Wednesday, 2 April 2025

Glen Waverley electorate sports

John MULLAHY (Glen Waverley) (10:01): The Glen Waverley district has a vibrant culture of community sport, and over the last couple of weekends I got to attend some great events. It was a pleasure to visit the Waverley Little Athletics Centre last weekend to celebrate the success of the 2024–25 season at the end-of-season awards presentation. I believe you were there as well, Deputy Speaker. I want to congratulate the centre on another very successful season and thank all the committee members, including president Peter De La Haye, vice-president Matthew Greensmith and secretary Daryl Beasley, the volunteers and the sponsors for making this a growing and successful club that will feed into the next generation of track and field stars for Victoria and Australia.

On the previous weekend, it was great to spend time at the 2025 Bharathi Academy athletics sports meet. It was a perfect day of weather for the occasion, where students from seven Tamil language school campuses met at the Bill Sewart Athletics Track in Burwood East to compete in a day of athletic competition. This wonderful language school is now 31 years old. A big thankyou to principal Mavai Nithianandan and chair Saththiyan Satchithanantham. The day was celebration of the Tamil heritage, culture, language and sports. I want to congratulate the school of their successful endeavours.

I also popped in to visit the Nunawading Cricket Club junior presentation to congratulate the juniors on another great season. A big congratulations to the under-12 purple team, who went all the way this season and are the premiers. A big thankyou to president Rob Ferdinands all the committee volunteers and sponsors who continue to make this club thrive.