Buninyong Soccer Club could get home ground

BUNINYONG Soccer Club will finally have a home ground if the Liberal Nationals are elected.

Liberal candidate for Buninyong Andrew Kilmartin announced a Coalition government will invest $1.9 million upgrading Buninyong’s Royal Park Reserve last week.

Two new soccer ovals worth $1.5 million will be created at the Reserve with the remaining $400,000 used to construct an additional netball court for the Buninyong Football Netball Club.

Buninyong Soccer Club president Sue Mroczkowski said her club, founded 10 years ago, does not have a permanent home ground.

“We are very excited that we will have a permanent place to get really established as a club and really bring soccer into Buninyong so residents can come and watch,” she said.

“We started with 30 children we are now up over 160 with teams from seniors right down to under 7s and a girls’ team.”
Liberal member for Western Victoria Josh Morris said “We are keen to see grass roots sports get the funding they need.”

Buninyong Football Netball Club president Philip Wilson said the promise of an additional netball court is fantastic.

“We’ve got seven netball teams at our club and we’ve got one netball court,” he said.

“Training is limited because seven teams into five days doesn’t work.”

Little Athletics facilities and kids change rooms are also included in the upgrade funding.