2021/2022 Annual Report
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Programs and Facilities<br />
Sporting Facilities<br />
The ARC Campbelltown<br />
The impacts of COVID-19 continued to hamper services and<br />
participation up until around March <strong>2022</strong>. An eight-day lockdown<br />
in July <strong>2021</strong> saw capacity restrictions of 12% in place which<br />
had a large impact on fitness services. Once borders opened<br />
in December <strong>2021</strong> further impacts were felt, with considerable<br />
Staff availability issues seeing some services restricted or closed,<br />
and capacity limits of 12% were re-introduced. Youth and school<br />
based programs (in particular, court sports and school swimming<br />
programs) were delayed until mid February <strong>2022</strong>. Staff worked<br />
hard to ensure many services remained available, that vigilant<br />
safety and cleanliness levels were maintained and support was<br />
provided to members and users throughout this time.<br />
Despite these COVID-19 impacts overall centre visitations were<br />
excellent with 821,556 (764,184 last year) with a strong average<br />
of 69,296 visits per month. This result was a great rebound<br />
falling only 1,226 from Council’s best attendance figures. This<br />
was largely due to a high 114,608 participants in sport and<br />
programs (117,676 last year). Learn to Swim enrolments had<br />
a stable year achieving similar figures to the previous year,<br />
whilst Health Club memberships suffered from the stop and go<br />
COVID impact, finishing slightly down on the previous year.<br />
Major events hosted over the year included:<br />
» Norwood Basketball Club Easter Classic<br />
» Josh Giddey Basketball Camp<br />
» School Sport SA Volleyball Carnival<br />
» SA Christian Schools Volleyball Cup<br />
» Norwood Basketball Club School Holiday Clinics.<br />
The largest event held during the year was Norwood<br />
Basketball Club Easter Classic, which saw approximately<br />
800 junior players, from both local and interstate clubs,<br />
compete over 4 days of competition. This ended with<br />
former Adelaide 36ers and current NBA player Josh Giddey<br />
running a two day camp at The ARC, which received<br />
significant publicity and over 350 attendees.<br />
The ARC continued as a major sponsor of Newton Jaguars<br />
Netball Club and retained strong community ties with a range<br />
of court user groups including Little Kickers, Mature Age<br />
Badminton and Indoor Bias Bowls. We also continued to<br />
support broader community programs including the Rotary<br />
Club of Morialta’s Driver Awareness Training, the Eastern<br />
Heath Authority Immunisations Clinics and Wise Employment.<br />
The ARC Café had an outstanding year, selling over<br />
48,000 hot drinks and 34,000 hot meals to the community.<br />
We hosted 58 aquatic birthday parties and the ARC crèche,<br />
although impacted by facility restrictions still saw 4,174<br />
visits, providing support to members that required children<br />
to be cared for whilst they participated in programs.<br />
Major achievements for the year included:<br />
» Building renovations to convert under-utilised space in the<br />
aquatic area into change rooms and improved storage<br />
and office space<br />
» Winning the <strong>2021</strong>/<strong>2022</strong> Life Saving SA Watch Around<br />
Water award<br />
» Completing a Pool Safety Assessment and improving on<br />
the 2017 result by over 12%<br />
» Receiving a 96% customer satisfaction score through the<br />
CERM PI Customer Service Quality Survey.<br />
Lochiel Park Golf at Geoff Heath Par 3 Golf Course<br />
Lochiel Park Golf at Geoff Heath Par 3 Golf Course is<br />
located at James Street, Campbelltown. Considered to<br />
be one of Adelaide's most picturesque and scenic par 3<br />
golf courses, it provides an opportunity for the Community<br />
to play golf in a setting of beautiful gum trees with Fourth<br />
Creek as a feature. Facilities within the complex include<br />
a pro shop, café and outdoor social areas and it is well<br />
connected for cyclists, walkers and joggers who can drop<br />
in for a coffee as it is located along the River Torrens Linear<br />
Park Trail.<br />
Tennis Courts and Ovals<br />
A number of Tennis Courts and Ovals in the Council area<br />
including the following venues may be hired:<br />
» Campbelltown Memorial Oval<br />
» Daly Oval<br />
» Athelstone Recreation Reserve<br />
» Steve Woodcock Sports Centre<br />
» Foxfield Oval Reserve<br />
» Max Amber Sportsfield<br />
» Murray Park Oval<br />
» Lovell Reserve and Tennis Courts<br />
» Nightingale Reserve and Tennis Courts<br />
» Lorne Avenue Tennis Courts.<br />
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Campbelltown City Council<br />
<strong>Annual</strong> <strong>Report</strong> <strong>2021</strong> / <strong>2022</strong>
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