,829 SPBA Dromana Basketball Centre, Dromana 2 indoor Joint use agreement 11 TOTAL ESTIMATED 6,504 6,712 6,824 6,967 7,155 7,356 DEMAND SPBA Hillview Stadium, Rosebud 2 indoor Joint use agreement 12 MARKET DEMAND 5,629 5,991 6,277 6,528 6,781 7,029 SPBA Red Hill Consolidated School 1 indoor n/a TOTAL PROJECTED 5,629- 5,991- 6,277- 6,528- 6,781- 7,029- MDBA Mornington Secondary College 2 indoor Hourly hire RANGE 6,504 6,712 6,824 6,967 7,155 7,356 MDBA Padua College 2 indoor Hourly hire Table 09b: Estimated local demand for basketball (persons) MDBA Osborne Primary School 1 indoor Hourly hire AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 MDBA Mt Eliza Secondary College 1 indoor Hourly hire Under 15 2,678 2,734 2,831 2,887 2,950 3,033 MDBA / Peninsula Grammar School 2 indoor Hourly hire 15+ 2,864 2,964 3,000 3,063 3,150 3,238 WPBA TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 5,542 5,698 5,831 5,950 6,100 6,271 MDBA Mt Martha Primary School 1 indoor Hourly hire
WPBA Somerville Recreation & Community Centre 2 indoor Hourly hire of courts & hire Based on the current membership of basketball associations within the Shire, they office space are currently at the estimated capacity for organised competition. Any further WPBA Somerville Secondary College 1 indoor n/a growth, demand or inclusion of non-organised activities would place greater demand WPBA Somerville Primary School n/a n/a on existing facilities. WPBA Bittern Memorial Centre 1 indoor Hourly hire WPBA Flinders Christian College n/a n/s
WPBA David Collins Leisure Centre 1 indoor n/a Item WPBA Hastings Hub 1 indoor Hourly hire WPBA Frankston High School 1 indoor Hourly hire 2.2
9 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of n/a Western Port Secondary College (under 1 indoor n/a Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), construction) 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 10 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder against population projections from 11
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate with Dromana Secondary College 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. 12 with Rosebud Secondary College ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 15 7/12/11 Associations 6.8 Opportunities Monday, Council The WBA hire court space at four venues at a rate of $20 per hour for training and $25 per hour for competition. They spend approximately $80,000 on court and The key opportunities (to be coordinated by all partners and stakeholders) for basketball in the Mornington Peninsula Shire are to: office space hire per annum. Meeting 19 expand competition and training through a large scale schools visitation December, Community centres program
The Sorrento Youth and Community Centre has an indoor basketball court, but it is expand the OZ Ball Clinics (5-9 years) within the region - not full-size and inappropriate for senior competition. This may be an additional seek funding for coach education and hold coaching clinics for volunteers resource for junior basketball programs/training.
seek promotion and sponsorship assistance for senior teams in The Big V 2011 promote, fund and facilitate referee development 6.7 Issues capitalize on the current growth in participation – need to cater for junior Constraints on growth players to move into senior competition need for additional court space to enable more development and utilise Westernport’s grounding in basketball for participants in wheelchairs and representative squad/team training and coaching clinics with an intellectual disability and incorporate this market into the Peninsula inability to cater for growth – resulting in teams leaving or not participating Goodwill Cup program. lack of available court space during peak times RECOMMENDED ACTIONS no district or regional level facility of significance no indoor facility in the Shire with more than two courts. Implement recommendations of feasibility studies undertaken in 2011 for WPBA and SPBA. Costs Continue to support the development of a basketball centre at Mornington high annual expense of court hire for associations Secondary College (MSC). high player insurance costs Improve Council’s existing indoor sports centres that provide for basketball in perceived as being more expensive than other sports (e.g. football, cricket) smaller townships and population pockets to act as secondary or support lack of resources to pay administrators for competition administration and venues for major centres. Where possible, utilise schools to provide any new stadium management indoor sports facilities and ensure they cater for a full range of indoor sports. Volunteers Assist associations to develop existing programs and competitions (including lack of volunteers and personnel (coaching, managers, scorers, administration the Peninsula Goodwill Cup) to include teams with players with a disability. Item and committee members) and, in particular, referees Assist associations to further develop and expand player numbers, competition
low volunteer and staff retention at the association level. and activities, and report player numbers. 2.2
Assist associations to further promote female, mixed gender and social Attachment competitions. Assist associations to become more professional and to introduce more paid administrative support. Consider developing a variety of pricing structures for indoor court hire. 1
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7 BOCCE / PETANQUE Monday, Council
7.1 Club participation 7.5 Issues Meeting The Southern Peninsula Italian Social Club and Italian and Ethnic Senior Citizens Club Clubs offering the sport as a service are not perceived as being open club 19 both offer social competition as part of their club services. Various wineries and environments. December, vineyards in the region also offer bocce as a social activity for visitors and patrons. Lack of understanding of the sport, also known as Pentanquè or Boules. - 7.2 Trends Low ethnic population base to sustain future demand.
The BFA reports that participation is decreasing at the club level, but has recently 7..6 Opportunities 2011 identified increases in social participation. The BFA predict a further decrease in Potential for growth could be exploited by: membership due to the aging of current members, but predicts an increase in social participation over the next five years. promoting the activity to people with a disability recognising its relatively low cost in terms of outdoor facility development 7.3 Future market demand recognising the relatively low skill level required for social participation and it capacity to allow many to participate at the same time There was no accurate information available from ERASS Reports and it was not developing facilities in conjunction with schools highlighted in response to either the school or household surveys, therefore demand is not possible to estimated. working closely with local tourism operators to promote the sport through vineyards. 7.4 Facilities RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Facility Bocce or Petanque Provide basic facilities in key visitor areas for social play within vicinity of picnic Trumans Road Recreation Reserve Bocce areas and playgrounds. Provide activities and programs for older adults by: Somers, Garden Square Petanque working with local and regional disability service providers Flinders Recreation Reserve Petanque working with the BFA to implement ‘come and try days’ promoting the social elements of the sport through seniors and other Dromana Recreation Reserve Bocce community groups Item Percy Cerutty Reserve, Portsea Petanque promoting social Bocce through the local tourism network. Detailing locations of courts on the website 2.2 Red Hill, Beauford Road Petanque Attachment 1
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Table 11a: Estimated market demand for badminton (persons) 8 BADMINTON Monday, Council STATE DATA 8.1 Club participation AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 55 56 58 59 60 62 Meeting
The Mornington Peninsula Ladies Badminton Association runs a competition using 15+ 846 873 894 917 945 975 19 TOTAL ESTIMATED 901 929 952 976 1,005 1,037 David Collins Leisure Centre. December, DEMAND MARKET DEMAND 563 599 628 653 678 703 8.2 Trends - TOTAL PROJECTED 563- 599- 628- 653- 678- 703- Badminton Victoria reports that participation levels have remained stable over the RANGE 901 929 952 976 1,005 1,037
past few years, with a slight increase in member numbers. Table 11b: Estimated local demand for badminton (persons) 2011 8.3 Future market demand AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 455 465 481 491 502 516 ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.9% for the 15+ age group, with a 0.4% and 0.6% rate for organised and non-organised participation 15+ 1259 1349 1420 1484 1547 1606 respectively. TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 1,714 1,814 1,901 1,975 2,049 2,122 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national participation rate of 0.3% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 0.3% participation rate Local participation figures for the under 15 year age group indicate that badminton for both males and females. potentially has a higher demand locally than the national rate.
8.4 Local demand 8.6 Facilities The householder survey identified 1.1% of respondents played badminton, but lack of Badminton generally requires multi-use indoor sports facilities, which in the Shire, are information about where to play was the main reason for not playing. The school dominated by use for higher demand sports such as basketball. An increase in survey identified 2.5% of respondents played badminton competitively. facilities line marked for badminton is predicted, however use of court space for badminton will be affected by participation levels in other indoor sports (e.g. 8.5 Projected demand basketball, netball, volleyball and soccer). Table 11 shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non-organised It is not expected that the Mornington Peninsula Shire provide any purpose built badminton in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to2031.13 facilities for badminton. However consideration should be given to catering for Item Table 11b illustrates the estimated local demand for badminton in the Mornington badminton in any newly developed or extended indoor court space. Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.14 2.2 Attachment
13 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. 14 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder against population projections from
Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 18 7/12/11 8.7 Issues Monday, Council Increase in growth of other indoor court sports such as basketball, is restricting access to multi-purpose courts.
Competition from other sports. Meeting 19
8.8 Opportunities December,
More affordable insurance has been identified as a key factor contributing to - increases in participation. Other opportunities include:
using the schools network to promote the sport 2011 capitalising on the likely Commonwealth Games legacy a large potential population base for an adult and seniors competition. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Monitor court usage time at Council operated indoor sports courts for all sports to determine badminton allocation needs. Ensure badminton clubs and associations are allocated reasonable access to indoor leisure centres. Assist clubs and schools to provide opportunities for school based and older adult badminton programs. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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9.3 Future market demand 9 CRICKET Monday, Council ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 4.2% for the 15+ age group, 9.1 Club participation with a 3.1% and 1.3% rate for organised and non-organised participation
respectively. Meeting
The Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association administers cricket competition within 19
the Shire, throughout Frankston and some suburbs within the City of Casey, with 35 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national December, clubs affiliated to the association: 160 men’s teams, 161 junior teams and one participation rate of 5.2% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 9.7% and 0.5%
women’s team competing. participation rate for males and females respectively. - Table 12: Cricket club membership 2010/11 9.4 Local demand 2011 Membership Club Name Junior Male Senior Male Senior Female TOTAL The household survey identified: Balnarring CC 84 48 132 2.0% of respondents participated in competitive cricket Boneo CC 50 60 110 2.1% said they played cricket away from home as a leisure activity Crib Point CC 35 50 85 1.4% of male respondents wanted to play cricket, but did not currently – this Dromana CC 25 55 80 was 6th of the list of sports not played, behind; tennis, golf, lawn bowls, football Flinders CC 25 50 75 and squash Hastings CC 55 58 113 only 2 female respondents wanted to play cricket, but did not currently. Main Ridge CC 50 60 110 Mornington CC 90 125 33 248 The school survey identified: Mt Eliza CC 165 105 270 15.3% of respondents played cricket competitively (12.8% male, 2.5% female) POB CC No new figures 7.5% of respondents played cricket as a leisure activity away from home Red Hill CC 35 42 77 3.4% of respondents said they wanted to play cricket, but currently did not. Rosebud CC 55 80 135 Rye CC 45 50 95 Somerville CC 160 120 280 Sorrento CC 54 30 84 Tyabb CC 30 70 100 Tootgarook CC 48 40 88
TOTAL 1,006 1,043 33 2,082 Item
The average number of members per club is 130. 2.2 Attachment 9.2 Trends Clubs consulted indicated that there was an overall decline in junior cricket participation, particularly under 17’s and 15’s, with less of a decline in the under 10
and 12 age groups, mostly because of the popularity of Cricket Victoria’s Milo cricket. 1
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The sport club telephone interviews identified: Monday, Council that more than 85% of cricket participants are from Peninsula townships Table 13b: Estimated local demand for cricket (persons) facilities required in the future for cricket were ‘bigger rooms/facilities’, AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
‘improved ground drainage’, ‘improved pitch/new pitch’ and ‘indoor training Under 15 1,366 1,395 1,444 1,473 1,505 1,547 Meeting centre’. 15+ 2,034 2,105 2,143 2,192 2,258 2,327 19 Anticipated problems for cricket over the next five years include: TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 3,400 3,500 3,587 3,665 3,763 3,874 December,
escalating costs - getting juniors involved and retaining them. 9.6 Facilities Growth from Milo Cricket program 2011 The MPCA competition is a synthetic wicket competition. There are two turf wickets in 9.5 Projected demand the Shire. Generally, grounds and playing surfaces in the Mornington Peninsula are considered by Council, the majority of clubs and the MPCA to be of a good quality. Table13 below illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- organised cricket in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.15 Most clubs believe that facilities are adequate for junior competition, but they are not Table 13b illustrates the estimated local demand for cricket in the Mornington of a sufficient standard to cater for the majority of senior competition. More than Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.16 50% of clubs said their clubrooms and supporting amenities needed improvement. Table 13a: Estimated market demand for cricket (persons) 9.7 Issues STATE DATA A major issue is ensuring an adequate number of cricket ovals available for all AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 competitions. Other issues include: Under 15 947 967 1,001 1,021 1,044 1,073 15+ 4,069 4,209 4,285 4,384 4,517 4,654 demand for better ground maintenance TOTAL ESTIMATED 5,016 5,176 5,286 5,405 5,561 5,727 demand for better practice wicket maintenance DEMAND loss of players following the Under 14 age group MARKET DEMAND 4,363 4,643 4,864 5,059 5,255 5,448 limited future population base at main growth levels (8 to 12 year olds) TOTAL PROJECTED 4,363- 4,643- 4,864- 5,059- 5,255- 5,448- RANGE 5,016 5,176 5,286 5,405 5,561 5,727 limited opportunities on the Peninsula to develop Milo cricket no premier level cricket team or competition cost of ground rental. Item
2.2
15 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 16 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 21 7/12/11
9.8 Opportunities Monday, Council Further modification of the game would help to keep juniors interested and:
support for clubs with funding applications to grant making bodies for better Meeting playing pitch and practice wicket surfaces and improved shade areas 19 seek sponsorship for a veterans competition organised by the MPCA for the December, 35+ years (either an 8 a-side or a 20/20 game). - RECOMMENDED ACTIONS
Work with MPCA and Cricket Victoria to develop junior programs and promote a 2011 women’s/girls and a veterans based competition (e.g. make Shire facilities available free of charge for females come and try days or cricket exhibition events). Ensure that facilities at clubs where female teams are developed are improved to meet their needs. Facilitate a cricket club planning session with MPCA and Cricket Victoria South East Country Region representatives to help generate club development initiatives (e.g. assistance with funding submissions, coaching certificates, education and training of volunteers and officials). Prepare for possible decline in demand (over next 20 years) by ensuring facilities and grounds can cater for a range of sporting codes. Continue to maintain local cricket grounds and facilities to meet demands of minimum levels of competition. Ensure that facilities at clubs where female teams are developed are improved to meet their needs. Consider establishment of a sports development position within Recreation & Leisure. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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participated in by 4.2% of residents (75% socially and 25% competitively) 10 CYCLING Monday, Council residents in Somerville and Tuerong liked cycling but did not participate. 10.1 Club participation The schools survey identified: cycling as the top recreation activity participated in away from home (16.9%) Meeting There are a number of formal cycling clubs based within the Shire; Southern cycling as the top activity for females (22.2%) 19
Veterans, Peninsula Peddlers, Mornington Cycling Club, Red Hill Riders (MTB – 120 December, 13% of students rode competitively (6.6% females, 5.9% males). members). A variety of Bicycle User Groups (BUGS) also visit the Shire. The Chelsea Cycling Club also visit the Shire. 10.5 Projected demand - 10.2 Trends Table 14 shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 17 2011 Bicycle Victoria indicated that membership has increased, reflecting the increasing organised cycling in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031. popularity of the sport in general: road riding, mountain bike riding, people riding to Table 14b illustrates the estimated local demand for cycling in the Mornington 18 work and weekends away using rail trails. This is attributable to a number of factors, Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031. including: increases in the confidence of women cyclists; introduction of cycling lanes Table 14a: Estimated market demand for cycling (persons) across Victoria; the success of competitive cyclists; concern for health/fitness issues STATE DATA and the rail trail development occurring all over the state. As well, Bicycle Victoria’s AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 “Around the Bay in a day” is growing in participation and the “Hell Ride” often Under 15 55 56 58 59 60 62 ventures south into the Shire. Bikes have also become generally cheaper and have 15+ 13,647 14,290 14,715 15,145 15,640 16,161 improved technology. Cadel Evans win of the 2011 Tour De France may also TOTAL ESTIMATED 13,702 14,265 14,773 15,204 15,700 16,223 positively influence participation. DEMAND MARKET DEMAND 2,111 2,247 2,354 2,448 2,543 2,636 10.3 Future market demand TOTAL 2,111- 2,247- 2,354- 2,448- 2,543- 2,636- PROJECTED 13,702 14,265 14,773 15,204 15,700 16,223 ERASS identified a Victorian participation rate of 12.8% for the 15+ age group, with RANGE a 1.5% and 12.3% rate for organised and non-organised participation respectively. Table 14b: Estimated market demand for cycling (persons) Between 2001 and 2010 cycling paticipation has increased 46%. AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 3,078 3,143 3,255 3,319 3,391 3,487 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national 15+ 19,291 20,207 20,808 21,416 22,117 22,852 participation rate of 0.3% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 0.5% and 0.2%
TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 22,369 23,350 24,063 24,735 25,508 26,339 Item participation rate for males and females, respectively.
MTB is steady at a national level but the local club is growing rapidly. 2.2
17 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment 10.4 Local demand Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. The household survey identified cycling as: Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures the 4th highest activity undertaken away from home (18.1%) only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 18 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from th rd the 4 highest female (7.9%) and 3 highest male activity (10.2%) Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 23 7/12/11 10.6 Facilities Monday, Council There is no formal criterium, velodrome or other competition racing circuit located within the Shire. There is however, the Red Hill to Merricks Rail Trail and over 250
kilometres of shared-use road side trails (mostly unsealed single tracks). The Bicycle Meeting Strategy (2010) detailed actions for improving the on-road bicycle network and 19 roads used for racing events. December,
10.7 Issues - Lack of both training and competition facilities for road and track cyclists. 2011 Roads are rough and uneven with few sealed shoulders MTB trails in roadsides are not well-maintained or known Gaps in trail network
10.8 Opportunities Cycling was one of the most popular and desirable activities for residents, according to the householder survey. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Encourage and support ‘day events’ and recreational rides organized by local groups, or other recognised cycling body (e.g. Cycle Sports Victoria, local Bicycle User Groups). Support development of competition and recreational cycling facilities, where appropriate. Investigate feasibility of and locations for a velodrome in the Shire. The MTB/BMX “hub” at Dromana Community Reserve may be appropriate. Continue to implement Bicycle Strategy 2010, particularly focusing on key gaps
in the network and road riding improvements. Item Foster shared-use of roads and trails – educate drivers about popular cycle
routes 2.2
Identify routes to encourage participation through better public information Attachment Develop a MTB Strategy in liaison with Parks Victoria and clubs Improve safety on roads through surface repairs, secured shoulders and better signage Assist club to complete the BMX race track at Dromana 1
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11.2 Trends 11 EQUESTRIAN Monday, Council According to clubs contacted as part of the consultation process, participation has 11.1 Club participation remained stable over the past few years. Meeting
The following clubs are located within the Shire. 11.3 Future market demand 19 Table 15: Equestrian clubs within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 1% for the 15+ age group, December,
with a 0.5% and 0.8% rate for organised and non-organised participation - Club Location respectively. Balnarring Pony Club Wooley’s Road, Bittern
The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national 2011 Balnarring Equestrian Club Wooley’s Road, Bittern participation rate of 1.3% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 0.3% and 2.4% Rideability Victoria Wooley’s Road, Bittern participation rate for males and females respectively. Mornington Peninsula Wooley’s Road, Bittern Pleasure Harness 11.4 Local demand Western Port Equestrian Club Wooley’s Road, Bittern The household survey identified that 1.4% of respondents participated in horse Western Port Miniature Pony Wooley’s Road, Bittern riding and 0.4% of females liked horse riding but do not participate. Of respondents Promotional Club to the school survey, 3.1% (2.5% female, 0.6% male) participated in equestrian Hastings Pony Club Emu Plains, Balnarring Racecourse sports. Main Ridge Pony Club Main Ridge Equestrian Grounds, Main Ridge Nepean Equestrian Club Main Ridge Equestrian Grounds, Main Ridge 11.5 Projected demand Merricks Pony Club Merricks Station Reserve, Merricks Table 16a shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non-organised Peninsula Quarter Horse Merricks Station Reserve, Merricks equestrian sports in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.19 Association Table 16b illustrates the estimated local demand for equestrian sport in the Mornington Merricks Saddle Club Merricks Station Reserve, Merricks Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.20 Southern Peninsula Pony 111 Browns Road, Boneo Club Southern Peninsula Trail 111 Browns Road, Boneo Riding Club Item Boneo Adult Riders 111 Browns Road, Boneo
Moorooduc Saddle Club Derril Road, Moorooduc 2.2
Moorooduc Polocrosse Club Tyabb-Mornington Rd Attachment 19 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of R.D.A. – Carriage driving for Mornington Racecourse Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), people with disabilities 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 20 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 25 7/12/11 Table 16a: Estimated market demand for equestrian (persons)
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Monday, Council STATE DATA AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Implement actions of revised Equestrian Trails Strategy when completed Under 15 237 242 250 255 261 268 Develop management / master plans for all grounds, and update existing plans Meeting
15+ 1,025 1,066 1,081 1,103 1,134 1,168 every 3-5 years 19 TOTAL ESTIMATED 1,262 1,308 1,331 1,358 1,395 1,436 Continue to monitor participation and demand and to assist clubs to plan for December, DEMAND large networks of spaces required for all disciplines of equestrian sports MARKET DEMAND 704 749 785 816 848 879 - TOTAL PROJECTED 704- 749- 785- 816- 848- 879- Identify appropriate locations for equestrian activities through Council’s open RANGE 1,262 1,308 1,331 1,358 1,395 1,436 space planning
In conjunction with the regional equestrian body (South East Victorian Equine 2011 Network – SEVEN), investigate the need for regionally significant facilities over Table 16b: Estimated local demand for equestrian (persons) the next 20 years AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Publish information about shared-use trail behaviour (to educate all users) Under 15 565 577 597 609 622 640 Continue to improve riders’ knowledge and understanding of minimal impact 15+ 3,279 3,410 3,460 3,531 3,629 3,737 TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 2,844 3,987 4,057 4,140 4,251 4,377 activity practice and environmental care Maintain general public access to grounds at times when equestrian events are
not taking place, through clear signage and access to public facilities such as toilets, picnic areas, trails for walking / cycling. 11.6 Facilities Ensure roadside equestrian / MTB trails are not developed into concrete bike Trails that cater for horse riders are located throughout the Shire and are shared paths, displacing equestrian activity, without thorough investigation of all with pedestrians and cyclists. They can be along unused roads, in the roadside and options are usually single track. Actively manage commercial horse tour operator use of road side and other equestrian trails 11.7 Issues Displacement of riding opportunities with urban residential development Environmental degradation through horse riding activities including spread of weeds and water borne soil pathogens such as phytothora cinnamomi Safety of riding beside fast moving traffic and road crossings Item Lack of casual access to equestrian grounds for informal riding 2.2 Attachment 1
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Factors that would encourage participation in golf include: 12 GOLF Monday, Council ‘reduce the cost of sport’ 12.1 Club participation ‘suitable programs/ classes/ time to learn’ ‘provide more opportunities to play socially’ Meeting
There are 17 golf courses in Mornington Peninsula, with a mixture of public and 19 The schools survey identified: private. December, 8.1% student participate in competitive golf (2.2% female, 5.6% male)
12.2 Trends 2.8% of students like golf but do not participate (33.3% female, 66.7% male). - According to the VGA: 12.5 Projected demand 11,000 registered members have been lost over the past decade. 2011 more people are choosing to pay green fees and play at a variety of venues Table 17 shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 21 in the past 5 years, 14 new courses have opened and another 16 are either organised golf in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031. planned or under construction in Victoria. Table 17b illustrates the estimated local demand for golf in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.22 12.3 Future market demand Table 17a: Estimated market demand for golf (persons) ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 6.5% for the 15+ age group. STATE DATA AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national Under 15 128 130 135 137 140 144 participation rate of 0.7% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 1.1% and 0.1% 15+ 7,989 8,671 9,224 9,704 10,149 10,561 participation rate for males and females respectively. TOTAL ESTIMATED 8,117 8,801 9,359 9,841 10,289 10,705 DEMAND 12.4 Local demand MARKET DEMAND 4,363 4,643 4,864 5,059 5,255 5,448 TOTAL PROJECTED 4,363- 4,643- 4,864- 5,059- 5,255- 5,448- The householder survey identified golf as: RANGE 8,117 8,801 9,359 9,841 10,289 10,705 the 3rd highest activity undertaken away from home (19.2%) the 2nd highest male activity (12.7%) and 5th highest female activity (6.6%) the highest sport participation rate (21.8%) mostly played within the Shire (71.4%) Item the 2nd highest sport’ liked but not played’ overall (9.6%) nd
the 2 highest sport ‘liked but not played’ by males (13.7%) and females 2.2 (16.8%) 21 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 22 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 27 7/12/11 Table 17b: Estimated local demand for golf (persons) There are 17 privately owned and operated golf courses situated on the Peninsula Monday, Council AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 that are of generally good to excellent quality, catering for the average to the higher Under 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a level golfer. The courses host a range of golf tournaments, including the Australian 15+ 23,598 25,614 27,247 28,664 29,980 31,196 Open at Moonah Links providing excellent tourism and marketing opportunities for Meeting
TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 23,598 25,614 27,247 28,664 29,980 31,196 the peninsula region. A golf driving range is also situated at Civic Reserve in 19
Mornington. December, Table 18: Privately owned golf courses in the Mornington Peninsula Shire
Local demand identified through household and school surveys is greater than - statewide projections. Through the same consultation, a high level of unmet demand was also identified across a wide range of ages. Based on the predicted Shire’s Course Town Course Type 2011 population trends and projections, the demand for golf is expected to continue to Bembridge Golf course Somerville 9 holes grow over the next 20 years. Cape Schank Resort Cape Schanck 18 holes
12.6 Facilities Cerberus Golf Club Inc Crib Point 9 Greens/18 Tees Devilbend Golf Club Inc Moorooduc 18 holes Council owns and manages one golf course in the Shire: the Mt Martha 18 hole golf The Dunes Golf Links Rye 27 Holes course that caters particularly for beginners and intermediate golfers. Facilities at
the course include a pro shop and kiosk. Mt Martha golf course provides affordable Eagle Ridge Golf Course Rosebud 18 holes opportunities to play golf in the Shire. This price is competitive with equivalent Flinders Golf Club Flinders 18 holes standard ‘green fees’ throughout Victoria. The Devil Bend Club is on DSE managed Moonah Links Fingal 18 holes land with the Shire as Committee of Management. Mornington Golf Club Mornington 18 holes Mornington Golf Complex Mornington Driving range RACV National Golf Club Cape Schanck 54 holes Portsea Golf Club Portsea 18 holes Rosebud Country Club-Golf Course Rosebud 36 holes Karrington Park, Rosebud Rosebud 18 holes Safety Beach Country Club Safety Beach 18 holes Sorrento Golf Club Sorrento 18 holes St Andrews St Andrews 18 holes Item
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12.7 Issues Monday, Council RECOMMENDED ACTIONS The major issue for golf courses is the effect of the drought. Lack of water and other environmental issues make it increasingly expensive to maintain courses, resulting in Should the development of Civic Reserve (Mornington) for other sports require Meeting
increased playing costs. Other issues include: the moving of the golf driving range, seek an alternative site with private 19
the increased focus on the region as a haven for golf providers for a similar facility. December, the over-abundance of peninsula courses aimed at the higher end of the Initiate dialogue with golf clubs and leisure centres to develop partnership market and relative lack of affordable opportunities. opportunities to run programs and coaching classes. Utilise short duration - 12.8 Opportunities opportunities such as golf driving ranges to develop opportunities for beginners. There are many opportunities to enhance participation in this popular sport if all golf 2011 Subsidise (or create more affordable opportunities) participation for community stakeholders and partners work together: groups, schools and other key target groups to develop skills in golf. attract new players through school programs and golf introduction Ensure appropriate development of golf courses within the Shire meets programs/clinics (Dromana Secondary School currently conducts a successful Municipal Strategic Statement objective and adheres to the Mornington golf program) Peninsula planning scheme. attract a larger proportion of participants from outside the Shire and encourage Assist in promoting Shire golf courses throughout promotional and tourism longer stays to assist the hospitality and tourist industries networks. attract more spectators from outside the Shire for internationally recognized Continue to support the hosting of the Australian Open (and any other major events (e.g. the Australian Open). events) on the Peninsula e.g. Moonah Links There is an opportunity to keep the existing driving range in Mornington open, while seeking a more suitable site. Its current location could be used for alternative sporting facilities and the reserve promoted as an entire sporting precinct. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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13 GYMNASTICS 13.5 Projected demand Monday, Council Table 19 shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 13.1 Club participation organised gymnastics in the Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.23 Table 19b illustrates Meeting
There are currently three gymnastics clubs in the Shire. One is the Mornington Youth the estimated local demand for gymnastics in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the 19 24
Club, which reports a membership base of 700, with a further 300 on a waiting list to years 2006 to 2031. December, access programs. Western Port Gymnastics Club has 140 members. Peninsula Table 19a: Estimated market demand for gymnastics (persons) Gymnastics, Rosebud (Private Club) has 400 members and 50 on a waiting list. - NATIONAL DATA 13.2 Trends AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 838 856 886 903 923 949 2011 Clubs reported a slight increase over the past few years in terms of overall 15+ 244 261 272 284 296 307 participants and clubs. TOTAL ESTIMATED 1,082 1,117 1,158 1,187 1,219 1,256 DEMAND Gymnastics Victoria expects membership to rise, due to the rise in alternative MARKET DEMAND 281 300 314 326 339 351 gymnastics disciplines such as acrobatics, cheerleading and aerobics in their TOTAL PROJECTED 281- 300- 314- 326- 339- 351- scope of sports, which are more appealing to older females. RANGE 1,082 1,117 1,158 1,187 1,219 1,256 Table 19b: Estimated local demand for gymnastics (persons) 13.3 Future market demand AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.2% for the 15+ age group, Under 15 1020 1042 1079 1100 1124 1155 with a 0.2% and 0.1% rate for organised and non-organised participation 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a respectively. TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 1020 1042 1079 1100 1124 1155 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national participation rate of 4.6% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 1.7% and 7.6% Estimated current demand in school-aged children from the school survey appears to participation rate for males and females respectively. match participation levels reported by local gymnastics clubs. However, levels are below the state participation levels and there is an unmet demand demonstrated by 13.4 Local demand the waiting lists for programs identified by Mornington clubs. Of the respondents to the school survey, 5.6% (3.8% female and 1.3% male)
participated in competitive gymnastics. Item All three local clubs provide entry and development level program pathways (Kinder Gym 2-5 years, Gym For All 6-10 years, and Gym All-Stars 11-16 years). 2.2
23 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Currently Mornington Youth Club is the only site that provides State / National level Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), competitive training programs for both boys and girls. 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 24 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 30 7/12/11 13.6 Facilities Monday, Council A new gymnastics facility is proposed as part of the David Collins Leisure Centre redevelopment at Civic Reserve, Mornington, the club currently operates at Wilsons
Road. School facilities are also used to conduct gymnastics activities. The Hastings Meeting Hub facility was refurbished in 2010/11. 19 December, 13.7 Issues - High demand by young people, but lack of facilities to accommodate. Lack of geographical representation for gymnastics throughout the Shire. 2011 RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Investigate the feasibility of providing purpose built gymnastics facility in a geographically strategic location to serve needs. Current demand is based around Mornington. The facility should consider providing for all gymnastics disciplines and for all age ranges of activities. Help ensure that the new facility at Mornington is appropriate for local needs and provides competition level facilities. Support other operators to provide gymnastics programs and opportunities. Assist gymnastics clubs to seek an appropriate facility as the need arises. Support growing links between gymnastics and diving to provide a ‘dry’ training area for local and regional divers. Promote use of the refurbished facility at the Hastings Hub. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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14.5 Projected demand 14 HOCKEY Monday, Council Table 20 illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 14.1 Club participation organised hockey in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.25
Table 20b illustrates the estimated local demand for hockey in the Mornington Meeting There are around 15,000 members from 460 senior men’s teams, 160 senior Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.26 19
women’s teams, 331 junior teams in Melbourne and 340 country teams. December, Table 20a: Estimated market demand for hockey (persons)
14.2 Trends - NATIONAL DATA Clubs consulted indicated that many people are returning to the sport after being AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 383 391 404 412 421 433 absent for some time and interest is increasing among juniors and families. 2011 15+ 976 1,017 1,031 1,054 1,085 1,116 14.3 Future market demand TOTAL ESTIMATED 1,359 1,408 1,435 1,466 1,506 1,549 DEMAND ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 1% for the 15+ age group, MARKET DEMAND 1,267 1,348 1,412 1,469 1,526 1,582 with a 0.9% and 1% rate for organised and non-organised participation respectively. TOTAL PROJECTED 1,267- 1,348- 1,412- 1,466- 1,506- 1,549- RANGE 1,359 1,408 1,435 1,469 1,526 1,582 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national Table 20b: Estimated local demand for hockey (persons) participation rate of 2.1% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 1.8% and 2.4% participation rate for males and females respectively. AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 801 818 847 864 883 908 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 14.4 Local demand TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 801 818 847 864 883 908 The household survey identified that 2.2% of males and 4.4% of females like hockey but do not participate. Factors that would encourage more participation include: 14.6 Facilities ‘facilities closer to home’, ‘information about them’ and ‘better quality facilities’ The Shire contributed funds to the building of the Regional Hockey Centre, Frankston. reduced routine commitment required to play the sport information about clubs/centres offering sport to peer age groups 14.7 Issues Hockey was ‘liked but not participated in’ in Balnarring, Balnarring Beach, Bittern, Clubs need a synthetic hockey facility for skill development and access to training Somers and Tyabb townships. Of note is that these townships are a substantial drive facilities throughout the winter hockey season. time from the regional hockey centre based in Franskton and from local private Item schools that offer the sport on their curriculum. 2.2 The schools survey identified that 4.4% (0.3% female and 3.8% male) of all 25 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment respondents participated in competitive hockey. One school reported using off- Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), campus hockey facilities. 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 26 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 32 7/12/11 14.8 Opportunities Monday, Council The amalgamation of the three Victorian associations will result in a change in how the sport is delivered and developed. Some decentralisation may occur. Also:
umpiring and skill development is centred around schools Meeting 19 running a competition at Frankston targeted at Shire residents may encourage local club participation. December,
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS - Continue shared-use arrangements with Frankston
Seek an appropriate site for a synthetic sports surface within 10 years. Should 2011 there be express demand from a school, consider construction of a multi-sport pitch in partnership. The Port Phillip Bay township would be serviced by the hockey centre in Franskton, consider this development in the Southern Peninsula or Westernport areas. Support school and club links to develop opportunities for girls, women’s and veteran competitions and events. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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15 LACROSSE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Monday, Council Consult with the Victorian Lacrosse Association about sports development 15.1 Club participation opportunities and assist league and competition through schools by providing Meeting
There appears to be no clubs within the Shire. The closest club playing in the access to appropriate facilities. 19
Victorian Lacrosse League is based in Knox. The majority of competition is based in Support the dual use and sharing of fields and facilities where there is December, the eastern metropolitan area. expressed demand. - 15.2 Trends
According to Lacrosse Victoria there is an increase in participation amongst females 2011 and junior males. There is also an increase in the number of school competitions.
