Sydney Cheek Pavilion Upgrade

• Project typeFacility Upgrade
• Project scheduleConstruction (Pending Council Approval): September 2023 - July 2024

The Wembley Lacrosse Club and Subiaco Floreat Cricket Club currently share use of the facility for the winter and summer sporting seasons respectively. This project will modernise the Sydney Cheek Pavilion to improve functionality, inclusivity, and accessibility for users.

Proposed Project Scope

1. Lower floor works:

• Upgrade changerooms and ventilation to make them suitable for all users
• Demolish and rebuild new umpires/first aid room and universal accessible toilet (UAT)
• Increase size of existing storeroom by 15 square metres
• Add a new publicly accessible UAT.

2. Upper floor works:

• Replace the main entrance double doors with new compliant doors
• Reconfigure the male and female toilets to include ambulant toilets and add another female toilet
• Rebuild and increase the size of the UAT
• Reconfigure the duct to also serve as a cleaner’s storeroom
• Replace the balcony deck floor
• Replace the staircase with a new compliant staircase.

3. External works:

• Add a new external ramp to provide compliant access between the upper and lower floors
• Add two accessible parking bays.

Project Updates

The detailed design is complete, and the Town is preparing to advertise a Request for Tender in May 2023 for construction works. Grants towards this project have been approved both by WA Cricket, through the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund, and by The Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries through the Community Sporting and Recreation Facilities Fund.

The State Government, through the Department of Local Government, Sport and Cultural Industries, is a major supporter of community sport and recreation facilities in Western Australia. Sport and recreation builds stronger, healthier, happier, and safer communities. When we play sport, our whole community wins.

Cricket Australia, in partnership with WA Cricket, is committed to developing quality facilities that provide a welcoming environment for all participants, officials, volunteers and spectators through the Australian Cricket Infrastructure Fund (ACIF).