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Club set to tee off BY LAUREN HENRY
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orsham Golf Club is working on a concept plan to incorporate a lifestyle living housing development, solar farm, and adventure golf course.
The golf club’s vision is to incorporate its plans to align with a private hotel and accommodation development proposed by Australian Tourism Group. A draft precinct plan was presented to club members last month, outlining various short, medium and long-term plans to ensure the club prospers in the future. The club’s board have been ‘consolidating the base’ over the past six years, focusing on leading the club out of significant debt into a $120,000-plus surplus this year. There has been a focus on golf and various improvements and upgrades to the golf course and driving range, and memberships have increased from 444 in 2018 to 824 in 2024. President Gerard Bardell said the plans had received positive feedback from members, with lots of discussion about the concept plans. “We’ve been looking at the whole precinct and looking at what we can do to maximise opportunities with our golf club precinct,” he said. “The board believes that a well planned and executed project has
the potential to set our club up for many, many years into the future. “It’s very early days, but we are looking at how we can better utilise our existing precinct for revenue raising opportunities.” Mr Bardell said short-term plans included decommissioning the existing water reservoir and moving irrigation pumps closer to the treatment facility where the club receives its water from. He said the board had also spoken to other golf clubs who had enjoyed success with co-locating a mini golf facility alongside their golf courses. “We believe that there’d be a great market, not just in Horsham but the Wimmera, to have that sort of facility,” he said. “Families that are wanting to come and enjoy golf, they can do it in that informal setting, or visitors that come to the region, they can sort of engage in that activity as well.” Mr Bardell said the lifestyle living development, made up of medium density housing, would be five to 10 years away. “If we’ve got ourselves a good plan and it’s done in a proper manner, with the appropriate contractors we could finish up with an asset that would be of great value, not just to Horsham, but the greater Wimmera region where it’s a destination for people,” he said. Continued page 3
Wednesday, January 11, 13, 2024 2016 Wednesday, September
GRAND FINAL GLORY AWAITS: Front, Rupanyup coach Jedda Heard, left, and Laharum captain Olivia Jones-Story, with back left, Harrow-Balmoral coach Jai Thompson and his Noradjuha-Quantong counterpart Damien Cameron hold their respective Horsham District Football Netball League premiership cups ahead of Saturday’s grand final. Stawell’s North Park will host the district league’s 11 grand finals, including four football – seniors, reserves, under 17s and under 14s – as well as seven grades of netball – A, B, C, C Reserve, 17-and-under, 15-and-under and 13-and-under. Games start at 8.30am with non-stop action throughout the day until 5pm, capping off a big week for the league, which hosted its senior best and fairest awards on Monday night. Stories, pages 46-48. Picture: PAUL CARRACHER
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