Private Members' Statements

Tuesday 26 November 2024 

S.E. ANDREWS (Gibson) (16:38): I rise to update the house that I am so pleased that the Marion Tennis Club is staying local. You will recall that back in March of this year the Marion council made the decision to bulldoze the Marion Tennis Club, and that was to make way for the expansion of the South Adelaide Basketball Club—a much-needed project in our community, but bulldozing another club was completely unexpected. 

I met together with the club and interested community members the very week of that announcement, and I stood with them and committed to fight and stand alongside them to keep Marion Tennis Club in the community. It was actually the council's intention to have them merge with another club outside of the district and away from where the playing members lived. 

Marion Tennis Club has been at that location for almost 90 years. It has almost 200 members and this year has proudly welcomed a very large Nepalese community into the club as well. Having successfully sunk the rink as part of this whole precinct, it did mean that the croquet club on the other side of the precinct was available for local sports use and I am so pleased that logic has prevailed and the Marion Tennis Club is able to use that site.