Tuesday, 30 August 2022

 Ms VALLENCE (Evelyn) (15:23): Coldstream residents and committee members of the Coldstream football, netball and cricket clubs were thrilled when I recently announced that Coldstream will score $1 million towards the sports pavilion redevelopment if a Guy Liberal government is elected in November. It was my pleasure to surprise club president Ryan Kerr and the Coldstream community with this announcement at Coldstream in the final round of the home-and-away season. Grassroots sport is at the heart of local communities, and that is why we are backing the Coldstream community with this record investment. Coldstream is a wonderful community, and we have listened to the Coldstream locals, who are crying out for a new community and sporting hub to better enable the community to come together to keep physically active and mentally well.

The new multipurpose facilities will ensure better access for players and supporters, important for the greater female participation that is occurring at the Coldstream sports clubs, by delivering new female and male change rooms. It will provide a massive boost for the Coldstream Football & Netball Club, Coldstream women’s football club, Coldstream junior football club, Coldstream Cricket Club and of course the Yarra Valley Darts Association. I would like to in particular pay tribute to the football and netball club president and committee—Ryan Kerr, Samantha Glassborow, Ash Rankin and Nathan Sargent and others—for their advocacy and determination to get these clubrooms redeveloped for the Coldstream community.