15.3 Demand There was no accurate information available on local, projected or likely market demand.
15.4 Facilities Most development of facilities is through the schools network. Outdoor lacrosse often shares grounds and is compatible with sports such as cricket, soccer, hockey and football.
15.5 Issues The biggest obstacles the sport faces are rising costs and insurance. Retaining juniors, or senior players, is also an issue.
15.6 Opportunities
Women’s participation is the biggest opportunity for growth. Introduction of a Item modified-indoor game that can be played at leisure centres, (assuming there is an area of 50m x 25m with some run-offs) could boost the sport. Various roller hockey 2.2
areas are also adequate and compatible in size. Attachment 1
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16.2 Trends 16 LAWN BOWLS Monday, Council Clubs consulted indicated that: 16.1 Club participation more young people (40 and under) are playing
greens are opened during winter, which means that the sport is now being Meeting Mornington Peninsula clubs are administered under the RVBA’s Country Group 7: 19 played all year round.
Yarra Valley-Nepean. Two associations administer clubs within the Shire: the December, Mornington Peninsula Bowls Association and the Flinders Bowls Association. an influx of younger people playing and the ageing population, has reduced the
relative proportion of elderly players - The VLBA administers Country Group 9: Flinders District Ladies Bowls Association. increasing casual and social bowls (barefoot bowls) – 18-25 years Table 21: Bowls club membership (persons) a ‘blurring of gender lines’ with more male/female participation together. 2011
Membership 16.3 Future market demand Junior Junior Senior Senior Vet Vet Club Name TOTAL ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 2.2% for the 15+ age group, Fem Male Fem Male Fem Male with a 2.0% and 0.3% rate for organised and non-organised participation Balnarring (FBA) 10 50 96 156 respectively. Dromana (FBA) 1 2 80 100 20 40 243 Flinders n/a No children’s participation data is available. Hastings (PBA) 126 Karrington Park, Rosebud n/a 16.4 Local demand Main Ridge (FBA) 22 35 57 Of respondents to the household survey, 5.9% participated in lawn bowls. This is Mornington (PBA) 60 80 140 relatively high but may reflect a higher response rate from older residents. Mornington Civic (PBA) 2 80 160 242 Mount Eliza (PBA) 2 53 102 24 11 182 Club participation data gathered indicates that there are approximately 2,100 bowls Mount Martha (FBA) 50 150 200 club members in Mornington Peninsula clubs. Using the household survey data, we Rosebud (FBA) n/a have assumed a participation rate of 3.8%. Rye (FBA) 59 113 172 More male household survey respondents (7.1%) identified lawn bowls as an activity Sommerville (FBA) 51 51 102 that they would like to undertake, but do not. This demonstrates unmet demand for Sorrento (FBA) n/a lawn bowls in the Shire. West Rosebud (FBA) n/a Item The sports clubs telephone interviews identified: TOTAL 15 2 505 887 44 51 1,620
2.2 Responses were not received from some clubs on membership data. Based on the overall decline in participation
above figures, the average lawn bowls club size is estimated to be 162 members. increase in the participation of young members Attachment Using the average club size, an estimated 2,106 people are currently playing bowls facilities were available for casual hire. in the Shire. 1
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16.6 Facilities Monday, Council Table 22 shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non-organised Lawn bowls facilities provided by the Shire are illustrated in Table 23 below. lawn bowls in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.27 Table Table 23: Lawn bowls facilities provided by Mornington Peninsula Shire 22b illustrates the estimated local demand for lawn bowls in the Mornington Peninsula Meeting Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.28 19
Club No. of greens Surface December, Table 22a: Estimated market demand for lawn bowls (persons) Balnarring 2 Natural turf - NATIONAL DATA Dromana 2 Synthetic AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Flinders 1 n/a Under 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Hastings 2 Synthetic 2011 15+ 3,308 3,752 4,167 4,505 4,803 5,052 Karrington Park, TOTAL ESTIMATED 3,308 3,752 4,167 4,505 4,803 5,052 2 Synthetic Rosebud DEMAND MARKET DEMAND 2,815 2,995 3,138 3,264 3,391 3,515 Main Ridge 1 Natural turf TOTAL PROJECTED 2,815- 2,995- 3,138- 3,264- 3,391- 3,515- Mornington 2 Natural turf RANGE 3,308 3,752 4,167 4,505 4,803 5,052 Mornington Civic 4 Natural turf Table 22b: Estimated local demand for lawn bowls (persons) Mt Eliza 2 Natural turf Mt Martha 3 Natural turf AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Rosebud 2 Natural turf Under 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 15+ 7,820 8,868 9,849 10,649 11,352 11,942 Rye 2 Natural turf TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 7,820 8,860 9,849 10,649 11,352 11,942 Somerville 2 Synthetic Sorrento 2 Natural turf
West Rosebud 3 Natural turf With the aging nature of the Shire’s population and the expected increase in TOTAL 32 population in the 50+ age group, there is likely to be some maintenance of demand.
However, retiring baby boomers are interested in, and have available a wide range of sports and activities. The challenge for bowls will be to actively attract their interest Bowls club facilities, according to respondents to the householder survey are in and participation. excellent condition and adequate to meet existing training and competition demands. Through the consultation process, no clubs expressed a need for additional bowling greens to cater for existing or to provide additional programs. However, some would Item like to change the surface of their greens (to synthetic or better quality natural turf). 2.2
27 B Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau Attachment of Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 28 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 36 7/12/11
Monday, Council 16.7 Issues The main issue is a desire to make bowls clubs community centres. Other issues Meeting
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routine maintenance obligations and financial capacity December, upgrading of accessible toilet facilities lack of expertise in developing club / school / community partnerships. - declining club memberships 2011 16.8 Opportunities There is an opportunity to develop disability programs for people in wheelchairs, given estimates that every club is likely to have at least one player with a disability. Also: promotion of lawn bowls through Shire publications Rosebud hosting the National Wheelchair Championships when membership declines, re-utilise facilities RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Initiate and subside a program of junior bowls tournaments/events involving all the local clubs and associations. Actively support clubs and schools to develop new partnerships and programs and to connect with other clubs and corporate bodies. Actively support clubs to amalgamate and consolidate facilities Initiate sports development opportunities and programs for the 40+ market, which will provide clubs a good membership base for their future viability. Assist clubs to target the visitor market for summer evening bowls events and activities. Activities could also be offered during periods of ‘non-beach going’ weather. Item Provide support for floodlight installation or development of all weather (synthetic) or winter (grass greens) to expand the range of competitions where 2.2
demand is likely to increase (over the next 5 to 10 years). Attachment Utilise clubs with synthetic or winter greens to develop winter based activities.
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Table 24b: Netball club/association membership 2011 (persons) 17 NETBALL Monday, Council 2011 Membership 17.1 Club participation Junior Junior Senior Total Veterans Veterans Club Name TOTAL Meeting Netball Victoria regional figures indicate that ‘Two Bays’ District has the smallest Female Male Female Female Female Male 19
participation base in the Central East Zone. However, the Mornington Peninsula December, Balnarring Netball Netball Association had three times the number of players as the other associations 152 - 40 - - - 192 Club within Mornington Peninsula. - Mornington 950 - 469 - - - 1,415 Table 24a: Netball club/association membership 2008 (persons) Peninsula Assoc.
Mt Eliza Netball Club 160 - 30 - - - 190 2011 2008 Membership Mt Martha Netball ------160 Club Junior Junior Senior Total Veterans Veterans Club Name TOTAL Nepean Netball 338 - 158 - - - 496 Female Male Female Female Female Male Association Balnarring Netball Somerville Netball - - - 320 - - 320 ------Club Club Mornington 786 - 469 - - - 1,255 Sorrento Netball - - - 80 - - 80 Peninsula Assoc. Club Mt Eliza Netball Club ------Western Port Netball 136 - 142 - - - 358 Association Mt Martha Netball ------Club Table 24c: Netball club/association membership change 2008 - 2011 Nepean Netball 128 - 238 - - - 366 2008 - 2011 Membership Change Association Somerville Netball - - - 392 - - 392 Change 2008- Change 2008- Club Name Club 2011 (number) 2011 (%) Sorrento Netball 42 - - - - - 42 Balnarring Netball Club +192 - Club Mornington Peninsula Assoc. +160 +13% Western Port Netball 136 - 142 278 - - 278 Association Mt Eliza Netball Club +190 -
Mt Martha Netball Club +160 - Item Nepean Netball Association +130 +36%
Somerville Netball Club -72 -18% 2.2 Sorrento Netball Club +38 +90% Attachment Western Port Netball Association +80 +29%
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ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 38 7/12/11 17.2 Trends suitable classes and development programs Monday, Council Netball Victoria indicated that the biggest area of growth in participation has been better courts with acrylic surfaces and lighting with juniors. However there has been growth in male participation and participation indoor facilities. The schools surveys identified: by people with a disability. Also: Meeting people playing mixed and social competitions has increased and people taking 6.3% of students preferred netball as an activity away from home 19 up alternative membership options (i.e. single game vouchers and per team netball ranked as the 5th most popular activity for females (11.8%) December, season payments) 10% of students participate in netball competitively (9.1% females) - more people are playing at indoor facilities. 5% of students like netball but do not participate (all females) the Mornington Peninsula Netball Football League now includes netball. Clubs ‘too expensive’, ‘no club team provided’ and ‘time constraints’ are the reasons are seeking to develop new netball courts at Tyabb, Hastings, Mt Eliza, for non participation in netball 2011 Rosebud and Mount Martha, funded by club contributions and grants from SRV. Clubs consulted indicated that seniors’ numbers fluctuate, but are fairly stable. Indoor senior competitions (night comp) is at full capacity. 17.5 Projected demand Table 25 illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 17.3 Future market demand organised netball in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.29 ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 5.1% for the 15+ age group, Table 25b illustrates the estimated local demand for netball in the Mornington 30 with a 4.3% and 1.3% rate for organised and non-organised participation Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031. respectively. Table 25a: Estimated market demand for netball (persons) The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national NATIONAL DATA participation rate of 8.4% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 0.3% and 17% AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 participation rate for males and females respectively. Under 15 1,530 1,562 1,618 1,650 1,686 1,733 15+ 4,813 4,954 5,014 5,112 5,255 5,406 TOTAL ESTIMATED 6,343 6,516 6,632 6,762 6,941 7,139 17.4 Local demand DEMAND The household surveys identified that: MARKET DEMAND 6,052 6,440 6,747 7,017 7,290 7,556 TOTAL PROJECTED 6,052- 6,440- 6,747- 7,017- 7,290- 7,556- 2.4% of respondents participate in netball away from home RANGE 6,343 6,516 6,632 6,762 6,941 7,139 th netball is the 10 highest activity participated in by females (2.3%) Item
3.4% residents participate in netball 2.1% residents identified netball as a sport ‘liked but not played’ 2.2
6.2% females identified netball as a sport ‘liked but not played’. 29 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Factors that would encourage more participation include: Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. more information about where to play Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures being put in touch with club/ centre offering sport in peer age group only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 30 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from looking after a family member requiring care Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 39 7/12/11 Table 25b: Estimated local demand for netball (persons) 17.8 Opportunities Monday, Council AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Netball should have higher participation than identified as per state participation data. Under 15 1,148 1,172 1,213 1,237 1,264 1,300 15+ 2,265 2,331 2,360 2,406 2,473 2,544 football clubs want to combine with netball clubs to share facilities and support Meeting
TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 3,413 3,503 3,573 3,643 3,737 3,844 growth; an ideal situation whereby a key determinant to participation is poor 19
facilities. December, The age range of netball players is generally larger than many other physical team sports, with the majority of participants being aged between 5 and 35. Based on the RECOMMENDED ACTIONS relatively high population base for netball, of considerable note is the level to which - Continue to undertake a netball court rehabilitation program for existing the local demand is under the state based participate rates. Therefore, there is outdoor courts. significant scope to increase participation in netball throughout the Shire. 2011 Monitor the use of Council’s indoor sports courts and ensure netball clubs and 17.6 Facilities associations are afforded reasonable access to courts Assist netball associations to develop new and improve existing mixed netball Netball courts are fairly well serviced in the Shire (43 courts). Many are co-located in competitions. sports reserves with other sport and community facilities. Continual maintenance and Conduct a club development and management workshop with all clubs and upgrading of playing surfaces and floodlighting will be required over time. Co-location associations, in conjunction with Netball Victoria to improve competition and sharing of facilities is encouraged. management practices. The Mornington Peninsula Football Netball League is looking to expand facilities at Ensure that any new indoor facilities constructed in the Shire cater for minimum reserves where they operate. Additional netball courts are proposed at reserves in standard netball court requirements and are shared use. Crib Point, Balnarring, Hastings and in other areas. Investigate demand and supply to determine future facility needs and options for shared facilities with other sports such as badminton, football and 17.7 Issues basketball. Telephone interviews with clubs identified the poor state of some facilities (particularly Audit courts to determine condition and levels of deferred maintenance outdoor facilities) as a major barrier to participation. Other issues included: umpires are at a great shortage (this is a trend all over Melbourne), but courses are expensive and extend over two days rising costs of insurance –up every year ($40 seniors, $20 juniors)
nee for assistance with administration and competition management Item not enough tourists/visitors encouraged to use facilities Major obstacles over the next five years for netball, apart from upgrading the 2.2
condition of outdoor facilities and rising costs, will be Attachment lack of volunteers size constraints, no room to grow associations not keeping pace with demand
future move by players to indoor facilities. 1
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Table 26a: Estimated market demand for rugby union (persons) 18 RUGBY UNION Monday, Council NATIONAL DATA 18.1 Club participation AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 364 372 385 393 401 413 Meeting
No information was available. 15+ 195 203 207 212 219 225 19 TOTAL ESTIMATED 559 575 592 605 620 638 December, 18.2 Future market demand DEMAND MARKET DEMAND 281 300 314 326 339 351 - ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.2% for the 15+ age group, TOTAL PROJECTED RANGE 281- 300- 314- 326- 339- 351- with a 0.2% and 0.1% rate for organised and non-organised participation 559 575 592 605 620 638
respectively. Table 26b: Estimated local demand for rugby union (persons) 2011 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 participation rate of 2% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 3.8% and 0.1% Under 15 237 242 250 255 261 268 participation rate for males and females respectively. 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 237 242 250 255 261 268 18.3 Local demand The household surveys identified that 1.1% of males liked rugby but do not RECOMMENDED ACTIONS participate. Ensure that existing sports fields can cater for multiple uses and that if demand The school surveys identified that 1.3% of students participated in competitive rugby presents, ensure reasonable access to facilities and grounds is provided to (0.9% male) and 2.8% of students liked rugby but did not participate (100% males). clubs and schools.
18.4 Projected demand Table 26 shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non- organised rugby union in the Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.31 Table 26b illustrates the estimated local demand for rugby union in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.32 Item
2.2
31 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 32 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 41 7/12/11
19.4 Local demand 19 SAILING Monday, Council The household surveys identified: 19.1 Club participation sailing as 10th ranked leisure activity participated away from home (5.3%) th 10 in top activities participated by males (3.2%) Meeting Table 27: Sailing clubs in Mornington Peninsula Shire 19 7th in residents’ participation (4.7%) December, Sailing Club sailing was 50% social and 50% competitive
Mt Martha Yacht Club sailing was predominantly participated in once weekly - Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron 1.8% of respondents identified sailing as a sport ‘liked but not played’ Cerberus Sail Training 2011 Flinders Yacht Club Hastings Yacht Club Factors that would encourage people to sail were ‘reducing the cost’, ‘suitable McCrae Yacht Club programs classes to learn’, ‘information on club/centre offering sport’ and Merricks Yacht Club ‘opportunity to participate socially’. Mount Eliza was the only town to identify sailing Mornington Yacht Club as a sport ‘liked but not participated in’. Point Leo Boat Club The school survey identified that 2.8% of students participated in competitive sailing. Rosebud Yacht Club Rye Yacht Club Safety Beach Sailing Club 19.5 Projected demand Somers Yacht Club Table 28 illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- Western Port Mariners Club organised sailing in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.33 Western Port Yacht Club Table 28b illustrates the estimated local demand for sailing in the Mornington 34 Sailability, Yachting Victoria’s sailing program for people with a disability is conducted Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031. through the Mornington Yacht Club.
19.2 Trends Sailing Victoria indicated that membership figures have remained stable, but youth membership has increased. Item 19.3 Future market demand 2.2 ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.5% for the 15+ age group, 33 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment with a 0.4% and 0.2% rate for organised and non-organised participation Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), respectively. 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. participation rate of 0.4% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 0.3% and 0.4% 34 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 participation rate for males and females respectively. in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 42 7/12/11 Table 28a: Estimated market demand for sailing (persons) RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Monday, Council NATIONAL DATA Continue to promote sailing clubs and venues on Council’s website. AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Assist Yachting Victoria and Sailability Victoria to expand the Sailiability program Under 15 73 74 77 79 80 83
further into Shire clubs. Meeting
15+ 576 616 641 664 686 708 19 TOTAL ESTIMATED 649 690 718 743 766 791 Work with other land owners (Parks Victoria and DSE) to help clubs secure December, DEMAND foreshore areas for boat rigging and marshalling of events and competitions. MARKET DEMAND 563 599 628 653 678 703 Develop standard lease fee structure for clubs - TOTAL PROJECTED RANGE 563- 599- 628- 653- 678- 703- 649 690 718 743 766 791
Table 28b: Estimated local demand for sailing (persons) 2011 AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 510 521 539 550 562 578 15+ 6,106 6,524 6,791 7,040 7,270 7,508 TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 6.616 7,045 7,330 7,590 7,832 8,086
19.6 Facilities The Shire does not provide any facilities for Sailing Clubs. Many clubs are base on Crown land, managed by Parks Victoria and the Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE).
19.7 Issues The sport faces a number of obstacles including an ageing population, lack of foreshore space and competition from other sports (e.g. kite and wind surfing). Clubs felt that local government should play a stronger role in their sport, for example in the provision of foreshore space. Item 19.8 Opportunities 2.2 Linking with the Sailability program would offer opportunities in terms of a new market. Attachment 1
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20.1 Club participation illustrates the estimated local demand for shooting in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for Meeting the years 2006 to 2031.36 19
There are 75 member clubs and services across the Shire, all affiliated with ISU December, (International body) – Victorian Amateur Pistol Association. There are four clubs on Table 29a: Estimated market demand for shooting (persons)
the Peninsula: NATIONAL DATA - The Victorian Field and Game Association (1,139 members) AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 2011 Nepean Clay Target Club (225 members) 15+ 582 620 647 674 701 727 Peninsula Pistol Club (101 members) TOTAL ESTIMATED 582 620 647 674 701 727 Mornington Clay Target Club (207 members, with an additional 200 visitors for DEMAND competitions) MARKET DEMAND 422 449 471 490 509 527 TOTAL PROJECTED RANGE 422- 449- 471- 490- 509- 527- 582 620 647 674 701 727 20.2 Trends Table 29b: Estimated local demand for shooting (persons) The Sporting Shooters Association indicated that although participation was increasing, particularly amongst females and juniors, there had been a fall in AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a membership, possibly attributed to the increase in legislation and regulations, which 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a had imposed various restrictions on club members and lack of facilities. TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Clubs consulted indicated that: junior competition was available, but often reduces at 17/18 years (junior participation can start at 12 years old under parental supervision) 20.6 Facilities the variety of competition was increasing. Most club facilities have been built by the clubs themselves:
20.3 Future market demand Long Point Reserve, Cape Schanck Citation Reserve Pistol Range ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.5% for the 15+ age group,
Clay Target Range, Craigie Road, Mornington Item with a 0.3% and 0.3% rate for organised and non-organised participation
respectively. 2.2
20.4 Local demand 35 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), Telephone interviews with sports clubs identified: 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures participation trends are increasing, with an even distribution of members only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. ‘disabled access’ and ‘light towers’ were required in the future for gun clubs 36 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 only junior programs exist. in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 44 7/12/11 20.7 Issues Monday, Council State Government legislation makes it difficult to acquire and keep firearms. Licensed shooters have to shoot in competitions on a regular basis. Meeting
Clubs feel that local councils need to be more consultative with the state association. 19
For example in Geelong, Councils in the area have come together to develop a December, strategy where the various local clubs work together with the Council and state
associations to look at facilities, improving the clubs etc. - RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Help ensure clubs are not displaced from facilities due to commercial or 2011 residential development and expansion. Develop a management plan or master plan for Long Point Reserve to guide clubs’ future development of the reserve and the protection of significant natural values. Assist clubs to make facilities accessible to enable participation from people with a disability (e.g. wheelchair users). Encourage clubs to practice better environmental protection through collection of clay target debris and lead gun shot waste. Educate clubs in minimal impact activity practice. Support Sport and Recreation Victoria to develop an activity standard for shooting. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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Table 30b: Change in soccer club membership 2006-2011 21 SOCCER Monday, Council Club 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 Change 21.1 Club participation 2006-2011 Mornington SC 485 540 595 444 520 +35 Meeting
There are three soccer clubs based in the Shire. Seniors club play in the Bayside 19 Rosebud SC 165 225 210 55 -110
Soccer League and junior teams participate in the Victoria Soccer Federation (VSF) December, regional competition. A new club is proposed at Somerville. Rosebud Heart JSC - - - 50 129 +129
Western Port SC 110 131 113 30 152 +42 - The Bayside Soccer League runs four senior divisions and the VSF junior competition Mt. Eliza JSC - - 10 - 200 +200 caters for age groups between 8 and 18 (boys and girls). The following table, Table
30, identifies the current participation level of soccer clubs in the Shire. 2011 21.2 Trends Table 30a: Soccer club membership in Mornington Peninsula Shire 2011 The Victorian Soccer Federation reported that junior participation through the Goalkick (age group) program is increasing, but this program does not exist yet on the Junior Senior Peninsula. Club Male Female Male Female TOTAL Clubs consulted indicated: Mornington SC 230 112 170 - 520 increases in female participation at both senior and junior levels, with junior Rosebud SC - - 40 15 55 female participation growing from 18,730 in 2003 to 19,780 in 2004 and from Rosebud Heart SC 115 14 - - 129 6,543 to 6,821 at senior level for the same period Western Port SC 85 21 46 - 152 a potential change to provision through introduction of synthetic surfaces Mt. Eliza JSC 170 30 - - 200 steady growth in both indoor and outdoor soccer activities. *Figures also include Goalkick and RooBall numbers. 21.3 Future market demand ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 3% for the 15+ age group, with a 1.3% and 1.7% rate for organised and non-organised participation respectively. The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national participation rate of 13.2% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 19.9% and 6.2% Item participation rate for males and females respectively. 2.2 Attachment 1
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21.4 Local demand Monday, Council 21.5 Projected demand The schools survey found: Table 31 shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non-organised 50% of schools surveyed said soccer was increasing in demand 37
outdoor soccer in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031. Table Meeting
th 19 playing competitive soccer scored a 10.3% participation response for (7 place 31b illustrates the estimated local demand for soccer in the Mornington Peninsula behind basketball, Australian rules football, cricket, BMX, skateboarding and Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.38 December, cycling) the male/female split in responses to playing soccer was 42% female and 58% Table 31a: Estimated market demand for outdoor soccer (persons) - male STATE DATA nd AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 soccer ranked 2 (behind surfing) of sports ‘liked but not played’ (9.4% of 2011 respondents). Under 15 2,404 2,455 2,542 2,592 2,649 2,723 15+ 2,878 2,970 3,004 3,064 3,151 3,240 Reasons cited for not playing soccer include competition with other sports, no club/ TOTAL ESTIMATED 5,282 5,425 5,546 5,656 5,800 5,963 team provided and too expensive. The ‘no club/ team provided’ was surprising as a DEMAND cross tabulation of results with respondents’ township of residence indicated that MARKET DEMAND 1,830 1,947 2,040 2,121 2,204 2,285 responses came from people who live in or adjacent to a township where one of the TOTAL PROJECTED 1,830- 1,947- 2,040- 2,121- 2,204- 2,285- three soccer clubs are based. RANGE 5,282 5,425 5,546 5,656 5,800 5,963 Table 31b: Estimated local demand for outdoor soccer (persons) Household survey results identified that: soccer was not in the top 27 activities undertaken away from home AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 1,020 1,042 1,079 1,100 1,124 1,155 key factors to encourage participation included ‘reduce the costs for playing’, 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a ‘providing facilities closer to home’ and ‘suitable programs and classes’ were TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 1,020 1,042 1,079 1,100 1,124 1,155 the key things that would encourage people to play.
Sports telephone interviews identified that overall participation is increasing. Based on the current membership of soccer clubs within the Shire, there is a Telephone interviews with schools indicated that three schools currently use off- significant gap between local demand and the statewide rate. Assuming an adequate campus soccer facilities. number of facilities can be provided over the next 5-10 years, there is potential demand to increase participation by up to 3,000 players. Current usage of outdoor soccer clubs indicates an average of 70 players per field. 80-100 players per fields is considered to be an industry standard. Item
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37 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 38 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 47 7/12/11 21.6 Facilities Other issues include: Monday, Council The Mornington Soccer Club occupies a dedicated soccer facility at Dallas Brooks junior facilities not meeting the standards for competition Park, directly opposite Civic Reserve. Rosebud Soccer Club plays at Olympic Park (on facilities needed in the future are ‘ improved change rooms’ ‘more storage’ and ‘provide lighting’
two dedicated soccer pitches), Rosebud Heart use Truemans Road Reserve and Meeting Western Port Soccer Clubs utilise ovals available at Western Port Secondary College there are no programs set up for schools or people with a disability 19 and Bittern. The supply of facilities and club size appear to be strongly related. rapid junior growth in the Mornington Peninsula area December, lack of facilities to cater for growth and expected future growth There is also a synthetic pitch at Somerville Rise Primary School. - often inadequate school facilities in terms of quality and accessibility 21.7 Issues ability for clubs and schools to attract funds for ground development demand for floodlit grounds for training 2011 There is a greater need for clubs and schools to form partnerships in order to utilise improved social and changing facilities school ovals for weeknight training and weekend competition. This would assist in filling fixtures and catering for the short-term demand. Additionally, using a range of retention of volunteers facilities would alleviate over-use of main ovals. Floodlighting of main ovals may also geographic representation of clubs (could be gaps in eastern tip and south- have the opposite effect. A balance between the two is required. west area) Problems that may be faced over the next five years, apart from a lack of playing The VSF anticipate that the impact of artificial surfaces and certain surfaces being fields, unmet demand and a lack of volunteers, include increasing female participation approved by the international governing body (FIFA) will filter down to regional and and preventing demand from swamping clubs. local leagues. Funding for facilities will be a major obstacle for schools, councils, clubs and associations. 21.8 Opportunities There are many opportunities for growth in soccer, including: extending and enhancing further use of school grounds through user agreements if possible establishing additional clubs in under-represented areas creating success criteria for new club development to ensure sustainability exploiting State-based programs and activities (i.e.. Rooball and Goalkick). Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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Monday, Council RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Continue to maintain and monitor club use of existing soccer fields to ensure Meeting
they are suitable for all levels of competition. 19
Seek alternative satellite venues in the short-term to help to fulfill growing December, demand for training and competition fields. Negotiate use of school fields in
the first instance. Promote the benefits of ground and facility sharing with - cricket clubs in townships where soccer clubs are currently based.
