The Sports and Recreation Association (SRA) provides opportunities for students of all campuses to be involved in sporting and recreational clubs and to participate in a range of recreational activities offered through the Clayton-based association. Students also represent Monash in a range of sports at the Australian Universities Championships held annually.
The association's elected executive committee is comprised of students and staff who coordinate and develop policy at monthly meetings held from February to November. Day-to-day management of the SRA is the responsibility of the director, Mr John Campbell.
The Clayton campus has extensive sporting facilities, including twelve hectares of outdoor playing fields, a synthetic hockey field, twelve tennis courts, jogging tracks, a ski lodge at Mt Buller, the Doug Ellis (indoor) swimming pool, spa and sauna, thirteen squash courts, multipurpose indoor courts, a fitness gymnasium, table-tennis hall and a sports medicine clinic.
In addition to the above facilities, the major building program completed at the beginning of 1997 has provided several new sporting facilities, including an additional twenty-five-metre indoor pool, indoor multipurpose courts, an enlarged fitness gymnasium and a new aerobics venue. In addition the size of the sports medicine clinic has been increased and the main entrance has been renovated.
Further information about the SRA is available in the 1996 Diary/Directory and the Orientation handbook which is made available to new students on enrolment or by contacting the SRA. Telephone 9905 4111 or 54111 (internal) BH or 9905 4102 AH.
The centre is located approximately 200 metres from the main university entrance on Wellington Road. It is situated on the east side of the ring road opposite the Robert Blackwood Hall.
The centre is open from 7.45 am to 11 pm seven days a week (except Good Friday, Christmas Day and Boxing Day). Times vary: check at the swimming pool and fitness gymnasium for opening hours.
Indoor facilities for basketball, badminton, volleyball, indoor soccer and netball are available for casual use by students when not booked by Monash sporting clubs or other authorised user groups.
Details of SRA facilities, programs, activities and the Alpine lodge are available from the main control desk.
Fitness programs can be designed to suit individual needs and advice is available on the use of the physical conditioning equipment in the fitness gym. Fitness assessments are also conducted here.
The new fitness gym is equipped with an extensive range of electronic machinery, including treadmills, bicycles and steppers, pin-loaded weight training machinery, and free weights.
Competitions are organised in a number of sports and are held each semester.
Aerobics classes conducted by qualified staff are held early morning, lunchtime and evenings. Circuit classes are also available at various times during the day, including weekends.
Learn a new sport or activity. A variety of classes are scheduled each semester, including tennis, sports massage, bicycle skills and maintenance.
A part-time physiotherapy service is provided on weekdays. Appointments are made at the SRA general office.
During the winter season (April-October) this service is expanded to Tuesday and Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons. No appointments are necessary for these sessions.
Consultations with a sports medicine physician, a masseur and a naturopath are also available.
A coffee lounge in the Sports and Recreation Centre is open seven days a week.
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