Blacktown City Council joins forces with Mount Druitt Town Rangers

February 10, 2026

Blacktown City Council’s Charlie Lowles Leisure Centre Emerton, has joined up with local National
Premier League team, Mount Druitt Town Rangers as they go for glory in this year’s soccer league.
The partnership, will help keep the player’s game-ready during the 2023 soccer season and
provide indoor facilities during unpredictable weather.
“It is so important that we nurture and support community sports groups. They are helping build
Blacktown as the ‘sporting city’ we know it is. Clubs such as Mount Druitt Town Ranger bring so
much joy to people of all ages and backgrounds in our local area and provide valuable sport and
fitness opportunities for our youth,” said Mayor Tony Bleasdale OAM.
The Town Rangers Football Club has over 650 members and players from junior to representative
level and teams in the male and female National Premier League NSW.
The new partnership comes as the $5.5 million redevelopment of Popondetta Park – home of the
Town Rangers, by Blacktown City Council. The redevelopment project includes a new synthetic
sporting field and upgrade to parking and landscaping.
Charlie Lowles Leisure Centre Emerton and the Mount Druitt Town Rangers Football Club are
long-time neighbours and working together will further help raise the Town Rangers profile as it
seeks to rise through the various soccer leagues in NSW.

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