As part of its five-year strategic plan for rugby league, the Wyong Leagues Group twill focus its attention this coming year on major upgrades to the Roos home ground at Kanwal.
The improvements will be great news for league players as the projects marked for completion are focused on ensuring that playing conditions are optimised, providing more playing time throughout the 2024 season and beyond.
More than half a million dollars will be spent on a range of projects targeting pitch drainage and lighting.
Drainage improvements on the premier playing field, Morry Breen Oval, will be completed ahead of kick-off in 2024 and will guarantee fewer pitch closures from extreme weather.
This will be great news considering the disruptions to the season due to the heavy rains experienced over the past two seasons.
In addition to the new drainage, a significant upgrade to the lighting at the oval will allow night games to be played and viewed at the very highest standard.
The club’s Juniors have also been considered in this investment program as new lights are also being installed on the junior ovals, Bill Hicks Field.
This will help provide younger players with much safer training conditions and provide far more options from a scheduling perspective.
Wyong Leagues Group Executive Manger Property, Safety and Sport, Corey Garratley, said these big improvements would ensure that the Central Coast would now have a truly first class dedicated rugby league complex which addressed a real need within the community.
Group CEO Ben Coghlan said this investment was just the beginning.
“It’s the start of our five-year strategic plan to improve and develop the future of rugby league here on the Coast,” he said.
“It builds upon several major improvements that we have made over the past couple of years with a new canteen and improved bar facilities being added.”
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Wyong Leagues Group