Cricket moves out of Punt Rd / Year-round access victory for Richmond FC [merged]

[1965]

Do they mean Glen Waverley?

 

[Judge Roughneck]

V good news

[Ramps]

Do they mean Glen Waverley?

 

central reserve is at the corner of springvale road and waverley road in GLEN Waverley. I hope the cricket club keeps its original name and doesnt change it. Itll be good to have a 'Richmond" in a supporter heartland like the SE Suburbs.

[one-eyed]

Tigers rapt with cricket relocation
Roger Vaughan
October 27, 2010 - 4:34PM

Richmond assistant coach Wayne Campbell has seen first-hand what effect a new training centre can have on an AFL side.

But as excited as the long-time Tiger is about the Punt Rd redevelopment, Campbell said the relocation of the Richmond Cricket Club from the ground is even more important.

After years of negotiations and sometimes rancour between the two co-tenants at the famous ground, the cricket club has secured new facilities at Mt Waverley.

The cricketers will relocate to two full-size grounds early next year.

It means the AFL side can train year-round at Punt Rd and not worry about the centre-wicket area.

They also plan to increase the size of the oval to match the Etihad Stadium ground specifications.

"It's fantastic by the administration to do what they've done," Campbell said.

"It's probably bigger - hopefully it's been a win-win for the cricket and for footy, that they get a new facility.

"We get a ground that we can train on 12 months of the year - walk out of our front door, out of a great facility, walk into a Etihad Stadium-sized ground.

"It's going to be enormous for the club."

Campbell, one of Richmond's greatest players, was an assistant coach the Western Bulldogs for two seasons before returning to the Tigers.

He was at the Bulldogs when their moved into new training facilities at Whitten Oval.

The Bulldogs, Carlton and North Melbourne have all felt their facility upgrades have had big impacts on the teams.

"(It's) enormous - I was at the Bulldogs when they moved into their new facility," Campbell said.

"You could just see the players stuck their chests out a little bit more after being in dilapidated facilities for 20 years or whatever it had been.

"Even to walk over there now (at Punt Rd) and see what it's like (without) the finishing touches on it, for a person who's been here 20 years, it's really, really exciting.

"The benefits are numerous."

The Tigers are due to move into their new headquarters by the end of the year.

http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/tigers-rapt-with-cricket-relocation-20101027-173j3.html

[one-eyed]

According to ex-Vic wicket-keeper Darren Berry on SEN, the deal between the RFC and RCC moving cricket away from Punt Rd Oval is not over the line and the cricket members are very angry about it.

[Fishfinger]

He added later that the VCA have scheduled games there already (that would be sub-district).
Hopefully it has all been covered in the negotiations and planning.

He kept saying Central Reserve is in Mt Waverley. I used to play a lot of junior sport there and it's definitely in Glen Waverley. More than a mile from the Mt Waverley/Glen Waverley border.

[wayne]

I doubt that the RFC would make a big announcement about it without it being a certainty.

[mightytiges]

He added later that the VCA have scheduled games there already (that would be sub-district).
Hopefully it has all been covered in the negotiations and planning.

He kept saying Central Reserve is in Mt Waverley. I used to play a lot of junior sport there and it's definitely in Glen Waverley. More than a mile from the Mt Waverley/Glen Waverley border.

Corner Springvale and Waverley Rds isn't it?


SEN is still pushing on their news service that a deal is far from done due to finer details (sub-district) not being sorted out and older members of the cricket club are furious because they didn't get to vote on it. If the cricket board? has signed off on a deal then that's not the RFC's problem.

[Ramps]

thats correct, if contracts have been signed then its all she wrote for the cricket club at Punt Rd.

[Penelope]

not if the signing of the contract was not legal under the cricket clubs constitution. If by their rules such a thing should have been put to vote by the members then the contract becomes null and void.

[WilliamPowell]

and older members of the cricket club are furious because they didn't get to vote on it. If the cricket board? has signed off on a deal then that's not the RFC's problem.

Let's not forget that the RFC owns 51% of the cricket club so surely that inpact so things to.

You'd  reckon if the Crickt Club board has signed off on it then it shouldn't be problem

As for the older members not voting on it .... sounds typical of long term supporters thinking that the club is their own toy rather than a club of its members

[3rogerd]

no concerns with this.

[Carvels Ring]

LOL at this being big news.  What stuffing shattering stuff, not.

[one-eyed]

Tigers eye new home in Monash
Brad Beitzel
October 31, 2010
 
SEVENTY-FIVE of Richmond Cricket Club's 100 members are needed to vote for the Tigers' move from Punt Road to a new home at Central Reserve in the City of Monash.

An extraordinary meeting is being organised for late November.

Eighteen months ago, a similar proposal was defeated by Essendon Cricket Club's members but the Tigers' proposal is being headed by 10-year president Ken Sharp.

Central Reserve was home to two Premier clubs from 1974 to 1975 - Waverley and the Hawks.

Waverley amalgamated with Dandenong in 1988 and moved to Shepley Oval, then the Hawks moved in before heading to to Monash University seven years ago.

Hawks president Petar Ivetic welcomed Richmond, saying they would look to co-promote the game.

http://www.theage.com.au/sport/cricket/tigers-eye-new-home-in-monash-20101030-178a5.html

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A premier place for cricket in Glen Waverley
Waverley Leader
7 Nov 10 @ 07:06am by Conor Ryan

PREMIER cricket is returning to Glen Waverley, with the Richmond Cricket Club to call Central Reserve home next year.

The Tigers, tenants of Punt Rd Oval for more than 150 years, were persuaded to move after $1.8 million of funding was secured for the redevelopment of Central Reserve’s north oval, including a new pavilion.

Monash Council will provide half of that funding, subject to council approval, supplemented by $500,000 from Sport and Recreation Victoria and $400,000 from the Richmond Football Club.

RCC president Ken Sharp said its exit from Punt Rd was a difficult but necessary decision.

“We have had issues at Punt Rd in doing what we’d like to do, due to demographics and space constraints,” Mr Sharp said.

“The football club sought government support and received it, then the rest of the obstacles were removed in a hurry. The opportunity to move here, plus the new facility, made it an offer that was too good to turn down.

“Monash is a growth area, without being a new area, and we’re looking forward to getting involved in the community.”

Mayor Charlotte Baines said the move was a win-win situation for the RCC and Monash’s sporting clubs.

“Up-and-coming junior cricketers in Monash will be given much more exposure to district cricket and it will also give the Richmond Cricket Club access to a bigger pool of young talent,” Cr Baines said.

The club is expected to make the move from Punt Rd ahead of the 2011-12 season, subject to approval from its members.

Waverley state Labor MP Maxine Morand applauded the “fantastic news” for Waverley and Monash cricket fans.

http://waverley-leader.whereilive.com.au/news/story/a-premier-place-for-cricket-in-glen-waverley/