FAQs

The current strategy is over 10 years old, and the participation landscape has changed.

Council’s priority is providing sustainable tennis facilities through a clearly defined asset renewal framework which will be formed based on strategic data.

The approach to how we plan is changing, including how we represent strategic direction and delivery intentions.

Council’s Sport and Recreation Department is developing a new strategic framework outlining our hierarchy of documents and how they relate to each other.

This new framework has resulted in all our sport specific documents being referred to as network plans as opposed to strategies.

Council will soon be reviewing its overarching Sport and Recreation Strategy from which these network plans will stem from.

Pickleball is one of the fastest growing sports in Australia, suited for all ages and skill levels and considered as the ultimate accessible and engaging sport for communities, families, fitness, fun and competition. It is played on a smaller hardcourt similar to a tennis court layout and can be played in singles or doubles. Seen as a cross between tennis, table tennis and badminton.

Padel has seen rapid growth across Australia, gaining popularity with the reputation of being simple, social and fun. Padel is largely provided by the private sector. It is seen as a cross between tennis and squash and is played within 4 walls and requiring greater infrastructure to support.

Council will continue to seek opportunities for the inclusion of multi-lined sports courts within its open space reserves and include line markings for pickleball, as well as any future opportunities for court conversions within existing tennis facilities to accommodate alternative formats such as pickleball.

Tennis is currently seen as a priority for Council, to ensure the right structures are in place to support existing clubs and facilities. Other sports plans will be prioritised based on need.

The assets at these facilities had reached the end of their useful life and were closed as a result of recent condition audits to ensure the continued safety of our community.

The development of the Tennis, Pickleball and Padel Plan will provide strategic direction for the future of these assets.

We want to know how the community uses or accesses tennis and racquet sport facilities and what is important to them in supporting participation and the sustainability of club-based models.