Blackheath Football Club
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY
1982 - 2022
Blackheath Football Club
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS IN THE COMMUNITY
1982 - 2022
Welcome to Blackheath FC
In 2022 Blackheath FC celebrates 40 years of fostering and developing amateur
Football in the Upper Blue Mountains of NSW.
- BFC in the Community -
Blackheath Sports Precinct
BMCC backs BSPG proposal for new community sports centre.
BSPG is a community group made up of all the sport and recreation groups using Blackheath Oval including Blackheath Football Club,
Blackheath Cricket Club, Blackheath Tennis Club, Blackheath Rugby League Club, Blackheath Scouts,
Blue Mountains Dog Training Club and Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre.
The group was formed in December 2021 with the express purpose of upgrading oval facilities.
(L to R) Michael Brogan (Blackheath Area Neighbourhood Centre),
Mark McGrath (Blackheath Sports Precinct Group [BSPG] and Blackheath Cricket Club),
Cr Suzie Van Opdorp, Cr Sarah Redshaw, Toby Griffin (Blackheath Scouts), Daniel Roberts (Blackheath Football Club).
From the Blue Mountains Gazette December 9 2022
Blue Mountains City Council has backed a proposal for a new community sports centre at Blackheath Oval.
At their November 29 meeting, council gave support to Blackheath Sports Precinct Group's (BSPG) proposal
for a new community sports centre on the old dressing sheds site at Blackheath Oval.
Council had previously decided the sheds were no longer fit for purpose and should be replaced.
Council will now work with the group to develop costed plans and investigate funding options for
the new centre within six months.
Importantly there is also a bushfire safety aspect to the proposed centre.
Blackheath Oval is the only official Neighbourhood Safer Place (NSP) in Blackheath designated
by the NSW Rural Fire Service.
But the site has no facilities where people can shelter during a fire emergency.
The centre will provide this shelter.
Over the last year BSPG has developed concept plans, with final plans to be completed once council reports back.
BSPG president Mark McGrath says the centre is "well overdue" and will provide ongoing benefits to Blackheath.
"Blackheath is an active community and one of the last towns in the Mountains without sports clubhouse facilities," he said.
"This centre will help us retain and grow sports participation in Blackheath. Research shows that community sports
facilities help lower ongoing health costs via improved physical and mental health for people."
Mr McGrath said they were looking forward to working with council to get the project 'shovel-ready'
so they can raise funding. It could be cost anywhere from two to three million dollars.
Plans provide for a two-storey clubhouse with toilets, changerooms, a kiosk and meeting room on the ground floor,
with a function room and viewing deck overlooking the oval on the upper floor.
It also features an indoor training space for the frequent occasions when the weather is too cold or wet.
He said there are also plans for an underground rainwater tank which could be used in a fire emergency.
Council has been asked to explore funding opportunities with the RFS over this aspect of the proposal.
Full article in the Blue Mountains Gazette
LDFA published the new 2022 season over the Anzac Weekend in April. The first game of the season for all our teams - bar the U6's - is Saturday April 30th. The U6's get a lie in that weekend and start their season on Saturday 7th of May.
Here's a map of the playing fields at Lithgow. You'll see the pitches are labelled PH1. MF1, MF2, MJ2 etc. Look for the field name on your teams 2022 Draw (link above)
Every club in the LDFA must perform Duty Club duties.
2022 Duty Club Roster
Click here for the 2022 Duty Club roster.
Blackheath FC has been rostered on the following dates.
Saturday 21st May 8:30am - Close
Saturday 25th June 8:30am - Close
Saturday 13th August 8:30am - Close
Saturday 14th August (if we participate in the Sevens Carnival)
Click here for full details of Duty Club duties.
2023 Mini Roos Kick Off program
The Club will look to run a Mini-Roos Kick-Off program in 2023 for 4-9 year olds who have never played football before.
If approved, this would be run at Blackheath Oval in school term 2. More details to follow.
Mini Roos takes place in Blackheath only. No weekend games.
40th Anniversary Pin Badge
To celebrate our 40th Anniversary in 2022, Blackheath FC has produced a limited number of collectable, gold plated, lapel pin badges.
The pin is stamped metal, 25mm in size and shows our club badge.
We are selling the badges for $6 each or 3 badges for $15.
Postage is $3.30 Australia wide.
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