Program Function:
The NSW Government is committed to providing ongoing support for communities impacted by the 2022 severe weather and flood events that have caused significant damage to local community sport facilities. These sporting assets play an important role in community cohesion, ensure people have a place to participate in sport and encourage our communities to be healthy and active.
The $55m Sport Infrastructure Recovery Fund is a program under the NSW Government’s $207 million Community Local Infrastructure Recovery Package (CLIRP 2022). Essential Community Sport Assets Program (ECSAP) is a key recovery measure of the Sport Infrastructure Recovery Fund to help communities assess, repair, reconstruct and build flood resilience into sport facilities enabling normal activities to return sooner.
The ECSAP comprises an allocation up to $43 million in funding for eligible community sport infrastructure projects in 74 eligible LGAs that were included in the Australian Government declared natural disasters from:
- 22 February 2022 onwards: NSW severe weather and flooding disaster. Australian Government reference Number (AGRN) 1012.
- 27 June 2022 onwards: NSW floods and storms. AGRN 1025.
All projects supported under the ECSAP will be funded jointly by the Australian and NSW governments.
Due to the extent of damage from the severe weather and flooding events, community sport asset owners have faced difficulties in absorbing the cost of infrastructure repair following these devastating natural disasters. These events coupled with the severe bushfire events and the isolation that the COVID-19 pandemic caused have heightened the need for community sport facilities to bring people together, provide support and help create a sense of belonging, identity, and community.
Program Term:
Applications opened on 3 November 2022 and closed on 9 December 2022 and grants were announced in March 2023. Projects are expected to commence by December 2023 and be completed by 31 December 2025.
Applicants:
A total of 109 applications were submitted for consideration, 96 of which were successful. The total amount awarded through the Essential Community Sport Assets Program 2022/23 is $36,389,404.78 with a total value including co-contributions of $48,789,791.00.
Probity:
The Office of Sport engages an independent probity advisor to oversee its grant programs. The role of the probity advisor is to ensure program administration satisfies probity principles of impartiality, fairness, accountability, confidentiality and achieves policy objectives. In doing this the probity advisor:
- Reviews and provides feedback on key program documents
- Provides clarifications to queries when required
- Recommends management action for conflicts of interest and any other probity issues that arise
- Attends assessment meetings to ensure, amongst other things, that assessment criteria are applied diligently, and the assessment is based on information provided by applicants.
With respect to this particular grant program, the probity advisor confirms the process was open and fair and there are no outstanding probity issues.
Source Agency
The NSW Office of Sport administered the Program which was co-funded by the Australian and and NSW Governments. Final decisions on the award of funding were made by the NSW Minister for Sport.
| Recipient Organisation | Project Location LGA | Project Title | Project Location | Brief project description | Total Amount Awarded |
| Goulburn Mulwaree Council | Goulburn Mulwaree Council | Eastgrove South Sports Field repair and improvement | Eastgrove Sports Fields | The Carr Confoy South Field repair and improvement project will fill and raise the level of the playing ground, repair, replant and install drainage which will allow flood waters to recede immediately after flood events. This will make the facility more resilient to future floods and will aid sporting club, school and community use. Betterment will assist to increase sports participation through the provision of an inclusive and accessible community sports facility which will meet the needs of multiple sports, schools and community groups in Goulburn Mulwaree Local Government Area and wider region. | $1,000,000.00 |
| Maitland Croquet Club Inc | Maitland City Council | Long Term Drainage and Soil Improvements to all Lawns. | Maitland Park | Upgrading the drainage and soil structure of all Lawns following 3 floodings in 2022. These inundations highlighted a deficiency is the current facility. This has affected the standard of the lawns. This project will return the lawns back to International Standard. | $39,094.00 |
| Muswellbrook Shire Council | Muswellbrook Shire Council | Resilience works at Karoola Park, Muswellbrook | Karoola Park | Our application for funding is for Resilience Works at Karoola Park, Muswellbrook. This includes channel realignment and riprap protection works of approximately 300 metres including the possible value add of a low flow pipe. The benefits of the channel realignment/riprap protection include: - Improving safety for the public particularly children playing sport or accessing the park and traversing to school, and - Providing greater visual amenity in this public space. | $968,348.78 |
| Bankstown Golf Club | Canterbury-Bankstown Council | Fairway Drainage Works | Bankstown Golf Club | Provide drainage for each fairway using sand gravel silt drainage system and the installer of a tank transfer for reuse of water captured. | $411,965.00 |
| Bayview Golf Club Limited | Northern Beaches Council | Improve construct course drainage and irrigation for women and girls | Bayview Golf Club | The construction of irrigation and subsurface drainage at Bayview Golf Course reduces the risk of fairways flooding and impacts of climate change. If the golf course does not flood it can stay open more days increasing participation in the sport of golf particularly for our female players who have found muddy fairways unpalatable. The improved playing conditions will attract golfers to exercise which improves social connection, health including mental health, educational and economic benefits for the community plus the betterment will improve sustainability of the facility following natural disaster. | $482,490.00 |
| North Shore Kart Club trading as Greater Sydney Kart Club | Hawkesbury City Council | Repair/Resurface of Indy 800 Kart Track - Butterfly Farm, Wilberforce | Indy 800 Kart Track, Butterfly Farm, Wilberforce | Track Repair of the Indy 800 Kart Track at Butterfly Farm, Wilberforce to allow the Karting Community to resume karting activities on a new improved and safer surface for all participants. The track requires resurfacing and repair which will allow Greater Sydney Kart Club to offer a larger range of karting events and activities for theirs and the wider karting community. | $500,000.00 |
