The sports capital programme for 2000 was advertised in early December 1999 with a closing date of 11 February 2000 for the receipt of completed applications. Initial processing of the applications has commenced and a letter of acknowledgement has been issued to the club in question.
Applications received under the programme will be evaluated against the programme's assessment criteria which are outlined in the guidelines which accompanied the application form and I hope to be in a position to announce the grant allocations by June 2000. In view of the large number of applications received under the programme, and my heavy schedule of commitments, I regret that I am not in a position to meet with the group concerned.