School-Club Connections
Creating a partnership with a sports club
Examples of school-club partnerships include:
- ‘Come and try’ sessions during school or holiday programs
- Adapting activities for different ages
- Supporting teachers in sports classes
- Providing equipment information
- Sharing facilities
- Organising incursions or excursions
- Offering coaching services
- Allowing school teams to join the club
- Promoting activities through school channels
Note: State Sporting Associations often support club programs.
Resources
We’ve developed some free resources for your school to use to support the successful partnership with a local sports club.
- Healthy Sports Clubs Guide for Schools: a guide on how to start partnerships with local sports clubs to facilitate a joint sports program.
- Healthy Sports Club Resource for Parents and Guardians: a supportive resource that schools can send to parents and guardians on the advantages of enrolling kids in healthy sporting clubs.
- Connection Meeting Template: designed for schools and clubs to facilitate discussions about creating a joint sports program.
Endorsed clubs
The following list of clubs have agreed to connect with local schools and are endorsed ‘Healthy Sports Clubs’. Choose a club based on the sporting code, season and their location:
| Sports Club | Healthy Sports Clubs health areas | Contact information |
| Catani Netball Club (winter season) | Recognised for: Mental Wellness, Injury Prevention. Working on: Preventing Drug Harm, Responsible Alcohol Consumption. | 55 Taplins Road |
| Cardinia Tigers Junior Football Club (winter season) | Working on: Inclusion (Women & Girls). | 67 Caversham Drive |
| Clyde Junior Football Club (winter season) | Recognised for: Responsible Alcohol Consumption, Preventing Drug Harm. | 30 Vestfold Drive |
| Dandenong West Cricket Club (summer season) | Working on: Healthy Food & Beverages. | Greaves Reserve |
| Koo Wee Rup Netball Club (winter season) | Recognised for: Mental Wellness. Working on: Injury Prevention. | Denhams Road |
| Lyndhurst Football Netball Club (Netball = all year. Football = winter season.) | Working on: Healthy Food & Beverages. | Boland Drive |
| Nar Nar Goon Netball Club (winter season) | Recognised for: Mental Wellness, Smoke & Vape Free Clubs, Injury Prevention. Working on: Inclusion (People with Disability). | Nar Nar Goon Recreation Reserve |
| Noble Park Tennis Club (all year) | Working on: Physical Activity and Active Recreation. | 44 Ellendale Road |
| Officer City Soccer Club (winter season) | Recognised for: Healthy Food & Beverages (Level 1), Smoke & Vape Free Clubs, Mental Wellness, Injury Prevention, Sun Protection. Working on: Vic Kids Eat Well, Inclusion (Women & Girls). | 23 Shearwater Drive |
| Officer Tennis Club (all year) | Recognised for: Mental Wellness, Inclusion (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities), Smoke & Vape Free Clubs. Working on: Sun Protection. | 20 Starling Rd |
| Pakenham Eels Rugby League Club (winter season) | Working on: Inclusion (General). | 125 Bridge Rd |
| Pakenham Lions Netball Club (winter season) | Recognised for: Mental Wellness, Injury Prevention. Working on: Inclusion (Women & Girls). | Toomuc Recreation Reserve |
| Reach Gymnastics (all year) | Recognised for: Inclusion (LGBTI+). Working on: Injury Prevention. | 24 Rays Way |
All year
Officer Tennis Club
- Recognised for: Mental Wellness, Inclusion (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Communities), Smoke & Vape Free Clubs.
- Working on: Sun Protection.
20 Starling Rd, Officer
E: info@officertennisclub.com.au
Reach Gymnastics
- Recognised for: Inclusion (LGBTI+).
- Working on: Injury Prevention.
24 Rays Way, Pakenham
E: director@reachgymnastics.com
Summer season
Dandenong West Cricket Club
- Working on: Healthy Food & Beverages.
Greaves Reserve
2 Bennet Street, Dandenong
E: jackwind58@yahoo.com
Winter season
Catani Netball Club
- Recognised for: Mental Wellness, Injury Prevention.
- Working on: Preventing Drug Harm, Responsible Alcohol Consumption.
55 Taplins Road, Catani
E: cataninetballclub@gmail.com
Koo Wee Rup Netball Club
- Recognised for: Mental Wellness.
- Working on: Injury Prevention.
Denhams Road, Koo Wee Rup
E: Kooweerup.netball@gmail.com
Nar Nar Goon Netball Club
- Recognised for: Mental Wellness, Smoke & Vape Free Clubs, Injury Prevention.
- Working on: Inclusion (People with Disability).
Nar Nar Goon Recreation Reserve
Spencer Street, Nar Nar Goon
E: presidentnngnc@gmail.com
Officer City Soccer Club
- Recognised for: Healthy Food & Beverages (Level 1), Smoke & Vape Free Clubs, Mental Wellness, Injury Prevention, Sun Protection.
- Working on: Vic Kids Eat Well, Inclusion (Women & Girls).
23 Shearwater Drive, Pakenham
E: ocsc@officercitysc.com.au
Pakenham Eels Rugby League Club
- Working on: Inclusion (General).
25 Bridge Rd, Officer
E: info@pakenhamrlc.com
Learn more about Pakenham Eels Rugby League Club
Pakenham Lions Netball Club
- Recognised for: Mental Wellness, Injury Prevention.
- Working on: Inclusion (Women & Girls). Toomuc Recreation Reserve
Olympic Way, Pakenham
E: pakenhamlionsnc@gmail.com
Next steps
- Download and read through the resources.
- Read through the list of endorsed clubs above.
- Choose and contact a club based on the sporting code, season and their location.
- Contact us at healthpromotion@monashhealth.org for any additional support with connecting to the chosen club.
- We’ll organise a meeting between your school and the club.
- Meet with the club and use the meeting template to facilitate discussions.