Kat THEOPHANOUS (Northcote) (09:40): I rise to celebrate all things community sport in the Northcote electorate.
It’s been a big start to the year - kicking off with the Annual Indigenous Cricket Round at Bill Lawry Oval. This event brought cricketers together to celebrate First Nations culture through sport. A huge shout-out to Northcote Cricket Club for making it such a special day.
I also had the absolute joy of joining the Queer Sporting Alliance for their National Sports Tournament at Ngarrindjeri Stadium – the largest LGBTIQA+ sports event in Australia! Hats off to President Stella Lesic, Executive Director Bindy Cohen, and everyone involved!
February saw me deliver a very questionable first pitch with the Fitzroy Baseball Club at Merri Park! Big thanks to John King and Tony Wyatt for their ongoing dedication to this proud club.
Last week I also joined Northcote Junior FC at McDonell Park for their fantastic Welcome Day. Construction has just started here on a project to build better paths, seating and a spectator stand. A heartfelt thank you to President Kellie Burns for her collaboration on this.
February also brought us the first-ever Greek Community Cup Women’s Final at John Cain Memorial Park! Congratulations to the Greek Community of Melbourne, and hosts Northcote City FC for creating a new tradition that champions multicultural women’s sport.
I also spoke with President Michael Skliros and Vice President John Catanzaríti about our half a million-dollar to deliver more female friendly facilities.
And finally, a big cheer for the Red Tag Fly Fishers! They’ve just secured a $74,000 dollar grant to plan a dedicated fly-fishing precinct at Yarra Bend Park!
Speaker, Northcote loves sport!
