{"id":16517,"date":"2022-05-08T12:02:48","date_gmt":"2022-05-08T12:02:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=16517"},"modified":"2022-05-08T12:02:48","modified_gmt":"2022-05-08T12:02:48","slug":"building-a-new-sporting-future-for-wallsend-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/05\/08\/building-a-new-sporting-future-for-wallsend-park\/","title":{"rendered":"Building a new sporting future for Wallsend Park"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.nationbuilder.com\/sharonclaydon\/pages\/1112\/attachments\/original\/1651902437\/2022-05-07_11.43.24.jpg?1651902437\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sharon Claydon MP and an Albanese Labor Government will commit $285,000 to deliver a much-needed upgrade to the Wallsend Park\u2019s irrigation system.<br><br>Home to the&nbsp;Wallsend Cricket Club, Wallsend Football Club,&nbsp;and the Wallsend RSL Junior Cricket Club &#8211; some of the biggest sporting clubs in the region, Wallsend Park has hundreds of people who use the space on a regular basis.<br><br>For the clubs, the current playing surface is outdated and a barrier to growth \u2013 especially for the rapidly expanding girls and womens teams.<br><br>The upgrades will allow these clubs to grow and reach more people in the local community.<br><br>By installing a new in-ground irrigation system, the Wallsend community will finally have its own facility with a playing surface equal to other clubs within the Greater Newcastle Region.<br><br>Today\u2019s announcement is a commitment to partner with the Wallsend Cricket Club to deliver modern, accessible playing facilities to meet the future demand of the community.<br><br>What is needed is a Commonwealth Government ready to partner with the local community in delivering this much-needed upgrade. An Albanese Labor Government will do just that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sharon Claydon MP and an Albanese Labor Government will commit $285,000 to deliver a much-needed upgrade to the Wallsend Park\u2019s irrigation system. Home to the&nbsp;Wallsend Cricket Club, Wallsend Football Club,&nbsp;and the Wallsend RSL Junior Cricket Club &#8211; some of the biggest sporting clubs in the region, Wallsend Park has hundreds of people who use the &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2022\/05\/08\/building-a-new-sporting-future-for-wallsend-park\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Building a new sporting future for Wallsend Park&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16517","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16517","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16517"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16517\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16518,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16517\/revisions\/16518"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16517"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16517"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16517"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}