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$2m pledged for Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility


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By Joffa - 27 May 2011 6:45 PM

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$2m pledged for Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility

BY DAVID BREHAUT
27 May, 2011 02:39 PM

THE State Government has pledged $2 million for the second stage of the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility at Morshead Park.

Sport and Recreation Minister Hugh Delahunty announced the funding this morning while officially opening a new synthetic pitch, which marks the first phase of the facility.

The Coalition promised the $2m during last year's election campaign.

The next stage will feature the development of two-storey clubrooms and a pitch with lighting.

It is still to be determined whether the playing surface will be natural turf or synthetic.

Ballarat City Council has placed $500,000 in its 2011-12 draft budget for the project.

http://www.thecourier.com.au/news/local/sport/football-soccer/2m-pledged-for-ballarat-regional-soccer-facility/2177250.aspx
By spathi - 28 May 2011 6:56 PM

dale1878 wrote:
Joffa wrote:
He said the soccer community was under pressure to meet the demands being put on it by a 40 per cent growth in participants in Football Federation Victoria since 2008.

:shock: :shock:
Fuck! Really?!

On topic, TigerTurf ftw. They're laying them at primary schools around Canberra from what I understand, as a way of drought-proofing the place.




Artificial surfaces and growing teens is not a very good combination, ask anyone who has played at Hawker.:-k :-k