Sleeman Centre
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The Sleeman Centre is a sporting and entertainment facility located in Brisbane
, Australia
. Construction of the centre was completed in 1982, with several upgrades and improvements having been carried out since that date. Located in the suburb of Chandler
, the centre is 15km south of Brisbane's CBD and is home to an aquatic centre, velodrome
, sports arena, gymnastics training hall, gym
nasium and auditorium
. The centre currently offers a range of services to the public, including indoor and outdoor community activities such as swimming, diving, health and fitness classes, a gymnasium, childcare facilities, and a children’s pool and water slide.
, the centre has also been host to a number of other sporting events including the 1994 World Masters Games
and the 2001 Goodwill Games
swimming
, diving
and cycling
events. The centre was originally constructed to host the Commonwealth Games, but has been used for a number of purposes since its completion including private functions, public entertainment events (both in sport and the arts), accommodation, retail, venue hire, and a variety of others. Notable upgrades in recent times have included a gymnasium, a children's pool and play area and a large enclosed water slide. In addition to this, each venue has received various make-overs throughout the life of the centre.
Both the suburb of Chandler and the Sleeman centre itself are named after Brisbane Lord Mayors Sir John Beals Chandler
and Frank Sleeman
.
s, a 50 metre Olympic pool (2m depth), a 25m diving pool (25m depth), and a 25m lap pool (1m depth). The aquatic centre has a seating capacity
of 4,300 and has diving facilities, and a moveable bulkhead on the Olympic pool for short course events and a water fun park.
The aquatic centre also contains a children’s facility which encompasses the 25m lap pool, a large enclosed water slide and a children’s pool. All facilities are open to the public, while the main aquatic centre is the venue for many sporting events and may be hired by schools and other organisations.
Following is a summary of the Aquatic Centre’s notable features
Chandler Arena
The indoor arena is a venue for indoor sports such as Netball
, Badminton
, Indoor Soccer
and Volleyball
. The arena has over 1850 square metres of floor space, and a fixed seating capacity
of 1700 and an overall capacity of 2,700. Other facilities include a PA and light control system, lounge and bar, VIP viewing rooms and an adjoining 100-seat function room.
seating capacity of 3,000. The venue is suitable for cycling events, rock concerts, rallies, motocross and speedway championships. Apart from an Olympic standard cycling track, the venue also has a private lounge and function area, omega timing equipment and scoreboard, catering facilities, and lighting for night functions and events.
, with a 200 square metre stage, and a seating capacity of 1,500. Each seat has an unobstructed stage view due to the tiered floor plan. Other facilities include large back-stage areas, computerised stage lighting, meeting rooms, state-of-the-art sound system, box office, refreshment bar and a corporate viewing area and boardroom. The venue is used for such events as graduations, conventions, awards ceremonies, product launches, seminars and concerts.
Brisbane
Brisbane is the capital and most populous city in the Australian state of Queensland and the third most populous city in Australia. Brisbane's metropolitan area has a population of over 2 million, and the South East Queensland urban conurbation, centred around Brisbane, encompasses a population of...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Construction of the centre was completed in 1982, with several upgrades and improvements having been carried out since that date. Located in the suburb of Chandler
Chandler, Queensland
Chandler is an outer suburb of Brisbane, Australia south-east of the CBD.Chandler was named after Sir John Beals Chandler and is a semi-rural suburb and not yet heavily developed or subdivided.-External links:** *...
, the centre is 15km south of Brisbane's CBD and is home to an aquatic centre, velodrome
Velodrome
A velodrome is an arena for track cycling. Modern velodromes feature steeply banked oval tracks, consisting of two 180-degree circular bends connected by two straights...
, sports arena, gymnastics training hall, gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
nasium and auditorium
Auditorium
An auditorium is a room built to enable an audience to hear and watch performances at venues such as theatres. For movie theaters, the number of auditoriums is expressed as the number of screens.- Etymology :...
