Rec Wrap Newsletter Autumn 2015

The Rec Wrap Autumn 2015

In this issue...• Local festivals

• Active April including MC2 Pop Up Park

• Nature Play Week

• Sporting clubs update

• Templestowe Bowling Club

• Doncaster Tennis Club

• Templestowe Cricket Club

• Relay for Life 2015

• Community programs

• RESPECT Soccer Tournament

• Grants and funding

MANNINGHAM CITY COUNCIL699 Doncaster Road, Doncaster Victoria 3108p (03) 9840 9333 e [email protected] www.manningham.vic.gov.au

THE REC WRAP Manningham City Council’s Recreation Newsletter

Autumn 2015

Welcome to the autumn 2015 edition of The Rec Wrap, Manningham Council’s quarterly sport and recreation newsletter. There is a lot on offer in Manningham promoting active living through the autumn season. Whether it be in your local park, playground, sports ground, shared trail or bushland, there are a great range of recreation experiences to choose from to get active in Manningham.This edition includes many opportunities to get active in Manningham including festivals and Active April activities.

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• Festivals• Active April

• Nature Play Week• Recreation programs

Spot light on...Doncaster Hockey Club Youth Leadership Program In 2014, Doncaster Hockey Club (DHC) launched the Youth Leadership Awards Program. In its inaugural year, 40 young players signed up to undertake the leadership challenge. The program has grown with 70 players involved in 2015. Sponsored by the Bendigo Bank’s Community Enterprise Foundation, the program provides pathways that encourages, recognises and rewards the leadership roles such as coaching, umpiring and administration undertaken by young club members. DHC Operations Manager, Andrea Snow, said of the program: “This is the first time in the club’s history that we have committed to running a program that isn’t hockey specific, but rather engaging our young people in a broader sense.” Potentially some of the youth leaders will assist in a new access for all abilities program, with the club receiving funding from Hockey Victoria to run clinics at Heatherwood School. Enquiries: Mark Pasquali, e [email protected] w www.doncasterhockeyclub.com.au

Young club members receiving their award.

THE REC WRAP Manningham City Council’s Recreation Newsletter Autumn 2015

MC² Forecourt, 687 Doncaster Road, Doncaster

Join us for some free school holiday fun. Highlights include:

• Outdoor games, including school yard favourites (see below)

• A chalk artist working on some amazing 3D artwork

• Free community barbecue from 12 noon – 1.00 pm

• Inflatable games and a jumping castle

• Face painting.

The Pop Up Park will be open weekdays from Thursday 9 April to Friday 17 April, 11.00 am – 2.00 pm

This is a perfect opportunity for local residents and workers to come to the Civic Plaza during their lunch break and celebrate Active April with free interactive games and activities.

Large scale outdoor games include:

• Giant Jenga tower building

• Giant naughts and crosses

• Turf croquet

• ‘Elastics’

• Hopscotch

• Four Square

• Egg and spoon races

• Juggling and hoops.

Everyone is welcome. Games will be supplied at this free event.

No bookings required. For more information, call Cultural Services on 9840 9246 or visit www.manningham.vic.gov.au/events

RESPECT - Manningham Soccer Round Robin Tournament, Skills Clinic and Family Fun Day In only its second year, hundreds of people attended this fun community event on Sunday 1 March at Anderson Park in Doncaster East. The aim of the event is to raise awareness of the importance and need for respect, to unite the community and to connect youth.

A professional soccer skills clinic was held for children, aged 5 – 14, before 20 teams kicked off for the start of a huge soccer round robin.

The day was a great success with participants, family and friends enjoying a barbeque, live entertainment, fun activities and lots of prizes and giveaways.

The headline event was a final match between the official Victoria Police team and a team of community members comprising a representative from each of the participating community teams.

Sponsored by the Manningham Interfaith Network and the Victorian Multicultural Commission the event was well supported by the Manningham community, Victoria Police, Manningham Council, the Doncaster Rovers, Manningham YMCA and the Manningham Interfaith Youth Network; and demonstrated that youth can play a major role in bringing various faiths and cultures together in harmony.

