With the recent controversy around Wallarah Oval (near Jaffas and opposite mcdonald Jone) and proposed basketball facility it could be a good move to investigate synthetic facility.
- We know the drainage is poor, they?ve cited this
- it doesn?t get much usage due to the drainage
It?s a large area. You could probably fit 2-3 fields in the area. Aside from Adamstown fields it?s probably one of the large parcels of fields around town.
Whether it be CoN, NNSW, Newcastle Football or even The Jets, could be a potential investment.
Obviously depending upon the party completing the works, it could lead to benefits for everybody.
https://www.penrithcity.nsw.gov.au/f...y#quick-link-4
CoN - could hire out to anybody and everybody, can use for cricket (summer), football, even room for some 5s courts or summer evening comps.
NNSWF and Jets would obviously favour their elite - similar to LMRFF but, could also free up LMRFF for use by everybody.
Newcastle Football - could secure it, rent it out for cricket over summer, 6s, hold summer comps and use it to get their local teams games played, school games etc.
I?m aware it?s a large outlay, and politics would come into it, but there?s not too many sites like this.