Cora Lynn’s old scoreboard has seen better days and scoreboard keeper Paddy McQuillan with Andrew Bergmeier look forward to when it will be replaced with a state-of-the-art electronic screen later this year. Picture: Donna Oates
By Justin Robertson
LOCAL sporting clubs will be injected with brand new facilities, courtesy of Cardinia Shire Council funding.
More than 27 recreation projects are being carried out the council allocated funding from the latest 2011-12 budget, toward the community capital works grant scheme.
“The grants program has been successfully implemented in partnership with community groups for many years,” Cr Blenkhorn said.
Sporting clubs were asked to submit an application to the shire and successful recipients found out about their works grant last month.
Among the successful candidates, Kooweerup will receive an upgrade to their training nets, bowls and netball clubhouses. Emerald Cricket Club and Cardinia Cricket Club will get new synthetic wickets.
Pakenham Cricket Club will get a synthetic wicket, while the Pakenham Bowls Club will add new lights to their facility.
Cora Lynn and Bunyip recreation reserves will have electronic scoreboards fitted and will have the potential to screen films and video.
Cora Lynn president, Andrew Bergmeier, said the scoreboard will be a welcome addition and will add an extra dimension in becoming a multi-purpose facility.
“It’s the way of the future. It provides flexibility for the use of the ground and for other sporting contests as well,” he said. “With our lights, we will then be able to have a very good facility for night football – which is what our aim is.”
Cora Lynn will also add AFL-style posts to their ground to replace the 40-year-old goal posts that currently exist.
Bunyip Football Club president Darrell Wilkinson agreed new technology was definitely the path forward, citing Drouin, Garfield and Warragul as clubs that have already embraced electronic scoreboards.
“We’ll still keep the old one, just in case the new one breaks down,” he said jokingly. “But, we’re really excited to get it and it will be fantastic for sponsors to have their names scroll across the big board and also, things like, having the goals and points updated straight away – we’re very happy.”
