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House of Assembly - Fifty-Second Parliament, Second Session (52-2)
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REYNELLA FOOTBALL CLUB

Mr SIBBONS (Mitchell) (15:10): I am thrilled today to highlight the success of one of the greatest sporting clubs in my electorate, Reynella Football Club, the Wineflies. Reynella has had a terrific 2013 season, culminating in the ultimate prize: an A-grade premiership, as well as a grand final appearance for the under-14s. Last Saturday, the A-grade won its grand final, beating Morphettville Park by 25 points, while unfortunately the under-14s lost their decider to Happy Valley. Congratulations to the leading lights in the A-grade's grand final win, including 19-year-old Dillon Lock, Jason Farrier, Steve and David Prescott, Jack Guy, Brenton Tilley and former Crow Michael Doughty, who returned to his old club after retiring from the AFL.

Established in 1896, the Wineflies are one of the oldest Aussie Rules clubs in Australia. They are part of the Southern Football League, which incorporates sixteen different clubs from the western and southern suburbs of Adelaide. Reynella Football Club boasts a growing membership and encourages active involvement of all seniors, juniors and minis players and their families. The club fields a full complement of teams, and an ever-growing list of minis. They pride themselves on their sense of community, professionalism and welcoming, friendly atmosphere. In season 2013, each of the club's Saturday junior and senior sides made the finals—another fantastic achievement.

The Wineflies are committed to the development of junior football in the Reynella area, and club secretary David Denyer was absolutely excited on the grand final win. He said:

Obviously we are very happy. But one of things we are most proud of is that our premiership winning side is all local talent—of the 21 players in the side, 20 had come up through our junior ranks. We have a strong local culture and community base. We're very much a family club.

Eight players from this year's winning side also played in the club's last A-grade premiership in 2010. The club has two senior teams, five junior teams (under-14s to under-18s) and seven mini sides (two under-8s, three under-10s and two under-12s), with approximately 310 playing members in total.

I am a big advocate for community sporting clubs, such as the Reynella Football Club, and have spoken previously in this place about the benefits for young people involved in community sport: camaraderie, team work, discipline, fitness and organisational skills, just to name a few. Local clubs such as the Reynella Football Club provide a safe and healthy environment in which our kids can grow, develop and give back so much to our communities. My warm congratulations to the Wineflies on their very successful 2013 season, and I look forward to their ongoing success in the future.

While I have a little bit of time, I would like to talk about another good news story in my area. The City of Marion recently took out top spot as the South Australian finalist in the Keep Australia Beautiful National Sustainable Cities Award. The City of Marion prepared an extensive submission, which highlighted the complexity and diversity of managing a council specific to environmental sustainability and community health and wellbeing.

Just some of the projects on show were the Hallett Cove Library Community Enterprise Centre, hard waste collection, food waste recycling, protection of biodiversity and coast care. Judge Cameron Little met with community groups, schools, council and cultural centre representatives to gain an insight to the scope of community engagement and the on-ground programs initiated by council and its partner stakeholders. These included a presentation of the council's strategic and community plans: Hallett Cove foreshore, the Lower Field River, the Warriparinga Wetlands, Living Kaurna Cultural Centre, Warradale Primary School and the Oaklands Wetlands.

The City of Marion has partnered with neighbouring City of Holdfast Bay on a joint $123 million stormwater management plan and is working collaboratively to improve the resilience of the southern Adelaide region to the impacts of the changing climate.

As a finalist, the City of Marion will now proceed to the National Sustainable Cities Awards in Western Australia in November. It will compete against Launceston, Tasmania; Canada Bay, New South Wales; the City of Moreland, Victoria; and finalists from WA and Queensland. I thank Marion council for its clear and positive attitude to addressing climate change through the championship of recycling and environmental sustainability measures across its regions.

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