Amenities building will be opened
The new $170,000 amenities building at Rogers Park in Woy Woy will be officially opened at a special ceremony on Wednesday, November 4.
Member for Robertson Ms Belinda Neal is expected to attend the event along with local sporting clubs that will benefit from the new facility.
The new building is one of the many regional and local community infrastructure projects recently completed and will provide Woy Woy Cricket Club, Woy Woy Junior Rugby League, Peninsula Junior Touch Football and Woy Woy Swans AFL Club with a new clubhouse.
The project also included the addition of new flood lighting poles which will aid in training and evening events such as the Woy Woy Junior Touch training sessions every Thursday.
Woy Woy Cricket Club president Mr Greg Alce and club secretary Mr David Gemmell have been a driving force in obtaining funding for the project and have been involved with the planning and design of the new facility with Gosford Council.
"From a cricket perspective, Rogers Park has been a work in progress now for some six to eight years starting when past president Kevin Dewar was in office," Mr Alce said.
"As funds were raised through club sponsorships, we have added training nets, fencing to the turf wicket area to the Rogers Park No 1 oval, and now the new lighting and massive improvements with additions to the club house.
"The initial construction of the clubhouse started during the 2006/07 season.
"However, it was always well short of providing true quality amenities with only two sets of change rooms and a small kiosk.
"Now we have excellent amenities and it is fitting that in the Woy Woy Cricket Clubs 80th year, we can now add items of historical value and memorabilia to our own clubhouse rooms that will see the Woy Woy Cricket Club institution through many seasons to come.
"The new club house facility that includes shower and change rooms for home and visiting teams, a kiosk, storage area and the new spacious social club room/meeting room."
Press release, 29 Oct 2009
Jim Martin, Woy Woy Cricket