More information: http://respectroundrobin.wix.com/manningham

Celebrate Active April You are invited to the launch of the MC Square Pop Up Park, Wednesday 8 April, 11.00 am – 2.00 pm

Deputy Commissioner Lucinda Nolan, Victoria Police and participant.


Autumn 2015

Active April 2015Premier’s Active April is a state-wide initiative which looks at getting more people, more active, more often throughout the month of April.It challenges all Victorians to join in the fun and do 30 minutes of physical activity a day during April.

Participate in Premier’s Active April and enjoy the benefits that come from increased physical activity. In 2014 there were over 90,000 Victorians who took part.

To get started, you register your participation at Active April.

Use the online activity tracker to log your daily activity and track your progress throughout the month. Plus, you can create and join teams, compare the progress of team members, discover events near you and win awesome prizes.

Details: https://www.activeapril.vic.gov.au

Active April Activities in ManninghamManningham Council is taking a lead role in developing a localised effort of promoting physical activity opportunities in Manningham.An online calendar will provide a range of suggestions to help you achieve your 30 minutes of physical activity a day throughout the Premier’s Active April.

Register today and get involved at Active April and look out for the online calendar of programs available at www.manningham.vic.gov.au

Nature Play Week in ManninghamSaturday 11 – Sunday 19 April

Nature Play Week celebrates initiatives of all shapes and sizes that reconnect kids with nature and the outdoors. Put simply, nature play is about creating simple play opportunities in the natural environment. It encourages kids and parents to see the natural environment as a place to enjoy, play, imagine, relax and explore.

To encourage kids to get out and about in nature, Council is offering a free series of activities as part of the Children in Nature Autumn School Holiday Program.

For more information, visit www.manningham.vic.gov.au/events or call our Economic and Environmental Planning Unit on 9840 9468.

Boomer Revolution 2015 ProgramThe Boomer Revolution is a recreation initiative designed to inspire those aged 50 and over to be healthier, more active and enjoy life through a range of fun and challenging activities. Activities on offer until May 2015 include tai chi, brain gym, beginners’ golf, riding tours and outdoor exercise classes. All classes for new participants are subsidised by Council.

For bookings, session times and fees call 9840 9348 or email [email protected]


Improving Club CommunicationCouncil recently introduced Integrated Monitoring System (IMS) for clubs that use Council sporting grounds and pavilions. IMS is designed to streamline the facility allocation process via a website that coordinates the seasonal application process of Council facilities, removing the need for paperwork. It also provides a real time facility management package that allows Council and sporting clubs to quickly and conveniently liaise in relation to issues such as maintenance and facility inspections.

IMS went live in December and is being used by winter season clubs to complete sport ground applications for the 2015 winter season. Summer season and annual clubs will be provided with IMS training in April/May in preparation for their allocation period in July/August.

For more information call Chris Brown, Sports Development Planner on 9210 2633.

Schramms Reserve Cricket Facility upgrade

The cricket net training facilities at Schramms Reserve have been upgraded to include a synthetic surface, new perimeter fencing and retractable net dividers. Schramms Reserve is home to the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club, Manningham’s only district cricket club.

The upgrade project was jointly funded by Council and the Fitzroy Doncaster Cricket Club.

Sporting Clubs Update

Templestowe Bowling Club On Sunday 23 November the first person used our wheelchair access. Former Mayor of the City of Doncaster and Templestowe, Bill Davey, was the first person to test out a new accessible ramp built as part of renovations at the Templestowe Bowling Club.

Council completed the works last year, which also include a new kitchen, accessible toilet and renovated male and female bathrooms, and newly asphalted car park..

Bill’s wife, Dorothy, brought him to the Club, in November 2014, to visit old friends and view a friendly game between Templestowe and Yarra Valley bowling clubs.

The couple are long time club members of the Templestowe Bowls Club with each holding senior committee positions over a number of years.


Autumn 2015

Congratulations….

