Delacombe Sporting Facilities Get Major Boost
Delacombe’s Doug Dean Reserve just keeps getting better.
The multi-use sporting facility has been vastly improved with a completely refurbished set of changerooms, which have been designed to be female-friendly for the first time.
The $767,891 project, fully funded by the City of Ballarat, includes the two new changerooms featuring accessible showers and toilets, as well as refurbishments of the umpire facilities, social space, first aid room, and storeroom kiosk.
The new changerooms will be suited to both cricket and rugby and will be used throughout the year, with the venue being the home of the Ballarat Highlanders Rugby Union Club and the VRI Delacombe Cricket Club.
Before the upgrade took place, the facilities were dilapidated and outdated, making attracting new players difficult for the sporting clubs.
Now, the overhaul is complete, and Doug Dean Reserve is an even more enticing proposition for cricket and rugby players.
The latest upgrade at the facility is the latest in a string of significant investments in recent years, which has already included:
The City of Ballarat’s Recreation Infrastructure Plan has also identified a potential upgrade of the Doug Dean Reserve playing surface in the future.
City of Ballarat Mayor, Cr Tracey Hargreaves said the upgrades were about providing high quality facilities to meet the needs of the rapidly growing western suburbs.
“We are extremely proud to deliver the complete overhaul of Doug Dean Reserve in recent years and the new changerooms are a vital addition to the facility,” she said.
“Providing female friendly changerooms is an integral step towards increasing participation in sport, while the overhaul of the entire facility will increase social connections and give the clubs an enormous boost.”
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