Background

Heffron Park is the largest recreational park in Randwick City. It is a very popular park and well used for training and competition on weekends by a large range of local sporting clubs including netball, cricket, touch football, cycling, rugby union, rugby league, Oztag and soccer.

As part of Council’s continued effort to provide and maintain high-quality public spaces, a new shade structure and tiered seating area is proposed to be constructed for the Netball courts 1 to 6, to ensure that the area can better serve the community.

The new shade structure and tiered seating are planned to provide an all-weather playing environment to allow for the use of the courts 365 days a year along with spectator seating for netball games. In addition, it has the potential to be used for other community events outside of sporting usage.

Key features

The new facility will:

• Provide all-weather playing surface for netball at Heffron Park over six courts.
• Maximise the safety of parents and children while using the outdoor area.
• Install the new structures with minimum disruption to the netball courts.
• Enhance the look and attractiveness of the netball courts by building a shade structure and seating arrangement that is appropriately commensurate with the local environment and park.
• Provide long-lasting and low maintenance structures that will maintain their appearance and effectiveness in the harsh environment.

Concept design

The proposed activity consists of the following scope of works:

• Erection of a netball shade structure over courts 1 to 6;
• Provision of tiered seating for netball courts 1 to 6;
• Provision of a connecting footpath and drainage between the netball courts and tiered from court 1 to the existing footpath;
• Installation of lighting for courts 1 to 6.

Timeline

The works will be completed in stages with funding currently allocated for Stage 1, which includes the construction of:

• Shade structure over the three netball courts closest to the car park;
• Lighting to the new shade structure;
• Footpath and drainage on the southern side of courts 1 to 6.

We are awaiting funding to proceed with the construction of the tiered seating and second half of the shade structure. There is currently no set timeframe for this.

• August 2023 – Design commencement
• Late 2023 – Design complete and approvals receive
• Mid March 2024 – Stage 1 construction commences
• Mid April 2024 - Footings completion
• Mid July 2024 - Return to Site - Shade structure installation commences
• Early September 2024 – Stage 1 construction complete

For any further information, please contact:

James Mould, Project Manager
Email: James.mould@randwick.nsw.gov.au
Phone: (02) 9093 6000