Victoria set to sizzle with a sporting summer of significant events

WBBL and BBL Melbourne Renegade players at Simonds Stadium

14 Dec 2017

It’s been an action packed few months of significant sporting events across Victoria and it’s not slowing down this summer. We have seen the Matildas take on China at AAMI Park and in Geelong, wowing crowds with some of the very best talent women’s soccer has to offer.

Gippsland has hosted the NBL and Bash Bash cricket with AFLW and AFL pre-season games heading to the valley in the next few months.

Up in Bendigo the 2017 ARU National Senior Rugby 7s saw the world’s best hit the turf including the traditional rivalry clash of the Australian Women's Sevens against New Zealand. Across in Shepparton, the 2017 Challenge Triathlon rolled into town, one of Australia’s biggest again saw a great crowd take part on the day.

Out on the water we cheered as the Head of the Yarra was crowned on Nov 25, watched the waves crash on the Phillip Island Pro QS1000 surfing and saw the next generation of Olympic champions hit the water out at the Royal Brighton Yacht Club as part of the Sail Melbourne International 2017 .

For those looking for more glamour the 72nd Australian DanceSport Championship lit up Hisense Arena, featuring more eye catching turns than the Albert Park GP track.

These international and regional events has been locked in thanks to funding from the Regional Events Fund and the Significant Sporting Events Program, ensuing Victoria really is the Australian home of sport.

The $20 million Regional Events Fund is helping rural and regional communities stage events like these that attract visitors in their thousands.

To date the 2014-2018 Significant Sporting Events Program has provided $6.2m in funding to secure 280 big sporting events to Victoria. More than half of these events have been held in regional Victoria.

And there is plenty more coming up in the next few months, so get out and take part, or cheer at some outstanding sporting events across Victoria this summer.

For more information on these funds visit the Significant Sporting Events Program page.