DEVONPORT COUNTRY CLUB
REDEVELOPMENT GETS GREEN LIGHT
T
hree struggling sport clubs have come
together for a major redevelopment at
the Devonport Golf Club at Spreyton.
The Devonport Bowls and Croquet Club,
Devonport Golf Club and Spreyton Bowls
Club will become the Devonport Country
Club when the clubs break ground on a
combined redevelopment of the golf course
this spring.
Liberal MP Roger Jaensch said it was “most
impressive” that the three clubs had been
able to co-ordinate the upgrade together to
improve their facilities.
The plans include a new state of the art
indoor bowls centre which would allow
bowling club members to bowl all through
the year.
Two croquet lawns, three outdoor
bowling greens and upgrades to the golf
course will also be part of the $8.5 million
redevelopment.
The project received $3.5 million from the
federal government in June last year and a
further $3.5 million investment in the 2017-
18 state budget last month.
“This is leadership that the rest of Tasmania
should look at,” he said. The Devonport Country Club estimated the
project would create 100 full time jobs during
construction then 22 ongoing jobs once built.
The current plan is to build a new clubhouse
over two levels with a club bar, bistro and
function centre. It hoped to attract national competitions
at the new facilities and to encourage local
residents to take up sport.
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