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Facilities

The Recreation Centre provides the following facilities for community hire and use.

Indoor Sports Court:

The Multi-purpose Indoor Sports Court caters for a wide range of sports including basketball, netball, table tennis, futsal and volleyball.

There is a spectators viewing area behind sports netting with a capacity of 50 seats. The court has 4 built in water bubblers so participants can stay hydrated. There are two accessible toilets adjacent to the court.

The court is wheelchair accessible. Availability is from 7am – 10pm daily.

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Community Room:

This bright and airy, carpeted room is suitable for a wide range of activities and events.

It is perfect for low impact classes such as Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi etc. It is also ideal for hosting meetings, training sessions, seminars and functions. The room and adjacent toilets are wheelchair accessible.

Hire includes access to 20 tables, 120 chairs, a lectern, a projector & screen, speakers and wireless microphone. The room is approximately 15m x 12m. The room capacity is 120 seated.

A large commercial kitchen adjacent to the community room is also available for hire for events and functions. The kitchen is well appointed with a commercial oven, cook top, fridge, dish washer and a microwave. There is a substantial amount of food preparation area. With stainless steel bench tops through-out.

A servery off the kitchen is equipped with a double fridge, ice machine, and stainless steel bar and bench top and opens into the community room.

Availability: Sunday-Wednesday 7am-10pm, Thursday-Saturday 7am-12am.

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Club Room:

The Club Room is located on the upper level of the centre, with views across Waverley Oval to the ocean.

The room is available for meetings, small group training sessions and low impact recreation classes. There is access to a small servery equipped with a fridge and zip heater.

2 trestle tables and 25 chairs are included in the hire.

Availability: Monday-Friday 9am-10pm.

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Cafe:

The Waverley Park Kiosk is located on the upper level of the recreation centre and allows fantastic views over the Waverley Oval to the sea.

There’s a communal table indoors but most of the eating space makes the most of the great outdoors, where tables and chairs mingle with a random yet comfy array of eclectic hessian and print cushion-style seats both in the sunshine and under brollies.

The cafe can cater for functions on or off premises and is open from 7:30am to 3pm daily.

Grandstand:

The 250 seat O'Sullivan Horsell Grandstand provides spectators with a great vantage point from which to view the action on the oval.

The grandstand is wheelchair accessible with public amenities available.

An adjacent green stepped terrace provides a more informal viewing area.

Who can book the facilities?

The centre is intended primarily as a civic recreation facility. Bookings are welcomed from sporting clubs, community groups and private providers of recreation and community activities. Non recreation functions and events will be accepted according to the pavilion’s access and equity guidelines.

Hirers are required to prepare and implement appropriate measures to ensure their staff or volunteers are aware of information on COVID-19, including when to get tested, physical distancing and cleaning, and how to manage a sick visitor.

Council is not the approving authority for COVID Safety plans and we are not the relevant authority to provide training on health-related matters.

The process of developing your own COVID Safety Plan or COVID-19 Safe Checklist and Risk Assessment will assist hirers and organisers to effective plan their events/meetings to ensure they are COVID Safe. Hirers are recommended to address the matters in the COVID-19 safety checklist as approved by the Chief Health Officer and published on the New Health website when completing their plans. Information required by the hirers can be found on the NSW Health website.

For more information contact the centre.

Frequently Ask Questions

• Can I bring my dog to the centre?
  Dogs are allowed on leads and there are places for dogs to be safely secured while you grab your coffee.
• Can I smoke in the centre?
  Smoking is prohibited in the centre, and within 10 meters of, all parks and reserves in the Waverley Local Government Area.