2020-01-13 GC Agenda - Item 6 - Attachment 1 - Noosa District Sports Complex Master Plan

     4.3.2.1        Recreation and Events

The site is popular and well-used by local residents. Consideration of recreation opportunities would be an
advantage, including personal training/ trainers 5 ; additionally, measures are required to manage dogs and dog
walkers.
While the Complex has been utilised as a base for road cycling events and training; further needs expressed by
community organisations external to the Complex to Council for assistance have largely been for storage
options, rather than access to fields/ courts/ buildings.
Continued use of the complex for large non-sporting events requires consideration and improvement to vehicle
management across the site; e.g. large-scale music event held annually at pony club "Red Hot Summer Tour"
and Rodeo held at rugby league.
The site is also used for school athletics carnivals, competition in Cricket T20. Rugby league and touch
facilities are a base for events and tournament e.g. Rugby League Emergency Services games, and Oztag
competitions.

     4.3.2.2        Tennis

Within Noosa Shire, across nine tennis venues there are 40 courts, equating to a benchmark provision of
1:1,366; persons, comparing favourably with the state target provision of 1:2,000. Information from 2017
audits of Tennis Queensland (TQ) affiliated clubs and centres throughout the State informs priorities for
organisational and facility improvements. TQ has established a minimum target for all centres to install the
electronic court gate and online booking system (Book a Court) and upgrading court lighting to LED fittings.
Specific audit-related improvements for Tewantin Tennis Club have been completed.
The Tewantin Tennis Club is one of ten (10) tennis association/ clubs/ centres within Noosa Shire and part of
the broader Sunshine Coast Regional Assembly.
In the period December 2017 to December 2018, the Tewantin Tennis Club’s Book-A-Court data indicated 118
casual bookings and 1,704 re-occurring and casual bookings. Assuming a minimum of two to four players, this
equates to between 3,644 and 7,288 people making use of the centre.
Membership data for 2017 and 2018 for the tennis clubs in Noosa Shire indicate that the Tewantin Tennis Club
is the second largest. Membership data for the clubs in Noosa Shire over these two years indicate that total
membership is approximately 1,0006, or 1.8% of the Shire population. The comparative and expected (from
AusPlay data) proportion of the population participating in tennis is 3.7% or approximately 2,020 Noosa
residents. In categories of players reported, Tewantin had the highest number of players in social tennis (48.5%
of their membership) and players aged over 65years (72.8% of their membership).
Tewantin Tennis Club/ Centre is a 10-court facility, catering primarily for social play, with a high proportion of
members/ players aged over 60; continuing to cater for this demographic is likely to be a continuing focus of
the club. The club/ centre:
     •    Has scheduled social play each day of the week (doubles, graded and open);
     •    Conducts annual championships in August and hosts Sunshine Coast Tennis Seniors Queensland
          Tournament (September);
     •    Has junior teams playing in the Noosa District Tennis Association fixtures; and
     •    Conducts fast 4 competitions (Sunday afternoons) and participates on home and away basis in the
          Sunshine Coast Veterans Competition.
A need or demand for additional tennis courts has not been made, the club indicates that they have no
ambitions to expand; however, the quality and standard of their amenities require attention, as well as the
safety and security of their access and car-parking.



5
  Council indicates that it has an existing policy on personal trainers operating in parks/ public spaces
6
  This figure is an approximate, as the data supplied was not complete for all clubs, likely that those with 0 did not complete the required
report.
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