2009 Feasibility Study adopted by Council
A 2009 feasibility study confirmed what community sports clubs already knew - that the Macedon Ranges desperately needed more indoor sports courts. Council adopted the Indoor Sports Facilities Feasibility Study and committed to work with stakeholder groups to meet needs identified in Woodend and Gisborne.
In 2010 Council prioritised Gisborne Indoor Courts x2 project. Nothing happened in Woodend, Riddells or elsewhere. In 2015, six years after the feasibility study, Gisborne Indoor Courts x 2 opened. In 2016, just one year later, the Gisborne Indoor Courts are already at capacity (even despite over 50 teams travelling out of the Macedon Ranges to compete elsewhere because there are not enough courts here).
This piecemeal approach to indoor sports infrastructure has failed our region, failed our youth, and failed our self-less community sports volunteers trying to provide a vibrant community sport opportunities in basketball, netball, volleyball, futsal and other indoors sports. We need a regional approach to deliver an indoor facility of scale and quality to fill the infrastructure backlog.
