Get on board with The Clubhouse Moorooka

The Third Place Group are recruiting new board members to help us bring the next stage of our vision for the The Clubhouse Moorooka to life.

Do you have skills and experience to help us create a vibrant community club that brings people together through diverse social and recreation activities?

You are invited to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) telling us about your skills and experience and what you can bring to our board. The Clubhouse Moorooka members are strongly encouraged to nominate.

Fill out an EOI here.

Nominations close at midnight on 6 March 2022.

The Third Place Group (‘TTPG’) is a not-for-profit organisation that was awarded a lease by Brisbane City Council to operate The Clubhouse Moorooka (former Moorooka Bowls Club), a licensed community sport and recreation club.

Our vision is to create a welcoming, family-friendly, community hub for locals to meet and socialise, creating a connected, diverse, supportive and healthy community.

Our plan is to revitalise the former Moorooka Bowls Club and make better use of the facilities. A mix of contemporary events and activities, affordable, sophisticated food and drink offerings, and a refurbishment will make the space more attractive and welcoming for the community to gather.

We are seeking nominations from suitably skilled community members who would like to volunteer their time to join our Board of Directors.

Expectations of The Third Place Group Board Members

• It is a requirement that all Board Members must be paying members of The Clubhouse Moorooka

• Board Members should have an understanding of organisational governance

• Nominees must demonstrate support for TTPG’s mission, which is to bring people together through social experiences and shared space with an aim to increase social capital and create better connected more resilient communities

• Nominees should be committed to supporting the restoration of The Clubhouse Moorooka to provide the community of Moorooka and surrounds with a dynamic licensed community club.

• Board Members are required to attend Board meetings (which are currently held on a monthly basis for approximately two hours)

• Board Members must also allow time to read and comment on Board papers

• Board Members will be asked to participate in annual strategic and operational planning process and may on occasion be asked to participate in professional development

• Board Members are also encouraged to assist with actions relevant to their skills from our Operational Plan and may be asked to oversee subcommittees or working groups as required.

• Board Members are encouraged to attend, support and/or assist with The Clubhouse Moorooka events on occasions

• Board Members must comply with TTPG’s commitment to providing a safe, respectful and inclusive workplace and venue.

The Board Recruitment Process

Current TTPG Board Members will assess Expressions of Interest with a view to ensuring a balance of specific skills, knowledge and experience we need, which are detailed in the EOI (Your skills and experience).

In addition to appointing new Board Members from this process we may create an eligibility list for future appointments. We will also consider if some applicants may be suited to participation on a specialist volunteer subcommittee to support special projects at The Clubhouse Moorooka. Please indicate if you are happy to be contacted about participating on a sub-committee in the EOI.

Uncle Desmond's 80th Birthday Party

Thank you Moorooka for helping to celebrate the opening of The Clubhouse Moorooka and Uncle Desmond's birthday. He was thrilled to share such a significant event with his community. It was very special to walk the grounds with our community as the land was cleansed and blessed.

Special shout out to all our volunteers who worked in the lead up to the club opening and across the weekend. Without your help we would not be able to get such a mammoth venue open again. If you want to continue to see the club thrive, please consider volunteering with us. It's a lot of fun and a great way to meet locals.

Thanks also to our sponsors - Mark Bailey MP, Peter Russo MP, Mark Ward, Hutton and Hutton, C&K Moorooka, #tipsfromablindman, Barra Boys and Umu Cafe.

Photo credit: Tim Auguston

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It's time to throw the gates open!

After months of planning, negotiations and prepping, we are excited to finally throw the gates open to The Garden Bar at The Clubhouse Moorooka with a big weekend of family-friendly, socially-distanced celebrations on the greens.

On Friday 11 February from 4pm, you and your neighbours are invited to a very special birthday party. Join Moorooka's local Elder Uncle Desmond Sandy, Head Headsman of the Yuggera people of the Chepara area, for his 80th birthday celebration and a special smoking ceremony to bless the land on which The Clubhouse Moorooka stands.

Uncle Desmond Sandy will deliver a Welcome to Country, followed by a smoking ceremony across our grounds performed by Uncle Desmond Sandy's niece, Marissa and his grand nephew didgeridoo performer Jamal. We invite you to join the smoking procession around the grounds as she cleanses and blesses the land. After the ceremony Uncle Desmond wants nothing more than to share cake and conversation with his community. The bar will be open and food trucks serving dinner into the evening.

On Saturday 12 February we are making the most of our expansive green space with an outdoor cinema presented by Brisbane City Council.

Pack your chairs and picnic blankets and settle in under the stars from 5pm for a performance from The Swingalicious Big Band followed by an outdoor screening of The Princess Bride.

A delightfully postmodern fairy tale, The Princess Bride is a deft, intelligent mix of swashbuckling, romance, and comedy that takes an age-old damsel-in-distress story and makes it fresh. -Rotten Tomatoes

Enjoy drinks from our newly opened Garden Bar, as well as dinner from food trucks.

You may remember late last year we held a crowd fundraising campaign and promised an exclusive preview event for members who paid $35 and above. That event was scheduled for this weekend with a tour of the building.

But COVID-19 had other plans and we are uncomfortable encouraging people to gather during the peak of the wave. Sadly grand plans for the preview have been cancelled.

We hope our community will understand and not be disappointed. It’s hard to plan in this environment and it feels crazy to be opening a venue, however we have asked ourselves what does our community need right now?

We think we have the answer.

We can offer you a safe place to connect. A place to gather with friends and neighbours. A place to chill and enjoy our beautiful weather. A place to meet someone new. Come up with a new idea. To laugh. To be.

As far as venues go, we’re fairly COVID safe, with plenty of outdoor space to spread out . We know you’ll do your best to be as safe as possible.

So going forward here is the plan.

From Friday 18 February we will offer you a cafe in the mornings and a bar in the afternoons. Our club is fully fenced and is a perfect space for kids to run free while parents catch up. Pups are welcome as long as they are on a lead.

Our community cafe Bean on the Green will open Friday, Saturdays and Sundays 6-10am. The Garden Bar will open Friday evenings, 4-8pm, Saturdays 3-9pm and Sundays 3-8pm. As our patronage increases, so will the days we open.

Many of you have been asking how you can support us over this time. The practical answer is, well, just come say hello if you can and you feel comfortable. It probably goes without saying that anything you spend over the bar with us will go, quite literally and seriously keep us in business.

You can also buy a membership at the bar. Donate some goods. Sign up to volunteer.

We can’t wait to meet you on the greens.