Newlands Basketball Club

Skylights – Condensation Issue Coburg Basketball Stadium

Update from Sports stadium Victoria (SSV)

Dear Patrons,

I would like to take this opportunity to provide an update regarding the condensation here at Coburg Basketball Stadium.

We Sports Stadiums Victoria, who manage this site on behalf of Moreland City Council – (This site is a council asset and owned by Moreland City Council) have been lobbying with The Coburg Basketball Association for well over 12 months now to invest in improvements here at the stadium, with the roofing being high on the agenda. To date we have had no support offered to any redevelopment from the local council.

Please note that my reasoning for mentioning the above is to hopefully gain further user support to apply pressure on the council to invest into this asset.

In mentioning the above please note that we Sports Stadiums Victoria fully understand the frustration experienced by the teams and the parents of the kids participating in these fixtures and we have commenced action in eradicating this ongoing problem through the colder months in the future.

We Sports Stadiums Victoria have engaged the surfaces of Roofrite to take out all the Skylights within the Coburg Basketball Stadium and replace these with insulation and metal roof sheeting. (this is what is on the rest of the roof).

This is a $30,000 job and we Sports Stadiums Victoria will be funding the full upgrade to the roof. We have paid a $10,000 deposit and we are working with Roofrite to set best times for works to be completed.

With such a high usage of the stadium throughout term 3, coupled with our regular domestic and representative programs we are realistically looking at the 2^nd week of the school holidays (2^nd of October) to have these works completed. This will provide a less disruptive period of time to complete this work.

We thank you for your patience over this colder than normal winter and we appreciate your feedback regarding this matter.

We hope our actions will resolve any ongoing condensation issues moving forward.

Kind Regards

Rod Leonard

Sports Stadiums Victoria

Operations Manager