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<\/p>\nTHE days of training in the dark at Inverell Highlanders Rugby Club grounds are numbered, with a $150,000 grant secured to install new light poles around the ground.<\/p>\n
Last year funding was secured to upgrade the lights on fields 1 and 2, and the latest round of funding will finish off the project by providing the infrastructure and associated electrical work.<\/p>\n
The latest grant was secured through NSW Rugby World Cup Legacy Grant Program and Member for Northern Tablelands Brendan Moylan said it will assist in bolstering the already growing programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cBoth junior and senior rugby in Inverell has grown in recent years, particularly in the women\u2019s space, and the current lighting system at the club\u2019s ground just can\u2019t keep up,\u201d Mr Moylan said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy installing better lighting infrastructure, the club will be able to install the new lights on taller poles and upgrade the electrical components so they can reach further, and more people can benefit from it.<\/p>\n
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Funding was last year secured to upgrade lights on fields 1 and 2 at Inverell Rugby Park, and the latest round of funding will finish off the project by providing the infrastructure and associated electrical work.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is great to see a proactive club with a large member base of all ages receive this funding to continue to grow the sport and provide an outlet for people across the Inverell community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Inverell Rugby Club\u2019s grants and member protection officer Laura Simpson said their rugby community is growing all the time.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis funding will have a lasting impact on our community by creating safer, more accessible and more inclusive sporting opportunities for current and future generations,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe project will directly benefit more than 200 junior players, along with players from our two senior men\u2019s teams and open women\u2019s team.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will also support volunteer coaches, referees, families and visiting teams from across the Central North region. Improved lighting will allow us to safely accommodate increased participation, particularly in our rapidly growing female and junior programs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"THE days of training in the dark at Inverell Highlanders Rugby Club grounds are numbered, with a $150,000…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":741041,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,56122,760,85],"class_list":["post-741040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-regional-sport","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741040","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=741040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/741040\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/741041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=741040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=741040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=741040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}