My effort:-
Dear Mr Abbott,
My family and I are long term Northern Beaches residents, and long term voters of yours.
Prior to the last election, you promised Brookvale Oval much needed funding ($9 million) if your party succeeded in attaining the majority vote &
gaining office, which unfortunately did not come to fruition.
As you may be aware, from 1997 through 2007, Rugby League grounds received $900,000,000 in federal funding for the improvement & enhancement
of such grounds, whilst your electorate was able to secure one nine hundredth of this share, for some cosmetic surgery to the lighting towers.
As I'm sure you are aware, Rugby League ranks the highest in television broadcasting in New South Wales. To give you an example, on Sunday,
June 6, 2010 at Brookvale Oval, approximately 504,000 fans viewed the game (I suggest this game to be fair, as two Sydney teams would have
surely inflated these numbers). That is over half a million viewers tuning in, and looking / experiencing a ground that looks / is perceived to be so out dated,
dilapidated, and behind the times. In your electorate. In the electorate where you have attained 1/900th of funding since 1997. Surely this isn't an
exciting way of advertising your ability to improve our demographic, and to get the job done?
As I'm sure you are aware, the fans presented Morris Iemma with a petition with almost 10,000 signatures on it, requesting, no, begging for some
much needed funding to improve our historic dinosaur (see below for pictorial evidence). Mr Iemma then granted Brookvale Oval approximately
six or seven million from State Level in funding (of which, I'm sure you have noticed Warringah councillors squabbling over).
For that reason, I implore you to re-visit your original offer to provide Brookvale Oval some much needed funding, if anything, to provide a safe
environment for families to attend the very many events that may be held there going forward, not just for Rugby League, where families gather
on a weekly basis as a community, but a welcoming, safe facility where our people can gather, and feel part of our demographic.
Kind Regards,
Ryan Winter