Box Hill United Soccer Club
Mr HAMER (Box Hill) (19:11): (6381) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Community Sport, and the action I seek is for the minister to join me in visiting Box Hill United Soccer Club and their president George Petheriotis to inspect the new pavilion works that are going on and taking shape at their home ground at RHL Sparks Reserve in Box Hill. This is a fantastic new facility that will provide female-friendly facilities on the north side of Canterbury Road and at Sparks Reserve. At the moment there is a training ground only without any facilities, and as has been told to me by the club on many occasions, unfortunately it means that some of the players are forced to train and to use facilities that are bushes, not actually the facilities that are across the road in their main pavilion. Crossing Canterbury Road is not a journey for the faint hearted, particularly coming down the hill as you approach Middleborough Road, so putting the facility there is a fantastic venture. The government is putting in $500 000 as part of the World Game Facilities Fund, a contribution in partnership with Whitehorse City Council, to develop this facility. It would be fantastic to have the minister down there to see progress on this important project, speak to the club and talk to them about their important needs going forward. I look forward to the minister’s response.