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Line 1: {{Use dmy dates\|date=September 2015}} {{Use Australian English\|date=September 2015}} {{Infobox_Stadium \| stadium_name = UWA Sports Park Line 4 ⟶ 6: \| image = \| location = McGillivray Road, {{nowrap\|[[Mount Claremont, Western Australia]]}} \| coordinates = {{Coord\|-31.951686\|115.785644\|display=inline,title}} \| broke_ground = \| opened = Line 15 ⟶ 17: \| architect = \| former_names = \| tenants = [[Western Force]]<br />UWAAC Athletics Club<br /> UBSC University Baseball and Softball Club<br /> [[University of Western Australia Hockey Club\|UWA Hockey Club]]<br /> UWA Rugby Club<br /> UWA Tennis Club<br /> UWA ~~Nedlands~~ Football Club ([[Perth Football League\|PFL]]) <br /> UWA ~~Soccer~~Nedlands Football Club <br /> [[UWA Torpedoes]] \| seating_capacity = 4,000 \| record_attendance = <!-- \| lighting = Yes \| video = No --> }} '''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]].<ref name = home-2014/> The park provides sporting facilities for [[Australian rules football]], [[Rugby union]], [[soccer]], and [[field hockey]] as well as [[baseball]], [[softball]] and [[tennis]].<ref name = clubs-2014/> The park has clubhouse and changing room ~~facilites~~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.<ref name = cambridge-2009/> Line 33 ⟶ 35: * UWA Rugby Club (founded 1929) * UWA Tennis Club (est. 1914) * UWA ~~Nedlands~~ Football Club (founded 1911 -, Australian rules football - [[Perth Football League\|PFL]]) * UWA ~~Soccer~~Nedlands Football Club (founded 1949, Association football) UWA Sports Park was also the main home ground in Perth to host [[National Rugby Championship]] matches;<ref name = smh-2014/><ref name= nrc-draw-2014/> for the [[Perth Spirit]] (2014–2017) and [[Western Force]] (2018–2019). ==References== {{reflist\|~~<!--~~colwidth=25em~~-->~~\|refs= <ref name = cambridge-2009>{{cite web Line 43 ⟶ 47: \|title= Local Government Reform Submission \|page = 10 \|publisher= Town of Cambridge \|~~accessdate~~access-date= 5 October 2014 \|url= http://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/files/1325c6d9-6c8d-4554-918e-9cc3014cd57c/Report_-_Local_Government_Reform_Submission.pdf. \|~~deadurl~~url-status= nolive \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110228020129/http://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/files/1325c6d9-6c8d-4554-918e-9cc3014cd57c/Report_-_Local_Government_Reform_Submission.pdf \|~~archivedate~~archive-date= 28 February 2011}} </ref> Line 54 ⟶ 58: \|title= Home \|work= UWA Sports Park \|~~accessdate~~access-date= 5 October 2014 \|url= http://www.sportspark.uwa.edu.au/ \|~~deadurl~~url-status= nolive \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140712063606/http://www.sportspark.uwa.edu.au/ \|~~archivedate~~archive-date= 12 July 2014}} </ref> Line 65 ⟶ 69: \|title= Sports clubs \|work= UWA Sports Park \|~~accessdate~~access-date= 5 October 2014 \|url= http://www.sportspark.uwa.edu.au/community/sports-clubs \|~~deadurl~~url-status= nolive \|~~archiveurl~~archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140301105014/http://www.sportspark.uwa.edu.au/community/sports-clubs \|~~archivedate~~archive-date= 1 March 2014}} </ref> <ref name = smh-2014>{{cite web \|date= 20 August 2014 \|first= Ed \|last= Jackson \|title= Australian rugby set for provincial reboot \|work= Sydney Morning Herald \|publisher= Fairfax \|access-date= 6 October 2014 \|url= http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/australian-rugby-set-for-provincial-reboot-20140820-3e0g0.html \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141006123719/http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-sport/australian-rugby-set-for-provincial-reboot-20140820-3e0g0.html \|archive-date= 6 October 2014}} </ref> <ref name= nrc-draw-2014>{{cite web \|date= 16 July 2014 \|title= Fixtures draw \|publisher= Australian Rugby \|access-date= 24 March 2014 \|url= http://www.rugby.com.au/nrc/FixturesDraw.aspx \|url-status= live \|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140716063414/http://www.rugby.com.au/nrc/FixturesDraw.aspx \|archive-date= 16 July 2014}} </ref> Line 75 ⟶ 102: ==External links== *[https://www.google.com/maps/@-31.9517403,115.7845976,1296m/data=!3m1!1e3 Satellite Image of UWA Sports Park] {{NRC Grounds}} [[Category:Sports venues in Perth, Western Australia]] [[Category:University of Western Australia]] [[Category:Rugby union stadiums in Australia]] [[Category:Water polo venues in Australia]]