| Eurobodalla Shire Council | Eurobodalla Shire Council | Gundary Oval District Sports Park - drainage repair and betterment | Gundary Oval District Sports Park | Gundary Oval District Sports Park is located in Moruya and hosts a range of sportsfields, a skate park, an inclusive playground, a criterium circuit and a number of public amenities. Throughout 2022 this essential community asset experienced significant damage and regular closures due to the ongoing storm and flooding events. These regular closures meant that local community sporting groups were unable to utilise the facility until flooding had sub-sided. This project will see the repair and betterment of sub-surface drainage throughout the Gundary Oval District Sports Park to ensure the playing surface can recover much quicker from future weather events. | $511,500.00 |
| Wentworth Falls Country Club Limited | Blue Mountains City Council | Construction Of Accessible/Non-Gendered Bathrooms | Wentworth Falls Country Club | Wentworth Falls Country Club, in the Blue Mountains, wants to install accessible bathroom facilities inside the club house area and renovate two outdoor bathrooms to create an additional accessible bathroom and a non-gender bathroom facility. The club closed the upper level of its clubhouse in February 2022, due to storm damage of the roof. The club has renovated the lower level and will now permanently operate from that level. There are no Accessible bathrooms on that level of the club. | $172,495.00 |
| Wentworth Falls Country Club Ltd | Blue Mountains City Council | The Construction Of All-Weather Golf Cart Paths | Wentworth Falls Country Club | The construction of GeoHex golf cart paths will overcome recent and future flooding by allowing golfing participation through the use of motorised golf carts for aged persons >65 years and those with a mobility or disability issue. Our 18-hole golf course will use GeoFabric, blue metal gravel, GeoHex plastic pavers that will be infilled with blue metal dust. | $170,000.00 |
| Goulburn Polo Club | Goulburn Mulwaree Council | Sand and sowing of playing surface | Goulburn Polo Cub | Re sand and resow damaged playing service with appropriate Grass. Once grass is established. Resand to make safe for sporting participants | $54,780.00 |
| Town & Country Polo Club Limited | Hawkesbury City Council | Polo field reconstruction | 508 Cornwallis Road, Cornwallis 2756 | The project will reconstruct the polo field that was destroyed by 6 floods through 2021 and 2022. | $413,661.00 |
| Thelmore Pistol Club as part of New South Wales Amateur Pistol Association Inc | Eurobodalla Shire Council | Water Proofing - Relic WW2 Concrete Bunker Thelmore Pistol Club | Relic Operations Building, wartime No. 11 Operational Base Unit RAAF complex. | Repair and seal a semi underground concrete structure so as to prevent water from entering the building.. This building is the site of a sporting pistol club that conducts Olympic style competition and safe handling of target pistols and small calibre target rifles. The building has been rendered unfit for purpose due to subterranean flood water entering the structure through multiple cracks in the concrete flooring. It is required to removed the old, broken concrete floor, repour a new concrete floor and apply a waterproof membrane, similar to the water proofing process implemented in the Sydney Harbour Tunnel. | $390,000.00 |
| Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW Ltd | Parkes Shire Council | Drainage Remediation and Internal Damage Repairs at PCYC Parkes | PCYC Parkes | This project address critical flooding issues experienced by PCYC Parkes during periods of heavy rain. Design, excavations and drainage outside the Club will resolve sewerage overflow and water ingress. Internal damage will be repaired with the disabled toilet facilities upgraded to improve accessibility for disabled persons utilising the building. These remediation works will reduce/eliminate damage to the facility, equipment, disruption to activities and resolve WHS issues. | $496,011.00 |
| Kurri Burri Polo Club | Hawkesbury City Council | Repair and Restoration of natural turf surface | Kurri Burri Polo Club | While COVID prevented the Club from earning the necessary income required to maintain the playing surface at our ground, the recent flooding events (twice) have ruined the surface making it unsafe to use, compounding the problem of income generation. This grant will fix the surface and through a combination of replacement and restoration allow us to play again and generate income for future maintenance. The scope of works will also mitigate the severity of impact from future severe climate events that results in sustained inundation due to a more robust surface. | $193,400.00 |
| Lowland Wanderers Soccer Club Inc | Hawkesbury City Council | Drainage on Field 1D at Bensons Lane - Complex 1 | Bensons 1, Bensons Lane Sporting Complex | Drainage on Field 1D at Lowlands Wanderers Soccer Fields, Complex 1 Bensons Lane, Richmond Supply and installation of drainage system on soccer playing fields at Bensons 1D (Lowland Wanderers Soccer Fields). Drain to concrete culvert in between soccer and baseball complexes. | $67,000.00 |
| Lismore Coquet Club Incorporated | Lismore City Council | Lawn Renovation | Spinks Park Lismore Croquet Club | This Project is based at Lismore Croquet Club which is situated at 163 Molesworth Street Lismore NSW. The Project is for the repair of flood damaged croquet lawns through weed eradication, scarifying, aerating, topdressing and implementation of a lawn maintenance plan. | $16,883.00 |
| Warringah Golf Club | Northern Beaches Council | Paths & Bridges | Mark Stamopoulos | To restore a destroyed bridge, repair a damaged bridge and future proof our network of pathways. | $229,874.00 |
| Macksville Country Club Ltd | Nambucca Valley Council | Macksville Country Club-Lift Flood Affected Tees and Greens including drainage | Macksville Country Club | Flooding events in the last twelve months has impacted heavily the Macksville Country Clubs' golf course.The project will see the Raising of Greens on holes 4,6 and 7, Lifting the ladies tees on hole 4 and mens and ladies 5 & 7.Lifting the 7th Fairway to make it harder for floodwater to reach. Drainage is required on the 5th,6th and 7th holes to ensure water does not sit on the hole in times of heavy rain (taking a number of weeks to drain). Hole 7 requires the fairway to be lifted to make it harder for flood water to reach. | $273,000.00 |