Prioritise school sites for community use where demand and proximity to 2011 existing clubs is greatest (but provide a balance between school sites and floodlighting of main club grounds). Assist Rosebud and Western Port soccer clubs to develop a minimum of 3 full- size soccer fields at one site to ensure their future viability. Seek alternative sites to those existing if current site constraints prevent development. Identify opportunities through open space planning, ideally located adjacent to or near key sporting reserves. Investigate options for use of existing reserves or acquisition of land in Northern Peninsula (Tyabb / Somerville [Baxter]) for three soccer fields. Undertake a feasibility study for redevelopment of Barakee Reserve, Somerville for soccer and other sports. Assist clubs to form partnerships local schools and become more involved in planning process with DET to ensure new or developing schools consider the growing demand for outdoor soccer and multi-use grass fields. Ensure that new and existing soccer facilities are developed to cater for use by a range of participants. Continue to work with local clubs, leagues and the Football Federation Victoria
to assist the roll-out of club development initiatives and soccer development Item
programs.
Establish a forum for clubs to meet with Shire officers on a regular basis to 2.2
discuss issues and growth options. Attachment Monitor player and team numbers on a seasonal basis to determine annual growth and demand. 1
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22 SOFTBALL 22.5 Projected demand Monday, Council Table 32 illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 22.1 Club participation organised softball in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.39 Meeting
No club data was available from softball clubs. The Frankston Softball Association has Table 32b illustrates the estimated local demand for softball in the Mornington 19 40
four clubs and four schools involved, with 60-70 (18+ years) players. Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031. December, Table 32a: Estimated market demand for softball (persons) 22.2 Trends - STATE DATA Softball Victoria stated that their membership remains steady, but estimated a loss of AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
around 1000 members each year (i.e. annual gain around 1000). Under 15 255 260 270 275 281 289 2011 15+ 92 95 96 97 100 103 Clubs consulted indicated that the sport is primarily based on juniors, with the senior TOTAL ESTIMATED 347 355 366 372 381 392 participation dwindling. There is reported image problem with male players. DEMAND MARKET DEMAND 141 150 157 163 170 176 22.3 Future market demand TOTAL PROJECTED RANGE 141- 150- 157- 163- 170- 176- 347 355 366 372 381 392 ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.1% for the 15+ age group, Table 32b: Estimated local demand for softball (persons) with a 0.1% rate for organised participation, with no non-organised participation reported. AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 237 242 250 255 261 268 The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a participation rate of 1.4% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 1.3% and 1.6% TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 237 242 250 255 261 268 participation rate for males and females respectively.
22.4 Local demand The household survey identified that 1.1% of males liked softball but did not participate and 2.2% of females liked softball but did not participate. The school survey identified that 1.6% of students participated in softball
competitively (1.3% are female). Item
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39 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 40 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
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22.6 Facilities Monday, Council Local clubs and generally play out of baseball facilities or on school grounds. The Boneo Braves play out of Frankston (baseball and softball). The City of Meeting
Franskton have undertaken a feasibility for developing a regional baseball / 19
softball facility at Robinsons Reserve. December,
22.7 Issues - Clubs feel that local councils play a significant role in the maintenance of facilities, but
developmental support of the sport is not always forthcoming. 2011 The different-sized fields between baseball and softball causes problems, particularly in terms of maintenance. However, U12/U14 baseball can play on softball diamonds.
22.8 Opportunities The sport is in the process of getting funding from ‘Connect’ to run a program for people with a disability. Developmental work with schools includes running t-ball (80)/ mod-ball (80) / softball.
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Support the regional development of multi-sport facilities. Support local club initiatives to develop softball for people with a disability. Encourage greater sharing of facilities between schools and softball and baseball clubs. Continue to maintain grass fields where local softball competitions are played. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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23.4 Projected demand 23 SQUASH Monday, Council Table 33 illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 23.1 Club participation organised squash in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.41
Table 33b illustrates the estimated local demand for squash in the Mornington Meeting The major squash association in the Mornington Peninsula region is the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.42 19
Peninsula Squash Rackets Association. Five clubs within the Shire are members of the December, association. Table 33a: Estimated market demand for squash (persons) STATE DATA - 23.2 Future market demand AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 55 56 58 59 60 62 ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 1.2% for the 15+ age group, 2011 15+ 1,173 1,204 1,223 1,244 1,275 1,313 with a 0.4% and 0.9% rate for organised and non-organised participation TOTAL ESTIMATED 1,228 1,260 1,281 1,303 1,335 1,375 respectively. DEMAND MARKET DEMAND 563 599 628 653 678 703 There is no children’s participation data available. TOTAL PROJECTED 563- 599- 628- 653- 678- 703- RANGE 1,228 1,260 1,281 1,303 1,335 1,375 23.3 Local demand Table 33b: Estimated local demand for squash (persons) The householder survey identified that squash was the 5th ranked sport ‘liked but not AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 th played’ (2.7%) overall and 5 ranked sport ‘liked but not played’ by males (6.1%). Under 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Factors that would encourage participation in squash were: 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a information on where to play reduced cost of playing the sport facilities closer to home The projected range of demand various greatly based on organized and non- being put in touch with club/ centre offering the sport organised participation. The ageing population may prevent future growth in provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club member). competitive squash, but may promote additional social participation over the next 10- Residents in the townships of Balnarring Beach, Mornington, Mount Eliza and Point 20 years. Leo would like to play squash but do not. The schools telephone interviews identified that two schools used off-campus squash facilities. Item
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41 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 42 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 52 7/12/11 23.5 Facilities Monday, Council There are no Council-provided or operated squash courts in the Shire. Facilities are generally operated by private providers or in independent centres, schools or courts
as part of larger sports centres or gymnasiums. New courts are being built in Meeting Dromana. 19 December, Table 34: Squash facilities (private providers) - Club Courts Dromana (being built 2011) 2 2011 Rosebud International Squash Centre 4 Frankston Squash Courts (Excel Gym and Fitness) 6 Hastings Squash Courts 2 HMAS Cerberus 2 Mt Eliza Squash Centre 3
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Use Council’s website to promote locations, facilities and activities provided by local squash courts/centres. Initiate dialogue between schools and private providers to develop partnership opportunities to run programs and coaching classes. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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24.4 Local demand 24 SURF LIFESAVING Monday, Council The school survey identified that 3.4% of students participated in lifesaving 24.1 Club participation competitively (2.5% males). Meeting Table 35 lists the Surf Life Saving Clubs based in the Shire. 24.5 Projected demand 19 December, Table 35: Surf Life Saving clubs based in Mornington Peninsula Shire As no surf lifesaving participation rates are available, an assessment of projected
Club Location Members demand cannot be done. -
Point Leo SLSC Western Parade, Point Leo 959 24.6 Facilities Dromana Bay SLSC Point Nepean Road, Dromana. 182 2011 The Shire has some ownership or management responsibilities in terms of surf Gunnamatta SLSC Truman’s Road, Fingal 168 lifesaving club facilities. As all are based on foreshore areas, the Department of Mornington SLSC Mills Beach Mornington 637 Sustainability and Environment is the responsible management agency and in some Mount Martha SLSC Esplanade, Mount Martha 995 cases the Shire is Committee of Management. Portsea SLSC Back Beach Road, Portsea 492 24.7 Issues Rosebud SLSC Point Nepean Road, McRae 254 The biggest obstacles facing the sport, apart from retaining volunteers and members, Sorrento SLSC Ocean Beach road, Sorrento 520 are competition with other leisure activities, concern for environmental issues/exposure (the effect that the competitions has on the environment, exposure Note: There are significant discrepancies in membership numbers due to a range of to the sun) and struggling to capture juniors/schools. memberships available at some Clubs, including social and family memberships (e.g. There was recognition of the need to improve the timing of their events to fit in with of the 1,810 Portsea members only approximately 600 are considered active people’s recreation time. participants, the Dromana Bay figure is for active participants only). Facility renewal is also a challenge. Current facilities are not meeting needs and 24.2 Trends further funds are required. Life Saving Victoria’s Marketing Plan indicated that the sport is seen as catering for elite level participants and required greater opportunities for social participation. Item
24.3 Future market demand 2.2 There was no accurate information available from ERASS Reports regarding surf Attachment lifesaving sports. 1
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24.8 Opportunities Monday, Council Surf Life Saving Victoria’s Marketing Plan identified the following opportunities for local councils and clubs to improve participation levels: Meeting
encourage linkages with Surf Life Saving Victoria and their programs, including 19
School Surf League December, encourage life guards at Council-owned and operated swim centres to participate in LSV pool life guard competitions - provide support and resources for SLC clubs to host local, district and regional
carnivals 2011 assist in establishing links between Surf Life Saving Victoria and minority groups including people with disabilities and people from CLD backgrounds
RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Assist in establishing links between surf lifesaving clubs and other sports clubs and promote the benefits of cross training between sports. Work with Life Saving Victoria to educate Clubs about attracting members from minority groups and schools. Assist clubs to seek funding for building renewal. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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25 TABLE TENNIS Monday, Council 25.5 Projected demand 25.1 Club participation
Table 37 below illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and Meeting The Mornington Peninsula Table Tennis Association is the only association within the non-organised table tennis in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 19 Shire. It operates from the David Collings Leisure Centre in Mornington and has over 203143. Table 37b illustrates the estimated local demand for table tennis in the December, 400 members, with nine courts at present and a further six courts planned (four of Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.44 these additional courts are subject to funding). The Association offers pennant - competitions, morning older person’s sessions, social competitions (10 years to 80 years) and includes members of all levels and abilities from social to state Table 37a: Estimated market demand for table tennis (persons) 2011 representatives. NATIONAL DATA 25.2 Trends AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Under 15 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a Table Tennis Victoria stated that there has been no significant trends regarding 15+ 715 770 812 851 890 925 participation, it would be best described as being steady. TOTAL ESTIMATED 715 770 812 851 890 925 DEMAND However, the local club indicates that participation has doubled from 2000 to 2008, MARKET DEMAND 422 449 471 490 509 527 with particular growth being seen in the senior / older players. TOTAL PROJECTED RANGE 422- 449- 471- 490- 509- 527- 715 770 812 851 890 925 25.3 Future market demand ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 0.6% for the 15+ age group, Table 37b: Estimated local demand for table tennis (persons) with a 0.3% and 0.4% rate for organised and non-organised participation AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 respectively. Under 15 565 577 597 609 622 640 15+ n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a There is no children’s participation data available. TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 565 577 597 609 622 640 25.4 Local demand The schools survey identified that 3.1% of students participated in competitive table tennis (1.9% males). Item
2.2 43 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of
Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), Attachment 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. Based on a stable participation rate of 0.8% and on population projections quoted from DSE’s Victoria in Future (2004). 44 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 56 7/12/11
Monday, Council Whilst there is a reported decline in table tennis participation across the state, future RECOMMENDED ACTIONS population demographics (i.e.. large volumes of the 50+ age group) of the Shire Support the Mornington Peninsula Table Tennis Association to develop
indicate that there could be a substantial future demand for table tennis within the Meeting next 10-20 years. partnerships with schools across the Shire. First priority should be with schools 19
local to David Collings Leisure Centre. December, 25.6 Facilities In the short-term, assist schools and clubs to research and apply for external funding to purchase additional equipment and conduct table tennis programs, - The David Collings Leisure Centre provides table tennis facilities for the Mornington events and tournaments. Peninsula Table Tennis Association. An application has been made to Council for the
Plan for the development of another table tennis venue (either in conjunction 2011 provision of an additional six tables at the centre. Schools reported that they utilise with a school, or existing or new leisure centre) in the Southern Peninsula area their own facilities and tables to conduct in school activities. Sharing these facilities within the next 10-15 years. would further benefit the sport. Support informal table tennis play through provision of outdoor tables in The Master Plan for Civic Reserve has identified further table tennis facilities. appropriate locations e.g. near skate parks, playgrounds, picnic tables or venues which can hire bats and balls. 25.7 Issues Encourage schools to share facilities with the broader public. The only major obstacle identified was financial viability in terms of the capacity for clubs to keep operating and the cost of travel for participants. However, in discussion about extending the current building to host more tables, it was pointed that most players can only play certain nights and therefore additional tables were needed. One court forms an administration area and waiting area with tea and coffee (a small canteen operates).
25.8 Opportunities Affiliated clubs could work in conjunction with schools more, so juniors are introduced to the sport. Also, additional court/ table space would assist the association to expand their activities. Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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26 TENNIS Monday, Council
26.1 Club participation Meeting
There are 52 clubs from Frankston to Sorrento; 38 within the Mornington Peninsula 19
Shire. December, There are three levels of administration for tennis in the Shire: Tennis Victoria’s - Mornington Peninsula Region (one of 11 regional peak bodies around the state), the Peninsula Tennis Association (to which most clubs are affiliated) and the 22 tennis
clubs that are based in the Shire. 2011 Item 2.2 Attachment 1
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Monday, Council Table 2: Tennis club membership and township population (persons)
2004 2011 Change 2004 2011 Change 2006 population 2011 Members as % of Resident Members per
Members Members 2004-2011 Courts Courts 2004-2011 (township only)* 2006 population population per court Meeting Club Name court 19
Balnarring 200 170 -15% 8 8 - 1,731 9.82% 216 21 December, Bittern++ - 28 4 4 - 3,386 0.83% 847 7
Blairgowrie 22 10 -55% 4 4 - 2,248 0.45% 562 3 - Boneo 64 76 +19% 3 4 +1 266 28.57% 67 19 Crib Point 55 73 +33% 4 4 - 2743 2.66% 686 18
Dromana 300 221 -26% 8 8 - 4922 4.49% 615 28 2011 Flinders 120 120 - 4 4 - 850 14.12% 212 30 Hastings 65 62 -5% 8 6 -2 7,256 0.85% 117 10 Main Ridge 200 109 -45% 5 5 - 516 21.12% 103 22 Moorooduc 20 36 +80% 4 4 - 1,073 3.35% 268 9 Mornington 290 169 -42% 9 9 - 21,084 0.80% 2343 19 Mornington - Tanti Park** ------Mount Eliza 472 269 -43% 8 10 +2 16706 1.61% 1671 27 Mt Martha 400 458 +15% 4 6^ +2 14686 3.12% 2448 76 Mt Martha - Watsons Road** ------Percy Cerruty Reserve, ------Portsea** Red Hill 300 123 -59% 8 8 - 1067 11.52% 133 15 Rosebud 186 186 - 8 8 - 11040 1.68% 1380 23 Rye 232 166 -28% 10 10 - 8364 1.98% 836 17 Shoreham 95 57 -40% 4 4 - 1099 5.19% 275 14 Somers 155 99 -36% 4 4 - 1416 6.99% 354 25 Garden Square - Somers** ------Somerville 150 154 +3% 6 6 - 10909 1.42% 1818 26 Sorrento 200 185 -7% 8 8 - 1522 12.16% 190 23 Settlers Cove - Sorrento** ------Tyabb TC 110 75 -35% 7 4 -3 2655 2.82% 664 19 West Rosebud / 45 40 -11% 4 4 - 6665 0.60% 1666 10 Tootgarook+ Item TOTAL 3,681 2,886 -22% 132 132 - 112,385 2.57% 851 22 AVERAGES 167 131 -22% 6 6 - 5,108 2.56% 851 22 2.2
Attachment * Population figures provided are for individual townships only. ** Indicates facilities that are open for public access and do not operate as membership clubs/courts. + Township population has been added for the townships of West Rosebud and Tootgarook ++ 2004 membership figures were not attainable for Bittern Tennis Club
^ Including use of 2 Watsons Rd public courts 1
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Monday, Council Householder survey results identified: 26.2 Trends tennis was ranked 5th in participation in sports (7.4%) which is slightly lower
Clubs consulted indicated that: than the current state average of 10.5% Meeting 19 junior tennis is stable 36% of respondents played tennis at a social level and the remaining 64% mid-week ladies is holding steady indicated they played at a club level December,
Saturday competition holding steady, slightly increasing 57% of respondents said they played tennis once or less than once per week - greater demand for social or non-competition tennis 41% of respondents said they played tennis within their township, 59% said greater demand for mid-week night tennis they played within the Shire. 2011 formulation of ‘night tennis’ specific associations Tennis returned the highest response (12%) of sports ‘liked but not played’ (23% the aging nature of senior players female, 14.8% male). Reasons cited for encouraging more participation included: high levels of juniors participating in club coaching activities being put in touch with club/ centre offering sport in peer age group suitable competition play appears stagnant in demand. programs/ classes to learn/ develop confidence in this activity information about where to play 26.3 Future market demand opportunities to play socially (without being a club member) ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 6.9% for the 15+ age group, being put in touch with others that have this interest/ someone to play with with a 3.6% and 4.1% rate for organised and non-organised participation respectively. 26.5 Projected demand The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national Table 39 illustrates the estimated number of participants in organised and non- participation rate of 7.9% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 9.4% and 6.3% organised tennis in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.45 participation rate for males and females respectively. Table 39b illustrates the estimated local demand for tennis in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.46 26.4 Local demand School survey results identified that the participation rate of respondents in competitive play was the same as soccer 10.3% (31% female, 69% male) and that
3.8% of respondents indicated they would like to play tennis but did not (70% Item female response), citing reasons for not playing as competition from other sports,
cost and ability. 2.2
45 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 46 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate 1 in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 60 7/12/11 Table 39a: Estimated market demand for tennis (persons)
26.6 Facilities Monday, Council NATIONAL DATA AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Table 40: Tennis facilities in Mornington Peninsula Shire Under 15 1,439 1,469 1,521 1,551 1,585 1,630 Hierarchy* Court location Total Surface Courts with Meeting
15+ 7,445 7,872 8,170 8,460 8,772 9,080 Courts Floodlights 19 TOTAL ESTIMATED 8,884 9,341 9,691 10,011 10,357 10,710 En-tout-cas (4) 2 December, DEMAND Major Township Balnarring 8 Acrylic (2) 2 MARKET DEMAND 5,066 5,392 5,649 5,875 6,103 6,326 - TOTAL PROJECTED 5,066- 5,392- 5,649- 5,875- 6,103- 6,326- Synthetic grass (2) 2 RANGE 8,884 9,341 9,691 10,011 10,357 10,710 Major Township Dromana 8 En-tout-cas 8
Table 39b: Estimated local demand for tennis (persons) Major Township Hastings 6 En-tout-cas (6) 4 2011 AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 Major Township Mornington 9 En-tout-cas 5 En-tout-cas (8) Under 15 1,366 1,395 1,444 1,473 1,505 1,547 Major Township Mount Eliza 10 8 15+ 8,848 9,355 9,709 10,054 10,424 10,790 Classic clay (2) Acrylic (6) TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 10,214 10,750 11,153 11,527 11,929 12,337 Major Township Red Hill 8 Asphalt (2) 6 Major Township Rosebud 8 En-tout-cas 8 Based on available club information, the average club size is approximately 205 Major Township Rye 10 En-tout-cas 10 members, with an average number of 4.8 courts per club. This roughly equates to Major Township Sorrento 8 Synthetic grass (8) 8 43 players per court across the Shire. It is difficult to determine a benchmark for Small Township Bittern 4 En-tout-cas 2 facility provision across the Shire, due to the range of club membership numbers, the Small Township Blairgowrie 4 Asphalt - location of clubs across townships and the number of courts per club. Small Township Boneo 4 Synthetic grass 4
However, using a benchmark of 43 players per court, a further 18 tennis courts Small Township Crib Point 4 En-tout-cas (2) 2 based at tennis clubs would be required by 2021 to cater for projected demand. Acrylic (2) - Small Township Flinders 4 Hard court 3 Whilst local participation rates were high across all age ranges, there was significant Small Township Main Ridge 5 Synthetic grass 5 unmet demand expressed across many townships and at senior and junior age levels. Small Township Moorooduc 4 Asphalt - This would indicate a high level of growth within the sport. Small Township Mt Martha 4 Synthetic grass 4 Acrylic (2) Small Township Shoreham 4 2 Item Asphalt (2) - Acrylic (2) 2 2.2 Small Township Somers 4 Asphalt (1) - Synthetic grass (1) 1 Attachment En-tout-cas (4) Small Township Somerville 6 4 Synthetic grass (2) 2 Small Township Tyabb Tennis Club 4 En-tout-cas 4 West Rosebud /
Small Township 4 Acrylic 4 1 Tootgarook
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Percy Cerutty Reserve, 19 Local 2 Asphalt - lack of lights impacts on tennis in general as weekend tennis and work Portsea
commitments prevent the ability to play in daylight December, Local Garden Square (Somers) 1 Asphalt - no Council contribution to tennis court floodlighting more court space at Mt Eliza in the face of increasing junior participation and - Local Settlers Cove (Sorrento) 1 Synthetic grass - state of courts at Long Island TOTAL 140 98 closure and amalgamation of smaller clubs and amalgamations of clubs unless 2011 they change their offers to their members The provision of tennis courts and clubs has evolved into a ‘township’ approach to transferring of coaching participants into club memberships provision. Each major township has a club, as do many of the other smaller towns, high demand for court space during peak times villages and hamlets in the Shire. Tennis as a sport of generally conducted at the availability, cost and quality of external courts club level, however it is becoming increasingly difficult for Council to the existing stock of existing facilities are not up to competition standard because clubs number of tennis courts and clubs within the Shire. have not aqequately maintained courts great pressure and high level of responsibility on clubs and volunteers to A range of senior and junior tournaments are proposed for the 2005 calendar year deliver facilities, programs, activities, events etc at clubs in the Shire, including; Rosebud (2), Rye (2), Hastings (4), Red Hill (1). No veterans or wheelchair events in the Shire are included in Tennis Victoria’s 2005 loss of high ability pennant players to other metropolitan clubs calendar events. rising insurance (and other operational costs) costs for clubs and facility operators Synthetic clay surfaces have become prevalent in new court construction and court volunteer retention resurfacing. Generally they play as well as en-tout-cas, but require no water lack of business planning and sustainable management, including maintenance provision or maintenance and are now preferred over plexipave or rebound ace by clubs. surfaces, due to its softer feel. As an average, court construction is estimated at $25,000 per court (synthetic clay surface). 26.8 Opportunities
There was general recognition that clubs needed to be more proactive and should Item take advantage of educational programs offered by Tennis Victoria to link their clubs
with a school. 2.2
Clubs stated that better communication and promotion of tennis facilities and the Attachment tennis fraternity collectively would create additional opportunities. To consolidate the overall number of clubs in major population centres and identify and prioritise some clubs for facility development. 1
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Monday, Council RECOMMENDED ACTIONS Develop two existing tennis clubs into sub-regional level facilities to cater for Meeting
additional coaching, competitions/tournaments, night tennis, school use and 19
casual hire. Adopt appropriate management models for centres/clubs that will December, maximize participation, while increasing the viability of facilities.
Consider the long-term geographic rationalisation of tennis facilities across the - Shire. Council should use an appropriate hierarchy model approach to identify facilities or areas of over supply. 2011 Investigate (with the City of Franskton) the level, range, membership and usage of tennis facilities in the southern Frankston area, prior to any facility development in northern townships. Support and assist local clubs to obtain external funding grants for facility and floodlighting upgrades. Initiate a seasonal monitoring process with tennis clubs and the Peninsula Tennis Association to determine the number of teams each club enters into competitions. Information gathered could be used to identify courts used/required and locations where demand is lower - unused courts could be utilised as satellite venues for other clubs. Target latent demand showed by females and the older age groups to encourage participation. Assist clubs and coaches to adopt Tennis Victoria development programs for specific target groups. Promote venues, costs and availability times to visitors where court hire is available. Maintain Shire managed facilities for free public access and improve surfaces, fences, shelters to make them more attractive for use.
Encourage clubs to practice better business management including business Item planning and more sustainable fee structures.
Audit condition to determine extent of deferred maintenance and other issues 2.2
including the capacity of clubs to contribute under lease requirements. Attachment Support Mornington Tennis Club to move to Civic Reserve. Assist clubs and coaches to adopt Tennis Victoria development programs for specific target groups. Assist the development of an association wide night tennis competition. 1
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27 VOLLEYBALL 27.5 Projected demand Monday, Council Table 41 below shows the estimated number of participants in organised and non- 27.1 Club participation organised volleyball in the Shire for the years 2006 to 2031.47 Table 41b illustrates Meeting
The Mornington Volleyball Club has 250 playing members, competing in both indoor the estimated local demand for volleyball in the Mornington Peninsula Shire for the 19 48
and beach volleyball competitions, from the social to elite levels for ages 12 to 60+. years 2006 to 2031. December, Table 41: Estimated market demand for volleyball (persons) 27.2 Trends - NATIONAL DATA Volleyball Victoria indicated that participation is growing in both beach and indoor AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031
volleyball, as is the number of affiliates, possibly attributable to the announcement of Under 15 73 74 77 79 80 83 2011 a State Volleyball Centre (SVC), Australia winning a gold medal in beach volleyball at 15+ 4,954 5,100 5,183 5,297 5,455 5,618 the Olympics and developing relationships with commercial centres. TOTAL ESTIMATED 5,027 5,174 5,260 5,376 5,535 5,701 DEMAND Clubs consulted indicated that participation is growing in both beach and indoor MARKET DEMAND 1,126 1,198 1,255 1,306 1,356 1,406 volleyball, but growth is mostly in the south-eastern suburbs with the majority of state TOTAL PROJECTED 1,126- 1,198- 1,255- 1,306- 1,356- 1,406- metropolitan competition being played at Keysborough and Dandenong. RANGE 5,027 5,174 5,260 5,376 5,535 5,701 Table 42: Estimated local demand for volleyball (persons) 27.3 Future market demand AGE 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 2031 ERASS identified a total Victorian participation rate of 1.2% for the 15+ age group, Under 15 401 409 424 432 441 454 with a 0.8% and 0.4% rate for organised and non-organised participation 15+ respectively. TOTAL ESTIMATED DEMAND 401 409 424 432 441 454
The Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities identifies a national participation rate of 0.4% in the 5-14 year age group, with a 0.2% and 0.6% Projected participation rates identify that there could be future demand for additional participation rate for males and females respectively. volleyball activities, across a wide age range.
27.4 Local demand The household surveys identified that volleyball was the 5th ranked sport ‘liked but not played’ by females (5.3%). Residents in Balnarring, Dromana, Red Hill and Red Item Hill South expressed an interest in playing the sport. 2.2 The schools surveys identified that 2.2% of students participated in competitive 47 Calculated by applying participation rates from Children’s Participation in Cultural and Leisure Activities, Australian Bureau of Attachment volleyball (1.9% females). Statistics (ABS), 2010 and Exercise, Recreation And Sport Survey, Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (SCORS), 2009 against population projections from Mornington Peninsula Shire Council Forecasts, .id consulting Pty Ltd, 2011. Assumes that participation rates do not fluctuate in future years and as such, projections should be used as potential figures only. Market demand is estimated based on ERASS organised participation rate. 48 Calculated by applying participation rates obtained from school and householder survey against population projections from
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27.6 Facilities Monday, Council The construction of the State Volleyball Centre in Dandenong was completed in 2006. It is the home for Volleyball Victoria operations and act as the state training and Meeting
competition centre. With the introduction of the State Volleyball Centre, is not 19
envisaged that any competitions of regional significance would be played in the Shire. December, With this in mind, any major development for volleyball should not be considered. - 27.7 Issues
The Mornington Volleyball Club report an increasing lack of access to public, private 2011 and school indoor sports courts, due to the growing demand for court space by basketball. The club currently uses Padua College, but this does not adequately meet their needs.
27.8 Opportunities Volleyball Victoria reported that beach volleyball participation has grown 300% in registrations since the year 2000. RECOMMENDED ACTIONS In the short-term, monitor the usage by volleyball of Council’s indoor sports courts and ensure reasonable access is provided. Assist the Mornington Volleyball Club to locate a long-term facility from which to base their operations and programs. This could be facilitated within an existing leisure centre, school or other community facility. Ensure any new indoor sports courts developed within the Shire are line marked for volleyball. Furthermore, line mark (at Council venues) or encourage line marking (at non-Council venues) any existing indoor sports courts to cater for
volleyball. Item Support the development of an annual beach volleyball event/competition in conjunction with volleyball clubs and surf life saving clubs during the peak 2.2
summer holiday period to encourage greater participation by visitors. Attachment 1
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28 OTHER SPORTS MOUNTAIN BIKING Monday, Council
Information relating to the following sports has been collected throughout the data Mountain Bike Australia (MTB) provided the following information through the
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There are 18 formal mountain bike clubs operating within Victoria, with 430 members December, DIVING (including 365 seniors (19 and over), 59 juniors and 6-non competitive members). Diving did not return any local demand information from either the household or Participation figures in Victoria are unavailable. Australia-wide, there is an estimated - schools surveys. No diving clubs or associations were interviewed as part of this 17,616 participants (2003/4). The Red Hill Riders is a rapidly growing local club with
project. However, representatives from diving fraternity attended the Sports 150 members. 2011 Workshop held in Rosebud on 26th April 2005. Participation is reported by MTBA as increasing, which could be attributed to the Representatives at the workshop said that diving was popular at the school level sport being viewed as an outlet for youth, generation X, Y and Baby Boomers. It within the Shire and the southern metropolitan region. Divers tend to migrate from appeals to both males and females. other sports such as gymnastics or life saving. A significant number of mountain bike trails and single-track courses are being There are no diving facilities at any aquatic centre in the Shire, which is preventing developed across Victoria. Facilities are notably popular within areas of high tourism development of the sport and restricting opportunities to participate. The closest and visitation. The emergence of mountain cross-country will see an increase in the ‘deep water’ facility to the Peninsula is based in metropolitan Melbourne. Toorak number of facilities being developed. College in Mornington have recently opened an outdoor diving pool, but it is unavailable during winter months and poor weather. Local governments should look into developing facilities with more technical features, which would have a broader appeal. Access to trail networks and potential mountain Sports development opportunities were identified through linking diving with primary bike areas managed by Parks Victoria, DSE and other agencies is important for and secondary school sports programs and developing a ‘dry’ cross training program developing a linked trail network, and for collaborative facility development. Ongoing with local gymnastics clubs. consultation between agencies is required. The demand for more urban setting ‘single’ track courses is increasing. An example of this is the development of an urban mountain bike track in East Burwood Reserve, City of Whitehorse, and the MTB park at Lysterfield.
