PCYC Marrickville

Negative experience: Do NOT register a team in the men’s futsal competition. The refereeing standards are abysmal. Multiple fixtures abandoned for fights as a result of poor officiating

Negative experience: Marrickville spirit does not monitor unregistered players in games. Not well organised. There is no system to check players. TOO expensive and disappointing for our children.

Positive experience: Floors get slippery hard to play ball but its is nice and clean facility

Positive experience: Facilities are ok, no AC in the stadium which can get really hot in summer. Sadly no fans either which would make a massive difference. Snack bar has the essentials. Playing surface albeit worn is not dusty and good for grip.

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Fantastic experience: As a student in Marrickville Marauders for a couple of months, I would like to say that it's amazing. Shout out to Garry Huang to mka teachings more intensive and Jess for the private lessons, Kai for being Kai and Noel for being greatest man alive.

Negative experience: The basketball courts are ridiculously SLIPPERY, when I spoke to the staff about cleaning / resurfacing the courts they said the issue had already been brought up hundreds of times with management and there's no chance anything will done. Playing on a court full of dust is not fun, not to mention it's also a big risk of injuries.

Negative experience: The basketball courts are dangerously slippery and in dire need of resurfacing. Multiple players injured at today's rep game. Can't believe we were charged $8 to watch our kids slip and slide around the court. Someone is going to get seriously injured there soon.

Negative experience: School Holiday Programs - Marrickville branch – suggestions for Improvement: - Starting of school holidays programs on time instead of 35 minutes later. - 'Multisport' day program was about only one sport (badminton). My child was very disappointed, no even basketball that day. - A male coach drinking energy drinks while the day program is starting and talking to the children. - Couch (responsible person) and helpers looking their phone while the program is occurring and waiting for balls being inflated. Basque balls should be ready for the day program well in advance. - Include in the program 'watching TV', So parents can decide if this seat well with families. My child wasn't enrolled to watch tv after 2:15 pm. It was not mentioned anywhere in the enrolment papers that TV was part of the program 9 am - 3 pm. - I was given the "too difficult" answer when I inquired about managing children expectation on the day. Big red flag here!

Fantastic experience: The Marrickville PCYC is a fun place to hang out and play basketball with your friends

Negative experience: Wanna put a grievance on one of the referee called Brodie (guy with a long beard) he is extremely biased towards the home team (Game is on 7th of May 2023 verses Hornsby Spider). Played reps for many years but never seen a referee talking to the other team with smile on his face at half time. Called my team an unsportsmanlike foul when the home court player grabbing our players’ shirt. Ignoring out of bounds. PCYC is a state-wide site for people to access, it is not a private gym or something like that. Unfair calls should not be happening at there as it will greatly affected our local people’s trust and your own business’s image. Management should be better!

Fantastic experience: A beautiful caring environment for young people.

Fantastic experience: I really like this place! My kid has been doing basketball training here for over a year. It’s very big and echo-y so it must be tough on people with auditory issues - but it has really good community spirit! They also run free food for the local community which is lovely to see through tough times.

Positive experience: Courts are pretty dusty, can get super hot, don't think there's aircon, toilets are a bit unclean and under maintained.

Negative experience: expensive court rent, always with a problem and you are forced to become a partner and pay $20 annually

Negative experience: The service team does not know how to communicate to customers for booking a basketball court. I asked to book a court at a time given by the employee over the phone. I was told to leave no name and when I arrived at that designated time it was already booked out. The other employee was unable to do anything and I and others who we’re supposedly to play were to stand out to wait for the court until a later time.

