General News
28 August, 2023
Final round of farewells
GROUPS have began their round of farewells to the building that has been home to Wedderburn sporting groups for more than 60 years. The 1958 Wedderburn Football Club rooms at Donaldson Park have been extended and renovated multiple times since its...
GROUPS have began their round of farewells to the building that has been home to Wedderburn sporting groups for more than 60 years.
The 1958 Wedderburn Football Club rooms at Donaldson Park have been extended and renovated multiple times since its opening before the start of the winter sports season that year.
The rooms originally built by Bill Chalmers, on Sunday hosted senior football, netball and hockey vote counts for the Wedderburn club, one of the last functions that will be hosted there before the rooms are demolished.
Work is expected to be completed this year on a new $5 million community hub that will house the three sporting codes and the harness racing club.
Players marked the occasion with a group photograph. Club stalwart Bob Steel spoke about the building’s history and its role as a club hub.
“Before the current clubrooms were built, the two football teams would change in an old weatherboard building only separated by a partition down the middle,” he said.
“And when we got the new rooms, visiting clubs still used that weatherboard building.
“Over the years there have been extensions and renovations. It wasn’t until the early 1960s that we had a thirds football team and since then we have had netball teams and hockey also sharing the building.
“There used to be a copper and a fire in one corner. Out the front there wasn’t much room for ladies in the canteen between their counter and the wall.”
Bob said the club was looking forward to moving into the new hub.