The Shire does not as yet, provide any public information about single track and Item shared track MTB opportunities, however, there is a vast network of trails in
roadsides which are shared with horse riders, walkers and dog walkers (estimated at 2.2 over 250 kilometres). Attachment Parks Victoria is working with local clubs and riders to identify opportunities in the Arthurs Seat area. There are some trails around the perimeter of reserves such as Greens Bush. The Merricks to Red Hill trail is also popular amongst mountain bikers of all ages. 1
ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY 2011-2016 VOLUME 2: PROFILE AND ISSUES BY SPORT DRAFT 66 7/12/11 Recommendations: powered model planes and have approximately 45 members. Their activities include Stunt flying competitions and practice. Some informal activities take place at sporting Monday, Council Develop a MTB strategy that considers sports and informal mountain bikers in grounds and other areas of significant open space throughout the Shire. liaison with Parks Victoria and other agencies
Publish information about trails. The Mornington Peninsula Radio Control Car Club (MPRCCC) has approximately 60 Meeting 19 Work with groups such as the Red Hill Riders to investigate further opportunities members and has been operating activities including race days on the Peninsula / trails. since 2002. They are currently based at the Somerville Primary School, leasing December, tennis courts two weekends a month, but will be moving to the Graham Myers Develop a shared use trail code and information about minimal impact riding. - Investigate through open space planning, opportunities for development of a Reserve, Bittern in early 2012. The model cars are electric powered so the activity is largely a ‘quiet’ one. Club members vary from teenagers, families, children, single Mornington Peninsula Mountain Bike Park catering for riders of all abilities. parents, retired senior citizens and people with disabilities. The club is growing and is 2011 Enhance opportunities in the BMX / MTB “hub” of Dromana Community Reserve seeking permanent facilities where elevated seating for track viewing, track barriers and surround with appropriate facilities. and other equipment can be left in situ and where club rooms can be established. MARTIAL ARTS Model car club activities occur in all parts of the state and a National Association supports the sport. The club’s needs could be better met with a paved surface, The sport of Martial Arts includes chi kung, judo, karate, kick boxing, tae kwon do and track perimeter fencing and a small club room, with the capacity to host State and Tai Chi. Administration of the sport is covered by Judo Victoria, Australian Karate Do National title events. Federation and Boxing Victoria. Participation rates are at 2.3% Victoria wide with a projected increase in participation BMX AND SKATE from 2737 in 2006 to 2969 in 2011. The comparison of participation rates when The Shire’s Skate and BMX Strategy was adopted in 2008. It outlines a hierarchy of compared with the Shire householder survey shows a greater participation within the facilities from ‘Local’ to ‘District’ and ‘Regional’. Good siting (location) of skate parks Shire when compared with National data. This may be due to availability, as 18 is critical to their success in terms of appropriate user behaviour and optimal use. An martial arts groups are running in community halls across the Shire. Larger SRV guideline offers optimal siting criteria. The Strategy is implemented through a health/fitness centres are moving into the martial arts field and a general capital works program of planning and then building skate parks in strategic locations consolidation is occurring. Gyms are offering cardio box and other forms of group upon the Peninsula. Whilst most skating activities are not ‘organised’ in the manner "soft" martial arts training such as yoga. of other sports, plans are underway to develop a dedicated BMX competition course Shire support of private providers of martial arts through advertising and competitive at Dromana Community Reserve. To date, skate parks have been built at Hastings, hall rental rates will continue to enable martial arts to be accessed from a range of Sorrento, Mornington, Rye, Somerville and Rosebud. Construction is underway at Mt townships within the Shire. Eliza and planning is advanced for Balnarring. Item
MODEL CARS AND AEROPLANES 2.2 Attachment Model aeroplane and car club activities take place on the Peninsula with two clubs operating regular activities. Both activities attract spectators. The Nepean Miniature Aeroplane Club operates at the rear of the Truemans Road Reserve in Tootgarook, with a dedicated space and small club room. They fly petrol 1
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AQUATICS SURFING Monday, Council An Indoor Pool Feasibility Study was undertaken in 2000 and investigated the needs Surf sports are one of the top ten non-organised physical activities according to for aquatic facilities for Mornington Peninsula residents. Hastings, Rosebud and ERASS 2009 total participation rate data. Surf sports include sail boarding, surfing Meeting Mornington were identified as the key locations for Council development of new and wind surfing but excludes surf lifesaving, which is a separate category. The 19
aquatic facilities, with Rosebud the priority before Mornington. One centrally located Western Port and Bass Strait coasts of the Peninsula offer nine high quality surf December, facility was not considered viable given the widespread population and large breaks ranging from those suitable for beginners to highly experienced surfers. Six geographic area of the municipality. are reef breaks and three are beach breaks. There is another boat access only - The Hastings outdoor public pool was redeveloped as an indoor aquatic centre now technical point/reef break at the tip of the Peninsula at Point Nepean. Whilst most
known as Pelican Park Recreation Centre in December 2003. Planning is in progress surfing activities are casual there is one club, the Peninsula Surf Riders Club at 2011 for a southern Peninsula aquatic facility in the Rosebud area. There are ten privately Gunnamatta, which holds regular competitions. There are also organised summer run pools (many under 25 metres long) and six school based aquatic facilities, school holiday surfing classes at Point Leo. Facilities for surfing include car parks, generally not accessible to the public. Planning is underway for the development of a boardwalk and access paths, toilets and showers and web cams usually located on major regional aquatics facility in Frankston by the Frankston City Council. surf lifesaving clubs. However, many facilities, which support surfing, are provided on Crown Land managed by local Committees of Management, or are within the MOTOR SPORTS - MOTORCYCLING Mornington Peninsula National Park. The Peninsula’s surf breaks attract surfers from The Peninsula is popular for weekend road touring and motocross club activities. across Melbourne and surfing competitions attract visitors from interstate and Opportunities for trail riding are limited to private land. ERASS data (2009) indicates overseas. Educating the public about water safety is a key role for all agencies, in that many more males than females participate in the sport, 2.2%, compared to particular implementing consistent safety messages through on site signs and other 0.3% and that most participants are aged 15 to 44 (however, ERASS data does not media and continuing to educate the public about hazards and water safety. include children aged under 15). The ERASS figures define motorcycling sports as including track, trail bike, car, motorbike, speedway, drag and go-kart. POLOCROSSE There are two clubs offering motorcycling activities and events on the Peninsula. The The sport of polocrosse is a combination of polo, lacrosse and netball, played on Rosebud and District Motorcycle Club based at Long Point Reserve, Cape Schanck horseback with riders using a polo stick shaft to which is attached a squash racquet has 175 members (87 Seniors and 88 juniors). The club has a full calendar of events type head with a loose twisted-thread net, in which the ball is carried. ERASS data including practice days, ‘come and try’ days and race events. The grounds have two includes polocrosse within horse riding and equestrian activities and the average tracks; junior and senior. The Hastings Blue Light Motorcycle Club is located in Victorian participation rate is the same as the national average of 1%. There are 12
Hastings and is run by the local police. Both clubs offer opportunities for skill polocrosse clubs in Victoria, including one on the Mornington Peninsula. The Item development, competition and safe, legal off-road riding. The clubs utilise reserves Moorooduc Polocrosse Club operates from privately owned grounds in Moorooduc.
removed from the main township centres. The club has 50 members and plays tournaments at the Moorooduc grounds and at 2.2 other clubs around the State. Recommendations: Attachment Promote the local clubs as key places for safe off-road riding, and discourage use of shared-use trails along roadsides Provide information on the Shire’s website about the best routes on the
Peninsula for visiting motorcycle tourists 1
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ACTIVE SPORTS STRATEGY
VOLUME 3: CONSULTATION FINDINGS
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ABOUT THIS DOCUMENT
This document is Volume 3 - Consultation Findings, which forms one part of the Mornington Peninsula Active Sport Strategy. Research from the Shire’s Skate/BMX Strategy was conducted simultaneously and has therefore also been presented in this document. It forms Volume 3 of a series of report documents.
■ Volume 1: Preliminary Draft Report ■ Volume 2: Profile and Issues by Sport ■ Volume 3: Consultation Findings
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The study team wishes to acknowledge the assistance of the sporting clubs, associations and leagues, schools and residents, who participated in the study. Our appreciation is also extended to the recreation students from Victoria University of Technology who assisted the study team in the collection of data included in this report.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 INTRODUCTION ...... 4 2 HOUSEHOLD AND SCHOOLS SURVEY ...... 5 2.1 Sport and Skate/BMX survey findings ...... 5 3 STAKEHOLDER QUESTIONS...... 20 3.1 Sports Clubs Telephone Interviews...... 20 4. STAKEHOLDER QUESTIONS...... 30 4.1 Schools Telephone Interviews ...... 30 5. STATE, REGIONAL & DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS...... 39 5.1 Telephone Interviews ...... 39 5.2 Archery ...... 39 5.3 Athletics...... 39 5.4 Australian Rules Football...... 40 5.5 Badminton ...... 40 5.6 Basketball ...... 40 5.7 Bocce...... 41 5.8 Cricket...... 41 5.9 Cycling ...... 42 5.10 Equestrian ...... 42 5.11 Golf ...... 42 5.12 Gymnastics...... 43 5.13 Hockey...... 43 5.14 In-Line Skating...... 43 5.15 Lacrosse ...... 44 5.16 Lawn Bowls...... 44 5.17 Mountain Bike ...... 45 5.18 Netball ...... 45 5.19 Sailing ...... 46 5.20 Shooting ...... 46 5.21 Skateboarding...... 47 5.22 Soccer...... 47 5.23 Softball...... 48 5.24 Surf Lifesaving ...... 48 5.25 Table Tennis ...... 49 5.26 Tennis...... 49 5.27 Volleyball ...... 50 5.28 Wheelchair Sports ...... 50 6. SOCCER WORKSHOP ...... 51 6.1 Junior Soccer: growth and demand ...... 51 6.2 New Club Development...... 51 6.3 Facilities and school fields...... 52 6.4 Other Issues...... 52 7. TENNIS WORKSHOP...... 53 7.1 Growth and Demand...... 53 7.2 Facilities Development ...... 53 7.3 Other Issues...... 54 8. BASKETBALL WORKSHOP...... 55 8.1 Junior Growth and Demand ...... 55 8.2 New Facility Development and Management Options ...... 55 8.3 Volunteerism and Administration ...... 56 8.4 Other Issues...... 57 9. SKATE WORKSHOP...... 58
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10. PEAK BODIES WORKSHOP ...... 61 10.1 Table Tennis ...... 61 10.2 Little Athletics ...... 61 10.3 VPSSSA...... 61 10.4 Diving...... 62 10.5 Volleyball ...... 62 10.6 Flinders Bowls Association...... 62 10.7 Masters Athletics...... 62 10.8 Gymnastics...... 63 10.9 Opportunities (Shire Wide)...... 63 10.10 Roles and Responsibilities...... 63 10.11 Other Issues...... 63 11. TRENDS IN PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES...... 64 11.1 Introduction – the adequacy of available data ...... 64 11.2 Definitions and Data Coverage ...... 65 11.3 Sport and Physical Activities in General...... 69 11.4 Individual Activities...... 70 11.5 Local Implications ...... 75 APPENDIX 1. ERASS LIST OF ACTIVITIES ...... 80 APPENDIX 2. CONFIDENCE INTERVALS ...... 81
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1 INTRODUCTION
In mid November 2004, two surveys were distributed as a part of the Active Sports and Skate/ BMX Strategy for the Mornington Peninsula Shire: one to randomly-selected households and one to a selection of schools in the municipality. In addition, telephone surveys of the Shire’s sporting clubs and schools were conducted. Local, district and regional associations/ leagues and state sporting bodies were also interviewed regarding trends in participation and provision of their sport in Victoria and in the Mornington Peninsula region.
Household survey The household survey was randomly sent to 3000 households throughout the Shire to investigate residents’ thoughts and perceptions about sport and skate/ BMX in the region. A total of 656 usable responses were received.
School survey The school survey was randomly sent to 20 primary and secondary schools throughout the municipality. Each of the selected schools were asked to distribute the survey to students in one particular class, which was also randomly selected. A total of 320 usable responses were received.
Sports Clubs Telephone interviews of 74 sporting clubs within the Shire were conducted by student representatives from Victoria University of Technology. A range of sports were targeted and clubs were asked to provide information regarding levels of participation, trends in their sport and the quality and adequacy of infrastructure provision. Schools Telephone interviews of a geographically selected primary and secondary schools were conducted and staff were asked to comment on the school’s existing provision of sports and sporting grounds and infrastructure. They were also questioned on their connection to local clubs and youth development programs. A total of 18 interviews were collated.
Part Two: Trends in Sport Participation The second part of this document details are review of national and state sport and recreation participation trends in Australia. The review also examines population demographics and projections and provides estimated sport demand projections for the Mornington Peninsula Shire.
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2 HOUSEHOLD AND SCHOOLS SURVEY
2.1 Sport and Skate/BMX survey findings
Table 01: Leisure activities undertaken away from home (household survey)
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY % % % Walking 54.7 Sailing 5.3 Body board/ surfing 2.9 Swimming 22.1 Bowls 5.2 Beach 2.7 Golf 19.2 Football 5.2 Dance 2.4 Cycling 18.1 Caravanning/ touring 4.6 Netball 2.4 Gym 11.7 Running 4.1 Reading 2.4 Tennis 8.2 Horse riding 3.2 Cricket 2.1 Fishing 7.6 Motor bikes 3.2 Skateboarding 2.0 Outings 6.7 Basketball 3.0 Yoga 1.8 Movies 5.5 Boxing/ kickboxing 3.0 Martial arts 1.5
Table 02: Top ten activities by gender (household survey) % % ACTIVITY ACTIVITY OF FEMALES OF MALES Walking 34.1 Walking 20.6 Swimming 14.3 Golf 12.7 Gym 8.2 Cycling 10.2 Cycling 7.9 Swimming 7.8 Golf 6.6 Fishing 6.6 Tennis 4.9 Football 4.0 Outings 4.1 Gym 3.5 Movies 4.0 Tennis 3.2 Netball 2.3 Sailing 3.2
Table 03: Top activities away from home (school survey)
TOTAL TOTAL TOTAL ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY % % % Cycling 16.9 BMX 8.4 Surfing 4.4 Basketball 14.7 Cricket 7.5 Athletics 4.1 Swimming/ beach 10.9 Tennis 7.5 Dancing 3.8 General socialising 10.3 Netball 6.3 Equestrian 3.1 Skateboarding 10.3 PC/ Playstation/ X-Box 6.3 Inline Skating 3.1 Aussie Rules Football 9.1 Soccer 5.6 Walking 2.8
Table 04: Top five activities (school survey)
FEMALE MALE TOTAL % OF TOTAL % OF ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY Netball 90.0 BMX 88.9 Swimming/ beach 74.3 Skateboarding 87.1 Cycling 63.0 Aussie Rules Football 79.3 General socialising 60.6 Basketball 51.1 Basketball 48.9 Cycling 37.0
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Table 05: Participation in competitive sports (school survey)
GENDER GENDER TOTAL FEMALE MALE TOTAL FEMALE MALE SPORT SPORT % % % % % % Basketball 22.2 7.2 14.7 Gymnastics 5.6 3.8 1.3 Aussie Rules 15.6 1.9 13.8 Hockey 4.4 0.3 3.8 Cricket 15.3 2.5 12.8 Life Saving 3.4 0.9 2.5 BMX 15.0 2.2 12.5 Equestrian sports 3.1 2.5 0.6 Skateboarding 15.0 2.5 12.8 Table Tennis 3.1 0.9 1.9 Cycling 13.1 6.6 5.9 Sailing 2.8 0.6 1.9 Soccer 10.3 4.4 5.9 Badminton 2.5 1.9 0.6 Tennis 10.3 4.1 6.9 Volleyball 2.2 1.9 0.3 Athletics 10.0 4.7 5.0 Baseball 1.9 0.9 0.9 Netball 10.0 9.1 0.6 Softball 1.6 1.3 0.6 Inline Skating 9.7 3.4 5.9 Rugby 1.3 0.3 0.9 Golf 8.1 2.2 5.6 Lacrosse 0.6 0.3 0.3 Surfing 6.6 1.9 4.7 Lawn Bowls 0.3 0.3 0.0
Table 5a: Top five activities (school survey)
FEMALE MALE TOTAL % OF TOTAL % OF ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY ACTIVITY Netball 93.8 Aussie Rules Football 88.0 Volleyball 83.3 Skateboarding 85.7 Equestrian 80.0 BMX 85.4 Gymnastics 72.2 Cricket 83.6 Cycling 47.6 Golf 76.9
Table 06: Residents’ participation in sports (household survey)
TOTAL SPORT % Golf 21.8 Lawn Bowls 9.5 Tennis 9.2 Gym 6.1 Football 5.6 Swimming 5.6 Sailing 4.7 Cycling 4.2 Basketball 3.6 Netball 3.4
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Table 07: Sports ranked, and nature of involvement (household survey)
OTHER COMMITTEE TEAM CO- UMPIRE/ SPORT PLAYERS % COACH % VOLUNTEER MEMBER % ORDINATOR % OFFICIAL % % Golf 97.1 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 Bowls 82.1 7.7 5.1 2.6 0.0 2.6 Tennis 95.9 2.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.0 Gym 91.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.8 Football 52.9 5.9 2.9 5.9 11.8 20.6 Swimming 92.2 1.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.3 Sailing 82.6 8.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.7 Cycling 97.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2
Table 08: Top-ranking sports by level of competition (household survey)
PROFESSIONAL/ ELITE SPORT SOCIAL % CLUB % % Golf 57.0 43.0 0.0 Bowls 21.6 70.3 8.1 Tennis 36.2 63.8 0.0 Gym 76.5 23.5 0.0 Football 2.9 91.2 5.9 Swimming 82.3 17.7 0.0 Sailing 47.8 52.2 0.0 Cycling 75.0 25.0 0.0
Table 09: Top-ranked sports and frequency of participation (household survey)
THREE OR MORE TIMES SPORT ONCE OR LESS % TWICE WEEKLY % % Golf 62.7 27.5 8.8 Bowls 24.3 37.8 40.5 Tennis 57.1 34.7 8.2 Gym 21.6 37.8 40.5 Football 35.3 38.2 26.5 Swimming 60.6 25.8 13.6 Sailing 87.0 13.0 0.0 Cycling 39.6 35.4 25.0
Table 10: Top-ranked sports and place of participation (household survey)
SPORT IN YOUR TOWN % INSIDE SHIRE % OUTSIDE SHIRE % Golf 21.9 71.4 6.7 Swimming 18.2 69.7 12.1 Walking 44.8 48.3 6.9 Cycling 30.4 63.0 6.5 Tennis 40.8 51.0 8.2 Bowls 18.9 81.1 0.0 Gym 36.1 58.3 5.6 Football 29.4 55.9 14.7 Running 41.7 58.3 0.0 Sailing 34.8 52.2 13.0
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Table 11: Top-ranked sports and adequacy of training facilities (household survey)
MORE THAN ADEQUATE SPORT INADEQUATE% ADEQUATE % % Golf 6.3 70.5 23.2 Swimming 32.8 49.2 18.0 Walking 16.3 67.4 16.3 Cycling 44.2 48.8 7.0 Tennis 10.4 77.1 12.5 Bowls 0.0 70.3 29.8 Gym 8.3 66.7 25.0 Football 17.6 67.6 14.7 Running 13.0 69.6 17.4 Sailing 18.2 59.1 27.3
Table 12: Top sports and adequacy of competition facilities (household survey)
MORE THAN ADEQUATE SPORT INADEQUATE % ADEQUATE % % Golf 8.7 60.0 28.4 Swimming 32.1 45.3 22.6 Walking 26.7 63.3 10.0 Cycling 57.1 39.3 3.6 Tennis 10.9 80.4 8.7 Bowls 0.0 78.4 21.6 Gym 18.2 72.7 9.1 Football 23.5 61.8 14.7 Running 15.8 84.2 0.0 Sailing 17.4 60.9 21.7
Table 13: Sports liked but not played (household survey)
SPORT TOTAL % SPORT TOTAL % Tennis 12.0 Basketball 2.1 Golf 9.6 Hockey 2.1 Swimming 4.0 Netball 2.1 Bowls 2.7 Football 1.8 Squash 2.7 Sailing 1.8
Table 14: Sports liked but not played (household survey)
% OF SPORT SPORT % OF MALES FEMALES Tennis 23.0 Tennis 14.8 Golf 16.8 Golf 13.7 Swimming 8.0 Bowls 7.1 Netball 6.2 Football 6.1 Volleyball 5.3 Squash 6.1 Hockey 4.4 Cricket 4.9
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Table 15: Top five things that would encourage people to play by sport (household survey)
TENNIS BASKETBALL 1 Put me in touch with club/ centre offering sport in my age group (31) 1 Put me in touch with others that have this interest/ someone to play with (5) 2 Suitable programs/ classes to learn/ develop confidence in this activity 2 Put me in touch with club/centre offering sport in my age group (4) (30) 3 Provide information about where I can play it (28) 3 Provide information about where I can play this sport (4) 4 Provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club 4 Suitable programs/ classes to learn/ develop confidence in this activity (2) member) (27) 5 Put me in touch with others that have this interest/ someone to play with 5 Provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club member) (2) (22) GOLF HOCKEY 1 Reduce the cost of playing this sport (36) 1 Provide facilities closer to home (7) 2 Suitable programs/ classes to learn/ develop confidence in this activity 2 Provide information about where I can play this sport (7) (25) 3 Provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club 3 Provide better quality facilities (5) member) (25) 4 Put me in touch with club/ centre offering sport in my age group (15) 4 Reduce the routine commitment required to play this sport (4) 5 Put me in touch with others that have this interest/ someone to play with 5 Put me in touch with club/ centre offering sport in my age group (4) (11) SWIMMING NETBALL 1 Provide facilities closer to home (15) 1 Provide information about where I can play this sport (9) 2 Provide better quality facilities (8) 2 Put me in touch with club/centre offering it in my age group (7) 3 Reduce the cost of playing this sport (8) 3 Look after a family member I care for (6) 4 Put me in touch with club/ centre offering sport in my age group (7) 4 Provide information about where I can play this sport (6) 5 Provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club 5 Suitable programs/ classes to learn/ develop confidence in this activity (6) member (6) BOWLS FOOTBALL 1 Provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club 1 Put me in touch with club/ centre offering sport in my age group (4) member) (7) 2 Suitable programs/ classes to learn/ develop confidence in this activity 2 Put me in touch with others that have this interest/ someone to play with (3) (6) 3 Provide information about where i can play it (5) 3 Provide information about where I can play it (3) 4 Reduce the cost of playing this sport (5) 4 Provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club member) (3) SQUASH SAILING 1 Provide information about where I can play it (9) 1 Reduce the cost of playing this sport (8) 2 Reduce the cost of playing this sport (9) 2 Suitable programs/ classes to learn/ develop confidence in this activity (7) 3 Provide facilities closer to home (8) 3 Put me in touch with club/ centre offering sport in my age group (6) 4 Put me in touch with club/ centre offering sport in my age group (8) 4 Provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club member) (4) 5 Provide more opportunities to play socially (without being a club
member) (8)
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Table 16: Sport - liked but not participated in – for each township (household survey)
ARTHURS SEAT CRIB POINT MERRICKS POINT LEO SHOREHAM No response Dance (2) Tennis (1) Squash (1) Tennis (2) Football (2) Shooting (1) Tennis (2) Walking (1)
BALNARRING DROMANA MERRICKS BEACH PORTSEA SOMERS Hockey (1) Golf (4) No response Swimming (1) Golf (2) Volleyball (1) Tennis (4) Hockey (1) Volleyball (2) Tennis (1)
BALNARRING BEACH FINGAL MERRICKS NORTH RED HILL SOMERVILLE Hockey (2) Badminton (1) No response Football (2) Cycling (4) Squash (2) Badminton (1) Golf (4) Tennis (2) Golf (1) Football (3) Volleyball (1) Tennis (3) Cricket (1) BAXTER FLINDERS MOOROODUC RED HILL SOUTH SORRENTO Tennis (3) Bowls (2) No response Base/ softball (1) No response Tennis (2) Swimming (1) Tennis (1) Voileyball (1)
BITTERN HASTINGS MORNINGTON ROSEBUD ST ANDREWS BEACH Hockey (4) Tennis (5) Golf (10) Golf (7) Tennis (2) Tennis (2) Basketball (2) Tennis (7) Tennis (6) Squash (5) Bowls (4) Basketball (4) Swimming (4) BLAIRGOWRIE HMAS C ERBERUS MOUNT E LIZA ROSEBUD WEST TOOTGAROOK Golf (2) No response Tennis (13) Golf (3) Indoor rock climbing (2) Swimming (2) Golf (11) Cricket (1) Bowls (3) Golf (1) Sailing (3) Running (1) Squash (3) BONEO MAIN RIDGE MOUNT MARTHA RYE TUERONG No response Soccer (1) Tennis (9) Golf (5) Cycling (2) Swimming (1) Golf (7) Tennis (4) Soccer (4) Scuba/ snorkel (2) Swimming (2)
CAPE SCHANK MCC RAE PEARCEDALE SAFETY BEACH TYABB Tennis (1) Golf (3) Basketball (1) Gym (2) Exercise classes (1) Tennis (2) Martial arts (1) Tennis (2) Hockey (1) Tennis (1) Ice skating (1) Indoor soccer (1)
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Table 17: Sport – liked but not participated in (school survey)
GENDER SPORT TOTAL % FEMALE % MALE % Surfing 13.1 47.6 52.4 Soccer 9.4 51.7 48.3 Basketball 9.1 66.7 33.3 Netball 5.0 100.0 0.0 Aussie Rules Football 4.1 53.8 46.2 Tennis 3.8 70.0 30.0 Cricket 3.4 27.3 72.7 Swimming/ beach 3.1 90.0 10.0 Golf 2.8 33.3 66.7 Rugby 2.8 0.0 100.0 Skateboarding 2.5 0.0 100.0 Skiing/snowboarding 2.5 25.0 75.0
Table 18: Reasons why students stopped playing/ participating by top-ranked sports (school survey)
SURFING NETBALL No equipment to participate Too expensive Not good enough No club/ team provided Too far away Time constraints Time constraints Family constraints SOCCER AUSSIE RULES FOOTBALL Play other sports instead No club/ team provided No club/ team provided Time constraints Too expensive Not good enough Time constraints Family constraints BASKETBALL TENNIS Time constraints Play other sports instead Play other sports instead Too expensive Not good enough Not good enough Family constraints No club/ team provided
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Table 19: Importance of sport (household survey)
EXTREMELY IMP. VERY IMP. % OF SOME IMP. OF NO IMP. % IMPORTANCE % % How important is sport in increasing the levels of physical 57.0 34.5 7.2 1.3 activity in the community? How important is it that sport is provided as part of the 55.2 34.7 6.7 3.3 local school curriculum? How important is it that the shire subsides the cost of 49.3 39.4 7.6 3.7 sports facilities for local clubs? How important is sport in providing social opportunities & 42.5 41.7 13.3 2.5 benefits to the community? How important is sport in providing economic benefits to 27.5 37.5 30.2 4.8 the community? How important is sport to your household? 22.7 34.2 34.0 9.2 How important is it to provide additional skate facilities 20.1 24.5 40.7 14.7 across the Shire? How important is it to provide additional BMX facilities 17.8 22.2 44.8 15.3 across the Shire?
Table 20: Importance of sport - females (household survey)
EXTREMELY IMP. VERY IMP. % OF SOME IMP. OF NO IMP. % IMPORTANCE % % How important is sport in increasing the levels of physical 59.1 32.6 7.1 1.2 activity in the community? How important is it that sport is provided as part of the 58.8 31.8 6.8 2.6 local school curriculum? How important is it that the shire subsides the cost of 45.7 34.2 16.2 3.8 sports facilities for local clubs? How important is sport in providing social opportunities 44.6 40.8 12.6 2.1 & benefits to the community? How important is sport in providing economic benefits to 27.6 39.9 27.9 4.7 the community? How important is sport to your household? 20.1 32.7 36.2 11.1 How important is it to provide additional skate facilities 20.8 24.9 40.9 13.4 across the Shire? How important is it to provide additional BMX facilities 17.7 23.6 45.4 13.3 across the Shire?
Table 21: Importance of sport - males (household survey)
EXTREMELY IMP. VERY IMP. % OF SOME IMP. OF NO IMP. % IMPORTANCE % % How important is sport in increasing the levels of 54.7 36.7 7.3 1.3 physical activity in the community? How important is it that sport is provided as part of the 51.0 38.3 6.7 4.0 local school curriculum? How important is it that the shire subsides the cost of 41.1 37.5 17.1 4.3 sports facilities for local clubs? How important is sport in providing social opportunities 40.1 42.8 14.0 3.0 & benefits to the community? How important is sport in providing economic benefits to 27.4 34.8 32.8 5.0 the community? How important is sport to your household? 25.6 35.9 31.6 7.0 How important is it to provide additional skate facilities 19.3 24.1 40.3 16.3 across the Shire? How important is it to provide additional BMX facilities 17.9 20.6 43.9 17.6 across the Shire?
