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October 2018:
Announcement of $7.2M in State Government funding under the Regional Sports Infrastructure Fund along with $1.636M from Tamworth Regional Council and $800,000 from Tamworth Hockey Association. Consultation and design work will start immediately. Detailed surveys, planning approval, procurement and the tender process are expected to be completed by the end of 2019, clearing the way for a start to construction.
September 2018:
Structural steel and precast concrete panels erected for Tamworth Sports Dome extension.
Contractor starts work on AELEC amenities building and landscaping.
August 2018:
New non-potable watermain completed and commission to supply irrigation to precinct.
July 2018:
Tender process starts for AELEC amenities building and landscaping contract.
June 2018:
Designs completed for the cycling and athletics facilities, tender process to be advertised in July.
Council signs funding deed with NSW Office of Sport.
May 2018:
New lighting commissioned at AELEC
April 2018:
Outdoor lighting erected for the new equestrian arenas at AELEC
March 2018:
Contractor started work on site for Tamworth Sports Dome extension
February 2018:
Two new outdoor arenas at the AELEC trialled at the North and North West Showjumping Championships as part of the commissioning process.
January 2018:
Council awards the tender to design, document and construct the extension of Tamworth Sports Dome as part of the Centre of Sporting Excellence to O'Donnell & Hanlon Pty Ltd.
November 2017:
Work starts on construction of the new outdoor equestrian arena and warm-up arena at the AELEC.
September 2017:
Construction starts on $17.2 million first phase of the Northern Inland Centre of Sporting Excellence.
August 2017:
Council signs deed of agreement with the Federal Coalition Government for the first phase of the Northern Inland Centre of Sporting Excellence.
May 2017:
Council formally approves phase one of the Northern Inland Centre of Sporting Excellence to proceed to detailed design and construction. Consultation with relevant user groups commenced to ensure the facilities are built to suit the intended purposes.
February 2017:
Preliminary engineering design, a review of project estimates and planning project design and construction starts.
January 2017:
New NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian announces $4.25 Million in State funding for the Centre of Excellence.
June 2016:
Federal Member for New England, Barnaby Joyce, makes an election promise of $8.5million in funding for the Northern Inland Centre of Excellence. The commitment will be delivered by a returned Coalition Government.
May 2016:
Development application approved for a $4.98 million athletics centre, car park and additions to the existing Tamworth Sports Dome. Work will proceed once funding is secured.
May 2016:
Development application approved for a $5.18 million Outdoor Equestrian Arena, spectator mound, car park, road extension and amenities block. Work will proceed once funding is secured.
April 2016:
Development approval granted for a $5.35 million outdoor velodrome and criterium track at the Longyard Sporting Precinct.
April 2016:
Councillors decides to spend $281,342 to allow work on the Precinct Master Plan to be completed because a completed planning and costing of the centre is necessary to ensure it is ready to proceed once funding is available.
March 2016:
Council submits a funding application to the Australia Government for the Northern Inland Centre of Excellence through the National Stronger Regions Fund (Round 3). A decision is expected in July 2016.
March 2016:
Development application lodged for a $4.98 million athletics centre, car park and additions to the existing Tamworth Sports Dome.
March 2016:
Development application lodged for a $5.18 million outdoor arena, car park and amenities at the AELEC.
January 2016:
Council lodges a development application for a $5.35 million outdoor velodrome and criterium track on a 6.9 hectare site at the Longyard Sporting Precinct.
December 2015:
Council resolves to start the formal process of finding a buyer for the current Tamworth Velodrome and call for expressions of interest in February 2016. No decision is to be made on the sale of the site until after a further report assessing all submissions is considered by Councillors. Tamworth Cycle Club and Cycling NSW have given their support to the centre of excellence which will include a new velodrome and criterium track.
August 2015:
Tamworth Regional Council takes a step towards the sale of Tamworth Velodrome when a subdivision proposal is approved. The subdivision will create two separate lots - one for Bicentennial Park in Kable Ave and the velodrome fronting Peel Street. The sale of the velodrome site cannot progress until the site has a separate title and is rezoned.
December 2014:
Tamworth Regional Councillors formally endorse the a master plan and put it on public exhibition. They decide to give priority to phase one of the master plan which was based on identifying funding opportunities from the State and Federal governments. They agreed to allocate funds from the proposed sale of the current Tamworth Velodrome (at the corner of Peel and Roderick streets, Tamworth), Tamworth Athletics Complex at South Tamworth (adjacent to Jack Smyth Drive and the New England Highway) and Federation Park on Jewry Street, Tamworth (near Tamworth Racecourse) towards the project.
June 2014:
Tamworth Regional Councillors endorse a proposal for a master plan and funding strategy to be developed to provide a strategic framework for the development of existing facilities and the establishment of new facilities for the Northern Inland Centre of Excellence.
December 2013:
A centre of sporting excellence concept is first discussed at a
workshop with Councillors who support the idea in principle.
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