Baldivis Sports Complex secures major award from WA Football Commission

The Baldivis Sports Complex - the City of Rockingham’s largest ever capital works project - has secured WA Football Commission’s 2023 Football Facility of the Year Award.

The award was presented to the City during the WAFC’s Community Awards night and Sandover Medal count on Monday 11th September 2023, held at Crown Perth. The event is widely regarded as WA Football’s ‘night-of-nights’.   

The Baldivis Sports Complex (BSC) officially opened in March 2023 and is home to the Baldivis Brumbies Football Club in winter and the White Knights Baldivis Cricket Club in summer.

It is a district level sporting facility that features a main pavilion, change rooms, large maintenance shed, eight hectares of playing space with floodlighting, and three separate car parks. It is also home to the Baldivis Indoor Sports Complex, which is open to all community members.   

Mayor Deb Hamblin thanked the WAFC for recognising the City’s efforts in delivering this important community infrastructure project and shared “The Baldivis Sports Complex is a project that was many years in the making and winning this award is a ringing endorsement of the work that City staff and several contractors have delivered.

“Baldivis has grown rapidly in recent years, and delivering the facility through the City’s Community Infrastructure Plan has addressed a significant shortage of active reserve space.

“Importantly, it also aligns with our Strategic Community Plan aspiration of delivering a built environment that is carefully planned for today and tomorrow.”

Steven Rose, Manager Facilities and Government Relations at the West Australian Football Commission said the development benefits the Baldivis Brumbies Football Club, White Knights Cricket Club, as well as the local community.

“The Baldivis Sporting Complex is a fantastic example of a well-positioned, welcoming, accessible, fit-for-purpose football facility that supports our growing game’s strategic priorities and highlights the importance of a strong relationship between Council and club.”

The project will now be nominated by the WAFC as the Western Australian finalist for the 2024 AFL Ken Gannon Community Facility Awards.

The next phase of the BSC will see the City deliver the Southern Pavilion, Baldivis Outdoor Recreation Space and Outdoor Hardcourts.

For more information visit rockingham.wa.gov.au/bsc