Junction Oval
FUTURE OF THE JUNCTION OVAL
April 2016
12/4/2016 City of Port Philip Council meeting approved the proposed Amendment C119 which will facilitate the development of Junction Oval for use by VCCC
October 2015
The Minister announced commencement of the new Junction Oval facility – work is scheduled to commence before the end of the year. Follow the links below for more information on the oval upgrade. A fly over view of the development is available on the Cricket Victoria website at http://www.cricketvictoria.com.au/about/vccc
https://au.news.yahoo.com/video/watch/29812354/historic-patch-to-receive-millionaire-makeover/#page1
http://tenplay.com.au/news/melbourne/2015/10/14/40-million-facelift
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December 2014
The Premier announced on Christmas Eve the Government’s intention to honour its pledge of $25 million to the upgrade of Junction Oval as the new home of Victorian Cricket. The new facilities and upgrade of the two existing heritage stands will be a total cost of $40 million. Now that Cricket Victoria have the commitment of the $25 million from Government towards the total cost it will mean that work will commence on the new facility in 2015.
From The Age, 10/04/14
The romantic notion of the St Kilda Football Club returning home to the Junction Oval has moved one step closer to reality following top-level talks between the AFL and the Victorian government.
Premier Denis Napthine and Minister for Sport Damian Drum last week gave the AFL the green light to explore the potential establishment of a co-tenancy arrangement at the historic St Kilda ground between the Saints and Cricket Victoria.
Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/afl/afl-news/saints-closer-to-heading-home-20140409-36dm6.html#ixzz2yR0TZ0ez
It has been the historic home of St Kilda Cricket Club for in excess of 150 years, during which time it has nurtured many Victorian & Australian cricket legends including Shane Warne and Bill Ponsford.
For a recent update on the future of the Junction Oval go to:
https://www.facebook.com/heraldsun/posts/609145495827880?stream_ref=10
Junction Oval, for those who do not know it, is located is at the south east end of Albert Park Reserve in Lakeside Drive just near Fitzroy Street at St Kilda Junction.
For our community it is part of our history with its two old heritage stands as the backdrop to cricket played on the oval. Many older members of our community will have fond memories of attending first class cricket and football there.
Cricket Victoria, the State’s peak governing body responsible for the development of cricket, has also had use of the ground for many years.
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Articles from 2013: Dedicated training venue
With the 2015 World Cup looming, Cricket Victoria identified that Junction Oval would be an ideal venue for a dedicated training venue supporting international teams; hosting first class events, including the increasingly popular women’s cricket; a new state centre to provide a home for Victoria’s indigenous, deaf, blind and disability cricket teams and more . . The aim of the proposed Cricket Victoria project is to develop a first class sporting facility which will consolidate Cricket Victoria’s administration, development and training functions into a single location and provide a state-of-the-art community sporting and education complex.
To date Cricket Victoria has been unable to secure funding for this project from the Federal and State government. Along with other factors, it has culminated in leases being discontinued at the end of April 2014.
We see that the project proposed by Cricket Victoria would bring considerable benefits to our community if it were to proceed, such as:
- It would provide the rejuvenation of this tired complex, ongoing maintenance and all year round use of its facilities;
- It would ensure that the beautiful old heritage stands remain with upgraded facilities required to meet the standard for first class cricket;
- We would see increase in use of Albert Park at this location, more tourists for local traders with the proposed Centre providing Victoria with a much needed alternate first class cricket venue capable of supporting bids by the State for international cricket events (such as the 2015 World Cup or future T20 World Cup);
- It would keep St Kilda Cricket Club at its home ground and provide country and other cricket groups with the much needed training and support to nurture future cricket legends for Victoria and Australia;
- It would be a win-win for community as well as cricket.
If the project proposed by Cricket Victoria is not successful, that is if it is not able to raise the funding required , we would lose this opportunity. From a community perspective we would then have to consider.
- What will become of the Junction Oval precinct if it is untenanted by a sporting body i.e. Cricket? Could it become a proposed development site or leased to a night club?
- What will become of the beautiful 157 years old heritage stands and its history?
- How would this effect the Albert Park precinct? Is it the intent of the government to keep all of Albert Park reserve as green parklands for the community and many other sporting bodies?
- Where would one of Victoria’s oldest cricket clubs, St Kilda Cricket Club, relocate to?
- What will become of Cricket Victoria if it doesn’t have its own dedicated elite training and development facility 365 days a year as other States do?
http://www.theage.com.au/sport/-2yhp8.html - Read more in this article by Tim Lane dated 1 December 2013 http://www.theage.com.au/sport/-2yiov.html
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