Mornington Peninsula sporting facilities
Tom McINTOSH (Eastern Victoria) (09:48): It was great to be at Olympic Park reserve in Rosebud earlier this week, where we celebrated 10 new reserves around the peninsula getting upgraded lighting facilities. We had Rosebud Football Netball Club, the junior club, the soccer club and the cricket club all benefiting from the upgrades there at the reserve. Indeed clubs right across the Mornington Peninsula are benefiting, and it is great. We are getting people active; we are getting physical activity happening. We are getting people together, that community, and looking after people’s mental health and wellbeing on that side. I am delighted the state government could make this investment with the Mornington Peninsula shire – it is nearly $2 million – to see all these lights installed across ovals across the peninsula. It is going to see thousands of locals playing and training to be the best they can be in their sporting endeavours.
There are a lot of clubs that are benefiting from this, but I just want to name a few. I already mentioned the Rosebud clubs. There are also Hastings Football Netball Club, Hastings Cricket Club, Red Hill Football Netball Club, Red Hill Cricket Club, Dromana Junior Football Netball Club, Dromana Cricket Club, Somerville Eagles Soccer Club, Somerville Football Netball Club, Somerville Cricket Club and Mornington Peninsula Athletic Club. Congratulations to all, and I hope the new lights are supporting your club and all players.