Hawkesbury City Council has finished upgrading the sporting facilities at Deerubbin Park in Windsor, with the local rugby community turning out on Wednesday, 2 September 2026, to see the results.
The project pairs $1 million from the NSW Government’s Essential Community Sports Assets Program Infrastructure Grants with $416,000 from the council, and the money has funded two buildings that players, officials and spectators will use for years to come.
Ribbon-cutting duties fell to Member for Hawkesbury Robyn Preston, Mayor Les Sheather, council General Manager Will Barton, staff from the Hawkesbury Sports Council, and representatives from the Hawkesbury Valley Rugby Club and Windsor Wolves Rugby League Club. Between them they opened the new amenities building and marked the end of a refurbishment that touched almost every corner of the park’s existing facilities.
The older amenities building has had its public toilets, first aid room, referees’ changeroom and storage room brought up to scratch, while the newly built structure adds fresh player changerooms and public toilets to keep pace with a growing sporting community. Floodlighting and the carpark were also part of the works, and council has flagged further lighting improvements down the track, aimed at making the park safer and usable later into the evening.
Sport Minister Stephen Kamper, who also holds the Lands and Property, Multiculturalism, and Jobs and Tourism portfolios, said the Minns Labor Government was pleased to see the project through for a community that had been waiting on it. Mayor Sheather described the upgrade as a genuine boost to local sporting infrastructure, one that would make Deerubbin Park more welcoming and easier to use for everyone who passes through its gates, a group he called central to the Hawkesbury’s recreational life.
Steve Neal, senior president of the Hawkesbury Valley Rugby Club, has trained and played at Deerubbin Park for 25 years, and told council he was glad to see the carpark, floodlighting and new amenities finally arrive.
Ben Nas, chairman of the board and club president at Windsor Leagues Club, called the opening a big moment for the Windsor Wolves, the largest tackle-ready rugby league club in New South Wales, saying the club’s growth had made better facilities a necessity rather than a luxury, and thanking council and the Sports Council for backing a project that would serve the club and the wider community for years ahead.