The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund will donate a total of $8,730 to local sporting organisations to enable them to conduct specialised coaching clinics for their juniors.
Member organisations of the Junior Sports Assistance Fund had the opportunity to apply for financial assistance for the specialised coaching of juniors, coaches of juniors and/or umpires of juniors. Member organisations were advised that the Junior Sports Assistance Fund had the capacity to increase funding for the 2023 round of applications.
The financial assistance approved will enable the selected organisations to provide coaching clinics for their highly skilled juniors, coaches and/or umpires from within their respective organisations. Presiding Member of the Junior Sports Assistance Fund Cr Josh Lynagh
Applications closed on 26 May 2023 and the Junior Sports Assistance Fund Committee has approved the following allocations:
“A second round of funding will be advertised in October to support member organisations operating over the summer months,” Cr Lynagh said.
The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund continues to support local sports people competing at state level or higher.
The sporting community has faced some challenging years following the impacts associated with the COVID-19 crisis. Slowly tournaments have resumed, and member organisations are again starting to engage in state and national tournaments.
To assist member organisations through this difficult period, the Junior Sports Assistance Fund provided relief by waiving member contributions over the past three years, enabling clubs to rebuild and lessen any financial burden they may have experienced.
Sporting groups are a valuable asset to the community and the Junior Sports Assistance Fund is proud to be able to support its member organisations.
With state and national events resuming, we would like to celebrate the following juniors who have travelled to participate in state and national tournaments:
The City of Mount Gambier Junior Sports Assistance Fund provides financial assistance to the many local junior sports people of Mount Gambier and district who have achieved selection in a formal State team to compete at national sporting events and who are members of an affiliated contributing sporting organisation. The fund provides an ongoing pool of money for distribution to those juniors to assist with the financial burden these selections can place on regional families.
Membership of the Junior Sports Assistance Fund is comprised of the City of Mount Gambier, the District Council of Grant and a number of sporting organisations who are Members of the Fund.
Media contact: City of Mount Gambier Communications Officer Madeleine Brookes on (08) 8721 2577 or mbrookes@mountgambier.sa.gov.au
