Players from Woodend-Hesket Football Netball Club and Woodend-Hesket Masters Football Club are celebrating the installation of new lights at their oval and courts.
Both clubs helped fundraise for the lighting upgrade at Woodend’s Gilbert Gordon Reserve.
The new lights have been installed using a $100,000 grant from the state government’s 2016-17 Country Football Netball Program, a $205,000 contribution from Macedon Ranges council and $70,000 from the oval’s users.
The Masters club, consisting of about 40 footballers aged over 35, raised $15,000 for the project through events, such as a comedy night.
The football-netball club seniors raised $70,000 under the guidance of club life member Eddie Tunn.
The new lights will enable the clubs to host night games for both football and netball.
Both clubs said they were looking forward to establishing their games as bigger events in the community.
The first home games were played at Gordon Gilbert Reserve last Saturday.
Visit the clubs’ websites to find out game times: bit.ly/2GQoxpq and woodendhesketmastersfc.com.au
