A HELPING hand has been extended by Wattle Range Council to the Nangwarry Football Club whose licensed clubrooms were destroyed by fire in a probable arson attack on January 9.
Members of the Nangwarry Football Club Ladies Committee are seeking to upgrade electrical equipment at the canteen facility to allow volunteers to continue catering at home games and counter meals on Thursday and Saturday nights.
The equipment will cost $10,000 and council will meet 20pc of the cost.
Meanwhile, the Nangwarry Netball Club will use a $2000 council grant to help purchase new removable goal posts and covers.
The two grants to the Nangwarry sporting clubs were among nine grants approved at the February monthly council meeting in Millicent.
All recommendations made by council deputy chief executive Paul Duka were endorsed.
It is the usual council policy to meet up to 50pc of project costs and this applied with the latest grants.
The McCorquindale Park Committee at Penola has been awarded $1885 as it seeks to undertake stage two court lighting which will improve lighting for the northern court arena which is utilised for night tennis and winter netball.
The Millicent Golf Club will use almost $1000 to purchase automated hole cutting equipment for the greens.
In the case of the Millicent United Soccer Club, it will use almost $1600 to install new blinds within their clubroom facilities at McLaughlin Park.
An allocation of $1900 will allow the Millicent Football Netball Club to purchase new glasses, wine coolers, bar stools and wine barrel toppers for the McLaughlin Park clubrooms.
The Millicent and District International Basketball Association is seeking to undertake plumbing works which will include connection to existing gas hot water lines and pipes and filters to existing rainwater tanks.
It has been granted $2000.
The Millicent Bandits Baseball Club is seeking to purchase a new lawnmower to help maintain its baseball facilities at Bolton Oval.
The club has been successful in receiving an Active Club grant from the State Government towards the $9000 project.
It also received a council allocation of $2000.
The Mount Burr Cricket Club successfully sought funding of $1500 towards the removal of asbestos from the old cricket club facilities.
The club started removal of the former clubrooms, however the project stopped following direction from council and advice the structure contained asbestos.
Council has helped with the disposal of the initial material that was discovered by club members.
