New soccer pitch for Montrose

Montrose Social Soccer Club will celebrate the opening of its newly redeveloped pitch this Sunday 2 June.

Council has recently completed a major $375,000 upgrade of the number one pitch at the Keith Hume Fraser Reserve as well as some drainage works on the number 2 pitch. These remainder of these improvements will be completed in the coming Spring.

The redevelopment is part of a $800,000 project to revamp the reserve including an upgrade to the pavilion with the construction of additional  change rooms.

Council has been working with the club since 2009 to plan an upgrade of the reserve in line with the growing popularity of soccer.

In 2007 the Montrose Soccer Club, which is almost 40 years old, had just 15 junior members but this has steadily increased to 160 this season.

Sports such as soccer are an important part of promoting the health and wellbeing of our community, which is vitally important to council.

Council has secured $100,000 from the State Government’s Strengthening the World Game Program with the club committing $50,000 and Council a further $650,000 for the project.

Planning is well underway for upgrading the pavilion with construction expected to begin later this year.

The redevelopment is part of Council’s broader commitment to providing for soccer in the region which includes construction of the Monbulk Regional Soccer Facility scheduled to begin  next financial year.