CEO Report I would like to begin by saying how incredibly proud I am of our team, our Board and all of our associated sport and community groups. Together, we are navigating the uncertainty of a once-in-a- lifetime pandemic and will no doubt continue to do so for some time, while always remaining true to our mission to Make A Difference. I’ll admit the past two years have been the most challenging of my 30-year career at Bankstown Sports. It began with a major cost-cutting exercise in 2019, which resulted in an overhaul of our operations, including a staff restructure. Then COVID hit, and we were forced to close all of our clubs and stand down almost our entire employee roster, with no guarantee of when we would reopen. But, as they say – what goes down must come up, and the day we were able to reopen our venues in June 2020, was definitely one of the best days of my career. During the months that followed, we reached some major milestones with new developments at our venues, and we had some fantastic achievements within our team. We welcomed Advanced Health Medical Centre, Macquarie Heart Bankstown, Mindwise Health and Wellbeing, and Amcal Pharmacy to the Flinders Centre.
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Annual Report 2020/21
MARK CONDI CEO
We opened Al Aseel and Helmut’s Haus at Bankstown Sports, we introduced Burger Box at Birrong Sports, and Smokin’ Acres has become so popular it now supplies smoked meats to several of our venues, as well as take-away packages for self-catered parties. We renovated the former Bankstown Sports administration offices to create new community meeting rooms for our associated sport and community groups to utilise. And perhaps, the icing on the cake has been the completion of the Lady Banks Rooftop Bar on Level 10 of the Flinders Centre. Due to a second industry-wide lockdown in June 2021 due to COVID, we were unable to celebrate the Grand Opening of the venue as planned. The most recent lockdown has been another huge blow for our industry but we will continue to support our community as best we can.
