Bathurst Indoor Sports Stadium (BISS) was a recent recipient of the NSW Government’s Regional Sport Facility Fund in which has seen over $400,000 worth of improvements to the stadium over the past 18 months.
These funding upgrades were used to improve the facilities such as change rooms & bathrooms (set to be commenced in November 2022) as well as equipment for all sports that use the venue on a daily basis. As part of this overhaul, BISS selected to install three new sets of backboards for their basketball participants to meet the demand of the growing popularity of the sport within the local region.
As part of the upgrades, BISS has donated three of their older backboards to local schools that run align with their basketball programs at the stadium including St Stanislaus and Scots All Saints College.
Bathurst Indoor Sports Stadium, Manager, Andrew James was happy to help in the delivery of the donations and said that this will only build upon the growth of basketball within the local schools.
“Too often the conditions of courts are a barrier to young people striving to develop their skills, especially in regional towns and schools,” said James.
“With the new upgrades to the stadium, it was a perfect fit to donate our older backboards to a handful of schools in the area that participate in our local basketball programs. These older backboards still have plenty of life still in them, and will rejuvenate young athletes to keep playing the sport they love with better equipment solutions.”
The Bathurst Indoor Sports Stadium is owned by Bathurst Regional Council and managed by Basketball NSW.
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