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INFRASTRUCTURE
Multi-purpose Stadium
This project has made excellent pro-
gress and is a state-of-the-art reimag-
ining of the St Helens Sport and Recre-
ation Ground. The new facility includes
a surface suitable for international lev-
el games. The stadium has already
been approved under the National Fa-
cilities Policy for Netball – Australian
Government Sports Commission Ver-
sion 01: July 2015.
Additionally, an endorsement was re-
ceived from Netball Australia and Net-
ball Tasmania for Intra-State games.
The stadium’s design incorporates
several innovative features including
indoor viewing facilities for outdoor
courts.
Break O’Day Council’s General Man-
ager, John Brown says, “It is a new
building which also incorporates the
refurbishment of an existing building.
In terms of the stadium from a sport-
ing perspective, it is being built to an
excellent standard and we have incor-
porated a number of green aspects
into the building.
“Apart from using LED lighting that is
fully programmable and dimmable; the
lighting system will have a huge range
of functionality. Another aspect is the
upper part of the stadium, which is
translucent and it lets in a lot of nat-
ural light. This will lead to a substan-
tial saving on energy costs especially
as we have coupled this with the use
of LEDs.
“We have received Federal and
state government funding to the val-