| Forster Tuncurry Golf Club | Mid-coast Council | The Forster Tuncurry Golf Club Sustainable Irrigation system | Forster Golf Club | The installation of a full irrigation system encompassing increased water storage, (including dam enlargements) filtration, pumping and distribution technology at Forster Tuncurry Golf Club allowing environmental efficiency and targeted water use ,reduced water wastage as well as increased climatic and financial resilience ,reduced draw on town water resources providing long term affordability, support to the community, increased accessibility and attraction for visitors. | $500,000.00 |
| Blacktown City Council | Blacktown City Council | Charlie Bali Reserve | Charlie Bale Reserve | Replace all flood affected field lighting to LED. New lighting to reduce power consumption by 40 % | $205,000.00 |
| Lismore City Council | Lismore City Council | Lismore Sportsfields LED Upgrade | Crozier Field and Mortimer Oval | The Lismore Sportsfields LED Upgrade project will focus on Crozier Field and Mortimer Oval to deliver improved lighting technology, as well as improved safety and accessibility for all users, through the installation of 36 energy efficient LED lights to replace current metal halide lights. The control gear will be relocated to the top of each pole, above recorded flood levels. This improved system will support energy savings and environmentally sustainable operations at the sporting grounds, including connection with existing smart metering systems. | $507,248.00 |
| Lismore City Council | Lismore City Council | Lismore Sports Facilities Resilience Recovery | Lismore Tennis and Netball Precinct and Lismore Baseball Complex | The Lismore Sports Facilities Resilience Recovery Project will deliver flood resilient repairs to the tennis, netball and baseball sporting facilities, including the change rooms, toilets, kitchen/catering areas and flooring. It will relocate the electrical distribution facility above flood levels, provide replacement fencing and upgrade the field drainage. | $996,358.00 |
| Arunga Polo Club | Hawkesbury City Council | Repair and replace natural turf playing surface and repair toilets | Arunga Polo Club | While COVID prevented the Club from earning the necessary income required to maintain the playing surface at our ground, the recent flooding events (twice) have ruined the surface making it unsafe to use, compounding the problem of income generation. This grant will fix the surface and through a combination of replacement and restoration allow us to play again and generate income for future maintenance. The scope of works will also mitigate the severity of impact from future severe climate events that results in sustained inundation due to a more robust surface. Also fixing damaged toilet block walls. | $135,660.00 |
| Shoalhaven City Council | Shoalhaven City Council | Sub-Soil Drainage Rugby Park - South Nowra | Shoalhaven Rugby Park | To undertake installation of sub-surface drainage systems at two (2) fields at Shoalhaven Rugby Park, South Nowra. | $358,248.00 |
| Byron Bay Bowling and Recreation Club Limited | Byron Shire Council | Replacement of Roof at Byron Bay Bowling and Recreation Club | Byron Bay Bowling and Recreation Club | The roof at the Byron Bay Bowling and Recreation Club was significantly damaged during the extreme weather experienced in the Northern Rivers in February and March 2022. As such, this roof requires replacement to ensure that it is resilient to future extreme weather events and to provide a secure and weatherproof facility. | $266,260.00 |
| Wollongong City Council | Wollongong City Council | Fred Finch Park Outdoor Netball Courts Upgrade Stage 2 | Fred Finch Park, Berkeley | The Project is for the upgrade of 8 netball courts, including resurfacing, painting and line-marking as well as the extension of lighting and sound infrastructure to incorporate these courts. The project will ensure that the courts comply with Netball Australia Technical Guidelines, will improve player and spectator safety and experience as well as making the courts more resilient to future weather events. | $1,000,000.00 |
| Killarney Vale Australian Football Club Inc | Central Coast Council | Adelaide St Oval Flood Repair and Future Proofing | Adelaide St Oval | This project will restore the current field surface and drainage to original condition, improve the drainage of the oval to handle heavy rain and a rising water table and provide a physical block to prevent the flooding waters from being able to flow onto the oval when the creek breaks its banks. | $83,205.00 |
| Sydney Magpies AFL Club Inc (playing as Inner West Magpies) | Canterbury-Bankstown Council | Picken Oval Field Repair | Picken Oval, Croydon Park | This project is focussed on ensuring a more sustainable surface at Picken Oval in Croydon Park. This follows a year of unprecedented rainfall in Sydney and resultant lack of training and games due to the surface being unplayable. This situation has been exasperated by the closeness of the ground to the Cooks River and high water table in the area. Picken Oval is an important community AFL facility in Sydney’s west and this project will replace the existing grass with santa anna couch and install slit drainage. This will supplement the recently awarded grant to improve lighting at the facility. | $474,140.00 |
| Tuross head Country Club | Eurobodalla Shire Council | Golf Course Drainage and Pathing | Tuross Head Country Club Golf Course | To upgrade drainage throughout sections of the golf course that course the whole of the course to be closed during rain events | $211,970.00 |
| Urunga Cricket | Bellingen Shire Council | Morgo St Reserve Lower Field Repairs | Urunga Recreation Reserve | The scope of works include; upgrading the drainage, field levelling, resurfacing, seeding and the installation of an additional grass drain to enhance the effective removal of surface water at the Ground to ensure it is more resilient for future climatic events. | $499,750.00 |
| Bellingen Shire Council | Bellingen Shire Council | Connell Park Drainage and Surface Improvement Project | Connell Park | This project will improve the drainage and playing surfaces at Connell Park by seeing the area reshaped and swale drains constructed to enable natural drainage to occur which will reduce the frequency and likelihood of field closures during and post-rainfall and flooding events. | $995,574.00 |
| Grafton Rifle Club Inc | Clarence Valley Council | Repair and restoration of internal roads | Grafton Rifle Range | Reform 700 metres of exisiting internal roads severely damaged by floods, including raising of final 200 metres and the provision of three 3000x350mm concrete pipes to assist with drainage, so future proofing access. | $80,000.00 |