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Table 22: How the Shire can promote sports activities (household survey)
MEDIUMS TOTAL % Local newspaper 31.0 Information sent out through schools 15.5 Council’s newsletter 15.3 Pamphlets provided through sports clubs/ leisure centres 14.6 Information at community centres (library, cust service centre) 14.0 Council’s website 5.7 Direct email 3.8
Table 23: How the Shire can improve the provision of sport (household survey)
IMPROVE SPORT BY TOTAL % New/ improved facilities 32.9 Cut costs 17.9 Better sports program in schools 9.6 Better promotion 9.3 Build a gym/ pool in Rye area 7.0 More cycling paths 5.1 More programs for teenagers 4.5 Free come and try days at shire facilities 3.2
Table 24: Ways to improve the provision of sport opportunities (township) (household survey)
ARTHURS SEAT CRIB POINT MERRICKS POINT LEO SHOREHAM New/ improved facilities (2) New/ improved facilities (3) New/ improved facilities (2) Listen to more residents (2) New/ improved facilities (4) BALNARRING DROMANA MERRICKS BEACH PORTSEA SOMERS More cycling paths (2) Cut costs (3) No response New/ improved facilities (2) More cycling paths (2) BALNARRING BEACH FINGAL MERRICKS NORTH RED HILL SOMERVILLE Reopen squash centre at Build gym/ pool in Rye area New/ improved facilities (1) More cycling tracks (1) Cut costs (7) Hastings (2) (1) BAXTER FLINDERS MOOROODUC RED HILL SOUTH SORRENTO Better sports programs in Cut costs (2) No response Cut costs (1) No response schools (1) BITTERN HASTINGS MORNINGTON ROSEBUD ST ANDREWS BEACH Better sports programs in Cut costs (3) New/ improved facilities (7) New/ improved facilities (16) New/ improved facilities (10) schools (1) BLAIRGOWRIE HMAS C ERBERUS MOUNT E LIZA ROSEBUD WEST TOOTGAROOK Build gym/ pool in Rye area More programs for teenagers No response New/ improved facilities (15) Cut costs (1) (2) (2) BONEO MAIN RIDGE MOUNT MARTHA RYE TUERONG Build gym/ pool in Rye area Build gym/ pool in Rye area Cut costs (1) New/ improved facilities (16) No response (1) (4) CAPE SCHANK MCC RAE PEARCEDALE SAFETY BEACH TYABB More programs for teenagers No response New/ improved facilities (4) More cycling tracks (1) New/ improved facilities (1) (2)
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Table 25: Students who skate or ride bikes (school survey)
GENDER
TOTAL % FEMALE % MALE % Yes 80.6 36.3 43.1 No 16.3 10.6 5.0
Table 26: Activity participated in and how often (school survey)
ONCE WEEKLY OR TWICE THREE TIMES WEEKLY OR ACTIVITY TOTAL % FEMALE % MALE % LESS WEEKLY MORE BIKE Street riding 57.8 25.0 31.6 26.5 28.1 45.4 Mountain bike 22.5 8.8 13.8 47.2 23.6 29.2 Dirt jump racing 15.9 2.8 12.8 37.3 27.5 35.3 INLINE SKATING Aggressive/ street skating 14.1 5.0 9.1 55.6 17.8 26.7 Speed skating 10.6 2.5 8.1 55.9 8.8 35.3 Inline hockey 8.1 2.2 5.9 69.2 19.2 11.5 SKATEBOARDING Street skating 21.6 5.3 15.9 33.3 24.6 42.0 Vertical ramp 15.0 2.5 12.5 52.1 22.9 25.0
Table 27: Ownership of equipment (school survey)
OVERALL RESPONSE FEMALE % MALE % EQUIPMENT % Mountain bike 60.0 28.4 30.3 Scooter 59.1 26.6 31.9 Skateboard 51.6 18.9 33.8 Inline skates/ rollerblades 46.9 22.5 23.8 BMX bike 40.9 9.1 31.3 Roller skates 40.0 18.8 19.7
Table 28: Facilities used (school survey)
OVERALL RESPONSE FEMALE % MALE % FACILITIES % Mornington St Skate Park 15.3 3.4 11.9 Hastings Skate Park 12.2 2.8 9.1 Rye Skate Bowl 5.9 1.6 4.3 The Shire’s mobile skate ramps 5.6 0.6 5.0
Table 29: Reasons for visiting facility (school survey)
MORNINGTON ST SKATE PARK RYE SKATE BOWL Close to home Close to home Fun/ love it/ cool Fun/ love it/ cool Like its design Friends go there HASTINGS SKATE PARK THE SHIRE’S MOBILE SKATE RAMPS Close to home Close to home Fun/ love it/ cool Fun/ love it/ cool Like its design It’s safe
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Table 30: Reasons for not visiting a facility (school survey)
MORNINGTON ST SKATE PARK RYE SKATE BOWL Too far away Too far away Never heard of it No transport to get there Too many teenagers Too crowded HASTINGS SKATE PARK THE SHIRE’S MOBILE SKATE RAMPS Too far away Too far away Never heard of it Never heard of it Not allowed Its not very good
Table 31: How skate and BMX facilities should be located (school survey)
TOTAL % Together 33.4 Separately 60.0
Table 32: Make up of skate/ BMX facilities (school survey)
FACILITIES TOTAL % Several large facilities for each type of skate/ BMX discipline 35.0 One large skate/ BMX part that caters for all types of skating and BMX riding 23.8 Lots of small facilities across the Shire for each type of skate/ BMX discipline 20.6 Mobile equipment which can be moved to different parks 10.6
Table 33: Priority for skate/ BMX facilities (school survey)
GENDER NEW FACILITY OVERALL RESPONSE % FEMALE % MALE % Street skate/ BMX area 28.1 13.4 14.7 BMX dirt jumping area 17.8 5.3 12.5 BMX racing track 13.4 5.3 7.5 A skate/ BMX bowl 12.5 6.3 6.3 Vertical ramps 8.4 4.1 4.1
Table 34: Preferred skate/ BMX facility location (school survey)
TOWNSHIP OVERALL RESPONSE % Mornington 14.4 Rosebud 14.4 Hastings 9.7 Rye 6.9 Mount Eliza 5.9 Somerville 5.9 Dromana 5.0
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Table 35: Townships respondents reported they go, by facility (school survey)
STREET SKATE/ BMX AREA BMX RACING TRACK VERTICAL RAMPS Mornington (all single responses) Hastings Hastings (all single responses) • Scout Hall • Marine Pde (6) • Marine Pde • Watts Rd • Foreshore (1) • Victoria St • Sardaling Crs • Spring St (1) • Dunns Rd • Robertson Dve • Allison St Rosebud Mornington Rosebud (all single responses) • Nepean Hwy (3) • Dunns Rd (2) . Besgrove Dve • Pier St (1) • Cramar St (1) . Hove Rd • Foreshore (1) • Rouol Dve (1) • Rosebud Pde (1) • Racecourse Rd (1) • Olympic Oval (1) Mount Eliza (all single responses) Someville (all single responses) Dromana • Scout Hall . Coolart Rd • Pier St (4) • Shopping Centre . Emrosa Rd • Boundary Rd (1) • Rahalangh Dve Hastings Rosebud (all single responses) • Marine Pde (4) • Trumans Rd • Simon St (1) • Jetty Rd • Tavern St (1) • Nepean Hwy • Eastbourne Rd Somerville (all single responses) Somerville (all single responses) • Emrosa Rd • Stanley St • Somerville Oval • Trumans Rd • Coolart Rd • Jones Rd BMX DIRT JUMPING AREA A SKATE/ BMX BOWL Rosebud Rye (all single responses) Next to Easbourne PS (2) • Wroona St Nepean Hwy (2) • Foreshore Boneo Rd (2) • Trumans Rd Devon St (1) Mornington (all single responses) Rosebud (all single responses) • Dennis Rd . Hove Rd • Robertson Dve . Nepean Hwy • Nepean Hwy . Boneo Rd Dromana Mornington (all single responses) • Pier St (2) . Robertson Dve • Loongala Rd (1) . Allison St Hastings Tootgarook
• Marine Pde (2) . Trumans Rd (4) Mount Eliza Somerville . Cameron Way . Emrosa Rd (1) . Jones Rd
Table 36: Preferred skate/ BMX facility location (household survey)
OVERALL RESPONSE TOWNSHIP TOWNSHIP OVERALL RESPONSE % TOWNSHIP OVERALL RESPONSE % % Rosebud 25.5 Mount Martha 5.8 Dromana 3.5 Mornington 15.2 Rye 5.2 Bittern 3.2 Somerville 13.2 Mount Eliza 4.8 Red Hill 3.2 Hastings 7.4 Crib Point 3.5
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Table 37: Suggested locations for skate/ BMX facility (by township (household survey)
LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION Rosebud (all single responses) Mount Martha Dromana • Nepean Hwy (18) • Citation Oval (4) • Boundary Rd (2) • Foreshore (14) • Benton rd (3) • Boneo Rd (7) • Craigy Rd (3) • Pt Nepean Rd (7) • Ferreo Rd (2) • Besgrove St (2) • Dunns Rd (2) • Eastbourne Rd (2) • Esplanade (2) • Jetty Rd (2) Mornington Rye Bittern • Tyabb Rd (4) • Nepean Hwy (3) . Bittern Stadium (2) • Dunns Rd (3) • Foreshore (3) . Graham Myers Stand (2) • Canadian Bay Rd (3) • Francis St (2) . Henderson Rd (2) • Esplanade (3) • Browns Rd (2) • Bentons Rd (2) Somerville Mount Eliza Red Hill • Fruit growers (8) • Canadian Bay Rd (4) . Red Hill Rd (4) • Emrosa Rd (7) . Arthur Seat Rd (3) • Jones Rd (6) • Claredon St (3) • Frankston-Flinders Rd (3) Hastings Crib Point • Foreshore (3) • Stoney Point Rd (3) • Corima St (2)
DEMOGRAPHICS
Table 38: Age groups (household survey)
GENDER OVERALL RESPONSE AGE (YRS) FEMALE % MALE % MORN PEN POPULATION % 10-14 3.7 1.4 2.3 7.1 15-19 4.8 1.2 3.5 6.5 20-24 1.7 0.9 0.8 4.9 25-29 6.3 3.7 2.6 5.3 30-34 9.1 4.9 4.1 6.2 35-39 10.6 5.8 4.7 6.9 40-44 9.4 6.6 2.7 7.3 45-49 8.2 4.4 3.7 6.6 50-54 8.5 4.1 4.3 6.6 55-59 9.6 5.8 3.7 5.9 60-64 7.1 3.5 3.5 5.3 65-69 9.1 5.2 3.8 4.9 70-74 6.5 3.4 3.0 5.0 75-79 2.9 1.1 1.8 4.0 80+ 2.6 1.2 1.4 4.4
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Table 39: Age group (school survey)
GENDER FEMALE AGE (YRS) OVERALL RESPONSE % MALE % % 7 0.3 0.3 0.0 8 2.8 1.6 1.3 9 11.6 5.9 5.3 10 25.9 10.9 14.4 11 20.9 11.6 9.4 12 12.8 6.3 6.6 13 9.1 3.4 5.6 14 9.7 4.7 5.0 15 1.9 1.3 0.6 16 2.5 1.3 1.3 17 0.3 0.3 0.0
Table 40: Suburb of residence (household survey)
TOTAL SUBURB SUBURB TOTAL% % Mornington 14.0 Shoreham 1.4 Mount Eliza 13.4 Tootgarook 1.4 Mount Martha 9.0 St Andrews Beach 1.2 Rosebud 7.6 Balnarring 0.9 Somerville 7.6 Red Hill South 0.9 Hastings 4.4 Somers 0.9 Bittern 4.1 Arthurs Seat 0.8 Rye 3.7 Portsea 0.6 McCrae 3.4 Cape Schanck 0.5 Dromana 3.2 Pearcedale 0.5 Crib Point 2.9 Boneo 0.3 Blairgowrie 2.3 Merricks 0.3 Rosebud West 2.0 Merricks Beach 0.3 Baxter 1.8 Point Leo 0.3 Balnarring Beach 1.7 Sorrento 0.3 Safety Beach 1.7 Tuerong 0.3 Tyabb 1.7 Fingal 0.2 Red Hill 1.5 HMAS Cerberus 0.2 Flinders 1.4 Merricks North 0.2 Main Ridge 1.4 Moorooduc 0.0
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Table 41: Suburb of residence (school survey)
TOTAL SUBURB SUBURB TOTAL% % Mornington 13.8 McCrae 2.2 Rosebud 11.6 Crib Point 1.9 Mount Eliza 10.0 Bittern 1.3 Rye 10.0 Somers 0.9 Hastings 9.7 Blairgowrie 0.6 Dromana 5.6 Boneo 0.3 Mount Martha 5.0 Flinders 0.3 Somerville 4.4 Pearcedale 0.3 Balnarring 3.8 Point Leo 0.3 Tyabb 3.8 Red Hill 0.3 Rosebud West 2.8 Red Hill South 0.3 Tootgarook 2.8 Shoreham 0.3 Safety Beach 2.5 Tuerong 0.3
Table 42: Born overseas (household survey)
GENDER % Yes 2.9 No 97.1
Table 43: Countries include (household survey)
COUNTRY COUNTRY Holland (7) Malaysia (1) Germany (3) South Africa (1) Austria (2) Sri Lanka (1) Hungary (2)
Table 44: Total annual income (household survey)
INCOME ($) % INCOME ($) % <$12,000 6.3 $61-$80,000 13.4 $12-$20,000 12.2 $81-$100,000 10.1 $21-$40,000 26.0 $100-$150,000 4.1 $41-$60,000 25.3 >$150,000 2.6
Table 45: Gender (household survey)
GENDER % Female 53.6 Male 46.4
Table 46: Gender (school survey)
GENDER % Female 47.8 Male 49.7
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3 STAKEHOLDER QUESTIONS
3.1 Sports Clubs Telephone Interviews
Between November 04 and January 05 a telephone survey was conducted by specialist consultants @leisure to guide Council’s decision making about sport services and facilities in the Mornington Peninsula Shire. 74 clubs were contacted throughout the municipality
Table 01: Participation trends
ATHLETICS CRICKET NETBALL Decreasing (2) Overall increasing (2) Overall increase (1) Overall decline (2) Overall decrease (1) Overall steady (1) Senior increase (1) Senior decline (2) Mixed increase (1) Senior Steady (2) Senior Increase (1) Junior decline (4) Junior increasing (3) BASEBALL DOG SENIOR FOOTBALL Junior increase (1) Steady (1) Overall increase (4) Senior steady (1) Decline (1) Overall decrease (2) Increasing (1) Overall steady (1)
BASKETBALL GUN SOCCER Overall increase (4) Increasing (1) Overall increasing (3) Mixed increase (1) Overall decrease (1)
BOWLS JUNIOR FOOTBALL TENNIS Overall decline (5) Increasing (3) Overall increase (9) Increase in young members (5) Steady (1) Overall decrease (3) Overall steady (2) Senior steady (1) Junior decline (1) Night increase (2)
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Table 02: Percentage of club members residing Mornington Peninsula townships
SPORT AVERAGE % OF JUNIORS AVERAGE % OF SENIORS AVERAGE % OF MASTERS Athletics 95 N/A N/A Baseball 100 100 100 Basketball 80 80 80 Bowls 100 96.1 96.7 Cricket 90.9 84.8 N/A Dog N/A 92.5 N/A Gun 30 30 30 Junior Football 99.8 N/A N/A Netball 96.7 95 100 Senior Football N/A 93.7 N/A Soccer 98.3 96.7 N/A Tennis 93.2 91.7 80
Table 03: Are tourists/ visitors encouraged to utilise your facilities∗
SPORT YES NO N/A Athletics 0 2 0 Baseball 0 0 0 Basketball 0 1 0 Bowls 10 0 0 Cricket 3 0 7 Dog 0 0 3 Gun 0 0 0 Junior Football 0 0 2 Netball 0 2 0 Senior Football 3 1 1 Soccer 2 0 1 Tennis 14 3 0
Reasons for tourists/visitors not utilising facilities (see table above) include:
Netball Facilities not good enough Facilities are only suitable for netball
Tennis No active promotion
Athletics No advertising
Basketball Not relevant to association
∗ Responses expressed in total numbers
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Table 04: Facilities available for casual hire∗
SPORT YES NO Athletics 0 2 Baseball 0 2 Basketball 1 0 Bowls 11 3 Cricket 6 6 Dog s 0 0 Gun 1 0 Junior Football 0 2 Netball 1 2 Senior Football 3 4 Soccer 1 2 Tennis 17 0
Table 05: Do current facilities meet the standard of competition?
SPORT JUNIORS SENIORS MASTERS YES NO YES NO YES NO Athletics 2 0 0 0 0 0 Baseball 1 1 1 1 1 1 Basketball 0 0 0 0 0 0 Bowls 7 1 10 0 8 0 Cricket 5 1 4 7 0 0 Dog 1 0 2 1 1 0 Gun 0 0 0 0 1 0 Junior Football 2 2 0 0 0 0 Netball 1 3 1 2 1 1 Senior Football 0 0 4 2 0 0 Soccer 0 2 1 1 1 1 Tennis 13 4 10 7 4 2
Table 06: Does the club have a development, business or future strategy plan?
SPORT YES NO Athletics 1 1 Baseball 2 0 Basketball 1 0 Bowls 7 2 Cricket 6 6 Dog 2 1 Gun 1 0 Junior Football 1 2 Netball 2 1 Senior Football 5 3 Soccer 3 0 Tennis 11 6
Responses expressed in total numbers
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Table 07: What facilities your club need in the future
ATHLETICS CRICKET NETBALL Improve lighting (1) Bigger rooms/ improve rooms (7) More/ upgrade courts (3) Improve storage (1) Improve ground/ drainage (3) Upgrade club rooms (3) Improve toilets (1) Improve cricket pitch/ new pitch (2) Indoor courts (1) Indoor training centre (2) More seating (1) Shade structures (1) Improved practice nets (1) BASEBALL DOG SENIOR FOOTBALL Improve playing surface (2) Fenced off area for young dogs (1) Improve shower facilities (4) Provide lighting (1) Increased storage area (1) Improve club/ change rooms (5) Provide side and back nets (1) Toilet (1) Improved spectator facilities (3) Club rooms (1) Improve time keepers/ coaches box (1) BASKETBALL GUN SOCCER Improved social facilities (1) Disabled access facilities (1) Improved change/ social rooms (2) More courts (1) Light towers (1) More storage (1) Provide lighting (1) BOWLS JUNIOR FOOTBALL TENNIS Improved toilets for disabled and access to Improve Rooms (3) Provide more courts (7) club rooms (3) General maintenance (3) Improved lighting on oval (1) Improve club rooms (5) Additional greens (2) Improve car parking (1) Improve lighting (3) Air conditioning in club house (1) Improve car park (2) Increase accessibility for people with a disability (1) Provide shaded seating facilities (1)
Table 08: Have any programs or competitions been implemented for the following groups in the past 2 seasons?∗
PEOPLE WITH A SPORT JUNIORS SCHOOLS WOMEN/ GIRLS DISABILITY YES NO YES NO YES NO YES NO Athletics 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 1 Baseball 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 Basketball 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 Bowls 5 5 7 3 8 1 6 4 Cricket 10 1 4 1 3 2 3 1 Dog 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 Gun 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Junior Football 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Netball 2 1 1 2 2 1 0 3 Senior Football 6 2 2 6 1 7 2 6 Soccer 3 0 0 2 2 0 0 2 Tennis 16 1 9 7 13 2 16 2
∗ Responses expressed in total numbers
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Table 9: Major changes over the next five years
ATHLETICS CRICKET NETBALL Overall improvement in the sport required Escalating costs (2) Increase in numbers (2) (2) Getting more kids involved 21) Decrease in numbers (1) More one day matches (2) Increased interest in mixed netball (1) Improvements in facilities (1) Overall decline in numbers of participants (1) Shire will need more grounds for juniors (1) BASEBALL DOG SENIOR FOOTBALL Increase in participation (1) New training methods (1) Harder to attract people to the game (1) Profile of the sport will rise (1) People attitudes to dog owners (1) Increased cost of insurance (1) Increase in membership (1) Increased fund raising to survive (1) Increased professionalism required in running clubs (1) BASKETBALL GUN SOCCER Demand increase on facilities (1) A lot of automation which is costly (1) Growth in females (2) Major participation growth (1) Over demand for the amount of clubs (2) BOWLS JUNIOR FOOTBALL TENNIS More younger players (6) More competition from other spots (1) Increased participation (4) Coloured uniforms (1) More fund raising will be required (1) Dwindling mid-week women’s comp (2) Commonwealth Games may increase interest More teams in the lower age groups (1) Ageing of players (1) level (1) Increase in night tennis (1) Popularity will rise if Australians win major tournament
(1)
Table 10: Major obstacles by sport over the next five years
ATHLETICS CRICKET NETBALL Generally improve facilities (1) Rising costs (4) Rising costs (2) Maintaining membership numbers (1) Retaining juniors (2) Lack of volunteers (1) Recruitment (1) Size constraints, no room to grow (1) Rising insurance costs (1) Social changes, people having less time (1) BASEBALL DOG SENIOR FOOTBALL Size constraints, no room to grow (2) Increase standard of facilities (1) Rising costs (4) Rising costs (1) Lack of toilet facilities (1) Rising insurance costs (2) Shortage of instructors (1) BASKETBALL GUN SOCCER Size constraints, no room to grow (1) Lease agreements (1) Lack of playing fields (2) Not been able to take on all people interested (1) Lack of volunteers (1) BOWLS JUNIOR FOOTBALL TENNIS Rising costs (3) Rising costs (3) Lack of tennis courts (5) Decreased membership (2) Rising insurance costs (2) Lack of volunteers (4) Lease problems (2) Rising insurance costs (3) Attracting new members (2) Rising costs (2) Court sharing is a problem (1)
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Table 11: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Athletics Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 2 0 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 2 0 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 1 0 1 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 2 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 2 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 2 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 2 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 1 1 0 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 0 0 2 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 2 0 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 0 1 1
Table 12: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Baseball Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 1 1 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 1 1 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 0 0 2 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 1 1 0 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 1 0 1 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 1 1 0 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 2 0 0 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 0 0 2 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 0 0 2 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 2 0 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 0 2 2
Table 13: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Basketball Club
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 0 1 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 1 0 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 0 0 1 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 1 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 1 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 0 1 0 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 1 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 0 0 1 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 0 1 0 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 1 0 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 0 1 0
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Table 14: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Bowls Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 7 3 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 10 0 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 7 1 2 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 3 1 6 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 3 0 7 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 0 5 5 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 6 0 4 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 3 1 6 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 3 3 4 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 10 0 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 1 5 1
Table 15: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Cricket Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 12 1 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 13 0 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 9 0 4 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 2 0 11 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 6 0 7 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 6 1 6 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 9 0 4 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 6 0 7 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 6 1 5 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 11 2 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 1 2 10
Table 16: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Dog Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 2 1 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 3 0 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 0 1 2 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 1 1 1 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 1 0 2 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 1 1 1 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 2 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 2 0 1 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 0 0 3 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 2 1 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 1 1 1
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Table 17: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Gun Club
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 1 0 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 1 0 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 1 0 0 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 1 0 0 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 1 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 1 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 1 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 0 1 0 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 0 0 1 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 1 0 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 1 0 0
Table 18: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Junior Football Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 4 0 Recruiting or encouraging` potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 3 1 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 3 0 1 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 1 1 2 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 1 0 3 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 1 1 2 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 3 0 1 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 2 0 2 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 2 0 2 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 4 0 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 1 1 2
Table 19: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Netball Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 2 1 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 1 1 1 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 2 1 0 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 3 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 0 2 1 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 1 2 0 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 0 1 2 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 3 0 0 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 2 1 0 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 2 1 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 0 2 1
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Table 20: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Senior football Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 7 1 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 7 1 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 5 0 3 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 3 1 4 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 3 1 4 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 2 1 4 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 6 1 1 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 5 1 2 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 3 2 3 Education and training of coaches and officials 1 2 0 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 1 2 4
Table 21: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Soccer Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 2 1 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 2 1 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 2 0 1 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 3 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 2 0 1 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 0 0 3 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 3 0 0 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 2 0 1 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 2 0 1 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 2 1 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 0 2 1
Table 22: Responsibility for sport development tasks: Tennis Clubs
TASK SHIRE CLUB BOTH/ SHARED Recruiting or encouraging new participants to the sport 0 15 2 Recruiting or encouraging potential new members into sports clubs/ teams 0 12 5 Developing new sports and sports clubs not currently available in Mornington Pen 9 3 5 Promoting sporting clubs existing within Mornington Peninsula 3 3 11 Promoting sporting programs and events available within Mornington Peninsula 4 4 9 Promoting sporting competitions available within Mornington Peninsula 2 11 3 Promoting sporting facilities and centres available within Mornington Peninsula 10 1 6 Development of sporting programs for marginalised people in the community 11 0 6 Delivering of sporting programs for traditions non-users within the community 7 4 5 Education and training of coaches and officials 0 7 1 Administration of sport within the Mornington Peninsula Shire 5 9 3
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Table 23: What could Council do to assist clubs develop and increase participation/ membership
ATHLETICS CRICKET NETBALL Increased commun’n with Council (2) Assist with maintenance (3) Help with advertising the club (1) Help with advertising the club (3) Increased communication with Council (1) Provide funding for facility upgrades (3) Provide funding for facility upgrades (1) Have a full understanding of clubs (2) Volunteer reward programs (1) BASEBALL DOG SENIOR FOOTBALL Improved training facilities (1) Provide funding for facility upgrades (2) Help with advertising the club (2) Accessible toilets (1) Help with the maintenance of facility (1) Support our training facility (1) Upgrade our ground to be showpiece, good location (1) Improve club room facilities (1) BASKETBALL GUN SOCCER Increased communic’n with Council (1) Help with advertising the club (1) Help with the maintenance of facility (1) Provide more court space (1) Help with advertising the club (1) Provide funding for facility upgrades (1) BBWLS JUNIOR FOOTBALL TENNIS Help with advertising the club (3) Lower costs of running the ground (1) Provide funding for facility upgrades (11) Reduce costs (2) Provide funding for facility upgrades (1) Assistance for promotion/ signage (3) Provide funding for facility upgrades (1) Treat junior clubs equal to senior clubs (1) Wavered rates (1) Upgrade our facilities (1)
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4. STAKEHOLDER QUESTIONS
4.1 Schools Telephone Interviews
The following abbreviations have been used for schools on the Mornington Peninsula.
SCHOOL ABBREV SCHOOL ABBREV Benton Junior College BJC Osborne Primary S OPS Dromana Secondary College DSC Padua College PC Eastbourne Primary S EPS Peninsular S PS Flinders Christian Community College FCCC Rosebud Primary S RSC Hastings West Park Primary S HWPPS St Mary’s S SMS Kunyung Primary S KPS Sorrento Primary S SPS Mount Eliza North Primary S MENPS St Thomas Moore Primary S STMPS Mornington Primary S MPS Tyabb Railway Station Primary S TRPS Mornington Secondary College MSC Western Port Secondary College WPS
Q1 – How many pupils are enrolled at your school? Q2: Are numbers increasing or static?
Table 01: School current enrolments (2004) and potential for growth.
SCHOOL ENROLMENT GROWTH TRPS 125 Static SMS 127 Decreasing HWPPS 210 Decreasing – but growth likely in the future EPS 250 Static SPS 270 Decreasing STMPS 305 Increasing KPS 400 Increasing BJC 400 Increasing MPS 450 Decreasing MENPS 590 Increasing OPS 600 Decreasing to static FCCC 650 Static WPS 840 Static DSC 1000 Static MSC 1100 Static PC 1100 RSC 1300 Increasing PS 1300 Static
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Q5 – Does the school compete in inter-school sports programs/ competitions (If YES, what sports and for what association?) All schools participated in a range of sports and all schools were involved in inter-school competitions, both summer and winter. Some smaller schools were unable to field teams in all sports. Sports mentioned included: athletics, badminton, baseball, basketball, bat tennis, cricket, cross country running, football, golf, hockey, life saving, netball, newcombe, rounders, soccer, softball, squash, swimming, tee-ball, table tennis, tennis, triathlon, volley star.
Table 02: Competition sports played, by school
SCHOOL SPORTS PLAYED BJC Swim, cross country, athletics, weekly interschool winter sport: soccer, t-ball, volley-star and netball. In summer: cricket, soft ball swimming, cross country, athletics. DSC Cricket, swimming, baseball, softball, athletics, cross country, badminton, basketball, football, golf, hockey, netball, soccer, squash, table tennis, tennis, volleyball. EPS Triathlons, cross country, winter lightning premierships (soccer footy, t-ball, hockey) and summer lightning premierships (basketball, softball, cricket, bat tennis, rounders). FCCC All the common school sports. HWPPS Athletics, footy, netball, volleyball, newcombe, bat tennis, cricket, tee-ball – ie all the main sports. KPS All the state school programs, summer and winter interschool sports programs, swimming, triathlons, cross country, athletics etc. MENPS Football, soccer, volley star, cross country, swimming, life saving, triathlon, basketball, athletics. MPS Soccer, tee-ball, volley star, football, cricket, bat tennis, rounders, softball, athletics. MSC All mainstream sports. OPS All common sports. PC Compete in the Southern Independent Schools Competitions. PS Summer and winter competitions, plus Saturday morning comps. RSC Standard sports SMS Participate in most Hastings District sports. SPS All district sports STMPS Footy, soccer, netball, newcombe, and tee-ball, athletics, triathlon, swimming carnival, cross country, basketball round robin. TPRS All common sports. WPS Participate in all sports offered in the Peninsular Secondary School Association.
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Q6 - Can you describe to me the sporting facilities that you have at your school? (sports grounds, hard surface areas, indoor facilities etc).
Table 03: Sporting facilities, by school.
SCHOOL FACILITIES MENPS One oval, asphalt basketball courts (2), asphalt mini oval with diamond (1) bat tennis courts with two volley star courts (6) new soccer pitch (1), hopscotch area (with a maze painted on), plus junior and senior playground equipment area. FCCC Two court gym nasium (double basketball court, etc), weights, aerobics, ovals, softball field. DSC Oval (don’t use it, rough surface, dangerous), flat multipurpose area used for hockey, (not upmarket just something we put together), asphalt tennis courts (2), one court indoor gymnasium and two court basketball gymnasium with leaking roof (shared with basketball association,. We are getting a pool that has been planned for a while. STMPS Oval (with goal posts and cricket pitch), basketball court without rings (with netball markings), court area with newcombe court and also play lines (snail with letters), four square courts. EPS One large oval area (synthetic cricket pitch, 2 cricket nets), one basketball court, netball courts., indoor multi-purpose room, volleyball area (volley star - four courts, grass surface) HWPPS Oval (goal post, cricket nets – cricket pitch), basketball courts (2), rebound wall RSC Oval(goal posts, cricket pitch), soccer oval, hockey ground, several outdoor volleyball courts, several badminton courts, tennis courts (2)double indoor basketball stadium MPS Oval (footy/soccer posts) asphalt (rounders, bat tennis), basketball courts (2) MSC Football oval, soccer/ hockey field, swimming pool, Indoor facilities (2): stadium (marked out for other sports) and gymnasium, basketball outdoor court (1). OPS Oval (cricket pitch, no goal posts), gymnasium (with full sized basketball court), outside basketball court (1), outside netball court (1), other kickabout asphalt areas. PC Oval (goal posts, cricket pitch), soccer oval (not used, in good condition), newly-extended gymnasium (with two basketball courts), outdoor court area (the size of five tennis courts, with two basketball courts and netball courts. PS Ovals (5), tennis courts (11), swimming pools (2), physical education centre (with two courts and a small gym), outside netball/ basketball courts. We don’t have hockey. TRPS Oval (goals posts, cricket wicket), netball/ basketball, bat tennis KPS Oval (soccer/footy goal posts, two cricket nets, no cricket wicket), double basketball (asphalt), indoor half a court. SPS Oval with cricket pitch in the middle, basketball court asphalt (1), swimming pool in the school grounds (utilised by St Josephs and Sorrento PS) BJC Oval, asphalt area, two basketball courts, small indoor area (half size of basketball stadium), various other flat playable areas. WPS Oval (athletics, goal posts, 2 cricket nets, cricket wicket - needs new drainage), indoor basketball court, asphalt basketball courts (3) SMS Oval (¾ size, football, cricket pitch), concrete basketball court (1), concreted area used for volleyball
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Q7 – Do you use sports facilities outside the school for training, competitions, PE classes etc?
Table 04: Schools using other facilities for sports purposes. by school
SCHOOL FACILITIES SPORTS MENPS Ovals (Wooralla Dve, Sommerville Heath, Mt Eliza) General sports Aquatic Centre Swimming FCCC Oval (Robinsons Road, Tyabb) Cricket, baseball Dallas Brooks Soccer Pelican Park Swimming DSC Ballam Park Athletics Pines Pool (Frankston) Rosebud Tennis Courts, Dramana Squash Courts Mornington Netty 1 STMPS Ballam Park Athletics Sommerville Sports Complex Swimming Peninsular Toorak EPS Olympic Oval (Besgrove Street) Football Truemans Rd Reserve Athletics Rye Footy Ground Swimming Ferairo Reserve Peninsular Aquatic Centre Mornington Secondary College Pool sometimes. HWPPS Hastings Football Oval Cricket Ballam Park Athletics RSC Beach Athletics Olympic Park Oval Swimming Pines Pool (Frankston) Trueman Athletics MPS Mt Martha2 MSC Rosebud (the main ground) Football The soccer pitches Soccer Dunns Rd, Athletics Ferario Reserve Squash Mornington Leisure Centre Netball Ballam Park Tennis Dromana Squash Courts Hockey Morning Netball Centre Rosebud Tennis Club Monash Hockey Pitch
1 Used to play football at Hastings until this years water restrictions prohibited them from playing there as well as all other grounds. Since then they are forced to play sport at school, which is not really appropriate.
2 Had problems getting grounds. Tried to use Dallas Brooks, but have had trouble
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SCHOOL FACILITIES SPORTS OPS Dallas Brooks Soccer Ferraro Oval, Mt Martha, Football Peninsula School Oval Swimming Toorak. Pelican Park Pool Peninsula School PC Jubille Park Swimming Peninsula Ten Pin Bowling Mt Eliza Squash and Fitness Center Basketball Mornington Civic Centre PS Mt Eliza Squash and Fitness Volleyball Compete at different schools Basketball Athletics TRPS Tyabb Baseball Oval in Tyabb Soccer Baseball KPS Ballam Park Swimming Kings Pool Football Toorak Cricket Peninsula Other schools and Parks (interschool sports) Footy/ Cricket Club in Wooralla Drive SPS Sorrento Football Oval Football Beach Cricket BJC David Collings Leisure Centre Basketball Kings Swim Centre Swimming Hampton St Netball Courts, Mornington Netball WPS Hastings Lawn Bowls Pelican Park Squash Bitten Stadium Old Leisure Centre3 SMS Hastings Foreshore Netball Pt Leo foreshore Tennis Ballam park Cross Country Crib Point Swimming Pool Athletics Pelican Park Triathlon Hastings Leisure Centre (kinda gym) Swimming
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Q8 – Do you have a relationship with any community clubs: using your facilities or theirs?