Doncaster Tennis Club Coach Vicky LeeVicky Lee was presented the Club Coach of the Year (George Gilmour Memorial Trophy) for 2014 by the Tennis Coaches Association of Victoria (TCAV) for her volunteer work, which included organising a tennis clinic for Deaf Sports Australia at the Leeds Street Sport Centre in Doncaster, as well as free clinics at three primary schools to give children the opportunity to try tennis.

Further enquiries: www.doncastertc.org.au

Templestowe Cricket ClubTemplestowe Cricket Club celebrated its 150th anniversary in January with a players and members reunion at the Templestowe Reserve club rooms. Each of the current first XI were presented with a baggy maroon commemorative cap by a former club champion who played a similar position.

Following the presentation and lunch, Templestowe Cricket Club’s 1st XI celebrated with a win over Bulleen Templestowe in the District Cricket Association’s Ray McIntosh Shield game.

Further enquiries: www.templestowecricketclub.com

Relay For Life: Invitation for Clubs to Join12 – 13 September 2015

Tom Kelly Athletics Track, George Street, East Doncaster

Cancer Council Victoria and Manningham Relay for Life supporter, Councillor Geoff Gough, are inviting local sporting clubs to join in the fight against cancer by taking up the baton in the upcoming Manningham Relay for Life.

It is a unique opportunity to bring the community together by participating in an overnight relay style walk or run to celebrate cancer survivors, remember loved ones lost and raise funds and awareness.

To register a team, visit www.relayforlife.org.au, call 1300 65 65 85 or contact Cr Geoff Gough on 0412 345 081.

Vicky receiving the award at Kooyong Lawn Tennis Club with Club President, Doncaster Tennis Club, Mike Hindson.


Community ProgramsManningham Art Studios

Creative School Holiday FunTuesday 7 – Friday 10 April

Children can experience hula hoops, juggling and acro-balance just like the professionals in the big top with our Circus Fun workshop, learn the art of pot making and decorating in pottery wheel work, discover printmaking techniques and much more. Programs are suitable for children aged 6 – 12.

Bookings/details: 9840 9382 or visit www.manningham.vic.gov.au/artstudios.

The Pines Learning

Get Fit and Tone Get Fit and Tone incorporates cardio, pilates style exercises and low impact moves with light weights to give your body a complete workout.

First class is free. Enrol now for Term 2.

• Tuesday, 2.00 pm – 3.00 pm

• Thursday, 1.00 pm – 2.00 pm

Health and Fitness for Men Try out one of these new classes to improve your muscle strength, flexibility, balance and energy levels. Classes are free.

• Strength and Fitness for Men, Tuesday and Thursday, 7.30 am – 8.30 am

• Yoga for Men, Tuesday, 8.30 pm – 9.30 pm

• Walking Group Wednesday, 7.30 am – 8.30 am

Details: 9842 6726 or visit www.pineslearning.com.au

Manningham YMCA Youth Programs

Hip Hop and BreakdanceTuesday, 5.00 pm – 7.00 pm

MC², 687 Doncaster Road, Doncaster

New members of all abilities are welcome, from beginner to advanced, as dance instructor Arch Ilias is able to support all levels and skilfully combine them during performances. Check out the work of last year’s participants on the Manningham YMCA Youth Services website, www.manninghamymcayouthservices.org.au

ParkourFriday, 5.00 pm - 6.30 pm

Templestowe Leisure Centre, Anderson Street, Templestowe

Enjoy the chance to develop strength and coordination while having fun and making friends. The Parkour program is for everyone, whatever your skill and experience level.

To sign up, call 9848 5400 or email [email protected]

Manningham Community Health Services

Nordic Walking at Ruffey Lake ParkFriday, 9.30 am – 10.30 am

Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster; meet at The Boulevarde car park

Nordic walking uses fitness poles to increase the benefits of walking and reduce the stress on lower body joints (hips, knees and lower back). Introductory lessons are available for those new to Nordic walking

Cost: $7 for introductory lesson and pole hire.

