Tatura sports shining bright
The new lighting gives the growing ranks of the Tatura Bulldogs Football Netball Club the chance to take part in:
- more night training
- night matches
- expanding development programs.
It gives locals the opportunity to kit up and get involved in local sport, particularly women and girls.
The 100 lux LED lighting is also:
- an energy saver
- spreading even light
- improving safety for players
- encouraging greater participation on the oval for all.
Tatura Bulldogs Club President Quinton Langlands explains;
‘The previous lights we had here were okay for training but not for the whole ground.’
‘There were pockets of the ground that were well lit but others not so. With 100 lux around the ground, we’re now able to fully use the whole space.’
‘We’re in a situation where we can also host night matches now. We were very fortunate to host our first night match against the Shepp Swans here on ANZAC Day and it was a great success.’
'It’s not only football training and matches we have here. We do have the opportunity for a night market or food festival.’
‘We’re also talking with the Tatura Soccer Club, the Ibis, about the potential of bringing over a couple of their soccer games here so we can have a night match as a standalone exhibition match and certainly bring the opportunity for 20/20 cricket matches or anything of that nature,’ he said.
Benefits also extend to the wider community. They will be able to get together with friends and family to use the facilities for casual sport and play.
Funding for the project comes from our Regional Community Sports Infrastructure Fund and partners the Greater Shepparton City Council and the Tatura Football Netball Club.
The fund is supported by the Regional Community Sport Development Fund and the All Abilities Sport Fund. It is a game-changer for regional Victoria with 65 infrastructure projects and 8 participation initiatives supported.
It’s part of the Victorian Government’s commitment to make regional towns like Tatura even better places to live, work, stay, and play. The recent release of the Community Sports Infrastructure 2024 Outcomes Statement. The report by Sport and Recreation Victoria also highlights the positive impacts of government-funded projects like these.
In the last 2 years alone more than 330 funded facilities, subject of the statement, have increased participation by almost 43% or over 70,200 new participants. This includes a 19% increase in girls playing sport.
For more sport infrastructure grant opportunities, visit funding on the Sport and Recreation Victoria website.
Video transcript:
Tatura Park lighting upgrades
Vision: streets and shops of the regional town of Tatura.
Audio: upbeat and modern.
Vision: Tatura Football Club players training on the oval of Tatura Park at night under the new oval lighting.
Tatura Bulldogs Club President Quinton Langlands
The previous lights we had here were ok for training but not for the whole ground.’ So there were certainly pockets of the ground that were well lit, and others not so. We’re able to fully utilize all the space which often includes training more than one team at a time.
Vision: Tatura Football Club players doing some handball drills on the oval of Tatura Park at night.
Tatura Bulldogs Club President Quinton Langlands
We can host night matches now, to a proper community and GVL standard and were very fortunate to host our first night match against the Shep Swans here on ANZAC Day and it was a great success.
Vision: Tatura Football Club players doing kicking drills on the oval of Tatura Park at night.
Tatura Bulldogs Club President Quinton Langlands
We do have the opportunity for a night market or even a food truck festival here and there so we’d like to think this brings this space into an option for the darker months or cooler months where we can better utilise that space at any time of the day.
Vision: Tatura Football Club players doing a kicking line drill on the oval of Tatura Park underneath a large light tower.
Tatura Bulldogs Club President Quinton Langlands
We’re also talking with the Tatura Soccer Club, the Ibis, about the potential of bringing over a couple of their soccer games here so we can have a night match as a standalone exhibition match and certainly bring the opportunity for 20/20 cricket matches or anything of that nature.
Vision: Wide shot of the ground at sunset with the lights on.
Tatura Bulldogs Club President Quinton Langlands
I think our women’s football program will benefit from this and its also, given the nature and development of that league, it opens up opportunities for us to host night matches against other teams in that competition and will only improve our capacity to continue that women’s football team throughout the Tatura Football Netball Club.
Vision: Tatura Football Club players training and celebrating a goal on the oval of Tatura Park at night.
[Victorian Government, Greater Shepparton City Council. Authorised by the Victorian Government, Melbourne.]