AFLW 2024 - Round 8 - Chat, game threads, injury lists, team lineups and more.
Don’t have anything apart from netball voice. Mazenod has taken over the hiring of the main oval with the north one being used for training. Am not confident the Hawks will return although there are some committed people working in the background to keep the club alive. What happened to them is a disgrace and the players involved should hang their head.
Been going on for a while now.Very good question G.
While we are on jnfrustructure old mate, please sought out Mitcham Rd in the Rangeview area.
What are they doing down there? More work there than the Monash.
You iddiot,prefer East Burwood,Berwick is not in the middle of the east lol.
Mitcham Road,Yarra Valley Water are replacing a 100 year old pipe line from I think Silvan Dam to the inner suburbs.Very good question G.
While we are on jnfrustructure old mate, please sought out Mitcham Rd in the Rangeview area.
What are they doing down there? More work there than the Monash.
As you may remember GMac all that land will be sold off to developers and that money will be used to pay off the Nunawading Community Centre. The oval will be gone. I'm sorry, that is my fault for suggesting how to fund the purchase and development of the Nunawading Primary site. I had no idea that the mayor would seize on the idea and present it as his own. On the other hand it got him the power base to build the Art Centre and give you the parking next door to your ground. You need to talk to Mullauna Sec Coll about getting change rooms built at their ground and make it your junior home base. It would be a great place to recruit Kids from, particularly with the primary school there as well. Your cricket club would also do well out of an arrangement with the school.
To be fair Basketball at the EB venue probably attracts more participants than ALL the football clubs in Whitehorse put together. However, when the planning report on sport in Whitehorse was put together, Basketball Victoria told the council that there was no shortage of courts in Whitehorse. They also made the point that there were to be 5 courts added in Manningham (finished) and 12 courts added to the State Basketball Centre in Knox (to be finished in 2023). Although the council noted the advice from Basketball Victoria about these nearby new developments it appears that they ignored it. It probably boils down to the number people lobbying for basketball within the council.
Councillors I have spoken to admit there is a problem with shortages of ovals in the eastern part of Whitehorse.My gut feeling is the same as yours,they will sell off Silver Grove to developers.Around the corner from Silver Grove we have all this new development on the old Nunawading Brick work site.If we are going to increase the number of people living in this area important we need also to look at the existing roads,sporting facilities schools etc.We need more open space,not less.
There are to be 2 new ovals and a clubroom at Davy Lane. Not sure of who will be using it for football as it is half way between the Forest Hill and East Burwood grounds. Plenty of cricket clubs will be interested.
Both pavilions are going to be demolished. The new rooms will serve both grounds. Forest Hill may end up at Davy Lane. One oval is smaller and designed for junior football. The proposed clubrooms look really good, even though they have been reduced in size to satisfy the people who want to walk their dogs there. My feeling is it will become the junior location for Forest Hill. It would be of great interest to them considering that Parkmore Primary Schhol and Emmaus are right next door to the grounds. I am hoping that if Forest Hill do end up moving there, the old ground will become the location of the new Whitehorse Indoor Sports Facility. I do not believe for an instant that the use of school facilities will drop. Even if they aren't being fully utilised, basketball will make sure they are unavailable to other sporting associations.
Under 17A is a great division this season. The 4 games on the weekend were decided by under 8 points. Junior divisions can often be a bit lopsided but this one is a ripper
I wouldn’t dismiss Berwick or Beaconsfield. Both fantastic venues.
Have you forgotten that MC stood against her at the State Election because she was the one who didn't want to try and do anything with the price the LNP wanted for the Nunawading site. She talked a lot but achieved very little.
Would be happy to be proved wrong but I can't see Davy Lane getting that sort of redevelopment. They would need to spend an awful lot of money to get Davy Lane to be able to host footy. Where the cricket pitch currently is there's something like a 10m difference in elevation from the northern side of the ground to the southern side. You couldn't play footy on it without some serious levelling of the ground. I can't see the users of the dog off leash space letting it go without a fight and the cost of redevelopment will make it hard to get it through I reckon.
It's happening. Originally there were to be cricket nets and the pavilion was to be bigger, with a larger viewing area between the ground and the pavilion. The plans were changed after complaints from dog walkers. The parking area remains. It's in the pipeline and will happen.
