At Bankstown Sports, we are always on the look out for people who are willing to take the initiative and are driven to succeed. Our employees work hard to achieve the club's goals and objectives, because of this, Bankstown Sports Club upholds its reputation as one of NSW's leading clubs.
When you commence work at Bankstown Sports, you don't just gain valuable employment, you become a valued member of a friendly, dynamic team who care about your future and career path.
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Sankho is the man behind those delicious cocktails you've been enjoying at Bankstown Sports. Even if he hasn't prepared your drink personally, he probably trained the bartender who did.
Sankho, of Cecil Park, has honed his cocktail making skills over the past five years at Bankstown Sports, completing six certificates offered by Bacardi and well-known five-star hotels in the process. Now he's passing on that knowledge to newer bar, cocktail and gaming staff.
In his spare time, Sankho is putting together a book of his 300 favourite wine, cocktail, straight and liqueur cocktails, which he hopes to publish. He also studies music at Blacktown College and will soon sit for his AMEB examination to become a piano teacher.
Sankho says, "I work hard to get the best staff behind the bar at Bankstown Sports. I love the mixology aspect of the work - that's what makes it interesting."
Irene has always been one to seek out challenges. She's worked at Bankstown Sports for 14 years, starting in the catering department, working across everything from fine dining and smorgasbords, to the coffee shop and functions. After six years there she became the team leader for gaming and bars.
"I enjoy working at Bankstown Sports," Irene says, "but I need to keep being challenged and learning new things, which is why I've moved around quite a bit at the club. In gaming, I have 100 new things to do each shift, so it keeps me on my toes! I love the variety of work and the fact that I'm still learning."
Irene says the best thing about coming to work at Bankstown Sports is that everyone can have a laugh. "The people have become like a second family to me, in fact I met my husband there," she says. Since having children, Irene doesn't have as much time for after-work drinks as she used to, but her friends at work are the same friends she sees outside of work - which makes work seem more like a social occasion.
19-year-old Revesby resident Grant Hester is not only a dab hand at making coffee in the ‘wichcraft Café, outside of work he is ranked fifth in Australia in short track speed skating; has competed in world championships in Germany and Italy and won gold for the 5000m relay in speed skating at the Youth Olympics in Sydney in 2007.
Grant is aiming to make the 2010 Australian Winter Olympics team to compete in Vancouver, Canada, and is already in training. Although short track speed skating was made famous in Australia by Steven Bradbury's surprise win at the 2002 Winter Olympics, Grant is planning to win "the right way" next year.
He trains with the Sydney Arrows at Canterbury Olympic Ice Rink three hours a day, six days a week - plus works around 30 hours each week at the club.
Despite being a relative newcomer to Bankstown Sports, he's already figured out why many staff members stay at here for years. "The people here really work together and help each other out. There's always someone to talk to about anything, from what you did today to your problems. If you need to swap a shift - no worries, someone else will jump in for you. It's a very friendly environment with a mix of younger and older people," Grant says.
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