| Penrith City Council | Penrith City Council | The Kingsway Flood Improvements - Amenity Elevation & Field Drainage | The Kingsway Sports Precinct | The project will deliver critical flood resilient infrastructure at The Kingsway Sports Precinct, Werrington. Council proposes to elevate the existing building height by 600mm following advice from Development Planners and reviewing 2022 impacts. Council also intends to install substantial drainage East of the main carpark to improve playing surface conditions for future flooding events. This project proposes an increase to existing MSCFF project scope; and new project scope to address playing surface damage. Since February 2022, The Kingsway has flooded no less than eight times, with water surpassing existing building levels twice and causing fields to be inoperable for 2022. | $955,999.00 |
| Hawkesbury Sports Council Inc. | Hawkesbury City Council | Replacement of Cricket Practice Nets at Breakaways Ovals | Breakaway Ovals | The cricket practice nets have been hit by extremely fast moving water both in the 2021 and 2022 floods. They were remediated after the 2021 floods but have been knocked down again. The remediation of the nets this time will see them constructed with much stronger fencing materials that will hopefully withstand the speed of the water and debris that hits them. | $51,870.00 |
| Springwood Country Club | Blue Mountains City Council | Replacement Of Springwood Golf Club's Damaged Cart Paths | Springwood Country Club | A course rectification project due to recent flooding which saw several cart paths washed away and destroyed, this project will excavate damaged areas, shape to fix water damage and water problems, and install approximately 298m2 of new concrete cart paths with water run off to suitable catchment areas on the 2nd, 3rd, 7th, 8th, 11th, 14th and 16th holes and improve the course's resilience to future rain and flooding. | $34,240.00 |
| Paterson Golf Club Inc. | Dungog Shire Council | Paterson Golf Club Cart Access Project | Paterson Golf Club | Repair/Upgrade of Golf Course Golf earthen track network with all-weather concrete paths. | $250,000.00 |
| Lake Macquarie City Council | Lake Macquarie City Council | Hunter Region Sports Centre Storm Damage | Hunter Region Sports Centre | This project is to replace damaged equipment and the sprung floor at the Hunter Region Sports Centre which was damaged during the recent declared events along with upgrading the stormwater system to ensure that flooding does not occur in the future during similar events. | $670,629.00 |
| Camden Mens Bowling Club | Camden Council | Upgrade Sand Facility And Greens Lighting Project | Camden Bowling Club | Upgrade lighting to an acceptable standard to encourage community groups and organizations to exercise, train and play on the Sand Facility and Bowling Greens. Sporting groups can do beach training after work and businesses and community groups can conduct team building and social events on the bowling greens in the cool of summer evenings. Historical work: replace the backing of ditches washed away by floods. The Club has paid for half of this work to be done but the remainder needs to be completed. | $47,256.00 |
| Port Stephens Council | Port Stephens Council | Tomaree Sport Complex Flood Mitigation Works | Tomaree Sports Complex | The project involves the installation of stormwater pits and pipes to reduce the frequency and duration of water inundation on playing fields, pedestrian routes, access roads and car parking areas. | $577,992.00 |
| Byron Shire Council | Byron Shire Council | Bangalow Sports Field Lighting | Bangalow Sports Fields | The project will replace old timber lighting poles and MH Light Fittings with new 28m mid folding steel poles and LED Fittings. There are currently 16 timber lighting poles, each with either 2 or 3 x 2000w 23-year-old MH lights fittings on site. Includes two ovals, multi-rectangular fields currently used for rugby, and soccer, football and tennis courts, lighting, spectator seating and an amenities block. The Reserve includes a skate park, perimeter path, playgrounds and associated open green space. | $795,350.00 |
| Cudgegong Jump Club | Dubbo Regional Council | Entrance /Ambulatory Road Access Rebuild Cudgegong Jump Club Grounds | Glen Oak | The project will provide essential vehicular and ambulance access to the grounds of The Cudgegong Jump Club (CJC). The recent flood damage has made the entrance to the grounds and subsequent roadway within unusable. It is a Work Place and Safety requirement to provide access to vehicles to actually attend and use the grounds. Due to the high risk sport of XC jumping we require adequate roadways within the course to allow emergency service such as ambulances to attend to injured riders. | $41,643.00 |
| Camden Sports Club | Camden Council | Construction Of Internal Lift | Camden Sports Club | To replace flood damaged stairlift, provide improved accessibility to function areas, support local community groups as well as club bowlers, to access second floor and expediate future evacuation of equipment due to impending flooding. | $193,364.00 |
| Wollondilly Shire Council | Wollondilly Shire Council | Sportsfield Rejuvenation Program at Appin Park | Appin Park | This project implements a sportfield rejuvenation program at Appin Park, Appin NSW to build flood resilience into our grounds to enable normal sporting activities to return sooner. The program includes undertaking slit drainage, topdressing, aerating and other works over a 2 year program for the playing surface. This will address the issues that Council and our Community have experienced as a result of flooding and storm events including sportsground closures and poor playing surface. | $165,792.00 |
| Wellington Golf Club Ltd | Dubbo Regional Council | REPAIR/RENOVATE AND UPGRADE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM | WELLINGTON GOLF CLUB NSW | THE GOLF COURSE IRRIGATION SYSTEM IS OLD AND THE IMPACT OF DROUGHT AND FLOODS, PARTICULARY 2022 MEANS REPAIRS/RENOVATIONS AND UPGRADING HAS BECOME A NECESSITY. | $495,000.00 |
| Dubbo Regional Council | Dubbo Regional Council | Pioneer Oval Sporting Infrastructure Renewal | Pioneer Oval | The project will include the renewal of the irrigation, perimeter fencing, seating and synthetic cricket pitch at Pioneer Oval in Wellington which has been significantly damaged and/or compromised due to the oval being inundated by flood water on seven occasions in the last 12 months. | $589,117.00 |
| Tweed Shire Council | Tweed Shire Council | Stage 2 Vic Bianchetti Sportsgrounds Restoration and Resilience Project | Vic Bianchetti Sportsground | The project will restore the sportsclub building at Vic Bianchetti Sportsgrounds. The facility has been closed since the 2022 floods. Key works include repairing damage to the clubhouse, canteen, food and beverage area, toilet, change rooms, boundary fencing and facility access. Council will use flood resilient materials such as steel frames/doors, fibre cement wall sheets, stainless steel benches/ splashbacks and increase the height of electrical services to mitigate risks of damage in the case of future flooding events. The aim is to provide users access to a functional sportsclub building when they participate in organised sport and informal recreational activities. | $807,788.00 |
