La Trobe University College Football Club - Case Study Example

LA TROBE UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL (SOCCER) CLUB (LTUFC) Name: Subject: Date: Executive summary The La Trobe University College football club came into existence in 1967. The club has participated in six senior premierships (1969, 1988, 1999, 2009, and 2010) and five reserve premiership. They have also participated in four intervarsity championships. This year the club won gold in Division 2 of AUG on the Gold Coast. The playground of the club is the main oval of the La Trobe University Sports field. It is located in the car park 2a of the University. However, the ground is not in the required condition but the funding will enable the development of quality ground that will help the club to develop. The club will attract more members if the structure of the ground will be improved (Nicholson & Hoye, 2008).  Through community facility funding program as the funding agency for the development of the football ground for La Trobe University football clubs hence they will be able to hold major tournaments. These tournaments are beneficial to both parties since the funding agency would have attained its aim in the promotion of sports and recreation for the people living in that region. Other stake holders like the community around La Trobe University will also benefit from the development of the sport ground since most of them will take part in the construction and use of the football ground for training exercise and for recreation. Cover letter Executive Director, Sports Recreation Victoria, Department of planning, transport and local infrastructure, GPO Box 2392, Spring Street, Melbourne VIC 3001. RE: Renewal of a football ground Dear sir/madam. La Trobe University Football Club is pleased to present this proposal for your review. We look forward to partnering with you to provide a quality football ground for the football club. The structure of the football ground is not to the required standard. The field ground has been in use for a long time without replacement, and the players are experiencing difficulty while using the field for their training. The objective of the project is to facilitate training for the players and to enable the university to hold major tournaments. The development of this field ground will be a great step towards achieving the main aims of the club this year. The field will also benefit the community since they will be using the field for their recreational events. Community talents will be gathered and improved by the University football club. Contribution from members and their savings will also be used as part finances to develop the project. The field ground replacement will require an amount of $ 670,000. The funding will enable the development of the standard structures in the football club. The local government of Victoria has also provided the university with $ 500,000 to be channeled towards the construction of a new ground on the old football ground. This leaves the club with $ 50,000 to be raised towards the replacement of the old football ground. We appreciate community facility funding program taking an interest in helping our football club in the replacement of the old playground. You can browse on this website for more information about the La Trobe University football club (www.ltufc.com). You can also contact us through 704-434-350 hotline number. Thank you, Members of the LTUFC Organization Details La Trobe University Football Club is under the department of sports and recreation at the University of La Trobe. The club was established in 1989 by a group of footballers who had passion for football. Three of these were La Trobe University students who wanted to access a fair and friendly ground for playing football. It has 30 female members aged (10-30) and 100 male aged (10-35) of which 75 percent reside around the grounds of the club about 1 km radius. La Trobe University Football Club recently won the football Federation Victoria (FFV) fair play award. It has also enjoyed multiple successful spells in the Premiership in state league for both male and female teams. The under ten team has also participated in many tournaments and have been of great success. The club also offers opportunities for all aged groups to take part in coaching training programs. For both university students and the members of the society, the club has enabled them to be recognized as a well-established football club in Victoria. This has enabled most of the players to get sponsorship deals by big organizations. The club ethos is ‘hard but fair’ this is a term that encourage its members to train hard in order to acquire fair results in the end. They cheer they up with this ethos before participating in competitions. The club also has two natural turfs that have the required facilities like the lightings. The players use these turfs to train on their own during free time, and the members of the community use these turfs to play friendly matches amongst themselves or with the university students. The goal of the football club is to provide opportunities for talented students and members of the community of Bundoora. The club tries to explore the talents in the community and nature them though the participation in tournaments and friendly matches. After identification of the talented footballers, they are trained by the club and if they impress the sponsors who come to analyze football in the university they are selected to join major clubs. This provides them with the opportunity to show their talent to football fanatics worldwide. The community of Bundoore also benefits from the football club since they are employed as pitch cleaners and as security officials when there are football events held at the University. When tournaments are held the community, also benefit from the supporters who come from all over to watch the game. They increase their sales in the shops and supermarkets also motels enjoy a lot of profits due to increase in the demand for their products and services. Football events will also improve the need for participation in recreational events by the society at large. Communicate benefits There are many benefits acquired from the replacement of the old ground to both the funding agency and the LA Trobe University Football Club. The community facility funding programs which are under the Sports and Recreation Victoria aim at attaining recognition as a leading agency in the provision of sport and recreation facilities to the people of Victoria. Through the funding of the renewal of the field ground, it would have promoted its image in the country thus would be recognized as a leading agency in the provision of sports and recreational facilities. The funding agency will also be able to attain its aim of increasing junior participation in sports and recreation. Through the funding of this project, it will be able to achieve this objective since the La Trobe University Football Club provides room for both juniors and seniors either female or male members. The club has a range of 10-30 years old female members and 10-35 male members. This will ensure that there are juniors participating in the sports events held by the University Football Club. However, the funding agency may also need to make sure that they offer the best recreational facilities to the people living in the state of Victoria. To reach this target, they have to fund facilities like this one for the football club field ground renewal. A football ground that is not to the required level will fail to reach the target of the funding agency. They have to renew the football grounds like the one for the La Trobe football club for them to be able to claim that they have attained their objective of providing members of the society with the sustainable facilities. Ensuring greater access and participation in sports and recreation by all people living in Victoria is part of the benefits of funding the project. This will enable more people to participate in the event performed on the football field ground due to the look and the quality that it will acquire if the ground is renewed. It will encourage football players to play friendly games and different competition that will improve the social and economic status of the community at large. This is because people who will be participating in the tournaments and friendlies will be purchasing commodities from the local shops and supermarkets. Reinforcing the role that sports and recreation play in the lives of the Victorians is also part of the objectives of the project. The people of Victoria will be able to acquire several impact of participation in football activities in the University Football Club. They would be able to acquire healthier living though the participation in sports activities and recreation. Training with the club enables members to be able to monitor they healthy status each and every time. This makes the sports and recreation in the university ground to be embraced by the community at large. Maintaining Victoria’s reputation as Australia’s leading state in the provision of sports and recreation facilities. By funding this project, the sports recreation Victoria will be able to show their quality in terms of delivering sports and recreational facilities. To attain this result, they have to participate in the development of facilities like the renewal of grounds and sports structure. Budget, investment, and evaluation This will consist of construction cost, maintenance cost and replacement cost under the following; Concrete work Earth work Irrigation Amendments Grassing Topsoil placement and shaping Spoon drain Construction cost Items cost Concrete work $ 8,000 Drainage $ 40,000 Irrigation $ 50,000 Earth works $ 50,000 Grassing $ 11,000 Top soil placement, supply, and shaping $ 140,000 Amendment $ 5,000 Total cost $ 304,000 Annual maintenance cost item cost Mowing $ 14,000 Pest control $ 8,000 Aeration $ 5,000 Irrigation $ 3,000 Fertilization $ 8,000 Miscellaneous $ 2,000 Over seeding/top seeding $ 12,000 Surface repairs $ 5,000 Total cost $ 47,000 In conclusion, the community facility funding program under sports recreation Victoria should embrace this project since it is ideal for the realization of its objectives. The project will be able to create a healthy environment in the community around the football club of La Trobe University. Participation in field events such as football will enable the community to benefit from the resources offered by the local government since they will fund the project for those who will use it. References Nicholson, M., & Hoye, R. (Eds.). (2008). Sport and social capital. Routledge. Nicholson, M., Hoye, R., & Brown, K. M. (2014). Alcohol and community football in Australia. International Review for the Sociology of Sport, 49(3-4), 294-310. Read More