Positive experience: This indoor facility has stepped up after its renovation. The home for basketball, futsal, volleyball and just to hangout. The cafe service is good but if your in a rush you might have to wait a little. You can watch from upstairs, inside or get a view from the cafe, the sound proofing windows makes it better to watch if too much screaming is not your thing. Although if you are watching from upstairs make sure they’ve opened it. A bit silly to lock it when the view is much better from upstairs. There’s not much parking spaces in the car park area when there’s a big competition so try the side street, the street across the road (on the hill) or out in the front. The front parking is great but whenever you get back to your vehicle 100% guarantee it will have tweets or some rubbish from the trees (I’ve parked there during different season’s and it’s all the same). It has a good wheelchair access on the side too. Good luck

Fantastic experience: i love this PCYC because the staff are so friendly and the courts are very good. and I would like to add that there is an amazing program called fit for life on a Wednesday morning at 7:00am weekly for kids and they will feed you breakfast and find you a way to school number 1 PCYC in NSW really would recommend it

Negative experience: 0/10 customer service, totally rude and made it out as if i'm doing you a disservice to call your phone and ask for availability.

Negative experience: This place is literally run by children. They are rude incompetent and have no idea what they are doing . Do not waste your money with these idiot's.

Negative experience: I called up and politely asked if the courts were free and got a response after a 5 second pause and with the enthusiasm of a slug with the reply ‘after 3pm ‘ I replied ok thank you and he just hung up . I bet if I was standing in front of you your energy would be different. If you hate that job just leave and give it to someone that is polite and wants to work there you grub. Oh yea just so you know if I’m talking about you I called on the 7th of jan.

Negative experience: Management is terrible, made me pay to play for 10 mins before kicking us out without no notice.

Fantastic experience: Great place for hoopers to come

Fantastic experience: Absolutely superb facilities and friendly staff. Also a great range of programs and options for school holidays and after school.

Negative experience: not very organised. always cancelling bookings

Fantastic experience: Supportive and caring staff - especially helpful with two boys on the spectrum. Cannot say enough good things about this centre. Thank you!

Fantastic experience: Staff are very interested in what they do. Great programs, great humans.

Positive experience: Great, just for indoor football but there has to be the facility of the score board aswell, I don’t know if they have it but it’s not being used. But the staffs are friendly & attentive.

Negative experience: Possibly the worst basketball competition I have ever been a part of. I have been playing social basketball for 20 years and Marrickville PCYC takes the cake for: - Worst non-attentive staff - Shorter games - No stoppage of the clock in the last minute Extremely harsh suspensions for doing next to nothing wrong - My team had a player get 10 weeks suspension for just being part of our team. Literally no other explanation. After fighting the accusations and sanctions given, they finally realised their mistake by recalling the suspensions, but it took multiple calls and emails from players pleading for due process and some sort of tribunal. After 2 weeks of forfeiting we had to choose to pull out of the competition with no refund at all after paying for the entire season in advance. Don't even bother trying to talk to "Jordan" who looks after the competition. He's clearly volunteering as he just doesn't care at all. Word of advice for anyone wanting to enter the social competition regardless of skill level - FIND ANOTHER COMPETITION.. Absolute disgrace... We're still trying to fight for our money back. Don't pay in advance as they will use that against you.

Positive experience: My second home. I love it. Keep cleaning the floors and send the bloody children somewhere else during holidays!

Fantastic experience: Great staff

Positive experience: Helpful staff and plenty of programs that run there for young people.

Fantastic experience: Excellent staff, extremely clean facilities. Generous donation to the Australia Air League Marrickville.

Fantastic experience: Cheap price to hide a court for an hour. In the night time they may let you play more for free if no one else hide it.

Positive experience: Good for shoot around but NEEDS AIR CON.

Negative experience: The facility is poorly managed by PCYC. The toilets are very dirty, disgusting and unhygienic!! The scoreboard doesn't work and PCYC doesn't provide a safe and compliant facility. The staff are lazy, they sit behind the desk watching YouTube. Urgently needs new management !!

Fantastic experience: Subscribe to my YouTube channel @Kris10 Gaming

Fantastic experience: Great place to shoot around. Loved the halls

Fantastic experience: Good facilities

Positive experience: Good facilities and a decent cafe connected

Fantastic experience: Great staff and courts!

Negative experience: Substandard facility with nets that have rips all over them and terrible staff.

Positive experience: Amazing

Fantastic experience: Fantastic facility

Fantastic experience: The staff were all incredibly friendly. The courts were well maintained and set out exactly how i asked them to be when i made my booking. I would definitely book here again!