| Strathfield Municipal Council | Strathfield Municipal Council | Begnell Park Drainage and Irrigation Works | Begnell Park | The Begnell Park Drainage and Irrigation Works will deliver a raised playing surface, irrigation and drainage improvements to Begnell Oval and the nearby field and grassed areas. The project will address significant drainage issues that cause regular field closures during wet weather as well as flooding to nearby residential properties. | $1,000,000.00 |
| Armidale Golf Club | Armidale Regional Council | Armidale Golf Club Flood Mitigation And Drainage Works | Armidale Golf Club | The project will deliver a drainage system for Armidale golf course to remove excess sub-surface water from the course. The project will include repairing the existing dam wall so that water does not flow from the dam onto the golf course, and will also allow greater harvesting and storage of surface water flows to help drought proof the course in times of drought. | $170,888.00 |
| Blue Mountains City Council | Blue Mountains City Council | Pitt Park Lower Oval Recovery Drainage Project | Pitt Park | To design and install a drainage system which will help the oval turf surface recover from the effects of the extreme wet weather which made the oval unusable for athletics, dog training, recreational off leash activities and passive community participation. By designing and constructing an engineered drainage system the athletics oval can be used year round and will not be impacted by future extreme rainfall events. | $285,136.00 |
| Northern Agricultural Association Inc | Singleton Council | Upgrade Centre Ring | Singleton Showground | Upgrade Centre Ring - Improve the centre ring surface by replacing & laser leveling the soil, adding drainage & irrigation works, replace fence around the centre ring. | $485,403.00 |
| Tweed Shire Council | Tweed Shire Council | Stage 2 John Rabjones and Les Cave Oval Restoration Project | John Rabjones and Les Cave Oval | The project will restore a local sporting facility. Grant funding will go towards demolition/replacement of the grandstand and team dugouts, installation of a concrete concourse between the dressing rooms and Rabjones oval, improvement to drainage and irrigation. The primary beneficiaries are Murwillumbah Cricket Club and Vulcans AFL Club. Club supporters and the community who use the facility for informal sport/play will benefit. Council will use flood resilient materials and design principles to mitigate risks of damage in the case of future flooding events. The aim is to increase opportunities for the community to participate in organised sport and recreational activities. | $499,517.00 |
| Penrith Baseball Club Incorporated | Penrith City Council | Andrews Road Baseball – Drainage and playing surface upgrades | Andrews Road Baseball Complex | Andrews Road Sporting Precinct is a 12.5ha district level venue. Andrews Road Baseball Complex sits within the precinct and includes two senior (diamonds 1 & 2) and one junior (diamond 3) baseball diamond as well as an amenity building. Andrews Road Baseball Complex is home to Penrith Baseball Club. The project will address flood damage and insufficient drainage continuing to impact the venue following the 2022 flooding events, aiming to future proof the playing surface and increase utilisation through reinstatement of natural swales, the upgrade of existing drainage system and retaining wall and the remediation of all 3 playing surfaces. | $343,842.00 |
| Campbelltown City Council | Campbelltown City Council | Drainage and Field Resilience Works to Raby Sports Complex | Raby Sports Complex | This project will improve the resilience of Raby Ovals #1 and #2 by installing subsurface drainage allowing the ovals to better withstand natural disasters, improve the ability of the fields to recover after disruption, improve the service provided to the Camden District Cricket Club (the Ghosts) and visiting teams from the Sydney Grade Cricket Competition and allow Campbelltown City Council to better manage its assets for the benefit of the community. | $270,833.00 |
| Campbelltown City Council | Campbelltown City Council | Drainage and Field Resilience Works to Eschol Park Sports Complex | Eschol Park Sporting Complex | This project will improve the resilience of Eschol Park Sporting Basins #1 and #2 by installing subsurface drainage allowing the ovals to better withstand natural disasters, improve the ability of the fields to recover after disruption, improve the service provided to the Eagle Vale/St Andrews Rugby League Club, Eschol Park Football Club, Camden District Cricket Association and the Eschol Park Little Athletics Centre. The project will also benefit visiting clubs and allow Campbelltown City Council to better manage its assets for the benefit of the community. | $772,369.00 |
| Wollondilly Shire Council | Wollondilly Shire Council | Sportsfield Rejuvenation Program at Willis Park | Willis Park | This project implements a sportfield rejuvenation program at Willis Park, Oakdale NSW to build flood resilience into our grounds to enable normal sporting activities to return sooner. The program includes undertaking slit drainage, topdressing, aerating and other works over a 2 year program for the playing surface. This will address the issues that Council and our Community have experienced as a result of flooding and storm events including sportsground closures and poor playing surface. | $240,964.00 |
| Police Citizens Youth Clubs NSW Ltd | Tweed Shire Council | Sports Floor Replacement at PCYC Tweed Heads | PCYC Tweed Heads | This project will address severe water damage experienced by PCYC Tweed Heads during recent flood events. PCYC is requesting funding for the following works: Installation of various sports structure footings/holds, drainage works, replacement of louvres, remove all redundant materials from site, refurbish existing floor, alterations to OOSH and gymnasiun abd new offices and common areas. | $493,881.00 |
| Glen Innes Golf Club | Glen Innes Severn Shire Council | Access Upgrade to Glen Innes Golf Club | Glen Innes Golf Club | Glen Innes Golf Club will install a network of access paths across their 18-hole course, which will enable golfers and volunteers to safely access across the course during wet weather. During 2022, the club has been forced to close the entire course on 8 occasions. In addition, parts of the greens and course have been closed 3-4 months due to safety concerns with excessive water. The project will engage a local contractor to undertake all on ground works. This will enable golfers to access the full course, ensure equitable access for all abilities and alleviate costly maintenance by volunteers. | $243,405.00 |
