Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club - Sponsor of the month - october 2022

​Congratulations to our Hawks Sponsor of the Month for October - Ryde Eastwood Leagues Club.
 
A long term sponsor of the Ryde Eastwood Hawks Touch Football Club and a wonderful contributor to the entire community.
 
Our Club is very fortunate to partner with the Leagues Club and the Football Club to deliver our local competitions and rep program. Our rep players proudly wear the Hawks logo on all of our playing uniforms for Vawdon Cup, Senior State Cup and Junior State Cup.
 
This facility / club has everything you require including functions spaces (large and small), restaurants, swimming lessons, holiday units, sports bars, fitness gym, sports bars, cafes, gaming rooms and much more!!
 
Talk about history, below is a snapshot of their story:
 
In 1963 ten men joined together to form the Ryde-Eastwood District Rugby League Football Club, their aspiration to field a football team in
first division and to build up support within the community. It wasn’t long  before it was realised that to compete at that level would require the support of a licensed Club and thus also in 1963 Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club was formed.
After securing a lease on premises in Ryedale Rd owned by Simpson Pope Washing Machines, and previously the home of the Holeproof
women’s apparel factory, the board decided to apply for a liquor licence. With opposition from local hotels, the Club’s application was rejected twice,
and the process of applying for a licence took nearly seven years.
A core group of 250 Foundation members (whose names are on display within the Club), as well as various NSW Leagues Clubs
provided financial support to enable the Club to meet its obligations (which included substantial legal bills) and survive during these seven years.
The board finally won its legal battle, which included a change to case law and were granted a licence. The original premises was purchased by
the NSWRL on behalf of the Football Club, and on 19th December 1970 Mr Bill Buckley, President of the New South Wales Rugby League,
opened the Club. The Club had 40 poker machines and was enthusiastically supported by the local community. By 1974 the Club was able to
purchase adjoining factories and the Club’s membership had grown to 15,000.

In 1979 the Club commenced a 3.5 million dollar extension, including additional car parking facilities, bistro facilities and an auditorium.
A gas explosion caused almost a million dollars’ worth of damage and delayed the opening of some of the Club’s facilities for almost a year.
Since then the Club has moved along a path of consolidation, purchasing properties in the local area and trying to ensure that all future plans for expansion are self-funding.
The Club was again extensively renovated in the late 1980s and in 1990 Ryde-Eastwood Leagues Club won the NSW Club Industry “Club of the Year”
award.In 1994 plans commenced for the acquisition of an adjoining property (Coopers Tank Works) and a $22 million project of development
and refurbishment. This was completed in 1999. Membership increased from 22,000 in November 1996 to over 35,000 in June 1999.
Current membership fluctuates between 30,000 and 35,000 dependent on the time of the year.
Over the years the Club has strengthened its affiliations with the local community, supporting many different sporting groups and local charities.
The spirit of friendship, support and determination that brought this Club into being in 1963 continues today.  On the football side,
the Ryde-Eastwood District Rugby League Football Club successfully competed in many competitions from 1963 to 2004 in their own right and are now a force again in the NSWRL competitions.

So how can our families help support the Club:

• Become a member
• Book functions
• Use the Fitness Edge Gymnasium
• Dine with the family
• Join the swim groups
• Meet up with friends for a casual drink
• Catch up with friends for a coffee

 
For all details, click on the following website link:

• https://www.releagues.com.au/

 
Ryde Eastwood Leagues club have been a wonderful supporter of our Club and we thank them.

ryde eastwood leagues website