Table 05: Schools in partnership with community organisations, by school
SCHOOL COMMUNITY ORGANISATION FACILITY AND USE MENPS Dancing group Hall: dancing classes every night Kelly Sports Grounds: after school hours program MENPS basketball Grounds: after school hours program FCCC Gateway Basketball Hall: for after school hours use Christian Basketball Hall: for after school hours use DSC Dromana Basketball Hall: for after school hours use STMPS Kelly Sports Grounds: after school hours program EPS Barnio Cricket Club, Pitch & nets Basketball Association Stadium: Considered scheduling training there HWPPS N/A RSC The basketball stadium Court: Training & court home base for the Sharks Netball Association Court: Training MPS Various Hall: Taykwando, Judo & Dance classes MSC Basket Ball Clubs (x3) Hall: Games & training Local Football & Soccer Clubs Hall: Indoor training Karate Group Indoor Facilities: Classes OPS Basketball, netball, dance & badminton Hall & outside netball courts: training and classes Clubs Council Hall: Elections PC Basketball & volleyball Hall: Training Southern Seahalks Oval: Gridiron training PS Mornington Basketball PE centre: training Mornington Netball PE Centre: training Soccer Vic PE Centre: base for excellence program, TRPS N/A KPS N/A SPS N/A BJC Auskick Callisthenics After School Program WPS Netball group Indoor gym: training Karate group Indoor gym: classes SMS After school care
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Q9 – Do you have any plans to upgrade your grounds or add any new sporting facilities?
Table 06: Plans for improved sports facilities, by school
SCHOOL FACILITIES MENPS We have just added the soccer pitch, we definitely need to upgrade the oval, our school slopes down into the oval and soccer pitch so it can get boggy. FCCC Talk in the future of an athletics track with a soccer field in the middle. We would put it next to the gym, all sand dunes there at the moment DSC Swimming pool, we have got plans to upgrade the oval, the gym roof is a big one and we are talking about possible turning the tennis courts into a multi undercover (basically a shed with no walls) court, would use plexipave and have hockey markings also STMPS We are hoping improvements may happen to the oval but that may be some time away, unless someone would like to give us some money EPS Hall, we desperately need more asphalt space, we have a big school and the only asphalt we have is basketball and netball court. We need to get a new bball or netball court for additional space. We are looking to top dress our oval, it has been five years since that has been done HWPPS No I don’t at the moment, spent all money on buildings RSC We have had plans to upgrade the hockey field although that is quite expensive (synthetic way too expensive). We have a big building project currently going on and will not be able to do much until that has been completed MPS We have been trying to get our oval redone, but it is case of money, it has gone to council, in the next few years we have plans to upgrade the whole school and the oval is high on the agenda MSC I think there has been some talk recently with the Western District Basketball Association about extending the indoor facility on our grounds, it would be a joint project between school and the association OPS No because we have just paid off the hall and we have just had the oval resewn PC Major thing for us was the hall, the soccer oval would be good to get upgraded PS No response TRPS None in the short term KPS We have just upgraded the buildings and our asphalt is all brand new too SPS If we had another acre we would but we have no where to go, we would love an indoor facility but that all has to do with having funds available BJC There is a chance of an oval next to the school oval in conjunction with council, just a large vacant block of land WPS Going to get another gym (hopefully two courts onto the one that is already there) hopefully and hopefully we are get our oval fixed up and get proper drainage SMS At the start of next year we are putting in some new goal posts
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Q10 – Are you planning or have you considered changing your grass areas to synthetic surfaces? The costs involved, according to St Thomas More Primary School, prohibit this move for most schools. However, although Mount Eliza North Primary School have discussed converting their soccer pitch, grass was preferred because it was softer and easier for the children to play on.
Q11 – Have you noticed an increase in demand for certain sports or activities?
Table 07: Increasing demand for sports, by school
SCHOOL SPORT COMMENT MENPS Touch footy, soccer They would like to play more rugby.. FCCC None Netball and basketball are popular for girls, cricket and footy for boys DSC Soccer We used to be strong footy school but soccer has taken over. STMPS I think they still go in trends with the sports seasons, cricket in summer, in winter it is footy and soccer EPS Soccer. They play cricket and footy, but soccer has been the biggest growth sport: we have Basketball and bat tennis three teams in competitions. We have had up to 60 kids involved in soccer after recently. school hours. HWPPS Tennis We have had tennis coaches come from Hastings which has increased the interest in the sport. General ball games are big and four square is common within the school. RSC None MPS Soccer Kids missed out because there are not enough teams: soccer is huge at our school. Netball, soccer and footy are the main sports. MSC OPS Soccer Soccer is pretty big, it just depends what is on TV, they are all out playing netball now as it was on the weekend- PC Traditional sports Kids prefer indoor to outdoor. Dodge ball is strong because of the movie. PS Soccer Soccer is much more popular, especially girls soccer, basketball has reached a peak Basketball and is now dropping TRPS Soccer Soccer and basketball are the two sports that are common at the moment Basketball KPS Soccer Soccer is pretty big SPS Cricket Nothing sticks out, everyone into cricket as we have a lunchtime cricket comp going BJC Soccer Kids always asking about playing soccer, basketball is also coming along well Basketball WPS Cricket They are the facilities we have so nothing new really as we don’t have the facilities to Netball cater for them Football SMS Non
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Q12 – Do you feel that this sport is well catered for in the community?
SCHOOL SPORT Y/N COMMENT MENPS Rugby N Touch Football N Soccer Y FCCC Netball Y At time it can be hard trying to get cricket and football ovals Basketball Y DSC STMPS EPS Soccer N Over the last 2-3 years things have began to turn in the right direction. There is a rosebud junior soccer club now which allows the kids to play on weekends and travel to other venues and play against other kids also HWPPS Football Y Netball Y Cricket Y Softball Y Baseball Y Soccer Y Little Aths Y RSC Main stream sports Y There seems to be plenty for them to do MPS Soccer N I think Council try with the soccer, there is such a demand for it, I suppose there is not enough coaches available to do it MSC OPS Girls Soccer N The kids that do get into teams are really well catered for, but they do not have enough Rugby League N coaches for the demand and especially girls soccer is not well catered for. Rugby league is big, closest club in Dandenong. When do it at school kids get into clubs but then do not kick on with it as there is nothing in the community for them, either union or league PC Girls Soccer N Last year I had a female student who was good at soccer, she had to travel a distance to get into a female soccer team but hopefully things like this can be overcome as interest increases PS Soccer Y Mornington soccer club are pretty good, we have some ties with them, the VSF are also starting this program, which involves braking up Victoria into a number of areas, the best players from each region are picked and then train together and play against other regions TRPS Soccer Y People from Tyabb have to travel to Hastings however that is what we are dealt with being Basketball Y a bit of a remote town KPS Cricket Y Football Y SPS BJC Soccer N Mornington soccer have too many kids, they have a waiting list for kids wanting to play, if Basketball Y there was more soccer clubs then kids would be involved. WPS SMS
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5. STATE, REGIONAL & DISTRICT SPORTS ASSOCIATIONS
5.1 Telephone Interviews As part of the consultation process, 38 State, regional and District sports associations were contacted regarding their views on sporting, development, facility and participation trends for their sport. The following is a summary of identified issues, detailed by sport.
5.2 Archery
Archery Victoria ■ Twenty-five state representative clubs. ■ Around 600-800 members, with estimates that one third would be juniors and two-thirds seniors. ■ About three quarters are male and one quarter female. ■ Over the past five years participation has increased by 3-5% per year. ■ Membership likely to increase over the next five years. ■ Obstacles identified include still being perceived as a male dominated sport, struggling to attract people with a disability to participate and lack of funding4. ■ The increase in participation could be attributed to the success of their members (including a current world champion and Olympic medallist).
Mornington Peninsula Bowmen ■ Is one of two archery clubs in Mornington Peninsula (Baxter is the other), but is the only field archery club in the South East region. It’s also linked to state and target shooting associations. ■ Have about 70 members, which has grown from 6 in 1996. Growth attributed to better administration and linking with state-based associations. ■ Junior programs have been implemented, as have coach education programs and promotion of family involvement and membership. ■ Lack of facilities are the biggest issue – no club house or indoor target range (approx 18m x 30m sized “shed style”). Regionally it’s well situated for a large club, with Moorabbin being the next closest regionally based facility. ■ Looking to develop a disability program and accessible facilities. Club is running the State Titles for the next few years. 5.3 Athletics
Athletics Victoria ■ 80 clubs in Victoria ■ Estimate around 4000 paid members, with 60%/ (2400) juniors, 30% (1200) seniors and 10%/ (400) other - masters, coaches etc. ■ Also have little athletics participants and school based competition. ■ Membership and track and field participation has been relatively stable, participation has increased in events such as fun runs. ■ Expect participation will increase in the next five years. ■ Feel that local governments provide clubs with facilities but should look at providing more support in other areas, clubs are struggling at the moment as people aren’t as committed and they need to be more flexible with the programs they offer5.
4 Comments about people with a disability are surprising as there are various classes of events in the Paralympics for wheelchair users. However, upper body physical strength and coordination is required.
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5.4 Australian Rules Football
Football Victoria ■ Have 105 leagues across Victoria. Recent statistics indicate around 159 500 people participate in the sport in Victoria, of that around 129 500 are juniors and 40 000 seniors. ■ Best growth in 2004 at community club level since they’ve been keeping statistics - growth of around 5000. ■ Main obstacles to development are lack of facilities and recruiting, training and supporting volunteers and umpires.
Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League ■ Have 34 affiliated clubs (from Mornington Peninsula, Frankston and Casey) and operate a senior only competition (2 senior divisions and 1 U18). ■ Trends indicate that there’s increased need for U17 and U18 and other junior teams. ■ Perceived that State Government policy is crippling sporting clubs (ie. responsible service, food handling, accreditation, insurance etc) ■ There’s no football/netball league in Mornington Peninsula, it was tried but lack of combined facilities were an issue. ■ League recognise that number of grounds is an issue and they need to be flexible when games are played – Sunday and night games have been considered but nothing developed. ■ One club has taken up Recreational Football. Feedback on the competition is positive, clubs just need the resources. ■ Biggest obstacles are lack of volunteers and financial capacity. 5.5 Badminton
Badminton Victoria ■ Badminton Victoria has around 5000 members, of that 3400 are playing members including: 1400 junior members, 300 club junior members and 3300 senior members. ■ Around 34 000 people play badminton in Victoria. ■ Participation levels have remained stable, however the number of registered players has increased, which has been attributed to more affordable insurance. ■ In the future predict that there will be an increase in the number of badminton facilities that are multi-purpose facilities, however feel that this will make it difficult for the public to gain access to the facility. ■ Are trying to boost the sports profile are developing a marketing plan, distributing a CD in March 2005 to assist teachers with teaching the sport, as well as the exposure they will 5.6 Basketball
Basketball Victoria ■ Total of 120 associations with 16,884 registered teams including 12,400 metropolitan teams and 4,484 country teams. Each team has an average of 7.5 players, going by these figures there could be up to 126,630 playing participants (however a player may be registered to more than one team). ■ Junior participation (at primary school age) is continuing to increase. Around 40,000 juniors attend clinics and programs that Basketball Victoria conduct, which act as a feeder into the local associations. ■ In the future predict that participation will continue to increase, and in the next couple of years there could be another basketball boom.
5 Athletics Victoria seems to be doing little in terms of development across the board and no indication has been given as to how they expect participation levels to increase.
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Following information is from the article ‘Fan base has own pursuits’ by Stephen Powell from the Age 26/11/04: ■ Fastest growing association is Knox, along with Dandenong. ■ Other areas with an upswing in participation include Altona, Frankston, Waverley and Broadmeadows which have had a 10% growth for 2004 season. ■ ‘Organisations like Mornington and Sandringham are now reporting they are at capacity and have needed to create waiting lists for teams’.
Mornington District Basketball Association ■ Junior teams (71 male and 34 female), Senior teams (32 male and 16 female), Masters teams (8 male and no female) and Mixed (14 mixed teams) ■ Total of around 1600 members, estimate that there are 8 members from each club that are non-players. ■ Increase in junior participation (at prep, grade 1 and 2 age), have begun a primary schools competition, which has run for 4 terms (has regularly attracted around 57 players) and has boosted participation. ■ Struggle to attract female participants due to competition from netball. ■ There is a trend to increase in younger participants. ■ Recently ran a program for kids with an intellectual and physical disability. ■ Public liability/litigation, keeping up with administration duties, numbers of umpires available and lack of available courts at peak times are the main issues facing the association.
5.7 Bocce
State ■ Only have 1 association. 350 members and around 3000 participants in Victoria. ■ Participation is decreasing at a club level but increasing at a social level. Predict that participation will increase, however membership will decrease and is most likely as a result of their members ageing. ■ Hoping to boost the sports profile by introducing new competition structures, increasing their marketing and developing a website. ■ Biggest growth area is people with a disability, see themselves as one of the leaders in developing programs for people with a disability. ■ Think that local government should look at incorporating facilities with schools - be smarter with their provision of sport and not overlook minor sports. 5.8 Cricket
Cricket Victoria and Cricket Victoria (South East Country Region) ■ Generally the size of clubs in the region are smaller than 10 years ago, but the MPCA is traditionally fairly strong ■ Having enough grounds is an issue (quality is not too bad), as well as other support facilities for changing. Mace Oval is an example of a good quality ground, but no support facilities. ■ Retention of volunteers is also an issue. ■ Women’s and girls cricket is not very strong – it needs to be pushed. MPCA appears to be not a great supporter of women’s cricket. Clubs should be more proactive. ■ Peninsula Old Boys and Mt Martha Cricket Clubs have a strong Milo program. ■ Cricket Victoria have between 60 and 90 Level 1 Coaches through system each year.
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Mornington Peninsula Cricket Association (MPCA) ■ have 36 clubs from Carrum to Portsea, with 415 competing Senior, 403 Junior and 1 Women’s team (at Mornington). Biggest cricket association in the Southern Hemisphere. ■ no veterans competition. ■ senior numbers are roughly staying the same and juniors are growing. ■ biggest issue for clubs and association is the lack of available grounds in Mornington Peninsula and the quality of maintenance of existing grounds, particularly in the Flinders, Tyabb, Balnarring areas. ■ cross over of football/cricket seasons appears to be an issue for some clubs, as does the management of facilities. ■ at present there are limited opportunities in the Peninsula area for Milo cricket. Clubs links with schools are generally pretty good, but only developed by a few clubs. 5.9 Cycling
Bicycle Victoria ■ Bicycle Victoria has around 40 000 members, however doesn’t have any figures on how many people do participate. ■ Membership has increased, reflective of the increase in popularity of cycling across the board - road riding, mountain bike riding, people riding to work. ■ Increase in popularity could be attributed to the increase in confidence of women cyclists, introduction of cycling lanes across Victoria, success of competitive cyclists and concern for health/fitness issues. 5.10 Equestrian
Equestrian Federation of Australia (Victorian Branch) ■ 3915 members. This includes: Juniors: 108 (male) and 875 (female); Seniors: 377 (male) and 1882 (female); Officials/Umpires: 103 (male) and 570 (female) ■ Participation has remained stable. ■ The cost of insurance is the most significant obstacle that the organisation will face. 5.11 Golf
Victorian Golf Association ■ Have 364 affiliated clubs. VGA estimates they have around 110,000 members - around 1500 juniors, 82,500 seniors and 26,000 other members. ■ Estimate an additional 240,000 play golf that aren’t members to a club, but pay a green fee. ■ Over the past decade have lost around 11,000 registered members. ■ Trend at the moment is seeing people choosing not to join a club but choosing to pay to play or are green fee paying golfers - therefore they can play at a variety of venues. ■ In the past 5 years, 14 new courses have opened and another 16 are under construction or being planned. ■ Increase focus on getting new players. Getting into primary schools and running golf introduction programs, running clinics. ■ Only major obstacle is water and environmental issues, which is making it increasingly expensive to maintain greens, therefore costs to play increasing.
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5.12 Gymnastics
Gymnastics Victoria ■ 109 clubs in Victoria and around 20,000 members. Over the past couple of years there has been a steady, slight increase in participation by around 4500 members and an increase in the number of clubs. ■ Expect membership to rise, Gymnastics Victoria now include acrobatics, cheerleading and aerobics in their scope of sports, which are more appealing to older females. ■ Have been heavily involved with running a pilot program for the out of school hours program, and have applied to the government for funding to run the program. ■ Would like to see local governments play a greater role and look at building purpose built gymnastics facilities (look at the Warrnambool model). 5.13 Hockey
Hockey Victoria ■ Are unsure how many leagues there are as there has been a recent amalgamation of the three Victorian Hockey Associations. However there around 15,000 members from 460 senior men’s teams, 160 senior women’s teams, 331 junior teams in metro Melbourne and 340 country teams. ■ Major obstacle is the lack of volunteers and umpires due to lack of time and abuse from spectators/players, in the future expect to see an increase awareness in member protection. ■ The amalgamation of the 3 associations will result in staff restructuring and a change in how the sport is delivered, the delivery and development of the sport will be decentralised.
Mornington Peninsula Hockey ■ 12 junior teams and 3 senior teams in 2003 ■ Lot of people coming back to play the sport after leaving. Interest increasing with juniors. Family club, parents and children. Run clinics at schools. Run a comp at Frankston for people interested to eventually have them play at the clubs. ■ Building of artificial facilities has provided benefit to the sport and has improved training. ■ Schools are also using the facility, has encouraged more people to play. Umpiring and skill development is centred around schools. ■ Looking to develop women’s, girls and veteran’s hockey ■ More promotion required, Council could provide link for new players. 5.14 In-Line Skating ■ 855 junior members and 1221 senior members - 795 males and 426 females. ■ Finding that participation is remaining at a consistent level. ■ Awareness of the sport is likely to increase in the future, could be attributed to some of the programs they have implemented in recent years such as a schools inline hockey program, and their involvement with major events.
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5.15 Lacrosse
Lacrosse Victoria6 ■ 2 leagues, a men and women’s league, and a total of 18 clubs. Total of 1600 members, with over half being juniors. ■ Increase in participation with females and junior males, also an increase in the number of school competitions. No significant change in the participation of senior males. ■ See women participation their biggest opportunity for growth. ■ Majority of development is through the schools network, have trouble transferring play into members. ■ Biggest obstacles they will face are rising costs and insurance. ■ Feel that local governments could provide more support in the scheduling of facilities and with insurance. ■ There has been a recent introduction of a modified-indoor game that can be played at leisure centres, assuming there is an area of 50m x 25m with some run-offs. Various roller hockey areas are also adequate in size. 5.16 Lawn Bowls
Royal Victorian Bowls Association ■ Divided into 16 groups including 30 country associations and other smaller clubs (i.e. social clubs). ■ In 2003/4 they had 39,194 members including 577 juniors, 1623 females (almost all of which are seniors) and 36,994 male seniors. ■ Estimates that there are around 155,000 actual participants - around 4 times the number of members (similar to national figures around 270,000 members, and around 1 million actual participants). ■ At a school level mainly private schools enter the Junior Pennant Bowls competition ■ Participation and membership has been increasing over the past 2 years. Club membership is steady and the number of casual players is increasing. ■ Upsurge in popularity can be attributed to a number of causes, including the movie ‘Crackerjack’, move away from the traditional white uniform has given the sport a more younger image, through their own development plans and club efforts they have been successful with their targeting of younger people (under 18), success of the Victorian team which members are predominantly 30 and under, the increase in synthetic greens (particularly in metro areas) means that the sport can be played all year round and modifications to competitions to make matches quicker and more exciting. ■ Want to make bowls clubs community centres, therefore trying not to rely on the “pokie machines” for survival.
Peninsula Bowling Association ■ have 13 affiliated clubs with 608 male senior playing members and 408 female. ■ Lot more young people (40 and under) playing. Greens are opened during winter, which means that the sport is now being played all year round. ■ Influx of younger people playing and the ageing population has reduced the number of elderly players. ■ Move towards synthetic greens, weren't that popular however synthetic greens becoming more common, but expensive though. ■ Clubs are struggling to attract volunteers, people are becoming more unwilling to become a volunteer.. ■ There is an opportunity to develop disability programs for people in wheelchairs, estimates that every club probably would have at least one player with a disability.
6 Lacrosse clubs are mostly inner-city based, the closest club to Mornington being in Knox. Use of Hockey facilities is a common co-location option, but the Mornington Peninsula Shire has none.
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5.17 Mountain Bike
Mountain Bike Australia ■ 17 associations in Victoria. 430 members including 365 seniors (19 and over), 59 juniors and 6-non competitive members. ■ Unsure of how many people participate in Victoria. Australia wide there are 17,616 participants (2003/4). ■ Participation is increasing. Could be attributed to the sport being viewed as an outlet for youth, and appeals to both males and females. ■ In the future believe that facilities should be designed with more technical features, and the emergence of mountain cross country will see an increase in the number of mountain cross country facilities ■ Introducing a juniors program through schools in 2005. ■ Think that local governments should look into developing facilities with more technical features, which would have a more broader appeal, as they feel that skate parks and facilities aren’t being utilised to their fullest. ■ The ability and need for more urban setting “single” track courses is increasing. 5.18 Netball
Netball Victoria ■ Total of 241 associations with a total of 110,247 members. Membership has steadily increased over the past 17 years. ■ Biggest area of growth in participation has been with juniors. However there has been growth in male participation and participation by people with a disability. ■ Increase in people playing mixed and social competitions, and people taking up alternative membership options (i.e. single game vouchers and per team season payments). ■ More people are playing at indoor facilities. ■ Biggest obstacle for the future will be improving the conditions of outdoor facilities. ■ Netball Victoria regional figures indicate that “Two Bays” District has the smallest participation base in the Central East Zone. However the Mornington Peninsula Netball Association had 3 times the number of players as the other associations within Morning ton Peninsula.
Mornington Peninsula Netball Association ■ Over 1200 members (500 juniors and 700 seniors) ■ Seniors fluctuate, but fairly stable (senior comp is all night competitions and at full capacity) and always indoor (everyone wants to play indoor) ■ Mt Martha School and Council Indoor Leisure Centre are used 2 nights a week. Demand is fairly well catered for. ■ Umpires are at a great shortage (this is a trend all over Melbourne). Courses are expensive and go over 2 days. Rising costs of insurance – sneak up every year ($40 seniors, $20 juniors) ■ Tried to set up Football / Netball league (clumsy, expensive, players difficult to find and may have died a natural death). ■ Netball courts are fairly well serviced in the Shire. ■ Council probably couldn’t do much more and have a close relationship with Council.
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5.19 Sailing
Yachting Victoria ■ 93 associations, with 12,000 racing members and 2000 juniors members. ■ Estimates that actual participation figures are around double that of membership figures. ■ Membership figures have remained stable however youth membership has increased. ■ Sport faces a number of obstacles - ageing population, lack of foreshore space and competition from other sports including kite and wind surfing. ■ Feel that local government should play a stronger role in their sport - for example in their provision of foreshore space.
5.20 Shooting
Sporting Shooters Association of Australia (Victoria) ■ 60 clubs. 25,000 members, including 21,530 adults, 479 juniors, 441 females and 2350 veterans. ■ Participation is increasing, particularly female and junior participation. ■ Although participation is increasing there has been a drop off in membership. Could be attributed to the increase in legislation and regulation, which has imposed various restrictions on club members, and lack of facilities. ■ Feel that local councils need to be more consultative with the state association. For example in Geelong the councils in the area have come together to developed a strategy where the various local clubs work together with the council and state association to look at developing facilities, improving the clubs etc. Would like councils to look into the strategy to see if it is suitable for their area. ■ Feel that their clubs need to get out into the community more and have a greater presence.
Peninsula Pistol Club ■ 75 members and services across the Shire. Until recently they have been increasing. New legislation of State Govt. has prevented further increase – hard to acquire firearms and have to shoot in competitions on a regular basis. Common in all clubs throughout Victoria. ■ Junior competition is available, but do lose shooters at 17/18 years. Junior participation can start at 12 years old under parental supervision. ■ Shoot regularly about 15 types or disciplines competitions a year (2 per week). All affiliated with ISU (International) – Victorian Pistol Association. ■ The variety of competition is increasing. Bit of an unknown and wait and see what the long-term situation is. Maybe less people shooting in competition will be the trend. ■ Facilities have been built by the club (no Council assistance) and are adequate – 4 ranges and own clubroom and have upgraded facilities recently in adherence to Police regulations regarding storage of firearms. ■ Clubs would like to see all Council’s lobby State Govt.
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5.21 Skateboarding
National Skateboarders Association of Australia ■ National Skateboarders Association of Australia is a relatively new organisation. Don’t have any affiliated associations and don’t have any membership figures as they are currently restructuring their membership. ■ Estimates that around 3% of Australians own a skateboard and participate in the sport at least once a year. ■ Estimates in Australia at least one skate park is built every week and in total there are 843 skate parks nationwide, the highest per capita in the world. ■ Participation figures have been turning around over the past number of years. This can be attributed to the increase in the number parks being built which has improved access, and the number of coaching programs being implemented across the states. However it has been a slow development. ■ Although local governments are building more skate parks they believe that local government need to do more to keep people involved with their local skate park; such as having ongoing programs or events, or have a permanent club at the site. Following information from ‘Trends in Extreme Sports’ by Boyd McMillan. Findings include: ■ Roller sports were dominated by under 35 year olds and participants doing the activity more than 26 times per year grew from 53% to 56%. ■ ‘38% of children aged between 7 and 14 either skateboarded or roller bladed in the previous two weeks compared to 66.1% playing organised sport in the year 1999/2000’ (from ABS data). ■ Dominance of male participants approximately 60% to 40%. ■ ‘Significant change in the age range of participants. As more parks are being built older skaters are returning or are continuing to skate past the age they could street skate, and younger skaters are entering the sport due to the availability of the terrain’. ■ Use of extreme sports activities in marketing has contributed to greater public awareness. ■ Perception of the sport has changed due to more organised competitions and coaching programs, and mainstream media interest shifting away from focusing on the hazard potential of the activity to training and skills based. 5.22 Soccer
State ■ 9 full country affiliates, 6 provisional affiliates (standalone clubs or associations that are not affiliated with other local leagues and run competitions in house), 475 clubs and 1754 teams. ■ Participation figures: ■ Goalkick program: 5500 participants (male and female), ■ Junior (U18) male: 16 600 and female 19 780 ■ Seniors (includes masters/veterans) male- 5901 and female 6821 ■ Coaches male- 8970 and female- 1085 ■ Referees 14-18- male: 134 and females: 8 and refs over 18- 343 (male and female). ■ Female participation has risen from 2003 to 2004. In 2003 there were 18 730 female juniors to 19 780 in 2004 and in 2003 there were 6543 senior females compared to 6821 in 2004. ■ Junior participation is also on the rise and the Goalkick program has taken off. ■ Major changes in the future will be the use of artificial turf – the State Centre being built in Thornbury will include 3 artificial turf surfaces, and the use of artificial turf is has now been included into the laws of the game. ■ In the future the new national competition and the possibility of a Victorian team sharing facilities at Olympic Park will hopefully boost the profile. ■ Major obstacle in the future will be the lack of facilities to cater for the growth and expected growth in the future, consequently are trying to make school facilities available to help offset the need for facilities and schools can apply for grants through DET.
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5.23 Softball
Softball Victoria ■ 6-8000 members in Vic, but huge in NSW and QLD ■ 17 associations. Around 5000 members with around 3000 females and 1700 males. ■ Membership remains steady, estimate that they lose around 1000 members each year, yet gain around 1000. ■ In the process of getting funding from ‘Connect’ to run a program for people with a disability. ■ Would like to get more involved with schools, but find it difficult as there are many sports trying to get involved. ■ Feel that local councils play a significant role in the maintence of facilities, but their support of the sport is not always forthcoming.
Frankston Softball Association – Robertsons Road ■ 4 clubs and 4 schools involved with 60-70 (18+ years) players. ■ Regional centre (6 diamonds, only using 4 at present). ■ Peaks and troughs ■ Sport based on junior but senior participation is dwindling ■ Competing against growth areas of Casey, Chelsea, Cheltenham – strong in baseball ■ Peninsula hard to get people interested. Mt Martha and Mt Eliza and interest from Mornington – crossing from baseball to softball. Moving to co-locate with baseball. ■ Image problem with male players ■ Different size fields between bball and softball – have scum in diamond (no grass on the inner diamond – Council just cuts the grass and club must keep the maintenance up. ■ U12/U14 baseball can play at softball diamonds. Only different is a pitching mound and softball play summer and baseball play winter. ■ Boneo Braves play out of Frankston (BBall and softball) ■ Softball can cope with the whole regional area of the peninsula. Baseball are more club per township based. BBall and Softball could become more regionally focussed at Frankston. Fields are unused in the winter months. ■ Not much assistance from Gov Body and not on the same level of Baseball Governing body. No development assistance coming from the top – left up to the association. ■ Doing a lot of work with schools and are running t-ball (80)/ mod-ball (80) / softball ■ Run U14 and U19 State Championships at Frankston 5.24 Surf Lifesaving
Life Saving Victoria ■ 58 clubs. Around 5500 members/participants (only members can participate). ■ Participation at a senior level is trending down and at junior level it has been fluctuating. ■ Biggest obstacles are competing with other leisure activities, concern for environmental issues/exposure (the effect that the competitions has on the environment, exposure to the sun) and not being a traditional sport they struggle to capture juniors/schools. ■ Need to improve the timing of their events to fit in with people’s recreation time. ■ Believe that local governments need to provide more appropriate facilities.
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5.25 Table Tennis
State ■ 43 associations. 3300 members. Estimates that around 30% (around 990) are juniors and 70% (around 2310) are seniors. ■ No significant trends regarding participation. Has remained steady. ■ Would like to see their affiliated clubs work in conjunction with schools more, so juniors are introduced to the sport. ■ Only major obstacles they see will be financially.
Mornington Peninsula Table Tennis Association ■ Operate from David Collings Leisure Centre (10 tables). In excess of 100 members ■ Offer Pennant competitions, morning older persons sessions, social competitions (10 years to 80 years). Have all levels and abilities from social to state representatives. ■ Members have been increasing slowly (local paper advertising, advertised through high schools – good response) ■ Single thing: In discussion about extending the current building to host more tables. Most players can only play certain nights and need some additional tables. One court forms an administration area and waiting area with tea and coffee (small canteen operating). 5.26 Tennis
Tennis Victoria ■ 800 clubs. 90 000 members. ■ Participation has increased nationwide, however more people are choosing to play socially and outside of club matches and competitions. ■ As a result of the move away from club based matches and competitions, clubs will struggle for members. In the future may see closing down of smaller clubs and amalgamations of clubs. To survive clubs will need to change their offers to their members. ■ Believe that clubs need to be more proactive- take advantage of educational programs offered by Tennis Victoria, link their clubs with a school.
