Officer Tennis Club is advocating for improved facilities for the 87 year old building it calls home.
A petition by members of the club has been presented to Cardinia Shire Council with 98 signatures, asking for support from the shire to upgrade paths of travel, pavilion accessibility including construction of an accessible toilet, disabled car parking bays and suitable change facilities for females.
Councillor Tammy Radford said it was important to highlight the issues this club was facing.
“This club has reached its capacity and is struggling to meet the current demands and projected future demands,” she said at the council meeting on Monday 16 May.
“It sits within a major growth area in our shire in officer and is lacking in basic facilities.”
Ms Radford said the pavilion was built in 1935 and only offers one female and one male toilet, with no change facilities or showers.
“Tennis third most popular club activity,” she said.
“But it current does not provide a safe, accessible and welcoming place for the LGBTQI+ community, people with disability, the aging community, the CALD community or anyone in the community in general.
“This is a council asset and the Officer Tennis Club does not have the funding capacity to complete the works it so desperately requires.”
The petition will be investigated with a report due to council for the July council meeting.
