Spotlighting Carmel Dads’ Club B r a n d - N e w S p o r t s C o m p l e x Writer // Janelle Morrison • Photography // Submitted
It took what felt like forever for me to see the Carmel Dads’ Club’s brand-new sports complex that opened last February, but it was well worth the wait. The CDC Sports Complex is an impressive 150,000-square-foot fieldhouse that houses four full-size basketball courts with six goals on each court, automated volleyball standards, three batting cages, indoor turf field and a track area that is open to the public. Located at 5459 East Main Street in Badger Memorial Park in Carmel, Indiana, the facility is already a huge hit for local and traveling teams who have already enjoyed practices, camps and tournaments within the facility. The Next Chapter in CDC’s History toured the facility with CDC President Jack Beery and Athletic Director Bethany Burchill, who shared that this sports complex has been a long time coming and wouldn’t have been possible without the supporters of CDC in combination with the support of the Clay Township administration who financed the project. This facility affords the CDC and the community an abundance of opportunities, and Beery and Burchill are excited to share this amenity with the community that has and continues to support the organization both financially and through dedicated volunteerism. As we toured the facility, Beery shared with me that it will offer an athletic training room for its members and visiting athletes that will be fully functional this fall, and there will be a cafe for guests to enjoy while they’re using the
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facility. It will offer coffee, beverages and concessions as well as a place for parents to relax while their young athletes are performing on the field or courts. “One of the things we’re focused on is the flexibility of this facility and the flexibility of having different groups,” Beery stated. “We can put these big
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dividers down on the field and it divides both ways on the field so we can have a kindergarten soccer match on one side and a high school lacrosse on the other side, playing simultaneously.” In addition to hosting CDC sports and Carmel Clay School athletics, Beery shared that the facility is being utilized by other community groups, including the Carmel Police Department and Carmel Fire Department for training purposes. While we were touring the basketball courts, a CCS Special Education group was shooting some hoops and enjoying one of their last days as students at CHS before transitioning from high school to adulthood. Beery and Burchill expressed that their plan is to continue to expand on programs for the community as they continue to
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