John Lees Table Tennis Centre to get upgraded lighting.

The Table Tennis Centre on Sports Way, Goulburn has received $4000 as part of the 2017/18 Local Sport Grant Program to upgrade their lighting system. 

Member for Goulburn Pru Goward has welcomed the funding, acknowledging sport plays a big role Goulburn. 

“Sport is a huge part of our way of life in Goulburn and it really brings people in our community together,” Ms Goward said. 

“The main aim of this program is to increase regular and on-going participation opportunities in sport and active recreation in NSW.

“I am committed to delivering the best infrastructure to our region and I look forward to seeing the benefits of this upgrade for the community.” 

Table Tennis president Bruce McGuirk was delighted that the club received $4000 from the State Government to put towards the upgrade of their facility’s lights.

“Table Tennis Goulburn is extremely happy to receive this grant from NSW Sport and Recreation,” Mr McGuirk said. 

“The grant has already been used to upgrade the lights, which now turn on instantly - It sounds ridiculous but our old lights took more than 10 minutes to be bright enough to play.

“Without the funding assistance and volunteer contributions from our members projects like this simply would not be possible for a small club like ours. 

“I would like to thank Pru for supporting our application and for attending the club on Friday for the announcement of the grant.” 

The Local Sport Grant Program is currently open for applications and will close on August 24.

The program will provide $50,000 per NSW electorate for local sport club projects.

The program aims to increase regular and on-going participation opportunities in sport.

There are four project types within the program, these being:  Sport Development, Community Sport Events, Sport Access, and Facility Development.

Further information about the program, including the program guidelines can be found at https://sport.nsw.gov.au/clubs/grants/localsport