| Sutherland Shire Football Association Inc | Sutherland Shire Council | Sutherland Shire Football Association Hybrid Turf HDC1 | Harrie Dening Centre, 2K Bates Drive Kareela NSW 2232 | The SSFA seek to upgrade the playing surface at Harrie Denning Centre, Field one (HD1), to provide enhanced facilities to develop, sustain and increase participation within the Sutherland Shire. Installation of Hybrid Turf will increase the resilience of the field surface, enhance its sustainability and hours of use, will reduce maintenance costs and allow the facility to be used during inclement weather. Football enjoys the highest female participation of any sport in the Shire, representing 33% of SSFA registrations (exceeding the 25% Sydney average). Upgrading HD1 is vital to female participation as the SSFA aims for equal female participation | $500,000.00 |
| Georges River Council | Georges River Council | Renown Park Field two reconstruction | Renown park | The purpose of this project is to upgrade a valuable recreational asset by alleviating existing issues with wet soils and poor surface conditions to ensure the development of a quality sporting surface with appropriate drainage and surface installation. | $850,000.00 |
| Murwillumbah Rowing Club | Tweed Shire Council | Murwillumbah Rowing Club - Boat Launching Ramp | Murwillumbah Rowing Club | This project will provide a purpose-built launching ramp for rowing boats at the Murwillumbah Rowing Club, on the Tweed River in Murwillumbah. The February 2022 flood severely eroded the riverbank adjacent to the rowing club, with the scouring action of flood water causing the bank to recede several metres, and the launching area being lost entirely. A new timber pile, steel and fibre reinforced composite ramp will be provided. This will allow rowing boats, dragon boats and similar craft to be safely launched. Launching capability for safety / coaching support boats is also included in the design. | $382,182.00 |
| Hawkesbury City Council | Hawkesbury City Council | Deerubbin Park Amenities Building | Deerubbin Park | Construction of an Amenities Building at Deerubbin Park | $1,000,000.00 |
| Wellington Warriors FC Inc | Dubbo Regional Council | Pioneer Oval Wellington Flood Recovery Canteen, Storage and Field Equipment | Pioneer Oval | Wellington Warriors FC, who use Pioneer Oval at Wellington (NSW); suffered catastrophic loss of equipment, damage to fields and surrounds in a series of flood events from the Bell River. It culminated on 14th November 2022 with record flows ( 1.0 m through canteen) and our shipping container used for storage of club equipment “floating away”. Project aims at :- •Reconstitution of equipment used in canteen to make it operational for sport and community use (replace fridges, freezers etc) •Recovery, repositioning and securing shipping container •Changing field location •Adapting storage and equipment to be flood resilient | $26,250.00 |
| Nyngan Golf Club Ltd | Bogan Shire Council | Nyngan Golf Club Clubhouse Flood Repair and Upgrade | Nyngan Golf Club | The repair and improvement of the Nyngan Golf Club Clubhouse following nine weeks of floodwater inundation, including the replacement of damaged outdoor decking with a larger, weather resilient surface, and the engagement of a structural engineer to inspect the remainder of the building to assess damage done by the water inundation. | $67,350.50 |
| Lake Macquarie City Football Club Incorporated | Lake Macquarie City Council | Macquarie Field Flood Resilience Project | Macquarie Field | Due to its location, running parallel to Cockle Creek and close to where the river flows into Lake Macquarie, Macquarie Field is often rain affected with game and training time lost due to surface water. This year alone 11 of 22 games were postponed or moved due flooding at the ground. This impacted players of all ages from mini roos to our first-grade team who all use the mixed space during the week. This project will install drainage, increase the height of the playing field, and improve the playing surface to maximise field use. | $500,000.00 |
| Byron Bay Croquet Club | Byron Shire Council | Gazebo With Attached Storage Shed | Byron Bay Recreational Grounds | Construction of covered gazebo to create shelter from sun and rain for spectators and players between games. An attached storage facility will enable storage of outdoor chairs and playing equipment. | $29,064.00 |
| Kemps Creek United Soccer Club | Liverpool City Council | Bill Anderson Reserve - Playing Field Drainage | Bill Anderson Reserve | Installation of drainage on playing field at Bill Anderson Reserve, Kemps Creek. | $190,000.00 |
| The Hills Shire Council | The Hills Shire Council | Fred Caterson Reserve - Playing Field Drainage | Fred Caterson Reserve | Installation of new drainage on Playing Field No. 4 at Fred Caterson Reserve, Castle Hill. | $218,016.00 |
| Singleton Council | Singleton Council | Repair of Singleton Netball Courts 1-6 | Rose Point Park | The Singleton Netball Courts suffered significant damage during the 2022 flooding events and now require urgent repair to ensure the safety and accessibility to ensure the Singleton Netball Association can safely participate in future Netball Seasons. The current damaged Netball courts significantly impact the safety and usage of the current 545 members and players. This will have a knock-on effect on the local economy, annually, with a potential loss of $1.5million generated during open competition events. REMPLAN Major competition events will not be able to be held if the Courts are not up to a safe standard. | $508,648.00 |
| Kiama Tennis Club Inc | The Council Of The Municipality Of Kiama | Blowhole Tennis Court Repair and Improvement | Kiama Blowhole Tennis Club | Raise concrete slab, create fall of 1% for drainage, retaining walls and resurface two tennis courts which were damaged during the flooding and the addition of court lighting for improved safety and availability | $220,068.00 |
| Hawkesbury Sports Council Inc. | Hawkesbury City Council | Upgrade to Floodlighting at Deerubbin Park | Deerubbin Park | There are two fields on the front section of Deerubbin Park and currently only half of each of them is floodlit. It is proposed to fully flood light the entire front section of Deerubbin. | $323,884.00 |
| St Ives Pistol Clib Inc | Northern Beaches Council | Drainage and Backstop rectification | St Ives Pistol Club | Install drains to take water coming from neighbouring Crown Land. Restore eroded B Range backstop. Build-up B Range area subject to water covering. | $266,393.00 |
