Greenvale Electorate Sporting Facilities
15 October, 2024
Iwan WALTERS (Greenvale) (19:06): (854) My adjournment matter this evening is for the Minister for Community Sport, and the action I seek is for the minister to provide me and my community with an update on the progress of just some of the important community sporting infrastructure projects that the Allan Labor government is funding across the Greenvale electorate.
I was thrilled to join the Roxburgh Park United Soccer Club community for their end-of-season celebration and awards night on Sunday. Led by Ayad and Dunia Botres and a team of passionate and dedicated volunteers, Roxy United has grown so much from its foundation in 2016 and is now a pillar of our local community. It is a welcoming, supportive club that is home to many hundreds of players across girls, boys, men’s and women’s teams. The focus is always on positive coaching and development of players on and off the pitch. So it was a joy to congratulate all players, coaches, volunteers and sponsors at Sunday’s wonderful celebration of the season.
To support the club’s continued growth and success, I was delighted to join the minister at Arena Recreation Reserve recently to announce a major investment to install new lighting on the second oval, which will enable competition and training into the night through winter and effectively double the club’s capacity. I know the club community as well as other users of Arena Recreation Reserve, like Hume Cricket Club, are looking forward to these lights being installed.
Likewise, the cricketing community across the north is very excited about the impending opening of the world-class Greenvale indoor cricket facility, which has been delivered in partnership with Hume City Council and supported by a $1.5 million investment through the Allan Labor government’s community cricket program. Can the minister please provide me and my sporting communities with a status update on these important projects, which are going to improve and expand the sporting and recreation opportunities for residents across Greenvale?