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Coffs Harbour City Council has advised that new facilities at York St Oval opened on 4th October are set to benefit Northern Storm Football Club, Coffs Coast Little Athletics Club and the Coffs Harbour Athletics Club.

The new facilities were funded through a $1.1million grant from the NSW Government Infrastructure and Jobs Acceleration Fund, and a $957,000 contribution from the City of Coffs Harbour.

City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Paul Amos noted "Athletics and football have both been operating with aged facilities for many years, and I look forward to these clubs being re-energised by this new investment in sporting facilities by the State Government and the City.

"The future for York St Oval looks very positive and I'm looking forward to seeing greater levels of activation on the site and improved opportunities for our residents to lead a healthy and active lifestyle."

The athletics community will enjoy new jumping and throwing facilities and an equipment storage shed to complement the grass track.

Northern Storm Football Club now have at their disposal new amenities, change rooms and storage facilities, flood lights and fencing.

Both facilities are built to a standard to support district level competition and training and provide much needed infrastructure to support growth in the number of participants.

Coffs Coast Little Athletics Club have however via Facebook noted that “due to council commencing some restoration (resurface of fields & track) work on York Street Oval, we will be required to relocated our 2023/24 Athletic season to Toormina Oval - Toormina.”

Image. Credit: Coffs Coast Little Athletics Club 

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