UWA Sports Park

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]

UWA Sports Park
Tenants
McGillivray Oval

Location	McGillivray Road, Mount Claremont, Western Australia
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
Western Force UWAAC Athletics Club UBSC University Baseball and Softball Club UWA Hockey Club UWA Rugby Club UWA Tennis Club UWA Football Club (PFL) UWA Nedlands Football Club UWA Torpedoes

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 was also the main home ground in Perth to host National Rugby Championship matches;^[4]^[5] for the Perth Spirit (2014–2017) and Western Force (2018–2019).

References edit

^ "Home". UWA Sports Park. 2014. from the original on 12 July 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Sports clubs". UWA Sports Park. 2014. from the original on 1 March 2014. Retrieved 5 October 2014.
^ "Local Government Reform Submission". Town of Cambridge. 2009. p. 10. (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. from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2014.
^ "Fixtures draw". Australian Rugby. 16 July 2014. from the original on 16 July 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2014.