Club ‘punished’ over pokies link 6 Mins Read THE contrast between the rooms (and shipping container) being used by Hastings Football Netball Club and the entrance to the Hastings Club could not be greater. Sports club stalwarts Ted Grant and John Coventry say they are neglected by Mornington Peninsula Shire because of The Hastings Club’s gambling machines. Pictures: Gary Sissons Share DESPITE being one of the Mornington Peninsula’s premier sporting clubs the Hastings Football Netball Club is doing it tough. The club, formed in 1897 as Hastings Football Club and playing in the Mornington Peninsula Nepean Football League, says it cannot afford to maintain its grounds which are in a “poor state” in wet weather and provide suitable change rooms for all its teams – especially in a COVID-19-affected environment.