Why you should Plan
We’ve all heard the saying ‘failing to plan is planning to fail’ and as corny as it sounds, there’s a lot of truth to it. Short and long term sport and recreation planning provides guidance and a focussed direction to develop sustainable and strong organisations who can then provide quality sport and recreation opportunities for the community.
Give Luke a call to talk about the process to develop a plan or
grant application for you.
Plans we can develop for you
Sporting Advantage can carry out extensive consultation within and around your organisation to develop a unique plan. The types of plans we can develop for you include:
Strategic plans
Operational plans
Sport and recreation plans
Facility master plans
Club development plans
Volunteer management plans
Sports business plans
Who we have worked with
Sporting Advantage has successfully worked with a range of clients to produce a number of different plans, specific to that organisation’s needs and goals. A selection of these plans include:
- James Cook University Student Association Sport and Recreation Plan
- Tennis Townsville Strategic Plan
- Clermont Sporting Precinct Facility Development Plan
- Charters Towers Rugby Union Club Volunteer Management and Operational Plan
- Townsville City Netball Strategic Plan
Writing grant applications
Sporting Advantage can write professional and comprehensive grant applications for your organisation to provide you with the greatest opportunity of successfully sourcing the funds for your important projects. The planning we undertake will strengthen these applications through:
- Identifying priority projects to match with relevant grant programs
- Showing evidence of community consultation and the need for specific projects
- The time to undertake appropriate preparation to submit a quality grant application in accordance with grant guidelines and timeframes
Over $800,000 of success we have achieved with grant applications
- $300,000 for Townsville City Netball Association to develop new synpave courts

- $280,500 for Brothers Junior Rugby League Club to develop new fields in Townsville
- $138,600 for Mackay Junior Rugby League Association to develop new fields
- $26,870 for Tennis Townsville to install new court fencing
- $11,590 for Townsville City Netball Association to install solar panelling and solar heat pump
- $10,000 for Townsville City Netball Association to construct a storage facility
- $2,000 for volunteer management training
- $5,000 for netball umpiring accreditation and training
- $5,000 for sports management training
- $5,000 for introductory tennis programs
- $5,000 for 8 different sporting clubs to develop strategic and operational plans
- $5,000 for volunteer education and training for Mackay Hockey
How we can assist you
Sporting Advantage can assist you to develop sport and recreation through:
- Strategic and Operational Club Development Planning
- Council Sport and Recreation Planning
- Facility Master Planning
- Grants Writing for Sport
Could you use a professional consultant to develop your sport?