| Singleton Council | Singleton Council | Reconstruction of Singleton Netball Courts 7-12 | Rose Point Park | The Singleton Netball Courts suffered significant damage during the 2022 flooding events and now require urgent repair to ensure the safety and accessibility to ensure the Singleton Netball Association can safely participate in future Netball Seasons. The current damaged Netball courts significantly impact the safety and usage of the current 545 members and players. This will have a knock-on effect on the local economy, annually, with a potential loss of $1.5million generated during open competition events. REMPLAN Major competition events will not be able to be held if the Courts are not up to a safe standard. | $729,415.00 |
| Coffs Coast Jump Club Inc | Coffs Harbour City Council | Coffs Coast Jump Club Inc Amenities Repair and Upgrade | Coffs Harbour Showgrounds and Function Centre | To repair and upgrade the Coffs Coast Jump Club Inc essential toilets and Showers at Coffs Harbour Showgrounds. To ensure the amenities are an accessible, modern, welcoming, safe and hygienic space for women, girls, boys and men, First Nations and diverse backgrounds peoples to use when participating in sport, volunteering, competing in sport, visiting and camping at the grounds. To bring the amenities up to, and beyond, Code for disability use. To install energy efficient lighting and advanced technology in the facilities. Repair and make the amenities a welcoming and inclusive space with a vibrant mural to welcome all users. | $273,088.00 |
| Quirindi District Cricket Association | Liverpool Plains Shire Council | Playing surface repair from flooding | Longfield Park and Golland Fields | To put process' in place to assist us in returning the playing surfaces on both Longfield Park and Golland Fields to a much safer state of play following recent flooding. The floods have resulted in a poor surface condition with council unable to supply sufficient labor due to their focus on roads. There is now a strong requirement to have our playing surfaces sprayed, rolled and fertilised to encourage growth and return the grounds to their best condition. | $18,516.00 |
| Dunheved Golf Club | Penrith City Council | Dunheved Golf Club Cart Pathway Restoration - Flood Recovery | Dunheved Golf Club | Upgrade gravel cart access pathways destroyed by flooding to concrete pathways that will offer climatic resilience during future floods. | $253,000.00 |
| * Everglades Country Club - Bowls Section | Central Coast Council | Everglades Country Club Lawn Bowls Watering System Repairs | Everglades Country Club | The repair and replacement of existing lawn bowls watering system components at Everglades Country Club Woy Woy, to reinstate automated watering to two Lawn Bowling greens. This will reinstate the ability to water out of hours, providing more appropriate watering hours and extend the availability of the greens during daylight hours. | $32,812 |
| Kahibah Bowling Club Co-op Ltd | Lake Macquarie City Council | Kahibah Sports Club Synthetic Green Repair | Kahibah Sports Club | Kahibah Sports Club intends to undertake remedial work to the current drainage system for the bowling greens, together with conversion of natural turf greens to synthetic surface. The club has two bowling greens at the site (63 Kenibea Avenue, Kahibah, NSW 2290), which have been designed on a tiered systems ie one raised higher than the other. The work will also include accessibility ramps for approach and exit of said greens. Improving the drainage and replacing with synthetic greens will reduce revenue interruption caused by adverse weather and flooding, therefore, allowing for an increase in use by the local community. | $500,000.00 |
| Hawkesbury Sports Council Inc. | Hawkesbury City Council | Installation of Resilient Furniture and Garbage Compounds at Bensons Lane | Bensons Lane Sporting Complex | Replacement of flood affected seating, tables and installation of lockable flood resilient garbage compounds at the four complexes at the Bensons Lane Sporting Complex. | $112,939.00 |
| Camden Council | Camden Council | Camden Tennis Amenity Building Reconstruction | Camden Tennis Facility | To redevelop and reconstruct the Camden Tennis facility amenity building to provide for the current and future operations of the sport and to assist with future flood impacts on the building to assist with minimization of impacts for future flooding events | $403,000.00 |
| Richmond River Gun Club | Lismore City Council | Richmond River Gun Club Flood Damage Repairs Etc | Richmond River Gun Club | Construct concrete driveway for entry onto grounds. Remove and rebuild clay target trap house No.3. Major drainage excavation and laying of pipes to assist in drainage aroud clubhouse and carparks. Construction of concrete paths to assist disabled members movements about the grounds. Replacement of flood damaged clay targets. | $105,620.00 |
| Cobbitty Pony Club Inc | Camden Council | Cobbitty Pony Club Flood Recovery and Club Enhancement | Cobbitty Pony Club grounds, Camden Bicentennial Equestrian Park | Cobbitty Pony Club was hit by 5 floods in 2022 and each one was deeper than the previous. The club lost a considerable amount of equipment, many lost days, income and momentum. We are wanting to install cameras for security and to see how high future flood waters are coming, replace picnic tables that were lost, install fencing, seating and shade structures to better the facility. Also required is a washbay for horses and a roundyard for younger riders. This roundyard would have a all weather surface potentially reducing lost days in the future. | $45,000.00 |
| Coraki Golf Club Limited | Richmond Valley Council | Flood repairs and resilient projects, Coraki Golf Club | Coraki Golf Course | The Coraki Golf Club is planning to develop 2.706 km of golf cart tracks at their facility to repair damaged tracks and construct new tracks that will enable the Club to become much more flood and weather resilient. Some of these tracks will be concrete in areas around tees and and others with a product "SIC surfaces" which is a combination of polyurethane and other materials which form a an extremely hard and long lasting surface on top of road base The Club also plans to erect a new front fence which was partly washed away during the recent floods | $400,000.00 |
| Lismore Basketball Association Incorporated | Lismore City Council | Lismore Basketball Stadium Subfloor | Lismore Basketball Stadium | Replacement of subfloor and associated supports for stadium floor following storm and water damage during February 2022 flood event | $344,510.00 |
