Exciting times for Beaumaris Soccer Club

Exciting Times for Beaumaris

Porsche Centre Brighton is focused on our customers’ diverse communities. Encouragingly, many of our clients and staff participate in community sport to keep fit while staying connected as a local family.

One currently booming community sport is soccer (or football, for those who play the game!). With the FIFA Women’s World Cup to be hosted in Australia in 2023, our local club, Beaumaris, has recently had some great news – a new sports pavilion will be constructed to meet its growing membership needs. Understandably, the news has been met with widespread elation and encouragement from the wider Beaumaris community. ‘We’d lobbied Council for 11 years,’ explains VP and Cayman GTS driver David Richards. ‘Finally, Council confirmed that the build commences shortly, to be completed by year’s end. ‘This is wonderful news for our 240+ women and girls who have been so patient in extending facilities well beyond their useful life,’ he continues. ‘Of course, all 650+ players, their parents and families will get to enjoy the new pavilion, which will include social meeting spaces, decent food and beverage facilities, and four large unisex changing rooms. ‘We’re also working with local conservation groups to ensure we achieve a reinvigorated landscape that will ensure the beauty of the Reserve is preserved for all.’ Others involved in the club share this enthusiasm. ‘Our youngest registered member is five, and our oldest is 64 – I know who moves the quickest!’ says registrar Maxine Thomson. ‘Our membership for the 2021 season closed in February, so with the existing superb FIFA Grade 1 facilities leased from the MCC Academy at Beaumaris College and the news about the pavilion, we’ve had a surge of new members.

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‘It’s very possible that our facilities could be used by one of the competing nations in the World Cup, so we’re working with the ‘powers that be’ to make that a reality.’ ‘Even more pleasingly, the mums of Beaumaris formed a new team three years ago – the ‘Beauy Bubbles’ (something to do with their choice of refreshment),’ says Sponsorships Director Marc Gibson. ‘We now have three women’s teams to supplement the five dedicated girls’ teams we had in 2020.

‘And with travel plans on hold for a while yet, and missing out on playing last year, there is a real hunger to get the blue and yellow shirts on again and enjoy the camaraderie and team spirit of being together. ‘We have really appreciated the support of all our local sponsors in what has been a tough year, when many expenses continued but all subscriptions were refunded. Local business is at the heart of our community, as is the club, and missing out has really emphasised how we enjoy playing the beautiful game.’ Beauy’s senior women’s and men’s teams are now flying high, playing Victoria’s highest standard of community football. ‘They offer excellent pathways for our girls and boys to achieve their dreams and are very much connected to all we do,’ says David Richards. ‘It’s heart-warming to see the men and women walk on to the field holding the hands of seven-year-olds dressed in their kits who literally look up to their role models.

‘Beauy is a family club through and through. We aspire to excellence in the way we play, our on and off-field conduct, and the facilities and friendship we can offer to families. It is quite remarkable that we have players travelling from Middle Park and Mornington to play at the club, so genuinely being part of a community has never been more meaningful,’ David says.

Even with these positive recent developments, the work continues. ‘We have much still to do,’ notes David. ‘Investing in the development of our coaches and players is the key to our success, so we’re going to make a six-figure contribution to the new pavilion’s fit-out.’

The club’s proactive approach to participation and success is greatly appreciated by its enthusiastic local members. ‘It only makes the club a better place to be,’ says Maxine. ‘That must be why I live here from February to September!’

If you’re interested in putting on your boots or finding out more about the club, visit www.beaumarissc.com.au.

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