Wednesday, 21 February 2024

Adjournment

Templestowe Bowling Club

Matthew GUY (Bulleen) (19:00): (531) I raise a matter tonight for the Minister for Tourism, Sport and Major Events, the member for Oakleigh, and I am seeking support for upgrades to the Templestowe Bowling Club. Located just down from Templestowe shops, the bowling club is a very important part of the local Templestowe community. It is an all-round facility. It has off-street parking. It has beautiful greens. They have tournaments. It is a function facility. But of course the facility is ageing. The membership of the club are doing their best to fundraise to upgrade the facility. Manningham council is happy to provide some support in upgrading the facility, and it is not a lot of money that is being sought to upgrade the Templestowe bowls facility – about $100,000 or so.

The club was established in 1948. It was the first lawn bowls club within Manningham council. It has had its 75th anniversary. There was a big celebration down there to mark the success of the club as a community facility and of course to look at the works that need to be done, including guttering and including some slight upgrades to the clubrooms and facilities but mainly to the bowling green. As Manningham city’s oldest bowling club, they are simply looking for $100,000 for support – $20,000 from themselves, $30,000 or so from the council, and I am asking tonight the minister for sport if he can action a $50,000 grant of support from within his department or various agencies to support the Templestowe Bowling Club to continue to provide a magnificent service to the people of Templestowe and to the dozens of members who love the club and call it their second home.