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Our history
In 1890, billiards and snooker as community sporting activities began at the Castlemaine Mechanics Institute in Barker Street.
After a hiatus caused by World War 1 losses, and the community’s recovery after the war, the Castlemaine Billiards and Snooker Club rebounded in 1932.
We are one of Castlemaine’s oldest sporting clubs.
Community participation
As indoor sports, billiards and snooker can be played throughout the year as play is not limited to daylight hours nor favourable weather.
They are also sports long enjoyed across Victoria's central-goldfields region.
Due to the nature of the sport concerned, our club has long had both male and female members of varying ages from across the community.
There are no other competition-standard billiard tables in sporting (or other community) use in Castlemaine.
Junior participation
We also encourage and nurture junior (associate) membership for those aged 15-18.
Associate members do not pay a membership subscription but do pay the standard hourly playing fee.
The main sporting limitation on full junior participation, especially under this age range, is safety. For both the individual, and for protecting the playing surface.
The next limitation for junior players is generally their height, reach, and stability when standing, to strike a cue-ball effectively and safely on the felt-covered surface of a full-size billiard table.
Our sporting affiliations
For external matches and related aspects of the sports involved, our club is affiliated to our regional league (the Bendigo Billiards and Snooker Association Inc), and to the sport's state-level governing body - the Victorian Billiards and Snooker Association Inc.
Our sporting facilities
In late 1974 our club moved to its purpose-designed and newly-built community-hall facility in the community-funded Castlemaine War Memorial Sports Stadium at McGrath Street, Wesley Hill.
Our clubrooms house the club's three competition-standard billiard tables.
The eight legs of each table independently rest on through-floor concrete pillars. This eliminates any vibration effect on the playing surface from anything occurring on or through the floor.
Ample tiered seating above the playing area enables effective spectator viewing of play. We welcome spectators to watch both practice and competition play from this seating. The playing area includes the lower floor area around the tables and spectating from there is not permitted.
Our clubrooms are heated or air-conditioned to maximise favourable playing conditions and spectator comfort throughout the year.
In terms of vehicular access and safety, there is a large off-street parking area immediately adjacent to our clubrooms.
In terms of disability access, the clubroom's front entrance double-door is at the top of four wide concrete steps from the pavement (with a strong steel handrail on both sides). Wheelchair or electric-trolley access is possible through the clubroom's rear double-doors, via the ramp at the main entrance to the adjacent basketball stadium. Our clubrooms have access to male, female and disabled toilets.
Our Aaron Judah award
To honour the sporting achievements, and generous financial donations to club facilities, by the late Aaron Judah (1956-2026), the club is instituting an annual award for the member who best represents the integrated sporting skills and club-membership values that Aaron exemplified.
This short film clip from the memorial celebration of Aaron's life is taken from a longer award-winning documentary about our club, and its place in Castlemaine. It honours Aaron's contributions to our sport, in various clubs, over many years.
Incorporation and regulation
The Castlemaine Billiards and Snooker Club (Incorporated) is formally a community-based, not-for-profit, sporting club registered under Victoria's Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012.
Our club's constitution (or corporate rules) is registered with the Registrar of Incorporated Associations at Consumer Affairs Victoria, as required by this Act. The constitution (link below) was most recently updated in 2026.
The constitution regulates key matters of corporate administration as required by the Act, or required by subordinate regulations authorised by the Act and issued by Consumer Affairs Victoria.
Day-to-day implementation of the Act, other state-government regulation and the club's constitution, are by club by-laws (formal rules).
Club by-laws are binding on all club members as both a condition, and an obligation, of membership. Our membership application form duly informs applicants of these conditions and responsibilities.
Operations and administration
Our sporting club is operated and administered on a day-to-day basis by its management committee.
Members of this committee are elected by club members at our annual general meeting (AGM) as set out in our constitution.
To maximise corporate and operational continuity over time, the responsibilities and duties of committee members, and of members appointed by the committee to undertake the co-ordination of particular organisational functions, sporting competitions and supporting activities, are detailed in formal responsibility statements.
Our club also has formal policies providing general information to members about the protection of personal information and personal privacy, conflict-of-interest risk, and conflict resolution matters.
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