Rochester Sports Museum - A Rochester Lions Club Centenary Project

A wonderful collection from all corners of the sporting world, deserves to be put on display for all to see.

Having seen this is collection first hand, believe it needs to be shared with the people of Australia and in fact the world, from Sergey Bubka's Olympic Uniform to Adam Gilchrist gloves. This is the life work of one of Australia best known unfamous people Johnny Forbes, it would be a fitting tribute to Forbesy to have this collection on permanent public display coupled with the undoubted economic benefit to the local community this project is a winner.

This is a lifelong project that is worthy of support.

A valuable tourism attraction to add to the town & region

A wonderful collection and worthy project for all to see, appreciate and enjoy. The sporting museum would benefit the town by adding to the attraction of people stopping and hopefully adding to the patronage of other businesses and the economy of Rochester and surrounding districts. With the amount of tourist traffic consistently passing through town, any project that encourages people to stop and visit and stay is a positive.

A valuable collection which must be displayed for all to see. Rochester has been through some tough times over recent years so this museum, along with the silos art, will attract visitors, and will help boost the town's confidence and economy.

Rochester is a good town to stop and explore, having the sporting museum would add to that

Would be great for tourism income to support the local businesses

This project is a great tribute to the lifetime of collecting sports memorabilia byJohn Forbes. It would be a wonderful addition to the town’s tourist attractions.
Carol B

This project is a great tribute to the lifetime of collecin

This is a great idea that’s been several lifetimes in the making - in a good way! From Oppy to John and beyond!

A real treasure for our community- the memorabilia and the man!

Thank you to everyone who has voted for the Rochester Sports Museum - The Rochester Lions Club and John Forbes are very excited about the project and the potential should we receive your vote. As many of you know Rochester suffered the loss of the Murray Goulburn factory earlier this year, but the town has rallied and is growing from strength to strength. The recent accomplishment of painting the grain silos has increased the visitor rate to our lovely town. The sports museum will only continue to grow tourism in Rochester. Keep the votes coming and remember Together we can make a difference.

An awesome town, friendly residents and very rich sporting history. Would be a great addition to our beautiful town.

Would add to the many tourist attractions Rochester has as well as Preserving history

Awesome collection & man

A great sustainable project to support for many reasons: this renown, unique and historic sporting collection needs to be housed and displayed for the pleasure it will bring as well as the economic benefits an attraction like this will have for the town and surrounding region.

good for our town

good for country vic

A great project that will benefit this community

I have had the pleasure of working closely with the Rochester community members who have instigated this project. Their dedication is inspirational. This will be an amazing investment in their community. The Forbes sport collection is a wonderful and unique asset that should be crafted into a top attraction for Rochester.

I was born in Rochester and and am a frequent visitor to the town. I have seen this wonderful collection of sports memorabilia which should be on display for all to see.

The town has suffered floods and the closing of Murray Goulburn Factory which has meant some people have left the district or travelling to other areas to work . Due to this the, impact on business within the district has affected all the community.. We have got a good community who work together to help each other and this would be another shared project to attract people to the town and inject funds into the businesses which will assist everyone in the Community. A chance for us to show off our town and encourage people from all over the country to visit and appreciate a unique collection of sporting memorabilia of past champions from Australia, internationally and our own locals. Hopefully they will also inject some much needed funds into our Community, and a spin off for other tourist attractions in our region. It is a chance to ensure our history of sport is not lost.
The Lions Club locally work hard to look after our Community so well.

This is a one off sporting memorabilia showcase that needs to be seen and remembered it has to be in the public arena
in Rochester Victoria so that the public can see the past and present champions

John Forbes Memorabilia invaluable, need to be displayed for the whole of the community to appreciate and treasure as so many wonderful memories of true sport champions and their achievements contained with this collection.