Mansell Reserve is a key Township Sporting Reserve of covering an area of 4.1 hecares.

The site is bordered on three sides by Seventh Street to the north, Ontario Avenue to the west and Eighth Street to the south, while the vacant land to the east is owned by VicTrack.

Mansell Reserve was named after Stephen Robert Mansell – a long-serving Mildura City councillor who advocated for a dedicated sporting & recreational reserve to be established in the region to cater for women. (Learn more about the site’s history here (link to history sub page).

The current review of the Masterplan comes after the implementation of several recommendations actioned in 2004 when the Masterplan was originally endorsed.

This includes the creation of 12 synthetic netball courts with flood lighting, an upgraded playground, walking paths and landscaping.

The reserve has historically been home to several predominately female sports including hockey and softball in the late 1960s and early 1970s.

More recently Mildura Croquet Club and Mildura Netball Association have been based at the reserve, however in 2021 the Mildura Netball Association announced it would move to the new Mildura Sporting Precinct, leaving the Croquet Club as the sole sporting tenant at the reserve.

Werrimull Football Netball Club use two netball courts for training on Tuesday and Thursday nights during the winter season, while the Mildura Croquet Club utilise two sheds as clubrooms and storage.

The Sunraysia Toy Library, meanwhile, is located within the old netball clubrooms.

Early Years services including Maternal and Child Health and the Mildura West Kindergarten are located to the southern corner of the reserve, adjacent to the croquet rinks.

All the buildings on the reserve, and a carpark, are accessible via a sealed service road that intersects with Seventh Street. The carpark is currently unsealed.

The Public Open Space Strategy (Tredwell 2021) identified several actions associated with Mansell Reserve, including the need for the reserve to remain high quality and cater for a shortage of open space in the local catchment.