Clubrooms:
Many approaches were made to council for loans to build these rooms,
and many approaches to donate land for this purpose.
From 1979 to 1994 all committees worked towards this goal.
The council decided not to grant loans or land for this purpose,
but to direct the club to use the Venus Bay Community Centre,
[plans for this centre were on the drawing board in the late 80,s]
as this was the purpose of such a facility [Community Centre].
From "The Star 1982
The answer was NO
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Taken from the club newsletter "Salt Spray" 1993
Again this application failed.
This was about the time the community centre was being built.
It was not a "sporting complex"
In 2006 the club again approached council to build clubrooms
on the same site as all earlier committees had suggested.
Gerald Batt returned to the committee in 2007 as
Vice President, [after a two year absence], and was
appointed as Alick's assistant, to deal with council matters,
on getting the clubrooms up and running.
Gerald spent many hours through 2007, dealing with council regarding
the lease of land adjacent to the jetty, the planning permit, the building permit,
and the application for a council grant, to assist in the building of the facility.
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The answer was yes.
Photo's shows the clubrooms to lock up 2007,
and the interior & exterior as it looks today.
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