its first game since its significant refurbishment when the best U22s of AFL Sydney and AFL Canberra Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s teams meet in a Representative AFL Summer Series match on Saturday, March 14.<\/a><\/p>\n![\"Bob](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/IMG_1107.JPG\")
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Head of AFL NSW\/ACT Andrew Varasdi said: “The redevelopment of Bob Prenter Reserve is a major investment in the future of AFL in South West Sydney.<\/p>\n
“As participation continues to surge across the region, having modern and inclusive facilities is critical to supporting players, volunteers and families, and ensuring everyone feels welcome and included in our game.<\/p>\n
“The upgrade sees Bob Prenter Reserve become one of the premier facilities across Sydney and will play a key role in our ambition to connect more people across South West Sydney to our game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mayor of Campbelltown Darcy Lound said: \u201cThis project has delivered world class facilities that will help the South West Sydney Blues foster the development of junior players in Campbelltown while providing seniors with a great place to play and train.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fantastic design of the female-friendly change rooms has raised standards to ensure this regional facility will cater for the growing participation of women in local sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Introduced in 2019, the winner of the Ken Gannon Football Facility Award is expected to be announced in the coming months.<\/p>\n
All finalists have been developed in line with the AFL\u2019s Preferred Facilities Guidelines, ensuring facilities are well designed, accessible and aligned with the league\u2019s long-term priorities.<\/p>\n
For more information on the Ken Gannon Football Facility Award, visit here<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The shortlisted facilities for the 2025 Ken Gannon Football Facilities Award have been announced, with the upgraded Bob…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469530,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-469529","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=469529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469529\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469530"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}