Hastings electorate sporting facilities
Paul MERCURIO (Hastings) (19:15): (738) My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Community Sport, and the action I seek is for the minister to come down to my electorate to meet with the clubs at the Somerville Recreation Reserve. I am very happy to say and very grateful that in this year’s budget we secured $300,000 to go towards the clubs at the Somerville Recreation Reserve. The money will be split between four clubs at the reserve, with $100,000 going to the tennis club for lighting, $80,000 to the bowls club for upgrades to their all-weather shelters, $100,000 to the football netball club to upgrade their clubrooms and $20,000 to the cricket club. The netball courts at Somerville Recreation Reserve have also recently been upgraded, which is fantastic.
Between the netball, football and cricket clubs there are over 50 teams that play out of the recreation reserve, so the upgrade to the clubrooms will make a huge difference to all those that frequent the clubs and will make getting involved in local sports an even better experience for our community. I met with all the club presidents a few weeks ago when the Premier came down to visit, and they are all very grateful and excited to be able to make the improvements to their facilities that this funding will allow. They and I look forward to the minister’s visit.