Mornington Peninsula sports facilities
Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (09:57): Our local communities deserve high-quality, modern and accessible sports facilities that we can all be proud of, and with more than a million dollars of local investment opened just last week, that is what the Labor state government is delivering on the peninsula. I joined Mornington Peninsula shire mayor Steve Holland, staff and councillors, along with local sporting clubs, at three venues for official openings. We joined Greg and Dave at three new cricket nets for the Main Ridge Cricket Club – two for the club to be match ready and another for locals to roll the arm over and have a hit. The new sports oval at the Narambi Reserve in Mornington includes player shelters, scoreboards, fencing, sportsground lighting, paths and parking. This oval now provides a new home ground for nearly 600 players from the Mornington Junior Football Club, Mornington Cricket Club and Moorooduc Cricket Club. The football and cricket clubs based here at the reserve have a beautiful new oval they can rely on day and night, and this gives a huge capacity boost to the booming girls’ and women’s teams. At Mount Eliza, both Justins who joined us can look forward to kickstarting their 2023 season on a new soccer pitch at Emil Madsen Reserve, with 100-lux LED lighting. Importantly for the club and its hundreds of members, they will no longer have to travel to the local secondary college for more space.
The Mornington Peninsula Shire Council should also be acknowledged for their massive contribution of $2.5 million towards the three projects. I am proud of our sporting clubs, which form so much of our local community on the peninsula and have brilliant facilities for locals to come together, get fit and be their best.