Bombala’s new showground sporting facilities near completion

Published on 02 July 2025

In big news for Bombala athletes and exercise enthusiasts, Council can reveal that work on the major local project bringing new cricket, netball and spectator facilities to the Bombala Showground are nearly complete.

Earlier this week, Council’s contractor working on the cricket nets officially handed the new installation over to the projects team. The reseeded grass surrounding the site needs time to set root and grow in ahead of the new nets opening to the public this spring.

Construction of accessible pathways and the new showground driveway were also completed earlier in June 2025.

Contractors are currently awaiting the delivery of the additional spectator seating, scheduled to arrive on-site by the middle of next month. Thanks to the completion of the surrounding path network, installation and completion of the new spectator area will be able to go ahead as soon as the seats arrive.

Despite a wetter than expected start to winter, crews are also making great progress towards completion of the new netball court and overflow car parking area.

The court will open partway into this year’s local netball season, following line-marking work scheduled for spring and summer once the construction work has been completed.

We look forward to seeing the Bombala community enjoying all the new facilities when the site reopens to the public in full from spring and summer 2025.

Co-funded by the Australian Government and NSW Government through the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery Fund, this project is providing greater access to sport and recreation opportunities for communities across the wider Bombala area.

In the background while all of this progress has been made on the ground, Council’s projects team have completed planning work for the proposed stage two of the project. With these shovel-ready plans in hand and ready to go, Council is now on the hunt for the grant funding required to undertake the phase two of the Bombala Sporting Facilities Upgrade Project.

Further details will be shared once grants have been secured and the scope of the stage two works has been confirmed.

For more information about the Bombala Sporting Facilities Upgrade project, please contact Council on 1300 345 345 or send an email to council@smrc.nsw.gov.au.