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UWA Sports Park

Coordinates: 31°57′06″S 115°47′08″E / 31.951686°S 115.785644°E / -31.951686; 115.785644
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UWA Sports Park
McGillivray Oval
Map
StandortMcGillivray Road, Mount Claremont, Western Australia
Coordinates31°57′06″S 115°47′08″E / 31.951686°S 115.785644°E / -31.951686; 115.785644
OwnerUniversity of Western Australia
SurfaceGrass
Tenants
UWAAC Amateur 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 that was gifted to the University of Western Australia in 1904 by the Government of Western Australia[1][2]

The park provides sporting facilities for Australian rules football, Rugby union, soccer and field hockey as well as baseball, softball and tennis.[3] There are clubhouse and changing room facilites, and the sporting fields have lighting suitable for hosting night time events.

Clubs based at UWA Sports Park as of 2014 include:[3]

  • UWAAC Amateur 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)

References

  1. ^ "Home". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "Local Government Reform Submission" (PDF). Town of Cambridge. 2009. p. 10. Archived from the original on 28 February 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2014. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ a b "Sports clubs". UWA Sports Park. 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)