Peninsula Tennis Association ■ 52 clubs from Patterson lakes to Sorrento (38 within the Morn Pen Shire) ■ mid-week ladies ■ junior tennis has been increasing, where clubs can’t cater for competition. ■ Outsource ■ Mid-week ladies holding steady ■ Saturday competition holding steady, slightly increasing ■ Association don’t run night tennis, but clubs run their own. Westernport Night Tennis Association – strong and have a pre-set format, but didn’t want to expand their competition, but PTA do want to. (meeting on 8th Feb to decide whether night tennis is feasible) ■ Frankston run a strong night comp every night of the week. ■ Franskton East, Overport, Bruce Park, Rosebud, Rye – don’t want to take revenue from the clubs. The issue of floodlights would need to be assessed to run a successful competition. ■ No lights would impact on tennis in general – weekend tennis and work commitments prevent the ability. ■ Traditional en-tout-cas courts face water restriction issues, any upgrading is mainly done towards synthetic grass and hardcourt. ■ Problems with TCAV insurance
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■ Solution to over junior use – maybe spread competition over the full weekend (Sat and Sunday). Association would support a range to timing for competition. Building courts is not the optimum solution. ■ Red Hill have extreme problem with court scheduling. ■ Plenty of coaches available around Frankston, but there are a few down in the Shire. Coaches do travel and host at a range of clubs and quality of coaching is good. ■ Regional Tennis Centre – would support the centre and its operation (need a minimum of 14 courts). ■ Very good quality of juniors and many do travel to Melbourne Park – keep them within the area and extend the ability to host Australian Ranking Tournaments. Would need to be run with and by the Association. Better knowledge and skills to run competitions and tournaments. They are losing the kids out of the area and want to cut down on travelling costs. Mornington would be a pretty good location and there is already some use of the area and its facilities. ■ Frankston TC has 15 courts, Overport (13), Frankston East (13) – totally under utilised, Bruce Park (11) – towards Skye and Carrum Downs is the huge growth area, but doesn’t help Mornington Peninsula. ■ One thing: maybe financial contributions to facilities (Sommerville are financially troubled). Grants and loans available through Tennis Vic – need administration expertise. ■ Would be interested in workshops. ■ Mt Eliza are in huge trouble with court space. Juniors have a rapid development and continuing to increase. Courts at Long Island are terrible and they should be condemed. There could be a Master Plan for the Reserve near the tennis club. 5.27 Volleyball
Volleyball Victoria ■ Have a total of 304 affiliates and a total of 5251 members including 2819 juniors (U/13, U/15, U/19 and U/21), 1743 seniors and 689 Officials and umpires. ■ Participation is growing in both beach and indoor volleyball, as is the number of affiliates. Could be attributed to the announcement of a State Volleyball Centre (SVC), Australia winning a gold medal in beach volleyball at the Olympics and developing relationships with commercial centres. 5.28 Wheelchair Sports ■ There are 15 sports that are part of Wheelchair Sports Victoria. They have 800 members, of which 350 are actual participants. To participate in their events you have to be a member. ■ Participation has remained steady, probably due to the increase in opportunities available, however there has been a decrease in the number of participations with spinal related problems (i.e. spinal bifida and spinal injuries). ■ Predict that in the future opportunities will continue to increase, particularly through existing clubs that don’t currently provide opportunities for people with a disability.. ■ Major obstacles they will face will be a lack of facilities and financial obstacles.
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6. SOCCER WORKSHOP 6.2 New Club Development Hastings 19th April 2005 @leisure tabled the following issues: In attendance: ■ Future demand – can existing clubs cater for future demand (members, grounds etc) and Lee Robson, Dennis Prendergast, Paul Mitchell, Kevin what are the constraints of club growth? O’Byrne (FFV), Westernport Soccer Club, Rosebud Soccer Club, Sally Jeavons and Michael Bodman ■ New clubs – can they assist in catering for (@leisure). demand? ■ Where is the need in terms of geographic 6.1 Junior Soccer: representation of new clubs? growth and demand ■ What facilities and resources are required to establish new clubs? Issues tabled Future demand @leisure identified the following issues: The need to maximise the use existing facilities and site resources in the Shire was seen as important, ie there ■ Growing demand exists for soccer at school was no need to build new facilities for the sake of it. age level ■ Potential demand by population could be as New Clubs much as 3,000 There was consensus that new club development was ■ Little demand exists for additional senior level competition needed to cater for increasing demand. Satellite venues for play were not preferred, as this does not create a ■ Where is the demand in terms of geographic club atmosphere and loss of club identity was an issue. representation of clubs? It was suggested that having one home base may Catering for junior demand is primarily the role of the increase opportunities to develop community links, Bayside Junior League, who currently run especially with schools and other complementary introductory level sessions for ages 7-10 years. They groups. do not need full-sized pitches and can play across the ground Although satellite venues are common in other municipalities (as is ground sharing with other clubs) ASC are funding an after school program. FFV acts as this was not the preferred option. the link to the local club to deliver the program. FFV raised the point that, potentially, if Mornington and Goalkick II (ages 13-14 years) has recently been Westernport are turning away players because they are launched, with a growing demand from young mothers at capacity, new facilities and/or clubs would be wanting to play, primarily on weekdays. (Rosebud and required. Westernport don’t currently have a Goalkick program). In terms of future provision of teams and facilities, the Preferred models group agreed that population growth areas needed to When asked to identify a preferred model for club be a focus. development, the example of Knox was given: 400 In terms of higher level facilities than currently provided, juniors (capped),three fields accommodating 20-23 the group indicated that formal soccer grounds are junior teams plus 100 in the Goalkick program (Knox required for the under 11 age group and above, where also has two senior male and two senior female teams). full-size and properly scaled grounds are needed. A club capacity of 200-250 (maximum) was suggested for most clubs on the Mornington Peninsula, using three full-size grounds. It was mentioned that the Peninsula may not be able to sustain another club of this size due to the catchment areas. The ideal club solution and team representation is to have a team in all age groups playing.
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Geographic issues Quality Rosebud - players from Red Hill, Sorrento and Rosebud. There is considerable pressure and demand on clubs and volunteers to facilitate programs, as well as club Westernport - players mostly from the Hastings and operations. Clubs require peak body assistance and southwest area. Residents from Somerville and Tyabb resources. There is some potential to alleviate school travel to Frankston and Baxter to play. However, pressure on Council owned grounds. anecdotally, Baxter Junior Soccer Club may be struggling to cater for demand. In terms of artificial turf facilities – it was suggested that access should be offered for use of grounds and to Facilities and resources needed create shared opportunities for soccer, hockey, rugby, Sharing with other sports was not preferred, as it may lacrosse etc. impinge on the ability to deliver programs, training and competition (eg some fixturing problems). Cases were 6.4 Other Issues cited where 140 members played on one pitch, which is ■ Volunteer retention too many and not a workable solution. ■ Risk management, paper work and financial Thus, foundation of new clubs was preferred, beginning reporting commitments placed on clubs at new sites rather than the relocation of existing clubs ■ Member protection information Officers - FFV to other sites/ venues. History, grounding with local education program being rolled out community and club investment into existing facilities ■ Volunteer support from FFV - risk management, would be the negatives for relocation. financial management, sponsorship and fundraising, club information forums, insurance 6.3 Facilities and school fields forums @leisure tabled the following issues regarding new Discussion centred on the potential for regional forums club development; to deliver club education and cross sport education on common issues. ■ Additional facilities/ grounds – what are required to cater for demand? Constant changing of volunteers and committee members was seen as a problem for Council and for ■ Level of provision for additional grounds peak bodies. ■ Availability of school fields for club/ program use at desired times. ■ School demand for fields and cost of use ■ Quality - that meets competition standard (ie size of ground and available amenities)
Additional facilities/ grounds Clubs suggested that a minimum of two full-size grounds would be needed to cater for current demand. Sunshine Heights was used as an example of soccer developing as part of an existing sporting club. Football/ netball league used as an example for potential sharing opportunities. Little athletics and cricket may also offer options for ground sharing within the Shire.
Availability of school fields Regarding schools, FFV have researched potential school fields and possible funding opportunities for their use. None were identified in the Shire as the evaluation didn’t get that far. Options exist for partnerships between schools/ clubs/ Council. The state body may be able to act as conduit between Council and schools.
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When clubs hire out court space from others, availability 7. TENNIS WORKSHOP often changes from season to season – there is no Hastings 19th April 2005 certainty about what courts can be used. In attendance: The suggestion was made that there could be a general register or listing of spare courts available, possibly via Lee Robson, Denis Prendergast, Paul Mitchell, Kevin the Shire. O’Byrne (FFV), Sally Jeavons and Michael Bodman (@leisure staff). Schools Schools also use courts during terms 1 and 2 at a nominal charge of $1-$2 per person. There is a minimal 7.1 Growth and Demand number of courts based at schools, and most are at @leisure tabled the following: private schools where courts are used for Saturday morning school sport. ■ Coaching - need for courts for after school and junior coaching programs. Links with schools is best facilitated through club ■ Competition - need for courts for competition. coaching programs. Use of courts by school groups is Saturday morning is the peak time for court use generally through coach introduction. for competition. Teams are held back to reduce the number of satellite courts being used. Visitors ■ Where is the focus for increase in participation - Presently, visitors can be accommodated on existing coaching programs, junior or senior competition, facilities. Main visitor population use courts over social court hire? Crib Point facility could be summer months, where competition is on hold for the used, but is not due to liability issues. holiday period. ■ Cost and quality issues regarding hire of court space outside of clubs - are there restrictions on 7.2 Facilities Development surface type? @leisure identified the following issues: Coaching ■ Municipality-wide strategies Coaching programs generally feed into junior ■ How many courts? What is the desirable number competition. Larger clubs generally have enough courts of courts that can be used to capacity by club? to conduct both coaching and competition. What is the desirable number and capacity of clubs – and what is the ideal distribution (eg by Competition % of population) ■ Facility development - what are the criteria for As well as junior competition, there is demand for more facility development (eg number of courts, lights, senior night/ social competition. The number of teams etc) fluctuates, but has generally remained static over the ■ How should future courts be developed - new past few years. clubs, a regional centre, additional courts at Southern end of the Peninsula is generally catered for existing clubs? regarding court space. How many courts? Shortage of available courts tends to limit the number of teams entered into junior and senior competition. Suggestions were sought regarding court development. Saturday morning seems to be the main time for court The option of one major club with a minimum of 24 space demand. The PTA mentioned that there could courts was identified as this would increase the capacity possibly be an introduction of Sunday morning to cater for regional and state based competition and competition, as well as more night tennis. events. Demand is there, but there is also competition from other sports: cricket, football, basketball all impact on the scheduling of competition. Seasonal variation of sports can allow attraction of different groups to tennis, which provides both summer and winter opportunities.
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Facility development 7.3 Other Issues Rosebud Tennis Club is an option for development and ■ could be run as a commercial operation. May cater for Maintenance obligations and water costs for en- demand for additional court space. Casey Fields and tout-cas courts are a constraint. Casey TC (Narre Warren) used as possible examples. ■ Structural liability/ tests on floodlighting poles. Council could provide a list of available The preference for new court development was to split contractors for various forms of maintenance courts (possibly 24) across two larger clubs. It was works. agreed that one centre of 24 courts would not cater for ■ Costs of insurance/ public liability the geographic/ township nature of the Shire. Location ■ and placement of “larger centres” is very important. Roll out of fees and charges policy happening over next 6-12 months. Synthetic clay (classic clay) is the preferred court ■ Somerville Tennis Club - provision of toilet facility surface, it requires court and line sweeping, but not (Shire) water. Potentially costs $25-30,000 per court - ■ Tennis is generally seen as a cheaper sport to generally more for installation and base development. play than others. Asphalt and plexipave courts require little maintenance, from a playing perspective they are not preferred. Synthetic grass or a softer surfaces required. The player preference is for a good quality facility, which includes surfaces and lighting. Support facilities are also required. Provision of quality facilities can often influence demand. Lights obviously generate demand for night tennis. Note: There is demand for additional lighting at existing clubs because it would have a positive effect on club membership. Lighting can generate an income stream. Lights are seen as an essential element for the success of clubs. High tower corner lighting is being removed and replaced with better quality systems. Low level lighting is also cheaper in installation and operating costs.
How? Peak bodies believe in the regional or larger centre approach. However, large club centres generally are difficult to manage via volunteer base. An element of commercial input is preferred. Development of a stand-alone centre or new clubs was not favoured. Clubs are very reluctant to relocate. Shire possibly to provide management through commercial means and put funds back into the existing club structure. There has been some loss of players to larger clubs (local and metropolitan) due to the quality and variety of competition. Courts, size and level of competition available are all contributing factors to loss of players. Preferences have changed and are swinging away from weekend competition and moving towards weeknight play.
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8. BASKETBALL WORKSHOP Court space and facilities The Southern area player numbers doubled with new Rosebud 21st April 2005 facilities developed close by. In attendance: It is important to have more courts centred around a Lee Robson, Reade Smith (Shire Mayor), Westernport common area – and fewer satellite venues. Basketball Association, Mornington District Basketball Association Southern Peninsula Basketball Association, Administration and competition Sally Jeavons and Michael Bodman (@leisure). Availability of referees and administrative resources may restrict expansion. People on the ground are limited 8.1 Junior Growth and Demand and parent involvement is difficult to attain. @leisure tabled the following issues: Mornington employ a coaching director and referee ■ Growing junior participation both male and advisor. The club paid people to run coaching and female (school and club level). referee schools. (From about 17 years and upwards, ■ Geographically where is the demand - key areas/ referees begin to drop out). townships? Players are leaving to play at Frankston and Dandenong ■ Court space and facilities – are they operating at to play higher level competition and the Shire is losing capacity during peak times? some quality players. Competition in the Peninsula is not ■ Administration and competition – is it operating strong enough to compete with metropolitan at capacity? associations.
Junior participation Seniors growth School competition on a Saturday is growing, as is There has been a big intake for the over 30 year olds Ozball. and growth in the over 40 year old age groups, as well as development in the Under 20s competition. Currently there is estimated to be half the number of girls teams to boys (WPBA). Girls appear under Mixed teams are increasing, generally over the summer represented, which contradicted the survey statistics period. However, expansion is restricted by lack of produced. facilities. The “Slammers Club” has been developed to try and put players without a team in touch with other people. Could 8.2 New Facility Development be an opportunity to link with suggested tennis court and Management Options system. @leisure tabled the following issues: Travel time and distance may be an issue. Discussions ■ Existing facilities operating at capacity during have been held to develop the elite competitions peak times amongst each other - but this is not supported by the ■ Programming – are there opportunities to vary parents. Thirty minutes travel time would generally be to assist with court demand? accepted in order to play domestic competition. ■ Hire charges for use of satellite venues/ courts Where is the demand geographically? ■ Size - majority of indoor facilities are two court centres Demand has been consistent across the Shire, but is ■ What is the preferred facility development now growing in Mornington. New population and estate model? living has the population growing, eg new estates in ■ Somerville with substantial residential development. Development at/ with schools or stand alone ■ Maximum number of courts needed to fill current Southern Peninsula is very village based and schools are demand becoming stronger. ■ Management by associations, Council or schools
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The group agreed that each association would need Management their own courts to operate efficiently. Four or five Associations would prefer to manage their own facilities, courts together would be the desirable number to rather than a management organisation. facilitate an association. These should be positioned together for resource management and retention and to Basketball tend to be dominating usage of indoor courts cater for training and competition play. across the Shire. Volleyball, badminton and floorball could be allocated more space from existing courts if Westernport - new courts would be preferred at basketball move out. Additionally, Shire staff are not Somerville (maybe 4 or 5). Some courts around Flinders able to use courts to develop sporting programs, as (or south) to accommodate demand in the southern there’s no capacity to do so with existing provision. area. Bittern may be an option for development. Not many playing from the south of Hastings - Crib Point Schools would be the limit. Currently 14 teams from Flinders play out of Mornington. Osbourne Primary School (and others) are not suitable to accommodate competition. Court run-off areas are Fees and charges the problem. If associations had home courts that they operated, Somerville Secondary College and Westerport High charges could be developed around covering costs. Schools were identified as the potential sites for WPBA Council maintain and mange facilities at a minimal level. courts. The example of the football ground and how much clubs WPBA and MDBA run an ID Basketball competition (4 to pay to use the grounds and how much Council do to 5 teams playing). SPBA cannot get enough to create a maintain them – Basketball pay more than 50 times competition. No wheelchair competition exists in the what football and cricket clubs pay to use Council Shire. Capacity of courts and facilities restricts facilities. development of more disability programs. Frankston and Dandenong are used as satellite venues “Best model for facility development is to work through for WPBA, which is not popular with players. Using these the school network and on their land”, Lee said, “Shire venues costs WPBA $16,000 in lost revenue from funding on school land is problematic, as they could sell playing away. Money could be better spent on land or take way the use at any time”. developing ‘come and try’ days. Average cost of $5-6.50 per game or a team sheet at 8.3 Volunteerism and Administration $35 per team. Volunteer retention and time commitment of volunteers is a huge issue, as is the shortage of referees, coaches, Facility development scorers etc and opportunities for recruitment and The criteria for good facilities include lights, suitable run- training. offs, visible space between courts - not separated. Good Associations could grow bigger and create more floors and quality rings, canteen facilities, refs changing, opportunities. With a greater number of players a better social areas. Seating for show courts. level of competition could be developed. Increasing Bittern Stadium is not great for run offs and Hastings numbers allows for paid administrators. stadium side run-offs aren’t suitable – it is mostly used Paid administrators could address competition for “Ozball” only. scheduling and development. The more courts in one unit the better - to offer MDBA and WPBA have paid administration staff (mostly potential for cost savings with refs, staff, competition part-time), but SPBA does not (6 hours a week to management. manage administration). There is a strong need for “affordable” court space. MDBA do not require assistance to manage the sport. MDBA and WPBA both currently pay around $100,000 Paid management has assured quality of management annually for court hire. and consistency. Funding could be an issue for Shire or community- WPBA, at the moment, do not require assistance (but funded facilities. SPBA funded the majority of court that’s not to say they won’t). The association operates costs for their two facilities, as is MDBA for their new under a budget, then it’s up to volunteers to do the job. facilities in Mornington. With an association funding the development, they have more control over the fees and charges.
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SPBA is entirely volunteer based. Outside help may be Role of Council difficult to manage, and the association is not quite big enough to afford paid staff. There will be a point in time Because of low funds and a small rate base, Council may where paid administration will be needed. They will be take some time to catch up to other areas. paying off a loan for the next 12 years and would prefer Council could provide transport to facilitate use of to spend money on a player import - to play higher level facilities, eg hire buses for associations to use as a and to coach and generate interest and development – community bus. An east-west transport service would be or to pay a refs trainer or advisor. required, but private bus companies are not able to do Police checks are an issue - at the cost of the it. Rep competition could utilise buses to transport association. Adults are required to get police checks – a teams to metro games. (Operating costs may prevent further barrier when associations are already struggling associations from buying and running their own buses.) to get parents involved. Costs are about $25 for a non- There are some buses for hire around the Peninsula - transferable check that is valid for three years only. Friday nights would be the high demand times. A user Administration and monitoring of checks are a burden on pays system would be OK. Large buses are hired at volunteer staff. (As a volunteer organisation PC’s are association costs, subsidised by paying spectators. Elite $12.70 each.) level demand for bus transport, not so much at the grass roots domestic level. 8.4 Other Issues Licencing and insurance is a constraint. Basketball associations don’t work under the club mentality. The rep clubs are helping, but generally teams are individuals. Associations cannot afford to have club or hospitality rooms. No real spirit or spectating of games or events at home. Revenue, sponsorship servicing and social atmosphere is difficult to create without hospitality facilities. No more teacher input into sporting and after school activities and programs. SPBA have submitted for funding for after school program funding. The short term goal is to build facilities, then move toward development - MDBA maybe able to get to 2000 members – then to become involved in schools and promote the senior teams more. The group stressed the importance of seniors and the need to get off the Peninsula to play in good quality competition. Elite sport suffers a little on the Peninsula. The metropolitan boundary and geographic area may prevent some sports development. The visitor population and township nature of the area also has some impact on development. The township nature of the region holds regional development back a bit.
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9. SKATE WORKSHOP Sites Rosebud 21st April 2005 Dromana was mentioned as a good spot to have something if not in Red Hill. In attendance There was a request from the floor to spend the finances Lee Robson, Reade Smith (Shire Mayor), Angie Reid, allocated for Mt Eliza skate park, to put in a facility at Sally Jeavons and Michael Bodman (@leisure). Dromana. Residents have tabled a 1000+ petition for a skate park in Red Hill. 9.1 Dromana Visitor numbers in the area in summer increase demand 9.4 Sorrento for skating. Schools are strongly supportive of a skate facility in Sorrento. Sites Community Park has been identified as a possible site 9.5 Mornington for a skate or BMX park. The Sports Reserve may also Mornington - generally queue to use the facility and very cater for a skate park. The old quarry site may provide busy at times. access for MTB, but is not preferred due to risks - currently informal/ non-official in its provision (BMX style facility with some dirt jumps). Riders think that it could 9.6 Mt Martha cater for riders from all levels - BMX and MTB jump style Mt Martha skaters currently ride around the shops, but facility. There is potential to develop the area and the traders are not happy and there are safety concerns. natural landscape to maximise the use of the area. Skaters are not permitted to ride around the school. Rotary in Dromana aim to provide community support Up to 200 skaters use the Church facility for a skate and resources to develop facilities. session at 6-8:00pm on Friday nights. “Powerhouse”, unknown to the skating fraternity and closed during the 9.2 Mt Eliza holidays. A range of parks at various levels across the Shire would A skate park could provide a central area to skate. be beneficial. Demand to skate exists across a range of age groups. Sites The preferred site for a skate park is Eco Park. Sites There are issues with siting of the proposed skate park. 9.7 Somerville Design is important for sustainability. Bring the facility Somerville skaters would like to have a facility. They into the community centre/ hub, rather than site away travel to Cranbourne to “The Shed” to skate, which was from main activity areas. believed to be a good example of integrating into the community. Issues include cost ($8 per session) plus 9.3 Red Hill the travel time. Travel and distance is an issue for parents There is no transport to travel to Rye or Mornington skate parks from Red Hill. The area is hilly with no footpaths, hard area or concrete to skate on. Currently skaters skate around the shops, but local traders are not happy.
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9.8 Rye There is little support for the bowl. It provides a good Transport visual experience for younger riders to watch, learn and Facilities need to be accessible to people via public look up to more experienced skaters. However it can’t transport. Current facilities are not located for easy use cater for more than a couple of users at a time and is of public transport. difficult to ride, although it is popular with older skaters. Traffic management at Rye operates well, as opposed to People travel to Riverside to use a good facility. Mornington. Model Rye bowl gets crowded around the time of major football events with footballs entering the bowl. Riverside was cited as a good example. It caters for a number of users at any one time, it is perceived as a Developments are underway in Rye to add some street safe venue to use (YMCA run) and it caters for a range elements to the facility. of abilities. Riverside is now also opening up a few time The Apollo Bay skate facility was cited as a good slots for BMX riders. example. BMX It was suggested that the facility should have been bigger, and that up to four larger sized facilities would BMX racers, who travel across the state to ride BMX be preferred at suitable locations around the Shire. events, would like to see a facility developed. Frankston is the closest racing facility. 9.9 Design Dirt tracks would be preferred over BMX racing tracks. Preference was expressed for skate and BMX facilities to The average length of track is 400m long (30-45 be developed separately. seconds in ride time). Design could cater for upgrading Design of facilities needs to be thought through, with and reshaping annually. separate areas that link together. There is potential for a BMX Club in the Somerville and Design is very important, but so is the size of the facility Dromana area. (eg Mornington is busy on weekends. Rye not the best However, each township/ locality should be able to cater design for beginners and there are few opportunities for for a facility, possibly integrated with other sports as well freestyle skating). as skate. Kids need activities to do. Location is important. There is an issue at Frankston BMX and skaters don’t always mix very well. BMX Club where the land allocated for the facility is away from main areas and suffers from misuse. Jumps behind the Mornington Skate Park are pretty high jumps and don’t really cater for a range of abilities. Police often asked to move kids on, but there is generally nowhere else for them to go. Participation and Because of the strong demand to use dirt jumps, a use generally reflect what is provided. Facilities should suggestion was made to develop a BMX track in be sited in obvious areas, not tucked away. conjunction with a dirt jumps area. A mixture of provision is required in order to cater for a There is a lack of dirt jumps that are open and available, range of ages and abilities. particularly since the Mt Eliza dirt jump area has been removed. However, dirt jumps need to brought into Generally, more skate parks, bowls and half pipes are open areas to make them visible and safer. needed around the Shire. A BMX track that could cater for MTB as well would MTB generally bring people to the community to ride – and Arthurs Seat would be a great location to ride. One or deliver economic benefits. two single or downhill tracks would be sufficient. There is a wide cross over between disciplines in riding. MTB riders in Rosebud maintain the areas themselves Importantly, provision of tracks would take BMX riders and construct their own tracks/ paths. away from skate parks. Provision of a few maintained jumps would be appreciated. A graded set of jumps or runs would be needed to cater for a range of abilities.
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Schools Questions from the floor - Why can’t we use and promote schools as potential to host skate facilities? Ocean Grove used as a good example of a skate facility co- located with a school.
Management ■ Council could partner with the church groups and service clubs to manage skate parks ■ BMX club and committee could run and operate a track, as well as maintain and repair the track. ■ The forming of clubs could encourage use and manage the insurance on behalf of users. ■ Insurance through BMX Victoria to cover member liability. ■ Generally there’s a lot of adult management, could be looking towards kids to take a role in managing sites. ■ If sites are tucked away they become a problem. Police interaction encouraged and supported. Self management is often undertaken without people knowing. ■ Security issues at Frankston are due to poor siting of the track. ■ Track maintenance could be undertaken by the riders and users. ■ Less maintenance for Council with BMX than skate. ■ School groups and volunteers could be used to run programs. ■ Rye is busy during holiday times. Holiday times at facilities could be supervised. ■ Suggestion of a Committee of Management at Mt Eliza to assist in its maintenance and management. 9.10 Other Issues ■ Mt Martha skate park should be sited next to the school, where the kids would look after it. Skaters tend to look after each other. ■ Skaters at Rye bring brooms to sweep the bowl and clean the area. ■ Need for more recreation and exercise activities in the Shire. ■ Red Hill - support of over 1000 signatures for a skate park to be developed. ■ Public consultation regarding the siting of the Mt Eliza facility was raised as an issue, but generally in support of the facility.
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10. PEAK BODIES WORKSHOP 10.2 Little Athletics Mornington Little Athletics has been recently relocated to Rosebud 26th April 2005 Balcombe Parade Ground from Padua College. Infrastructure at new facility needs to be developed (ie. In attendance storage, toilets, change). Lee Robson, Dennis Prendergast , Sally Jeavons and Retention of athletes and volunteers are the main issues Michael Bodman (@leisure staff). with the sport. There is no synthetic athletics track in the Shire. Mornington Peninsula Table Tennis Steve Fisher – VPSSSA 10.3 VPSSSA Victorian Diving Association Sports Jill Taylor - Little Athletics Victoria Netball - some issues between playing under age groups Flinders Bowls Association as opposed to year levels at the primary school level. Terry Jones – Volleyball Victoria Triathlon, X Country, table tennis, athletics and golf are Gymnastics Victoria popular at school level. Southern Peninsula Masters Athletics Extreme Games could potentially be the next trend in sport.
10.1 Table Tennis Facilities Membership and Players Facilities are not consistent across the Shire. Table Tennis at Mornington currently caters for a range There aren’t many hockey, soccer or rugby league of age groups (mostly elderly players and 40+). facilities available to use. Travel costs and distance to Mornington may prevent No 50m swimming pools in the Shire, the closest takes additional non-local players. some traveling to get there. See Commonwealth Games as an opportunity for Facility priorities should be - swimming pool, skate park, increase in players. The association has members from bike paths, hockey pitch, athletics track, playground - Rosebud up to Kingston as it is one of the only TT sited in relation to large sports precincts. specific venues locally. Schools mostly use Shire facilities for school sports. It Schools (primary and secondary) competition is strong, was agreed that whilst there are costs for the school, the but travelling to Mornington to play is an expensive Shire also has maintenance costs of the facilities. exercise for schools. There needs to be more work done on establishing the link between schools and TT. Programs The Federal Government After school program focus on Facilities teacher input, and may face some issues in its delivery. During peak times (possibly five am or pm sessions over Will be different depending on the sport. a week) there are not enough tables. Clubs An application has been made to Council for an additional 9 tables (which would double table capacity). Multiple teams participate for primary schools in summer The existing David Collings Leisure Centre would need to and winter sports. Numbers in schools don’t translate be extended to cater for additional tables. into club participation. Schools need to be more of a focus for local competition, rather than the clubs. Water safety programs need to link with Surf Life Saving Clubs.
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10.4 Diving Facilities Comments regarding school sport were supported. Toorak and Padua College’s are used for competition. David Collings Leisure Centre is available about one Members and Divers weekend a year and provides limited access for Diving is popular within the region. Divers tend to come volleyball. Volleyball is a poor relation to basketball. from other sports (eg. Gymnastics, life saving). Springers Leisure Centre (Keysborough) is the main Diver numbers are outweighing opportunities at venues centre for volleyball training and competition. Travel out and there are plenty of coaches to facilitate programs. of the Shire is essential for competitive volleyball. There is a dry program operating with Mornington 150 teams will play weekly at the new State Volleyball Gymnastics to provide an all year round program. Centre (Dandenong), but there is also a need for Membership is currently 80 primary students and more localised venues to facilitate local competition. secondary school students enrolled in the dry program. 10.6 Flinders Bowls Association Facilities Lack of adequate aquatic facilities in the Shire. There is Membership and Players a need for facilities that cater for all aquatics disciplines Currently have 1100 male members from 11 clubs. in the Peninsula, as well as Frankston. District has a high level of competition from a range of Closest deep water facility is in metro Melbourne. Toorak clubs. College has recently opened an outdoor diving pool, but Aging nature of the population is reducing numbers. it is not usable in poor weather, which tends to affect Junior and younger bowlers are not being attracted to scheduling and competition. clubs within the Shire like metropolitan clubs are.
Opportunities There is some loss of bowlers during the winter to warmer, northern climates. Opportunity to link with the school sports network for diving, but there is no sufficient venue. Facilities Possible opportunities for cross aquatic facilities with Shire has contributed to provision of accessible toilet hydrotherapy, cross training, waterpolo, underwater facilities. hockey, university use and other groups that could potentially use a deep water facility. Mt Martha and Hastings have the only synthetic greens in the Shire and Rosebud CC have a winter grass green Presently, travel outside the Shire is essential for diving. that would be available during the winter.
10.5 Volleyball Opportunities See Commonwealth Games as an opportunity. Membership Clubs have links with schools, sometimes the culture in Over 300 registered players in the Shire. bowls prevents some kids participating, but the game is Mornington have State representatives at a range of age a very popular with school age children. levels from the Mornington area. There is some development in “barefoot” bowls. Beach volleyball participation is an area of growth - 300% increase in registrations since 2000. 10.7 Masters Athletics School teachers make up 50% of state league coaches. Point repeatedly made that there were no all-weather 3,500 player competition at MSAC for a secondary athletics track on the Peninsula. schools competition. Potential users were identified; masters, schools, little athletics, cross training for other sports. Club members are mostly long-term residents. They have no social facility and share with local football club/ little athletics.