. The centre currently offers a range of services to the public, including indoor and outdoor community activities such as swimming, diving, health and fitness classes, a gymnasium, childcare facilities, and a children’s pool and water slide.
History
The Sleeman Sports Centre is one of Queensland’s premier sporting facilities, located in Brisbane, Australia. Purpose-built for the 1982 Commonwealth Games1982 Commonwealth Games
The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia from 30 September–9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium , in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the venue which was used for the athletics and archery competitions during the...
, the centre has also been host to a number of other sporting events including the 1994 World Masters Games
World Masters Games
The World Masters Games is an international multi-sport event held every four years which, in terms of competitor numbers, has developed into the largest of its kind....
and the 2001 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games
The Goodwill Games was an international sports competition, created by Ted Turner in reaction to the political troubles surrounding the Olympic Games of the 1980s...
swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
and cycling
Cycling
Cycling, also called bicycling or biking, is the use of bicycles for transport, recreation, or for sport. Persons engaged in cycling are cyclists or bicyclists...
events. The centre was originally constructed to host the Commonwealth Games, but has been used for a number of purposes since its completion including private functions, public entertainment events (both in sport and the arts), accommodation, retail, venue hire, and a variety of others. Notable upgrades in recent times have included a gymnasium, a children's pool and play area and a large enclosed water slide. In addition to this, each venue has received various make-overs throughout the life of the centre.
Both the suburb of Chandler and the Sleeman centre itself are named after Brisbane Lord Mayors Sir John Beals Chandler
John Beals Chandler
Sir John Beals Chandler was the Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1940 to 1952, and the Member for the Queensland Legislative Assembly district of Hamilton from 1943 to 1947.-Personal life:...
and Frank Sleeman
Frank Sleeman
Frank Northey Sleeman was Lord Mayor of Brisbane from 1976 to 1982.-Early life and education:Sleeman grew up in Redfern, Sydney. He attended Canterbury Boys' High School.-Military Service and Prisoner of War:...
.
Aquatic centre
The Chandler Aquatic Centre consists of three main swimming poolSwimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
s, a 50 metre Olympic pool (2m depth), a 25m diving pool (25m depth), and a 25m lap pool (1m depth). The aquatic centre has a seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
of 4,300 and has diving facilities, and a moveable bulkhead on the Olympic pool for short course events and a water fun park.
The aquatic centre also contains a children’s facility which encompasses the 25m lap pool, a large enclosed water slide and a children’s pool. All facilities are open to the public, while the main aquatic centre is the venue for many sporting events and may be hired by schools and other organisations.
Following is a summary of the Aquatic Centre’s notable features
- 50 metre, 10 lane Olympic pool
- Diving pool with 10 metre, 7 metre, 5 metre, 3 metre, 1 metre and 0.5 metre diving boards and platforms
- 25 metre pool
- Omega electronics with Ares 21 timing gear system
- Daktronics Pro star Video Display Board
- Grandstand seating for 4350 people plus corporate boxes
- Meeting or seminar rooms
- Gymnasium/aerobics
- Childcare
- Café with indoor and outdoor seating
- Giant water slide
- Learn to swim school
- Chandler swim shop
- Sports Medicine Services
- Queensland Swimming
- Australian Institute of Sport
- Diving Australia
- Queensland Diving
Chandler ArenaChandler ArenaThe Chandler Arena is a Brisbane sport venue, located in the suburb of Chandler. It has seating capacity for 2,700, and hosts netball, basketball, indoor soccer, badminton and volleyball....
The indoor arena is a venue for indoor sports such as NetballNetball
Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
, Badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, Indoor Soccer
Indoor soccer
Indoor soccer or arena soccer, or six-a-side football in the United Kingdom, is a game derived from association football adapted for play in an indoor arena such as a turf-covered hockey arena or skating rink. The most important difference in play is that the indoor field is surrounded by a wall...
and Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
. The arena has over 1850 square metres of floor space, and a fixed seating capacity
Seating capacity
Seating capacity refers to the number of people who can be seated in a specific space, both in terms of the physical space available, and in terms of limitations set by law. Seating capacity can be used in the description of anything ranging from an automobile that seats two to a stadium that seats...
of 1700 and an overall capacity of 2,700. Other facilities include a PA and light control system, lounge and bar, VIP viewing rooms and an adjoining 100-seat function room.
