A major new sports complex has officially been opened in Truganina.
Badminton & Table Tennis Connect – an initiative to establish world-class inclusive, accessible and affordable indoor sports facilities for the Wyndham community – launched its Infinity Drive facility at the weekend.
The centre includes 14 badminton courts and has the capacity to hold up to 20 table tennis tables, including four wheelchair-accessible tables.
Other indoor games and activities such as carrom (a tabletop game of Indian origin) chess, yoga and meditation will be available at the Truganina premises.
The facility is the biggest combined badminton and table tennis centre in the west of Melbourne.
Tarneit resident Nandakumar Alavandar, a long-time table tennis player and an Australian National Veteran Champion, is one of the organisers behind the new sports complex.
Mr Alavandar has also trained his son and daughter, who are Australian Table Tennis champions in their respective age groups.
He established the Tarneit Table Tennis Club after local parents started asking him to coach their children.
The not-for-profit community sporting club, which caters to residents of Tarneit and surrounding areas, has been running for almost 12 months.
It offers coaching for up to 50 children, including those with special needs.
Mr Alavandar said he was “pleasantly surprised by the exceptional talent pool available in Wyndham and the great progress showcased by the kids in a short time frame”.
This inspired him to plan for the Infinity Drive complex, and he collaborated with the Badminton Connect team to deliver the new facility.
Details: bttc.com.au/facilities/ or www.facebook.com/BadmintonTableTennisConnect
