A NEW cricket oval and an expanded Riverside precinct could be on the cards as the council starts planning for the city's sporting future.
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Tamworth Regional Council has begun community consultation on its sport and recreation strategic plan.
The council wants all corners of the community to have a say on how the region's sporting infrastructure and parkland should be developed in the future.
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It comes at critical time for the council which has invested significantly into developing an inland sporting centre of excellence while working towards the establishment of an aquatic centre.
The new strategic plan also ties into the council's push to grow the city's population to 100,000 people within a couple of decades.
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"We need to ensure our sport and recreation facilities are in line with the estimated growth council is planning for as a part of that," the council's sport and recreation development officer Sam Eriksson said.
"Part of the strategic plan is to identify the holes we have at the moment in the Tamworth local government area (LGA) and also to understand what the future is going to hold."
The plan will be shaped by the community feedback and input from local clubs.
Major sports like Aussie Rules and cricket could be a big winner with the council acknowledging the current facilities at Number One Oval have been outgrown.
"The current plan at the centre of sporting excellence includes [a new] oval," Mr Eriksson said.
"That is one of the next stages earmarked to be out there."
While there are plans for more stages of the Northern Inland Centre of Sporting Excellence, he said the council was keen to expand the Riverside precinct as well.
The council was also very keen to ensure no groups went unrecognised.
"We're also very interested in other kinds of sports like karate or croquet," he said.
"This is for all of the LGA.
"So I'm calling on clubs like the Manilla touch football club, the Barraba Rugby and the Nundle swimming club; we want to hear from all of the clubs and people who participate in sports in those areas to engage in this survey."
The council will host a number of workshops across the region from Monday to fields questions and feedback from the community.
The sessions will kick off in Kootingal on Monday evening with events in Nundle, Tamworth, Barraba and Manilla on subsequent days.
"We really want to make sure this isn't Tamworth focused," he said.
The community survey is now open online.
People will need to RSVP to attend specific community-based workshops.