UWA Sports Park

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UWA Sports Park
McGillivray Oval
Location McGillivray Road, Mount Claremont, Western Australia
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Owner University of Western Australia
Capacity 4,000
Surface Grass
Tenants
Perth Spirit (NRC) (2014-present)
UWAAC 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 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]

  • UWAAC 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)

UWA Sports Park is also one of the home grounds for the Perth Spirit team that plays in the National Rugby Championship.[4][5]

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