City of Casey Mayor Cr Geoff Ablett and Councillors Amanda Stapledon and Rex Flannery joined Minister for Sport the Hon John Eren MP, Melbourne Football Club CEO Peter Jackson, General Manager Football Operations Josh Mahoney, AFLW players Katherine Smith and Bianca Jakobsson, State Member for Narre Warren South Judith Graley, State Member for Cranbourne Jude Perera and Labor candidate for Cranbourne Pauline Richards at Casey Fields to celebrate the $5m funding announcement to improve facilities for AFLW.
“This funding supports that focus and will help Council and Melbourne Football Club to further strengthen AFLW in Casey, which will have positive flow on benefits for our community.”
The Mayor thanked the State Government for the funding and said Council hoped there would be further investment in Casey to help deliver the infrastructure needed for our rapidly growing community.
With the City of Greater Dandenong and Cardinia Shire, Team 11 is bidding to become home to the next A League, W League and Youth League franchise which would see a Soccer Centre of Excellence established at Casey Fields and a new rectangular stadium built at the Dandenong Showgrounds.
Casey City Council
18 Jun 2018
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