King Electorate

Ms LUETHEN (King) (15:39): Today, I would like to update the house on some of the amazing people and sporting achievements happening around the King electorate and share some really exciting news about a new funding commitment of $6 million approved by the state government for Harpers Field.

It has been a busy time in King, with many of our teams from tennis, cricket and baseball in grand final rounds. This has caused great excitement, and I have observed some of the best attitudes and behaviours, which have made these sporting performances even more spectacular. At the Central District Baseball Club, I wish to recognise Liam Trembath, who received the club's Junior Attitude and Dedication Award. Liam is an excellent player and truly deserves this award. His parents, Liv and Jason, set a wonderful example for him and are both actively involved in the club.

Similarly, I wish to acknowledge Lincoln Diplock, who received a batting award for the under 13s, and commend his dad, Brandon, and his mum, Tessa, who both play and volunteer at the club. It is special people like these families in our community who attract players and volunteers and who are the glue to bring us all together at our community clubs.

At the Golden Grove Cricket Club, where I am so proud to be the patron, I wish to congratulate the A, B and C-grades on getting through to the grand final rounds. These games were close, and a special call-out goes to the C-grade team, who played in the grand final on the weekend and almost pulled off a win. Well done to the C-grade team—Paul Simpson, Ben Lynch, Graeme Lynch, Craig Jomartz, Stefan van Rooyen, Riley Babiak, Ian Henderson, Iain Quick, Gavin Lynch, Luke Fairington and Adam Mueller—for your fierce game on Saturday. Thanks to the players, coaches, past players and supporters who came out to watch a fabulous game.

At One Tree Hill, the Billies A-grade team made the semifinals, which I also went out to watch. Ben Schmidtke was very excited, and we had a great local turnout from One Tree Hill. Hillbank came out to support the team, including Graham Watson. It was a very close and competitive two-day final. Well done, everyone. You did us proud.

At the Golden Grove Tennis Club, I attended the opening of the new clubrooms and was joined by the member for Newland and the Premier. In his speech, the Premier recognised how the club had been waiting for a clubroom for almost 120 years. The vision and advocacy of the president, Craig Mousley, and the committee over 15 years have finally paid off. I wish to thank the Marshall Liberal government for contributing $369,800 to the new clubrooms. This was a great collaboration between the state government and the local council and Tennis SA, with the club itself putting in over $80,000, which they fundraised. What an awesome outcome.

On the opening night, the Golden Grove boys and girls top junior teams competed in the grand final, and both matches came down to games. Congrats to the boys, who won the premiership. Bad luck to our girls, who happened to draw, but unfortunately finished runners-up as they were the lower placed team. Everyone is so proud of all your efforts, but especially of your sportsmanship and your great attitude on and off the court.

The next day the Ladies' Division 2 Gold Team won their grand final—an awesome effort. At the senior presentation, awards were given out to winners at the end-of-season celebration, including a Sportsmanship Award to Macy, a Coaches Award to Katelyn and club volunteer Tania was recognised, and a big round of applause was given to her by all club members.

Over at the Golden Grove Football Club, teams are getting ready for a new season, and there is plenty of good news. Players Amelie Borg and Jade Halfpenny played in South Australia's win against Western Australia in the under 19s national championship. The under 7s Kookaburras appeared at half-time at the Port versus Essendon game. Imogen Brogan, Moddy Brooksby and Tahlia Lienert were selected for Port Adelaide's Next Generation Academy for 2021. Great outcomes are happening for our female footballers thanks to the terrific leadership of Kate, from the Golden Grove Football Club, and thanks to the female football director, Kellie Hussie. An amazing year lies ahead.

I will just finish up quickly by repeating the most amazing news about the $6 million for the upgrades at Harpers Field. I want everyone to get online, show their support and keep updated as we update Harpers Field for the benefit of the whole King community.

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