UWA Sports Park

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 / -31.951686; 115.785644
Owner University of Western Australia
Capacity 4,000
Surface Grass
Tenants
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]

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

  1. "Home". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Archived from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Sports clubs". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Archived from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  3. "Local Government Reform Submission" (PDF). Town of Cambridge. 2009. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
  4. 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.
  5. "Fixtures draw". Australian Rugby. 16 July 2014. Archived from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
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