Bookings/details: 8841 3000


Autimn 2015

Festivals

Warrandyte Festival

Friday, 20 March to Sunday 22 March

Stiggant Reserve, Warrandyte

Festival-goers can enjoy the duck race, billy cart derby, great live music and fabulous festival fare. The theme for the 2015 festival is ‘Smart Arts’.

Details: www.warrandytefestival.org

The Melbourne Passion Play

Sunday 29 March, 1.30 pm – 3.30 pm

Ruffey Lake Park, Doncaster

A free outdoor re-enactment of the story of Christ

Details: www.passionplay.info

Manningham has several festivals and community events being held across the municipality offering great entertainment and family fun.

Melbourne Didgeridoo and Cultural Festival

Saturday, 11 April, 10.00 am – 10.00 pm

Finns Reserve, Lower Templestowe

A unique cultural event, showcasing one of the world's oldest wind instruments, the didgeridoo. There will be entertainment for the whole family including workshops, kid's stage and activities, and a concert featuring world-class performers and musicians.

Details: www.facebook.com/didgefestival

Templestowe Village Festival

Sunday 19 April, 9.00 am – 5.00 pm

Corner Anderson and James streets, Templestowe

A chance for local traders to celebrate with the community and give residents and visitors the opportunity to sample everything Templestowe Village has to offer.

Details: http://templestowefestival.com.au/

Manningham Heritage Festival

Monday 4 – Sunday 24 May

As part of the National Trust of Australia’s 2015 Heritage Festival, Manningham will celebrate our heritage with a variety of heritage inspired events, including walks, talks and bus tours. The theme of this year’s festival is Conflict and Compassion, and pays tribute to the 100 year anniversary of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli.

Discover some of the events and people that made Manningham the community it is today. Highlights include:

• War and Warrandyte 1914-1918 exhibition – presented by the Warrandyte Historical Society

• Warrandyte Architectural Walk – explore the Warrandyte building style

• Waldau Village Historic Walk - explore the former German settlement near Ruffey Lake Park.

Details: www.manningham.vic.gov.au/heritage

Send us your Club NewsWe are always on the lookout for sports and recreation news in Manningham.

If your community group or club has an interesting story idea for the Rec Wrap email it to [email protected]

The next edition of The RecWrap is due 12 June 2015

Manningham City Council699 Doncaster Road, DoncasterVictoria 3108

p (03) 9840 9333 e [email protected] www.manningham.vic.gov.au


Grants and funding opportunitiesCommunity Grants Program 2015/2016Applications for Manningham’s new Community Grants Program are currently open. Community groups and organisations are invited to apply for funding through the following categories:

• Small Grants

• Community Development Grants

• Arts and Culture Grants

• Community Partnerships Grants

Applications (with the exception of Small Grants) close 5.00 pm, Monday 23 March 2015 and must be submitted through SmartyGrants, Council’s online grants management system.

The Small Grants Program will be open until the end of June 2015. As of 1 July 2015 the Small Grants will be available tri-annually in September, March and May.

For more information, visit www.manningham.vic.gov.au/grants or call the project team on 9840 9451 for assistance.

Other Funding OpportunitiesWestpac Foundation Community GrantsProjects demonstrating an impact for local communities will be funded for up to $10,000Applications close 12 noon on Tuesday 24 March 2015.For eligibility criteria and application form go to www.westpac.com.au/about-westpac/westpac-foundation/grants/Coles Junior Landcare Garden GrantGrants up to $1,000 are available to schools and youth groups to help create gardens in their grounds or community, such as bush tucker gardens, water wise gardens or veggie gardens.

Applications close 27 March 2015.Apply at www.juniorlandcare.com.au/grants-2/coles-grant Thermoskin Community Sports FundNominate your team for the chance to receive up to $1,500 from Thermoskin's Community Sports Fund to upgrade training facilities, equipment, club uniforms or other needed support for your team.Applications close 31 March 2015To find how to nominate your team, visit www.thermoskin.com/community-sports-fund

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