The toddler was crushed to death after a 180 kilogram set of portable goal posts fell on her and her mother Caroline at a soccer gala day held on June 28, 2003 at Moss Vale's Church Road soccer fields.

On Tuesday and Wednesday the inquest heard from gala day organiser Ian Campbell, Moss Vale Soccer Club treasurer Stephen Strode and president Kevin Hearne.

Mr Campbell said no specific person was designated to be responsible for safety on the day, as it was not a normal competition day, but relied on the help and goodwill of parents and volunteer coaches.

He said council had not attended to check how the day was being run, nor to his knowledge, ever conducted an inspection on how the posts were secured.

He said he had not been made aware of the Department of Fair Trading guidelines on securing portable goal posts before the tragedy, saying if he had been aware, he would have made it a top priority.

Using a photograph, which he dated as October 2002, Mr Campbell demonstrated the goal posts that fell on India and Mrs Verity had been in the location from which they fell for at least nine months.

He added that he believed they had been there for two or three years.

Mr Strode, who was acting in the role of groundsman at the time of India's death, said he had used the goal posts for team training on the Thursday night before the gala day and not noticed they were unstable at that time.

He said he had never been notified about the 1999 guidelines, adding the whole issue was not one that received much attention.

"People weren't aware of it as such an issue as now," he said.

"Then it seemed like such a trivial thing, but you can't take that day back."

He said in his role as groundsman, his responsibility for safety was never mentioned, although he saw as part of his role as a club official.

"If I'd received anything that highlighted that issue, it certainly would have been (a priority)," Mr Strode said.

Each of the club officials stated that while they had no documentary evidence, they had always believed council owned the goal posts, as it did other fixtures on the field.

"I believe ownership belonged to the community, to council for the community to use," Mr Campbell said.

Full story in Friday's Southern Highland News.