UWA Sports Park
| McGillivray Oval | |
| Location | McGillivray Road, Mount Claremont, Western Australia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | Coordinates: 31°57′06″S 115°47′08″E / 31.951686°S 115.785644°E |
| Owner | University of Western Australia |
| Capacity | 4,000 |
| Surface | Grass |
| Tenants | |
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Perth Spirit (NRC) (2014-present) UWAAC Athletics Club UBSC University Baseball and Softball Club UWA Hockey Club UWA Rugby Club UWA Tennis Club UWA Nedlands Football Club UWA Soccer Club | |
UWA Sports Park is a multi-purpose sporting and recreation reserve in Mount Claremont, Western Australia. It is located on 56 hectares of land approximately 10 km west of Perth and is owned by the University of Western Australia.[1]
The park provides sporting facilities for Australian rules football, Rugby union, soccer, and field hockey as well as baseball, softball and tennis.[2] The park has clubhouse and changing room facilities and the fields have lighting suitable for hosting night time sports events.
The land that UWA Sports Park is situated on was gifted to the university by the Government of Western Australia in 1904.[3]
Clubs based at UWA Sports Park as of 2014 include:[2]
- UWAAC Athletics Club (founded 1928)
- UBSC University Baseball and Softball Club (founded 1947)
- UWA Hockey Club (est. 1924)
- UWA Rugby Club (founded 1929)
- UWA Tennis Club (est. 1914)
- UWA Nedlands Football Club (founded 1911 - Australian rules football)
- UWA Soccer Club (founded 1949)
UWA Sports Park is also one of the home grounds for the Perth Spirit team that plays in the National Rugby Championship.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Home". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- 1 2 "Sports clubs". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ "Local Government Reform Submission" (PDF). Town of Cambridge. 2009. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
- ↑ Jackson, Ed (20 August 2014). "Australian rugby set for provincial reboot". Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Fixtures draw". Australian Rugby. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.