Thursday, 10 December 2020

Coburg City Oval redevelopment

Ms BLANDTHORN (Pascoe Vale) (17:32): (5360) I appreciate the opportunity to raise an adjournment matter for the attention of the Minister for Community Sport. The action I seek is that the minister accompany me on a visit to the Coburg City Oval to see how construction is progressing on the new facilities as part of their redevelopment. It has certainly been a challenging year for community sport and for sport from the grassroots through to the elite. Clubs like Coburg Lions work with community groups, with the grassroots through to the more elite aspects of their club, and in particular they were very pleased to be participating in the new 2021 VFL and east coast second-tier competition. But it has been a challenging year for the Coburg Lions.

One of the exciting things that has progressed during this time is the redevelopment of the Coburg City Oval. It has just been fantastic to drive by and see the diggers and the construction workers hard at work making sure that this vision for the Coburg City Oval—which will provide more and better facilities for all of their teams, from their juniors through to their women’s team and of course their VFL team—comes to life. I know that the minister has been eager to get down to the site, and I request that in the new year she accompany me to see the progress of this redevelopment.