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10.8 Gymnastics Possible opportunities to develop paid positions that were traditional volunteer roles. Membership Volunteers and historical structures are preventing some There are currently two gymnastics clubs in the Shire. sports from moving forward. Both focus on non-competitive activities from aged 2 to teenagers. Partnerships Mornington Gymnastics Club have 250+ members, which Opportunity for some professional or administrative could be doubled with their 2 year waiting list. support for the range of sports and associations. Opportunities for some sports to develop public/ private Facilities relationships (ie. golf, tennis, gymnastics, swimming). New facility is being built in new housing estate - Relationships with clubs and peak bodies vary. awaiting hand over from the developer. Opportunity for a Regional Sports Coordinator to work at Rosebud Secondary College was being used as a facility. the ground level with sports - employed by or through the Shire. Potential to get clearer understanding across Opportunities the issues and potential to look at regional or collective Olympics, Commonwealth Games and World approach to a range of issues (eg. Sponsorship, Championships coming up are seen as an opportunity to equipment, information, education, training etc.) promote. Programs or Subsidies No advertising undertaken in the Shire, but programs are full. Some pressure relating to single parent families, in the Shire. 10.9 Opportunities (Shire Wide) 10.10 Roles and Responsibilities Cycling Council could support clubs and associations to research On-road cycling routes were perceived as not safe. and resource funding for facility or sports development. Maybe an opportunity to provide and enhance existing See council’s role as being the prime provider of sports routes for cyclists. facilities (across a range of sports).
Club and School Links Facilitate mass participation at the foundation level ■ Develop better links between primary and 10.11 Other Issues secondary schools (program) and community ■ Issues of insurance raised as a constraint for sports clubs. most sports. ■ Utilise school teachers with an interest in ■ The administration of some sports is becoming particular sports. excessive, particularly in the areas of education, ■ Have someone who can facilitate the links and insurance etc. develop a team based competition for schools, ■ Peak bodies wished to be kept in the loop and that feeds into community clubs. have a demand for more communication ■ Soccer used as the example for being able to ■ develop a competition that now services the local Public transport to beaches and to other activities requires improvement soccer club. ■ Skate park and playgrounds are needed across Volunteers the Shire ■ Aquatics centre (Rosebud) to be able to develop Volunteerism in sport is dying across the board. as a sporting precinct. Weekend constraints on availability of time is preventing some “parental/ volunteer” involvement. Coaches, team managers, umpiring etc. are all affected.
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11. TRENDS IN PARTICIPATION IN SPORT AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES
– Australia, Victoria, Regional Victoria, Mornington Peninsula7 11.1 Introduction – the adequacy of available data
11.1.1 National surveys It is almost impossible to track change in participation in recreation in Australia over the last decade or so because of the failure of authorities at national, state and local level to collect comparable data on an on-going basis. While recreation participation surveys have been conducted almost annually since the 1980s, until very recently there have never been more than two comparable annual surveys conducted before changes in design have resulted in a break in the data series, making it impossible to measure changes in participation levels over more than two years. Recently, however, the Exercise, Recreation and Sport Survey (ERASS) has been conducted by the Standing Conference on Recreation and Sport (SCORS) using an identical format three years running, but three years is a very short time-period to assess social change or the impacts of policies. SCORS has recognised the need for a consistent approach and is committed to conducting the survey for a further three years, eventually giving a run of data for six years, from 2001 to 2006, a period for which it will then be possible to undertake meaningful analysis of changes in patterns of participation and their causes.
11.1.2 States and Territories National surveys carried out since the 1990s, by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and SCORS, have been based on sufficiently large samples to provide a certain amount of data at state and territory level although, for about a third of the individual activities, the sample numbers are too small to provide reliable estimates. This constraint is even more apparent when the state/territory samples are divided into metropolitan and regional sub-samples. This means that the national surveys cannot reliably provide data on participation at local level – that is at the level of the region or individual local authority.
11.1.3 Local authority areas A further difficulty from the local point of view is that, since the 1980s, national surveys have not covered the whole range of recreation activities with which local government is concerned. In particular, while there are separate national surveys covering the formal arts, other activities, such as social activities (eg. going to clubs, pubs and restaurants) are not covered. Further, use of particular types of facility is not monitored: for example, there is no national data on the use of urban parks or of beaches; swimming is identified as an activity, but not whether it takes place in the sea, a public pool, a private pool or a home pool; 'walking' and 'cycling' are identified but not where they take place. To fill the gap at local level, it would be necessary for individual state or territory governments to conduct regular surveys with sufficient sample sizes to meet the needs of local government or for local governments, individually or in consortium, to conduct such surveys on a regular basis. Neither of these has happened. Few local authorities have conducted more than one or two surveys over the last, say, ten years; and such surveys are often not comparable with earlier surveys, with national surveys or with those of neighbouring authorities, so comparison of the results and assessment of trends in participation are not possible.
11.1.4 Limitations As a result of these limitations, this report is also limited. It is difficult to be sure of trends even at national levels: at local level we are limited to making reasonable inferences.
7 A.J. Veal University of Technology, Sydney February 2005 ([email protected] ph 02 4973 4398)
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11.2 Definitions and Data Coverage
11.2.1 Introduction The field is bedevilled by problems of definition, which are partly intrinsic to the field and partly the result of changing organisation of ministerial portfolios. These issues are discussed below and the resultant definitions and scope of available data are outlined.
11.2.2 National/State Level During the 1980s, the then Department of the Arts, Sport, the Environment, Tourism and Territories (DASETT) conducted a number of 'Recreation Participation Surveys' which included: a. sport and exercise; b. outdoor informal recreation; c. the arts and entertainment; d. social activities; and e. home-based leisure activities. Reflecting the wide scope of the DASETT portfolio, 'recreation' was therefore implicitly defined as including all leisure time activities. During the 1990s ministerial responsibility for the arts, sport, tourism and environment were variously organised into different federal ministries and this instability continues to this day, with virtually every ministerial reshuffle involving reallocation of one or more of these sectors. (Similar instability can be found at state and local level). Data collection therefore became similarly fragmented. While the ABS established a single unit – the National Centre for Culture and Recreation Statistics – to oversee the broad leisure area, the existence of different federal and state ministerial 'client groups' – and an apparent absence of other 'voices' in influencing data collection policy – has resulted in different patterns of data collection for different sectors. ■ Sports and physical activities – annual surveys conducted (by ABS up to 2000, then by SCORS via ERASS). ■ Outdoor informal recreation – some activities (eg, walking) included in a., but for others (eg. picnicking, going to beach/park, visiting National Parks) there is no national data. ■ Arts and entertainment – surveys conducted every 5 years by ABS, covering a limited number of formal arts venues and events – entertainment covered only by the inclusion of cinema in the last two surveys. ■ Social activities – no national data collected, except via time-use surveys. ■ Home-based leisure activities – no national data collected, except via time-use surveys. Two national time-use surveys have been conducted by ABS, in 1992 and 1997, and the next will be conducted in 2006. These surveys provide data on all activities but, since they are based on individuals' activities over the course of two days, unlike the year covered by the participation surveys, they do not provide an inadequate measure of participation in individual activities which do not take place on a frequent basis.
11.2.3 Local Level In their recreation planning and related research activities, local authorities tend to give most attention to sport and outdoor recreation because of their land-use implications and councils' traditional responsibilities for sporting/physical recreation facilities. Less attention is given to the arts and even less to entertainment and social activities and home-based activities. This is despite: ■ local councils having responsibility across a wide range of leisure activities; ■ the full range of leisure activities competing for people's time and money; ■ health, well-being and quality-of-life, with which councils generally claim to be concerned, being related to participation in the full range of activities; ■ plot-size, densities and dwelling type, with which councils are closely involved, having implications for patterns of home-based leisure patterns and therefore possibly demand on public facilities. Thus the limitations of data collection at national level are typically replicated at local level.
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11.2.4 Resultant definitions and scope
Scope This report draws on national survey data and, for the reasons outlined above, focusses particularly on 'sports and physical activities'. This term is used by the ABS and in the ERASS reports to describe the activities covered (although the title of the ERASS report and it acronym uses the collective term 'exercise, recreation and sport'). What constitutes 'sport and physical activities'? In the ERASS questionnaire respondents are asked a series of questions, as shown in Figure 1. The resultant list of activities offered by respondents therefore constitutes 'sports and physical activities'.
Figure 01. Exercise Recreation & Sport Survey (ERASS) questionnaire – participation questions The following questions are about physical activities you have participated in during the last 12 months for exercise, recreation or sport. Do not include any activities that were part of work or household and garden chores. 1. During the last 12 months did you participate in any physical activities for exercise, recreation or sport? 2. What activities did you participate in? (Up to maximum of 10 activities to be coded) For each activity: 3. Was any of this (activity) organised by a club, association or other type of organisation? 4. What type of club, association or organisation organised the (activity)? 5. Including any practice or training, approximately how many times did you participate in (activity) during the last 12 months? The activity coding list for ERASS includes 165 activities (see Appendix 1) but, given the sample of 13,500 respondents, only 56 of these produce a participation rate of 0.2% or more. Below this level the statistical margin of error is plus or minus 0.15%, which makes the results for these low-participant activities unreliable. Therefore, when results are reported for participation in 'sports and physical activities' in aggregate, all 156 activities are included, but when individual activities are reported on, only 56 are generally included. Some of the 56 are combinations of two or more of the 156 activities, as indicated in by the indented activities in the Appendix 1.
Time period Interviewing for ERASS takes place in February, May, August and November and the results are aggregated to give an annual total. Since respondents are asked about participation in the year prior to interview, this means that the reported participation data for any one year actually relate to the period from February in the year before the survey to November in the year of the survey. Thus, as Figure 2 indicates, each survey covers a period of 22 months and the periods for consecutive surveys overlap by 10 months.
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Figure 02. ERASS survey participation periods
YEAR MONTH (INT. 2001 2002 2003 SURVEY MONTHS IN BOLD) SURVEY SURVEY 2000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2001 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2002 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2003 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
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Age range ERASS covers individuals aged 15 years and above. This means that, for many activities a large number of participants are excluded and for key sporting activities, such as soccer and swimming, this may be a majority.
Defining participation A survey respondent is counted as a participant in 'sport and physical activity' if he or she has engaged in as little as one activity once in the previous year. Thus, in statistics on 'participants in sport and physical activity' no distinction is made between such a 'minimalist' participant and a regular participant in a number of activities, who may participate in activities hundreds of times in the course of the year. Information is gathered on frequency of participation, but the published ERASS reports do not provide further analysis of frequent and infrequent participants. A further feature of the definition of participation is that it does not include any minimum participation time or, in the case of activities such as walking or running, a minimum distance. Finally, it should be noted that the explanatory notes in the ERASS reports indicate that participation includes active playing, practice and training activities but does not include coaching, refereeing or spectating (although there is nothing in the wording of the questionnaire to indicate this).
Organised/Non-organised As can be seen from the question-wording in Figure 1, ERASS distinguishes between organised activity, that is, activity undertaken under the auspices of a 'club, association or other type of organisation', and non-organised activity. The importance of this distinction varies from activity to activity. While the data on organised activity are likely to be more reliable, because of its formal nature, it would not be appropriate to ignore non-organised activity since, for some activities, such as running, cycling and swimming, it constitutes the bulk of the participation.
Sampling error All social surveys are subject to a margin of possible error, or 'confidence interval', depending on the sample size. The ERASS sample size is substantial, at 13,600, so the margins are generally small. However, for most individual activities, the percentage of the population taking part is quite low and the margins of error are proportionately quite substantial. This means that small differences in levels of participation, between activities or for the same activity in different years, must be treated with caution. The sub-sample size for Victoria is estimated at 3400 and for non-metropolitan Victoria, 920. Small sample sizes result in larger margins of error. The sizes of the confidence intervals for these three sample sizes are shown in Appendix 2.
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11.3 Sport and Physical Activities in General
11.3.1 Australia, Victoria Participation in organised and non-organised sports and physical activities for Australia and Victoria, for the period 2001- 2003 are shown in Figure 3. A substantial increase in overall participation for Australia over the period is indicated, but a smaller increase for Victoria, which started about 9% ahead of the national average in 2000/01. In 2002/03 participation in organised activity in Victoria was significantly higher than the national average. Overall participation was higher also, but only just.
Figure 03. Participation in sport and physical activities,
Australia and Victoria, 2000-2003
A = Australia, V = Victoria Source: derived from ERASS data
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11.4 Individual Activities
11.4.1 Victoria - trends Table 1 presents ERASS participation data for individual activities for the state of Victoria for the period 2000-2003, arranged in order of popularity. Because data are not available for some low-participant activities, due to sample size as discussed above, estimates have been made for these activities, based on national data. Confidence intervals are also included in the table – any differences smaller than the confidence interval are not significant. Significant changes between 2000 and 2003 are indicated in the right hand column, together with an indication of whether significant change was also experienced at national level. It can be seen that, of the 56 individual activities, 18 showed a significant increase over the period and one showed a significant decrease. By far the biggest increase, of 13%, was recorded for the most popular activity, walking, particularly between 2001 and 2003. Alone, it more than accounts for the increase of 7.2% in participation overall. This substantial change for walking reflects the national figures. There is no known explanation for this big increase. Since it seems unlikely that participation would actually increase by such a large amount in one year, it is tempting to think that the difference is due to some change in the design of the questionnaire or the way it was administered but, according to the copies of the questionnaire included in the ERASS reports, the wording was identical in each of the three surveys. Of the other significant changes, the following comments might be made: ■ Aerobics – the desire for fitness and weight loss and commercial promotion of this activity would seem to explain increasing participation. ■ Tennis – fluctuation in 2001/02 may suggest that the increase is not long-term. ■ Cycling – nationally participation is static, so the Victorian decline may be statistical error. ■ Walking (bush) – reflects the unexplained increase in walking generally. ■ Cricket(outdoor) – no obvious explanation for a substantial steady increase. ■ Yoga – increase could be part of the same phenomenon as aerobics. ■ Weight-training – as for yoga and aerobics. ■ Martial arts – includes some non-traditional forms, which could again be explained by the general fitness/weight loss phenomenon. ■ Soccer (indoor) – no obvious explanation, but may reflect local promotion and/or increased provision of halls. ■ Fishing – increase is barely significant and may be a function of normal fluctuations. ■ Surf sports – no obvious explanation. ■ Motor sports – no obvious explanation. ■ Badminton – no obvious explanation, possibly a function of provision of halls.
For the other five activities indicating significant change, nationally-based estimates were used, and participation is 1% or less, so the indicated trends are not very reliable. Data on trends are not to hand for areas below state leveli, so for local planning purposes, it is necessary to assume that the above trends apply.
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Table 01. Trends in participation in individual sport etc., Victoria, 2000-2003
CONF. INT. 2000/1 2001/02 2002/03 SIG. CHANGE, 2000-03
% PARTICIPATING IN YEAR PRIOR TO INTERVIEW VIC. AUST Walking (other) 1.5 27.5 30.7 40.5 + + Aerobics/fitness 1.2 14.8 15.7 16.0 + + Swimming 1.1 13.7 13.5 13.7 Tennis 0.9 9.2 8.8 10.5 + Cycling 1.1 12.2 9.6 10.3 - Golf 1.0 9.3 9.3 9.1 Running 0.8 7.8 7.5 8.5 Walking (bush) 0.6 4.1 4.5 5.7 + + Aust.Rules football 0.6 5.1 4.0 5.1 + Netball 0.6 4.4 4.7 4.9 Basketball 0.6 5.4 4.9 4.9 - Cricket (outdoor) 0.6 2.6 3.1 4.6 + + Yoga 0.4 1.4 2.5 3.5 + + Weight-training 0.5 2.0 2.4 3.3 + Soccer (outdoor) 0.6 3.1 3.5 3.3 + Martial arts 0.4 1.7 1.9 2.5 + Squash/racquetball 0.5 2.3 2.4 2.3 Lawn bowls 0.4 2.0 1.9 2.1 + Dancing 0.5 1.9 2.0 2.1 Soccer (indoor) 0.4 1.6 2.4 2.1 + + Fishing 0.4 1.4 1.4 1.8 + Ice/snow sports 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.8 Cricket (indoor) 0.4 1.3 0.9 1.6 Surf sports 0.3 0.9 1.5 1.5 + Horse riding/equest 0.4 1.6 1.2 1.3 - Waterski/p.boating 0.3 1.2 0.7 1.3 Motor sports 0.3 0.9 0.7 1.3 + Tenpin bowling 0.3 1.1 0.8 1.2 Volleyball 0.4 1.4 1.8 1.2 Badminton 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.2 + + Athletics 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.1 + Rock climbing 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 + Hockey (outdoor) 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.0 + Canoeing/kayaking 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.9 + Table tennis 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 Shooting sports 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.8 + + Roller sports 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.8 Aquarobics 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 Touch football 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 - Scuba diving 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 Sailing 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 - Rugby union 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 + Softball 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 Rugby league 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 Baseball 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 Boxing 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 Rowing 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 Carpetbowls 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 Hockey (indoor) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 Darts 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 Triathlons 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 Gymnastics 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 All sport 1.3 77.4 78.5 84.6 + + Items in bold were omitted in the published ERASS reports - the small sample size made participation rates of about 0.6% or less unreliable. In these cases the national participation rate has been substituted (or 0.5% if the latter was 0.6% or greater). + = increase - = decrease. Source: ERASS reports
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11.4.2 Non-metropolitan Victoria, 20002/03 A special tabulation from the 2003 ERASS has been made available providing participation rates for metropolitan and non- metropolitan Victoria. Table 2 compares the non-metropolitan rates with those for Victoria as a whole – the state average. There are: ■ 10 activities for which participation rates are equal; ■ 16 activities for which the non-metropolitan participation rate is higher than the state average, but only one of these differences is statistically significant; ■ 26 activities for which the non-metropolitan participation rate is lower than the state average and 10 of these are statistically significant. No figure is given for overall participation in the non-metropolitan area but it can safely be assumed that the participation rate is significantly lower than the state average – the ERASS published report indicates that this is the case nationally for all non-metropolitan areas.
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Table 02. Participation in individual sport etc., Victoria and Non-metropolitan Victoria, 2002-03
CONF. INT. 2000/01 2001/02 2002/03 SIG. CHANGE, 2000-03 % PARTICIPATING1 IN YEAR PRIOR TO INTERVIEW VIC. AUST Walking (other) 1.5 27.5 30.7 40.5 + + Aerobics/fitness 1.2 14.8 15.7 16.0 + + Swimming 1.1 13.7 13.5 13.7 Tennis 0.9 9.2 8.8 10.5 + Cycling 1.1 12.2 9.6 10.3 - Golf 1.0 9.3 9.3 9.1 Running 0.8 7.8 7.5 8.5 Walking (bush) 0.6 4.1 4.5 5.7 + + Aust.Rules football 0.6 5.1 4.0 5.1 + Netball 0.6 4.4 4.7 4.9 Basketball 0.6 5.4 4.9 4.9 - Cricket (outdoor) 0.6 2.6 3.1 4.6 + + Yoga 0.4 1.4 2.5 3.5 + + Weight-training 0.5 2.0 2.4 3.3 + Soccer (outdoor) 0.6 3.1 3.5 3.3 + Martial arts 0.4 1.7 1.9 2.5 + Squash/racquetball 0.5 2.3 2.4 2.3 Lawn bowls 0.4 2.0 1.9 2.1 + Dancing 0.5 1.9 2.0 2.1 Soccer (indoor) 0.4 1.6 2.4 2.1 + + Fishing 0.4 1.4 1.4 1.8 + Ice/snow sports 0.4 1.7 2.1 1.8 Cricket (indoor) 0.4 1.3 0.9 1.6 Surf sports 0.3 0.9 1.5 1.5 + Horse riding/equest 0.4 1.6 1.2 1.3 - Waterski/p.boating 0.3 1.2 0.7 1.3 Motor sports 0.3 0.9 0.7 1.3 + Tenpin bowling 0.3 1.1 0.8 1.2 Volleyball 0.4 1.4 1.8 1.2 Badminton 0.3 0.5 1.2 1.2 + + Athletics 0.3 0.5 0.6 1.1 + Rock climbing 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.0 + Hockey (outdoor) 0.2 0.5 0.5 1.0 + Canoeing/kayaking 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.9 + Table tennis 0.3 0.7 0.9 0.8 Shooting sports 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.8 + + Roller sports 0.3 0.8 1.1 0.8 Aquarobics 0.3 0.5 0.8 0.7 Touch football 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 - Scuba diving 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 Sailing 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.5 - Rugby union 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 + Softball 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 Rugby league 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.5 Baseball 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 Boxing 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.4 Rowing 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 Carpetbowls 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.3 Hockey (indoor) 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 Darts 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 Triathlons 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.2 Gymnastics 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.0 All sport 1.3 77.4 78.5 84.6 + + Note. In Table 2, the items in bold are derived from the special printout. This gives a complete listing of participation rates for all activities, regardless of sample size. The rate for the whole state is not given but it can be calculated. For some
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unknown reason, where both rates are available, the calculated rates do not correspond exactly to the published rates, but this is still seen as a superior estimate to that given in Table 1.
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11.5 Local Implications
11.5.1 Introduction Using the 'gross demand' method, it is possible to make an estimate of the likely level of participation in an activity in a local area using national or state-level participation rates, but taking account of differences in age structure between the national/state population and the local population. This produces an estimate of the level of participation which we might expect if the local area was 'average' in every way (traditions, infrastructure, income) except age-structure. Considered together with local knowledge, such estimates provide a starting point for considering local demand and necessary levels of provision in a quantitative and qualitative fashion. The reason for taking account of age-structure is that participation in many activities varies markedly with age, so an area with, say, a younger than average age can be expected to have higher levels of demand for some activities and lower levels of demand for others. The dramatically age-specific nature of participation is illustrated in Figure 4, for the top ten ERASS activities, using three age-groups and national data.
Figure 04. Participation by age, top 10 activities, Australia, 2002/03
The extent to which age makes a significant difference in estimating local gross demand depends on the extent to which the local age structure differs from the national age-structure. Table 3 compares the age-structure of the Mornington Peninsula population with the national age-structure. It is clear that Mornington Peninsula has an older age-structure than Australia as a whole and that it is projected to become older over the next few years. thus we might expect participation rates to be different from the national average.
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Table 03. Age-structure of population aged 15+, Australia and Mornington Peninsula
AGE-GROUPS 15-25 25-34 35-44 45-55 55-64 65+ TOTAL *Australia, 2006, % 17.1 17.4 18.3 17.1 13.7 16.4 100.0 **Mornington P., 2006, % 14.4 13.4 16.9 16.7 15.4 23.2 100.0 **Mornington P., 2011, % 13.9 12.9 16.2 16.8 16.0 24.1 100.0 Sources: * ABS Cat. No. 3222.0 ** MP Council web-site
Two stages are involved in calculating gross demand. The first involves applying national age-specific participation rates (which are only available at national level) for each activity to the local population data to arrive at age-weighted participation rates. Since local participation rates are more likely to reflect state rates rather than national rates, the second stage involves weighting these rates by the ratio of state to national rates. The results are shown in Table 4. The table shows the gross demand participation rate for Mornington Peninsula and the number of participants who might be expected in 2006 and 2011. To aid in the subsequent planning process, the activities in Table 4 are arranged broadly according to the type of facility they require. To convert these data into facility requirements, it would be necessary to consider frequency of participation and facailty capacities.
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Table 04. Estimated gross demand, Mornington Peninsula, 2006, 2011
NUMBER PARTICIPATING %PARTICIPATING 2006 2011 1. Indoor large hall Hockey (indoor) 0.2 190 206 Badminton 1.0 1200 1302 Soccer (indoor) 1.7 2023 2194 Cricket (indoor) 1.3 1518 1646 2. Indoor small hall Aerobics/fitness 15.2 18134 19670 Boxing 0.4 427 463 Carpet bowls 0.5 582 631 Dancing 2.0 2434 2640 Gymnastics 0.2 238 258 Martial arts 2.3 2737 2969 Table tennis 0.8 1011 1097 Yoga 3.3 3906 4236 3. Standard field Baseball 0.3 303 329 Hockey (outdoor) 0.8 994 1078 Rugby union 0.4 489 531 Rugby league 0.4 477 517 Soccer (outdoor) 2.7 3207 3479 Softball 0.3 405 439 Touch football 0.4 476 517 4. Large fields Australian football 4.1 4911 5327 Cricket (outdoor) 3.8 4470 4849 5. Outdoor court Basketball 4.0 4758 5161 Netball 4.0 4738 5139 Tennis 9.8 11626 12611 Volleyball 1.0 1163 1262 6. Swimming pool Swimming 12.7 15118 16398 Aquarobics 0.8 923 1002 7. Specialist - indoor Squash/racquetball 2.0 2359 2559 Tenpin bowling 1.1 1322 1434 Weight training 3.0 3557 3858 7. Specialist - outdoor Athletics 0.9 1094 1187 Golf 9.4 11225 12176 Horse riding/equest. 1.1 1355 1469 Lawn bowls 2.9 3438 3729 Motor sports 1.1 1345 1459 Shooting sports 0.8 975 1058 8. Other Canoeing/kayaking 0.7 884 959 Cycling 9.3 11081 12019 Darts 0.1 75 82 Fishing 1.9 2203 2390 Ice/snow sports 1.5 1816 1969 Rock climbing 0.8 946 1026 Roller sports 0.6 757 821 Rowing 0.2 233 252 Running 7.2 8535 9257 Sailing 0.5 573 622 Scuba diving 0.4 422 457 Surf sports 1.3 1539 1669 Triathlon 0.1 142 154 Walking (bush) 5.5 6554 7109 Walking (other) 42.8 50934 55248 Waterskiing/powerboating 1.1 1334 1447
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Sources
Participation data sources Dale, T. and Ford, I. (2002) Participation in Exercise, Recreation and Sport, 2001, Canberra: Australian Sports Commission (available at: www.ausport.gov.au/ scorsresearch/research. asp. Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (2003) Participation in Exercise, Recreation and Sport 2002. Canberra, Australian Sports Commission, available at: www.ausport. gov.au/scorsresearch/research.asp. Standing Committee on Recreation and Sport (2004) Participation in Exercise, Recreation and Sport 2003. Canberra, Australian Sports Commission, available at: www.ausport.gov.au/scorsresearch/research.asp.
Population projections Australia: Australian Bureau of Statistics (2002) Projections of the Populations of Australia, States and Territories, 2002-2101. Cat. No. 3222.0, Canberra, ABS. Mornington Peninsula: Mornington Peninsula Shire (2004) Population Projections, via: www.id.com.au/mornpen/ forecastid/ Gross demand methodology Veal, A. J. (2002) Leisure and Tourism Policy and Planning. Wallingford, UK, CABI Publishing.
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APPENDIX 1. ERASS LIST OF ACTIVITIES *Aerobic/fitness *Ice/snow sports *Volleyball (indoor & outdoor) Calisthenics Blade-skating Newcombe ball Chinese exercise Ice hockey Jet skiing Exercise bike Ice skating *Waterskiing Gymnasium workouts Snow skiing Powerboating Military exercise Ice/snow sports — other Wrestling Prime movers >50s Lacrosse (outdoor) Lacrosse (indoor) Step Reebok *Lawn bowls Canoe polo Aerobics/calisthenics/exercising - other *Martial arts *Weight-training Aerobatics Chi kung Bodybuilding Air sports Eastern — judo Circuits Ballooning Judo Power team Gliding Karate Weight training for fitness - other Gyroplane flying Kickboxing *Dancing Hang gliding Taekwondo Ballet Model aeroplane flying Tai Chi Boot scooting Ultralight flying Martial arts — other Dancing — other Air sports — other *Yoga *Fishing *Archery *Motor sports Electric light cricket Bow hunting Gokarting Wheelchair ice hockey *Athletics — track and field Track motor sports *Scuba diving *Badminton Trail bike *Water polo *Baseball Motor sports — other Dog racing *Basketball (indoor and outdoor) *Netball *Walking — bush *Billiards/ Netball (indoor) *Walking — other Pool Netball (outdoor) *Rock climbing Snooker *Orienteering Abseiling Bocce/Petanque/French bowls (o/d) Cross-country running Caving *Boxing Rogaining Handball *Canoeing Rodeo Fencing Kayaking Roller sports Gorilla ball *Carpet bowls Inline hockey Racquet ball *Cricket (indoor) Rollerblading Ultimate frisbee *Cricket (outdoor) —Vigoro Skateboarding Gaelic football Croquet Roller sports — other Horseracing (strapping) *Cycling *Rowing Teeball (T-ball) BMX *Running (eg. marathon) Boomerang throwing Mountain biking Jogging Water volleyball *Darts *Sailing (outrigging) Woodchopping *Football — Australian rules *Shooting sports Dog shows Football — gridiron (US) Hunting Sheepdog trials *Football — rugby league Paintball shooting Winter Olympics Football — modball Pistol shooting Marching *Football — rugby union Shooting sports — other Aquarobics Football — sevens *Softball Korfball *Football — soccer (indoor) *Squash Underwater hockey Football — fluffy ball *Surf/Royal lifesaving Sofcrosse Football — futsal *Surf sports Commonwealth Games *Football — soccer (outdoor) Sailboarding Royal tennis * Football — touch Windsurfing Broom ball Football — Austag Surfing Polocrosse *Golf Surf sports — other Leader ball Gymnastics *Swimming Pigeon racing Trampolining Diving (board) Weight-lifting (competition) *Hockey (indoor) *Table tennis Play *Hockey (outdoor) *Tennis (indoor & outdoor) Putt-putt golf *Horseriding/equestrian activities *Tenpin bowling Grockey *Triathlon Other activities (specify) * = activity separately listed in ERASS reports. Indented activities included in activity above.
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APPENDIX 2. CONFIDENCE INTERVALS Confidence intervals for various findings from samples of 13,600, 3400 and 920 are shown in the table.
FINDING FROM SAMPLE 13,600 SAMPLE 3400 SAMPLE 920 THE SURVEY 95% CONFIDENCE INTERVAL 50% 0.8% 1.7% 3.2% 40 or 60% 0.8% 1.7% 3.1% 30 or 70% 0.8% 1.5% 3.0% 20 or 80% 0.7% 1.3% 2.6% 10 or 90% 0.5% 1.0% 1.9% 5 or 95% 0.4% 0.7% 1.4% 1 or 99% 0.2% 0.3% 0.6% 0.5 or 99.5% 0.1% 0.2% 0.5%
This means, for example, if 20 per cent of the sample are found to participate in an activity, there is an estimated 95 per cent chance that the true population percentage lies within the following range: ■ with a sample of 13,600: 20 " 0.7, ie. between 19.3 and 20.7 per cent ■ with a sample of 3800: 20 " 1.3, ie. between 18.7 and 21.3 per cent ■ with a sample of 1030: 20 " 2.4, ie. between 17.6 and 22.4 per cent
These margins of error have been taken into account in the analyses in this report.
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i. The metropolitan/non-metropolitan Victoria data presented in section 4 for 2002/03 could be obtained for the previous two versions of ERASS, 2000/01 and 2001/02, but this has not been pursued at this stage.
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