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Have your say on soccer plan for Moonee Valley

Moonee Valley City Council is calling for feedback on a draft Future Directions: Soccer Plan to provide a strategic framework for the long-term provision of soccer

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26 Jul 2012

Moonee Valley City Council is calling for feedback on a draft Future Directions: Soccer Plan to provide a strategic framework for the long-term provision of soccer in Moonee Valley.
The plan was drafted following initial consultation with local soccer clubs and associations, schools, community groups and other users of Moonee Valley's soccer facilities to identify challenges, gaps and opportunities for local soccer.
The draft plan identifies long-term opportunities to increase the number of soccer players in Moonee Valley, especially females, juniors and people from non-English speaking backgrounds, develop the capacity of smaller clubs to grow and be sustainable entities, assist clubs with operational issues and increase the overall number and quality of soccer grounds and facilities by seeking to create multiple pitch sites, including a site for summer soccer.
Residents, local sports clubs and other interested groups can provide their comments and feedback in the following ways: By post to Adrian Wilson, Moonee Valley City Council, PO Box 126, Moonee Ponds, VIC 3039, or by email to Adrian Wilson at awilson@mvcc.vic.gov.au.
Sports and Recreation portfolio holder Cr John Sipek welcomed the development of a long-term plan for soccer in Moonee Valley.
The consultation closes at 5pm on Friday, 17 August. The draft plan will then be revised to take community feedback into account before hopefully being adopted by Council in September 2012.

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I spent almost 14 years as a soccer referee and administrator in the western metropolitan region. (To that add 32 years, so far, as a weightlifting coach and referee). Anyway, as a Councillor for the City of Moonee Valley, the only one of Hellenic descent, I am very happy that after years of lobbying and pushing a draft soccer plan, a formal logical plan, has been developed to promote soccer in the area. That does not mean that I like all of this draft policy nor does it mean that the various clubs with which I have spoken agree with it 100%. But is is an impressive start. To be even better, we NEED YOUR INPUT. So even if you are not a local to Moonee Valley, although I am calling to those of you who are, go to the Council website, mvcc.vic.gov.au,download the draft plan and tell us what you think. The more solid comments the better we make make that report AND THEN, show it off to other councils across the state. Soccer deserves far better than soccer often gets.
Submitted by atkenos on Thu, 2012-07-26 19:22.

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