Eastern Canopy at 100 Shaw Avenue in New Brighton is a sports venue that combines club and community play. The covered sports hall is set up for leagues, training, fitness and recreational sport, with lanes for bowling and pitching machines for cricket or softball. The two hard courts have a Rebound Ace surface, and can be marked for korfball or futsal. Each hard court is marked for three pickleball courts. An astro netted area has four cricket lanes or softball hitting spaces, and can be booked for indoor cricket, futsal or team training. Bookings are made online through Pay2Play, from $15 per hour as at 2026. The venue does not take phone bookings. Pickleball classes are run through The Wolfpack Pickleball, and TIMA adapted sport and recreation runs in term time.
Bring your own cricket bats, softball gear, balls, paddles and nets, unless the venue is facilitating the session. The hall can be hired for concerts, functions and large meetings, through the email contact for private hire. The venue is run by Eastern Community Sport and Recreation Inc, which says it provides affordable and accessible programmes for the eastern suburbs. Our pick in New Brighton for a sports booking with flexible space.