OUR MISSION
With your help, our dream is to revive & update the Recreation Ground’s Clubrooms to ensure they become the vibrant hub of a proud local community.
With the Recreation Ground struggling to run on a tight budget and any profits either distributed to the Sporting Clubs to ensure their survival or spent on repairs & maintenance, the state of the clubrooms has continued to become outdated and irrelevant.
We have for far too long relied on the goodwill of a few unpaid lifelong volunteers to keep the Grounds open, but this generosity will eventually come to an end and without a change in how we operate, the gates will soon close.
The goal is to raise funds for a multi stage restoration, with the focus being on bringing the Kitchen up to an acceptable standard and improving the appearance of the main Dining Room. The venue will then become attractive to hirers, the community & club members.
We believe after these changes, the club can generate more revenue and ensure its existence as opposed to the shaky ground we’re on currently.
the story so far
23 June 1950 and the Cherry Gardens Ironbank Recreation Ground is born from a local community public meeting. The first clubs to be affiliated were Cricket, Tennis and Basketball/Netball Clubs, with the Football Club later established in 1985.
The CGIB Recreation Ground is and always has been a wholly community owned & run facility.
Being a privately owned facility means we receive no financial support from local government and have always relied on the generous support of the local community in order to raise funds for any development. All of the buildings and facilities on the land have been hand built by the members themselves which is a source of great pride.
The Recreation Ground and the various sporting clubs have provided many young sports people with the opportunity to play sport in their local area and to be part of the community at large and we can only hope this can continue.