| Blacktown City Council | Blacktown City Council | Whalan Reserve No 2 Turf Cricket Field Improvements. | Whalan Reserve | To install sand slit sports turf drainage, more resilient and drought tolerant turf species, sports field levelling and cultural turf establishment on the No 2 Turf cricket field at Whalan Reserve, Whalan. Works also include accessible pathway construction and minor earthworks to enable overland water flows to be dispersed around the playing field. | $991,000.00 |
| Wollondilly Shire Council | Wollondilly Shire Council | Sportsfield Rejuvenation Program at Douglas Park Sportsground | Douglas Park | This project implements a sportfield rejuvenation program at Douglas Park Sportsground, Douglas Park NSW to build flood resilience into our grounds to enable normal sporting activities to return sooner. The program includes undertaking slit drainage, topdressing, aerating and other works over a 2 year program for the playing surface. This will address the issues that Council and our Community have experienced as a result of flooding and storm events including sportsground closures and poor playing surface. | $235,920.00 |
| Shoalhaven City Council | Shoalhaven City Council | Sub-Soil Drainage - Thomson St Sporting Complex - Sussex Inlet | Thomson St Sporting Complex | The project involves installation of new sub soil drainage to 2x playing fields of Thomson St Sporting Complex, Sussex Inlet. The project will improve the turf field surface through improved drainage at the site allowing the facility to improve its resilience and ability to recover from high periods of usage. | $358,248.00 |
| Stanwell Park Tennis Club | Wollongong City Council | Stanwell Park Tennis Club Repairs and Resilience Project | Stanwell Park Tennis Club | Repairs and improvements to the club following recent heavy rains and storm damage sustained in Autumn and Winter rain events. Repairs include resurfacing court surface, replacing fencing, improving drainage, landscaping water flow away from courts, repairs to driveway, car park and improving access. | $153,038.00 |
| Kiama Municipal Council | Kiama Municipal Council | Gainsborough Oval Sport Facility Infrastructure Upgrade | Gainsborough Oval | This project consists of two components of work, the first to commission a Stormwater Drainage and Irrigation Investigation Report and Design to ensure the site has a drainage system capable of adequately allowing heavy volumes of water from storm and flood activity, to drain quickly and enable normal activities to return sooner. The second component is the removal of the current cricket pitch, which was submerged and damaged, and replace it with a new synthetic pitch. Improvements will work towards climatic resilience and return the sport fields and cricket pitch for training and match play. | $691,120.00 |
| Lismore City Council | Lismore City Council | Lismore Memorial Baths Resilient Recovery | Lismore Memorial Baths | The Lismore Memorial Baths Resilient Recovery project will improve the resilience of the memorial baths facility and improve the speed at which the recovery of this asset is reactivated following future flooding events. By replacing pumps and filters with more efficient and robust filters, the existing pumps installed in 2004 are a long-coupled pump and are at the end of their life. This project will replace these pumps with Pentair Star Pro Closed Coupled Pump, which are a more common pump used in the industry, and have the benefits of all stainless steel volute, back plate and impeller. | $1,000,000.00 |
| Wollondilly Knights Senior AFL Club | Wollondilly Shire Council | Hannaford Oval - AFL Ground Surface And Drainage Upgrade | Hannaford Oval | The project seeks to repair Hannaford AFL Oval playing surface impacted by 2022 weather events and enhance ground drainage for future resilience to further storms and flood impact. The upgrade will provide less interruptions to the training schedule and playing season for local AFL clubs and enhance access and usage for a growing community during extreme and prolonged wet weather events, common in the Wollondilly area. | $179,643.00 |
| Mullumbimby Pony Club | Byron Shire Council | Rebuilding Tyagarah Cross Country Grounds. | Tyagarah Cross Country Course | Rebuilding the tired old cross country course into a safe and functioning equine eventing area for pony club rally days and training events. | $300,000.00 |
| Stanwell Park Tennis Club | Wollongong City Council | Stanwell Park Tennis Club Repairs and Resilience Project Stage 2 | Stanwell Park Tennis Club | Repairs and improvements to the club following recent heavy rains and storm damage sustained in Autumn and Winter rain events. Repairs include resurfacing court surface, replacing fencing, improving drainage, landscaping water flow away from courts, repairs to driveway, car park and improving access. | $86,500.00 |
| Stanwell Park Tennis Club | Wollongong City Council | Stanwell Park Tennis Club Repairs and Resilience Project, Stage 3 | Stanwell Park Tennis Club | Repairs and improvements to the club following recent heavy rains and storm damage sustained in Autumn and Winter rain events. Repairs include resurfacing court surface, replacing fencing, improving drainage, landscaping water flow away from courts, repairs to driveway, car park and improving access. | $58,700.00 |
| Urbenville and District Campdraft Association Inc | Kyogle Council | Urbenville Campdraft Facility Improvements | Urbenville | Purchase a shipping container for storage, cattle ramp and portable grand stands | $26,000.00 |
| Softball Macarthur Inc | Camden Council | Restoration and upgrade of Softball clubhouse and office facilities | Rotary Cowpasture Reserve | This grant will be ised to restore and upgrade the clubhouse at Softball Macarthur, so it can be used by members for newly established night time competitions, weekend tournaments and social gatherings for the members and extended community. The multifunction space will also be used for training and seminars to develop players, coaches and families. | $57,007.50 |
| Kiama Municipal Council | Kiama Municipal Council | Gerry Emery Reserve Athol Noble Oval Sport Facility Infrastructure Upgrade | Gerry Emery Reserve and Athol Noble Oval | This project consists of two components, the first to commission a Stormwater Drainage and Irrigation Investigation Report and Design for the entire facility, to ensure the site has a drainage system capable of adequately allowing heavy volumes of water from storm and flood activity, to drain quickly and enable normal activities to return sooner. The second component is the removal of the current cricket pitch at Athol Noble Oval, which was submerged and damaged, and replace it with a new synthetic pitch. Improvements will provide climatic resilience and return the sport fields and cricket pitch for training and match play. | $993,600.00 |
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