{"id":233397,"date":"2019-04-17T21:25:38","date_gmt":"2019-04-17T11:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=233397"},"modified":"2020-07-21T13:49:23","modified_gmt":"2020-07-21T03:49:23","slug":"sports-program-gets-390000-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2019\/04\/17\/sports-program-gets-390000-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Program Gets $390,000 Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Senator Nigel Scullion and Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien had some good news for Cherbourg on Wednesday<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 17, 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n

A successful after-school and holidays sports program at Cherbourg will be funded for another three years, Federal Member for Wide Bay Llew O’Brien announced on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

The Council-run sports and recreation program – which includes boxing, table tennis, cricket, netball, golf and touch football – is held at the Cherbourg Sports Centre in town.<\/p>\n

During school holidays, up to 120 children can attend.<\/p>\n

Soon-to-be retired Federal Indigenous Affairs Minister Senator Nigel Scullion accompanied Mr O’Brien to Cherbourg on Wednesday where they met with Cherbourg councillors and CEO Warren Collins.<\/p>\n

They confirmed the $390,000 extension of funding which will enable the program to run for the next three years.<\/p>\n

The funding is already in the Budget, ie. it is not dependent on the outcome of the upcoming Federal Election.<\/p>\n

Mr Collins said the sports program has been employing two people full-time, however recently this had been changed to one full-time and several part-time employees to help supervise the children when things grew busy.<\/p>\n

Funding had also come from the State Government to employ a sports co-ordinator.<\/p>\n

Mr Scullion and Mr O’Brien had a wide-ranging discussion with Cherbourg councillors which touched on topics ranging from the nutrition program running at Cherbourg State School and the necessity for pre-school education, to the Cherbourg hydroponics farm, Indigenous employment schemes and the $3 million construction program which will include a footpath between Murgon and Cherbourg.<\/p>\n

Mr O’Brien also recognised the valuable work of volunteers in the Cherbourg community during his visit.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three Cherbourg groups have received funding from the Federal Government’s Volunteer Grants program:<\/p>\n