Synthetic Turf Hockey Facility

Last night Council made a unanimous decision that Harold Rossiter Park and Raphael Park were not suitable locations for any potential synthetic turf hockey facility. These locations will not be considered in any future investigations for this project.

Council committed to continue working with the Victoria Park Xavier Hockey Club, together with the wider community to investigate different options for providing the hockey club with a synthetic turf. The Town’s Public Open Space Strategy will inform these investigations. While no timeframe has been set, the community will continue to be invited to participate in further conversations.

The final Synthetic Turf Hockey Facility Site Assessment Report is now available for you to view. The report, compiled by Dave Lanfear Consulting is the result of a Council decision made on 11 July, to explore alternative locations and strategies to provide the Victoria Park Xavier Hockey Club (VPXHC) with a synthetic turf to complement their grass hockey fields.

The Town undertook community engagement, including three workshops attended by 134 people, an online and hardcopy survey completed by 379 people, a quick poll with 2,209 votes, 142 questions answered and 32 ideas shared. The final Report contains a site assessment of alternative locations, and a comprehensive summary of all feedback received.

The report to Council is now available in the document library and contains a recommendation for Council to decide on at its meeting on Tuesday 10 October.

We wish to thank everyone for their involvement and interest in the project.

Community engagement will be closing at 6pm today (13/09/2017).

If you would like to participate in this project please ask a question, share an idea or complete the survey or quick poll.

This survey is being conducted to examine the relative merits of developing a synthetic turf and up to three grass hockey pitches within the Town of Victoria Park.

As part of this process we are seeking the community’s views of support or otherwise for four sites which may have the potential to accommodate the necessary infrastructure. A supporting site assessment report has been provided in the document library to outline the process the Town has undertaken in shortlisting these sites.

Due to the number of registered interested in attending the community workshop, we can now confirm a third workshop will take place.

7 September 2017 6-8.30pm, Town of Victoria Park, Administration Building at 99 Shepperton Road, Victoria Park.

This is a registered event. Please register to help us with catering and seating.

Registrations will close on the 5 September 2017 at 6pm.

Got a minute, fill in our Council's Quick poll, asking "Are you in support of the potential development of a synthetic turf pitch to be located somewhere within the Town?"

The quick poll is intended to be an indicator of the general community perception of support or otherwise for the potential development of a synthetic turf. The results of the poll will be included in the report to Council which is assessing alternative locations and strategies for the development of a synthetic turf – not making a decision about developing one at Harold Rossiter Park. If you want to provide more detailed feedback with your support or otherwise for this project, register to attend one of the community workshops.

Due to the number of registered interested in attending the community workshop, we can now confirm a second workshop will take place.

6 September 2017 6-8.30pm, Town of Victoria Park, Administration Building at 99 Shepperton Road, Victoria Park.

This is a registered event. Please register to help us with catering and seating.

Registrations will close on the 30 August 2017 at 6pm

On Wednesday 2 August 2017 the Deputy Mayor Brian Oliver and the Friends of Harold Rossiter were featured on Today Tonight discussing the potential location of the synthetic turf hockey facility.

Missed the story? It is now available to watch online.