The Brighton Regional Sports Pavilion was recently an­nounced as the State and Ter­ritory winner for Tasmania as part of the AFL’s annual Ken Gannon Community Football Facilities Awards. The Ken Gannon Awards recognise best practice in community football facility development across Australia, as well as the people, clubs and stakehold­ers driving the best projects.

The Brighton Regional Sports Pavilion was a $6,480,000 in­vestment jointly funded proj­ect between the Department of Infrastructure (Community Development) and Brighton Council and was opened in June 2021. The new, two-storey building includes a gym, club rooms, meeting rooms, male and female change rooms, function space, dining areas and commercial kitchen.

The facility supports the growth of female participation in sport and the growth of the Brighton community. It will also help ensure the com­munity has the opportunity to participate in and enjoy healthy sport and recreation, as well as valuable amenities to the broader community.

The awards are funded by the AFL’s Australian Football Fa­cilities Fund which partners on $50M worth of community football facility projects ben­efitting more than 100 clubs each and every year.