Media Release Archive
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DNA mist marks out thieves
MEDIA RELEASE - December 14, 2011.
DNA mist marks out thieves
The Bankstown Sports Club Group has improved security with the installation of the cutting-edge DNA Guardian system.
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Guide Dogs Giant Thankyou to Bankstown Sports
The world’s biggest model guide dog visited Bankstown Sports Club for the first time to say a giant thank you for the organisation’s ongoing support of Guide Dogs NSW/ACT.
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$40,000 from Bankstown Sports helps local nuses
Bankstown Sports Club has donated $40,000 to Nurses and Midwives at Bankstown-Lidcombe Hospital for a 2011 scholarship program to promote clinical excellence. The scholarships will be awarded next month on International Nurses Day, May 12.
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Bankstown Sports Gives $100,000 To Youth
Bankstown Sports Club has donated $100,000 to Father Chris Riley's Youth off the Streets program in an end of year Christmas gesture which will directly benefit local young people.
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Bankstown Sports helps victims of domestic violence
A group of Muslim women and children affected by domestic violence are set to receive an experience of a lifetime thanks, in part, to Bankstown Sports Club.
The Muslim Women Support Centre in the Bankstown area is sending 12 women and eight children on a three day retreat in December. Along with receiving crucial counselling and support they will rock-climb, swim, learn to bush cook and go horse-riding – all for the first time.
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Travelodge Bankstown To Double In Size
Bankstown Sports Club and Toga Hospitality are pleased to announce that plans have been finalised to double the size of Travelodge Bankstown over the next two years.
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Bankstown Clubs Contribute Nearly $800,000 To The Community
Ten Bankstown area clubs have contributed $774,437 to 69 not-for profit community projects in the local government area. A cheque presentation was held recently at Revesby Workers Club attended by Bankstown Mayor, Tanya Mihailuk, the Member for Auburn, Barbara Perry, MLC Helen Westwood AM, Member for East Hills, Alan Ashton and Clubs NSW Manager of Policy and Government Relations, Josh Landis.
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Sports Club Helps Those At Risk In Community
Bankstown Sports on behalf of Baulkham Hills Sports Club has given a massive boost to disadvantaged families and young people living in the rapidly expanding Hills Shire Local Government area.
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Bankstown Sports Club Nursing Scholarships to Improve Lives
Cardiac care and health and safety at Bankstown Hospital are set to be revitalised thanks to two local nurses and Bankstown Sports Club. Nicole Morrison, Cardiac Clinical Nursing Consultant at Bankstown Hospital, and Dominic Le Leivre, the Patient Safety Manager, were awarded 2010 Bankstown Sports Club Nurses Scholarships. Club president John Murray presented the scholarships on International Nurses Day, May 12.
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All Aboard The Bankstown Sports Express
For the first time in Bankstown Sports Club’s history it has had an operational steam train named after it.
On Sunday ‘The Bankstown Sports Express’ made three shuttle journeys from Central Station to Bankstown and back to Central Station on Sunday as part of a unique historical event open to the public.
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Bankstown Sports’ Car Wash Manager Makes Motorcycle Journey to Honour ANZAC's
With the letters ‘Oz’ in his surname it was almost written from the beginning that Turkish-born Australian Ben Ozdemir would feel patriotic towards his adopted country. So much so that the manager of Bankstown Sports’ ‘Club Carwash’ is about to fly the Australian flag on the back of his motorcycle when he makes a month-long, pilgrimage-like road trip through Turkey to mark this year’s Anzac Day. He arrived in Turkey on April 8 and will return to Sydney on May 9.
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Handle Bar Tavern to Close
Bankstown Sports Club will close the Handle Bar Tavern at the Dunc Gray Velodrome from Monday, May 3. The closure, however, does not equate to job losses.
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Bankstown Sports Club Allows Elderly to Rest Easily
Due to the support of Bankstown Sports Club members of the community are being given the chance to age with dignity and privacy, says the CEO of Bankstown City Aged Care Terry Madden.
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Pacific Islander Named Vice-Captain
For only the second time in its 50-year history, a Pacific Island student has been named vice-captain of Bankstown Girls’ High School – and her success is being attributed to a new empowerment program for Polynesian students, funded by Bankstown Sports Club.
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Girls aim high thanks to Bankstown Sports
Girls from Years 7, 9 and 11 at Bankstown Girls High School have just received a valuable boost thanks to financial support from Bankstown Sports Club.
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