Sporting club and community initiative funding

This month’s meeting of Clarence Valley Council endorsed the following funding allocations from the Lower Clarence and Clarence Sports Committees:

$3,530.90 to Coutts Crossing Croquet Club for restoration of croquet playing surface at Wajard Park;
$1,000.00 to Junction Hill Tennis Club for drainage works to Junction Hill tennis courts;
$2,423.00 to Lawrence Golf and Sports Club for topdressing, drainage and access to croquet courts at Lawrence Sportsground;
$2,490.35 to Big River Sailing Club for riverbank stabilisation at Big River Sailing Club;
$1,011.82 to Yamba Football Club for facilities at Ngayundi Yamba Sports Complex.

Membership nominations to join the Clarence Sports Committee were also endorsed for Bush n Beach Orienteering and Big River Canoe Club.

Council also approved $15,657.80 in donations under the 2022/23 Community Initiatives Program – Round 2:

Clarence Valley Filipino Australian Community Club – $1,000
Clarence Valley Sports Awards Committee – $3,000
Copmanhurst PreSchool – $1,899.90
CWA of NSW Grafton Branch – $980
Elevation Church Yamba – $117.90
Glenreagh Memorial Museum – $2,000
McAuley Catholic College – $100
Rocky Mouth Productions – $2,500
Rotary Club of Maclean – $2,000
Port of Yamba Historical Society – $930
Woombah Residents Association – $1,130

Meanwhile, Council was successful in obtaining grants for under the Sport Infrastructure Recovery Fund – Round One: 2022 Sport Priority Needs Program for the following projects: