Newland Electorate

Dr HARVEY (Newland) (15:32): I am pleased today to rise to speak about a number of recent visits I have made to sports clubs in my local electorate. There are many very wonderful sports clubs within the electorate of Newland, and I have been very pleased to see that the state government is supporting many of them in a number of different ways. In particular, over the last 12 months $52,250 in Active Club Grants has been awarded to a whole bunch of different and very deserving clubs. We are also delivering on our commitment of $350,000 for the construction of six new tennis and netball courts in Banksia Park as part of the Tea Tree Gully sports hub to increase the capacity for tennis and netball, which will particularly benefit the Tea Tree Gully Tennis Club, the Banksia Park Netball Club and the Tea Tree Gully Netball Club.

Of course, we have also delivered $320,000 towards the South Australian District Netball Association courts car parks, an enormous facility out in Golden Fields in the member for King's electorate—and the member for King is a big advocate for this project as well—and $20,000 for the Tea Tree Gully Gymsports' new sprung floor, which was an election commitment I saw delivered firsthand. In fact, at the AGM I went to last Friday they did a showcase of some floor routines on that floor, and what they were doing was quite incredible. In any case, it made me feel very inadequate, but it was a very impressive performance by those athletes.

At that AGM, I was also very humbled to have the opportunity to present an award to the Male International Trampoline Athlete of the Year, Isaac Eakin, who had done a fantastic job in his discipline. I was also joined by my friend and parliamentary colleague the member for King, who presented the Female International Trampoline Athlete of the Year, which was awarded to Natasha Giles.

There were many other award winners, too, which I would just like to run through: the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Athlete of the Year, Tyson Sammells; the Phil Randell Trophy for the Women's Artistic Gymnastics Athlete of the Year was awarded to Savanah Crompton; the Male Age Trampoline Athlete of the Year, Ethan Ey; the Female Age Trampoline Athlete of the Year, Jessica Tibbets; the Dorothy Kotz Trophy for the Most Valuable Club Member went to Jane Harper; and new Life Member awards for 2018, Steve Crompton and Alannah Bolton.

I would certainly like to congratulate the board and all the supporters of that very successful club, a club with over 50 years of history. It was started from very humble beginnings by Peter Ross many years ago, and it is now one of the largest gymnastic clubs in Australia with the largest kindergym in Australia.

I recently had the pleasure of attending the annual presentation night at the Hope Valley Bowling Club. It was a great night, with pizza beforehand, which is always fantastic. Quite a number of awards were presented, and I would like to congratulate the events committee that organised the evening. I was also fortunate to have the opportunity to present a number of awards there along with fellow co-patron, the member for Florey.

I would particularly like to congratulate not only the men's champion, Brian Leaney and the women's champion Bev Murdoch, but also all the other award winners that night: Jim Terrington, Raylene Heitman, Peter Hurt, Paul Heath, Peter Kollosche, Chris Parry and Dianne Paddoch on their success. The Hope Valley Bowling Club is very much a fantastic local club and a very successful local club. I would like to congratulate all the members of the club, and in particular the members of the club’s board, chaired by Roslyn Blakeney. They volunteer so much of their time to help support this important club in our local community.

Last weekend, I attended the Tea Tree Gully Little Athletics Club annual Trophy and Presentation Night, which was held at Bulkana Reserve. It was a great evening, with a great turnout by all the athletes and parents on what was a wet evening. I would in particular like to congratulate the Little Athletics Club president, Jane Sternagel, on her work in managing the club, and all the athletes and coaches and volunteers on their part in the club's success over the 2018-19 season. I would also like to acknowledge Don Robertson, who is the President of the Centre Management Committee that looks after the facility as a whole.

I had the great privilege of presenting the Seven Year Service Award to a number of athletes: Tarly Borgas, Chelsea Hussell, Kiara Geesing, Alyssa Lienert and Tahlia Lienert. It is a very successful club. There were many award winners, and I would like to congratulate all of them. It is fantastic to see so many young people in our community keeping active.