Chandler velodrome
The Chandler velodrome is of an outdoor configuration, having a grandstandGrandstand
A grandstand is a large and normally permanent structure for seating spectators, most often at a racetrack. This includes both auto racing and horse racing. The grandstand is in essence like a single section of a stadium, but differs from a stadium in that it does not wrap all or most of the way...
seating capacity of 3,000. The venue is suitable for cycling events, rock concerts, rallies, motocross and speedway championships. Apart from an Olympic standard cycling track, the venue also has a private lounge and function area, omega timing equipment and scoreboard, catering facilities, and lighting for night functions and events.
Chandler theatre
The Chandler Theatre is one of the largest in South East QueenslandSouth East Queensland
South East Queensland is a region of the state of Queensland in Australia, which contains approximately two-thirds of the state population...
, with a 200 square metre stage, and a seating capacity of 1,500. Each seat has an unobstructed stage view due to the tiered floor plan. Other facilities include large back-stage areas, computerised stage lighting, meeting rooms, state-of-the-art sound system, box office, refreshment bar and a corporate viewing area and boardroom. The venue is used for such events as graduations, conventions, awards ceremonies, product launches, seminars and concerts.
State weightlifting centre
All venues are within walking distance of the car parks which contain a total 2,020 parking spaces (2,000 regular and 20 disabled). The car-parks also contain lighting for night time use.Services
- Accommodation (seven 3-star, 4-bedroom units available)
- Poolside Café
- Catering (located onsite for in-house events and functions)
- Retail (Chandler swim-shop)
- Childcare (Puddle Ducks Adjunct Child Care)
- Sports Medicine (physiotherapy, radiology, massage, rehabilitation exercise programs)
- Chandler Markets (every Sunday, 7am-1pm. Over 300 stalls, live jazz bands, barbecueBarbecueBarbecue or barbeque , used chiefly in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Australia is a method and apparatus for cooking meat, poultry and occasionally fish with the heat and hot smoke of a fire, smoking wood, or hot coals of...
) - Public Transport Park'n'Ride Facility (to be connected to the proposed Eastern BuswayEastern Busway, BrisbaneThe Eastern Busway is a bus-only corridor in Brisbane, Queensland. The busway runs from the University of Queensland St Lucia Campus via the Eleanor Schonell Bridge, connects with the South East Busway at Buranda busway station and then extends to Coorparoo following the Old Cleveland Road...
)
Aquatic
- Aquatic Achievers Swim School
- Australian Diving
- Chandler Swim Shop
- Queensland Diving Association
- Queensland Swimming
- Aquatic Education
- Aqualina Synchronized Swimming
- Aussie Masters Swimming
- Brisbane Springboard Diving
- Chandler Swim Club
- Donnet Diving
- Oceanas Synchronized Swimminng Club
- Queensland Underwater Hockey
- R.A.P.S. Diving - Redlands Amateur Platform & Springboard Diving Club
- CHANDLER Diving Club
Other Sport
- LS Arena LAN party
- Australian Institute of Sport
- BMX Queensland
- Cycling Queensland Inc
- Gymnastics Queensland
- Peter De Been Jiu Jitsu
- Queensland Badminton
- Queensland Weightlifting
- Tumble Weeds Gymnastics
- Brisbane Southern Districts Junior Soccer Association Inc.
- Bayside Indoor Soccer
- Queensland Firebirds
- Chandler Badminton
- Cougars Weightlifting
- Wynnum Redlands Cycling
- Kangaroo Point Cycling
- Broncos Cycling