Work is set to start this month on a $1.358 million upgrade to Ambarvale Sports Complex.
Some of the money will come from round two grants by the Asian Cup Legacy Fund.
The State Government established the fund using surplus money from the 2015 AFC Asian Cup – which was won by the Socceroos – to help community football clubs to partner with local stakeholders to improve the quality, availability and standard of their facilities.
Bradbury Ambarvale FC currently has 356 members and shares Ambarvale Sports Complex with cricket, local schools, and casual hirers.
Mayor of Campbelltown, Cr George Brticevic said council’s sport and recreation team worked closely with the Bradbury Ambarvale FC to prepare a grant application for the second round of funding in November last year.
“The amenity building was identified for replacement in council’s 2018/19 operational plan, and this formed the basis of the grant application, which leveraged the opportunity to upgrade the main fields and building simultaneously,” he said.
The total upgrade project has an estimated cost of $1,358,000, with $150,000 coming from the 2015 Asian Cup Legacy Fund.
Campbelltown Council funded the remainder of the project, which includes new irrigation systems for three fields, laser levelling, returfing, drainage, floodlighting to 100 LUX for two fields to meet Australian minimum standards for night competition as well as a new amenities building.
Ambarvale Sports Complex is located behind Thomas Reddall High School.
“This is a great example of state and local government working together with state sporting organisations like Football NSW to ensure positive outcomes for the sporting clubs that work so hard to provide a healthy and quality lifestyle for our community, particularly our children,” Cr Brticevic said.
