UWA Sports Park

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UWA Sports Park
McGillivray Oval
UWA Sports Park
LocationMcGillivray Road, Mount Claremont, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°57′06″S115°47′08″E / 31.951686°S 115.785644°E / -31.951686; 115.785644
Owner University of Western Australia
Capacity 4,000
SurfaceGrass
Tenants
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

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 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).

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References

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