SOMERVILLE Secondary College is set to explore a new synthetic soccer pitch for community use, following a council decision to develop a draft joint use agreement with the school and the Victorian School Building Authority. The motion, endorsed by councillors at their 17 February meeting, comes in response to a growing shortage of soccer fields in Somerville and the surrounding Western Port area. According to a council report, an independent condition audit of the existing college pitch found it “could not be renovated/refurbished to meet Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) quality mark standards, and the pitch was not in…
Saturday, March 7
