WORK has been completed on a $4.63 million redevelopment of the Ballam Park South pavilion.
The new pavilion at the ground hosts a new kitchen and kiosk, eight change rooms, umpire spaces, a social space, and new public toilets for park users.
Peninsula Strikers Junior Club president Rob Harrington said “in our old facility, the girls all used to crowd in to the public toilets to get changed or arrive already changed so the new change rooms are already making a huge difference for them.”
Senior club president Adrian Scialpi said “there is absolutely a wow factor when you turn the lights on. Having them also takes the pressure off the weekend fixtures by providing another field where the Premier League teams can play at night during the week, leaving more slots for junior games on the weekend and allowing opportunities to train in better conditions.”
The new pavilion was mainly funded through $4.23 million from Frankston ratepayers. The federal government allocated $300,000 to the project, and the state government $100,000.