Fankhauser Reserve

Last updated

Fankhauser Reserve
Fankhauser Reserve oval.jpg
Oval in 2015
Fankhauser Reserve
LocationCnr Musgrave & Olsen Ave, Southport
Owner Southport Sharks
Capacity 8,000 [1]
SurfaceGrass
Opened1989
Tenants
Southport Sharks, NEAFL (1989-)
Gold Coast Suns Reserves, NEAFL (2011-)
Gold Coast Suns, AFL Women's (2020-)

Fankhauser Reserve is a multi-sports venue in Southport, a suburb in Gold Coast, Australia.

Contents

It has been used by the NEAFL's Southport Australian Football Club team as their home game base. [2] The Gold Coast Suns reserves side also occasionally uses the ground for home matches. The ground was due to host a match for premiership points in the 2020 AFL Women's season but it was cancelled due to COVID-19.

In 1987 the Southport Sharks' board of directors submitted a proposal to the local council to build a professional Australian rules football ground and licensed club on the 31 acres of land located on the corner of Musgrave and Olsen Avenues. The submission was approved and the Sharks were granted a 50-year lease on the site. Construction of the $2.7 million development began in 1988 and was completed in February 1989. The ground was named after then Sharks vice president Wally Fankhauser who donated $2.2 million towards the new headquarters. [3]

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gold Coast, Queensland</span> Australian coastal city

The Gold Coast, also known by its initials, GC, is a coastal city and region in the state of Queensland, Australia, located approximately 66 kilometres (41 mi) south-southeast of the centre of the state capital, Brisbane. It is Queensland's second-largest city after Brisbane, as well as Australia's sixth-largest city and the most populous non-capital city. The city's central business district is located roughly in the centre of the Gold Coast in the suburb of Southport. The urban area of the Gold Coast is concentrated along the coast, sprawling almost 60 kilometres, joining up with the Greater Brisbane metropolitan region to the north and to the state border with New South Wales to the south. Nicknames of the city include the ‘Glitter Strip’ and the ‘Goldy’. The demonym of a Gold Coast resident is Gold Coaster.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carrara Stadium</span> Stadium on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Carrara Stadium is a stadium on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Main Beach, Queensland</span> Town in Queensland, Australia

Main Beach is a coastal town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Main Beach had a population of 3,998 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Nerang, Queensland</span> Town in Queensland, Australia

Nerang is a town and suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, the suburb of Nerang had a population of 17,048 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southport, Queensland</span> Suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Southport is a coastal town and the most populous suburb in the City of Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia. It contains the Gold Coast central business district. In the 2021 census, Southport had a population of 36,786 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Broadbeach Waters, Queensland</span> Suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Broadbeach Waters is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Broadbeach Waters had a population of 8,164 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australian rules football in Queensland</span> First official football code played in 1866

In Queensland, Australian rules football dates back to the colonial era in 1866, with organised competitions being continuous since the 1900s. Today, it is most popular in South East Queensland and the Cairns Region. There are 11 regional club competitions, the highest profile of which are the semi-professional Queensland Australian Football League and AFL Cairns. It is governed by AFL Queensland. According to Ausplay there are 51,941 adult players with a per capita rate of 1.2%, just under half of which are female, and 30,563 children. It is the seventh most participated team sport and fourth code of football after soccer, touch and rugby league.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southport Spit</span>

The Southport Spit is a spit and neighbourhood within the northern end of Main Beach, City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. It is a permanent sand spit that separates the Southport Broadwater from the Pacific Ocean.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Carrara, Queensland</span> Suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Carrara is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Carrara had a population of 13,138 people.

Benowa is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Benowa had a population of 9,889 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southport Australian Football Club</span> Australian rules football club

The Southport Australian Football Club, nicknamed the Sharks, is an Australian rules football club based on the Gold Coast, Queensland, that competes in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Anthony (footballer)</span> Australian rules footballer

John "Jack" Anthony is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Collingwood Football Club from 2008 to 2010 and the Fremantle Football Club from 2011 to 2012.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sports on the Gold Coast, Queensland</span>

Sport on the Gold Coast has a rich history. As a popular tourist destination leisure sports like Golf, but most particularly sports associated with its famous beaches, have always been popular. A number of surf clubs line Gold Coasts beaches, who host a variety of swimming and athletic events collected into surf carnivals along with competitions evolved from methods of surf life saving.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Parkwood, Queensland</span> Suburb of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia

Parkwood is a suburb in the City of Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. In the 2021 census, Parkwood had a population of 8,837 people.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gold Coast Suns</span> Australian rules football club

The Gold Coast Suns, officially the Gold Coast Football Club, are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club is based on Queensland's Gold Coast in the suburb of Carrara.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Southport State High School</span> Public school in Australia

Southport State High School is a secondary school situated in Southport on the Gold Coast, Queensland in Australia. Southport State High School was the first public high school on the Gold Coast, celebrating its 100th centenary in 2016. 'Respice Finem' remains the school motto to this day, meaning 'look to the end result'. Some of the Southport State High School Buildings are listed on the Queensland Heritage Register.

Kombumerri Park is a multi-sports venue in Mermaid Waters, a suburb in the Gold Coast, Australia. It includes an Australian Rules Football and Cricket ground.

Cooke-Murphy Oval is a sports venue in Labrador, a suburb in the Gold Coast, Australia. It includes an Australian rules football ground.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Australian rules football on the Gold Coast</span>

Australian rules football on the Gold Coast, Queensland can be traced back to the Gold Coast Australian Football League that was established in 1961. The city's interest in the sport has been heavily linked to the Southport Australian Football Club, the Brisbane Football Club and more recently the Gold Coast Football Club. The highest form of the sport played on the Gold Coast is the Australian Football League's team the Gold Coast Football Club, who were admitted into the competition in 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gold Coast central business district</span> Place in Queensland, Australia

The Gold Coast central business district (CBD) is the planned main commercial centre of the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. The area encompasses an eastern portion of the Southport suburb. Its north–south axis runs from North Street in the north to Brighton Parade in the south. Its east–west axis runs from Broadwater in the east to the High Street in the west.

References

  1. "Fankhauser Reserve". Austadiums. Retrieved 10 November 2022.
  2. "Southport Sharks". southportsharks.com.au. Archived from the original on 13 August 2012.
  3. "Southport Sharks history". Archived from the original on 16 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.

Commons-logo.svg Media related to Fankhauser Reserve at Wikimedia Commons

28°02′21″S153°25′11″E / 28.0392°S 153.4198°E / -28.0392; 153.4198