ACT Government irrigated sportsgrounds are being prepared for summer sport with most ovals closed for maintenance over a two-week period from Sunday 17 September to Saturday 30 September 2023 (inclusive).
Work will involve top dressing (spreading a new layer of sand/soil), upgrades to turf, fertilising and removing goal posts. This maintenance period is carried out twice yearly at the beginning and end of the summer sport season.
To provide some sports with an opportunity to train ahead of the summer sport season, the ACT Government has been working with peak sporting bodies and will leave some grounds open during this time.
This approach of keeping grounds open was trialled during the previous maintenance period in March 2023. It worked well for the sporting community and helped to avoid any impacts to training activity players may do ahead of the season.
The 21 fields to remain open during this period will have maintenance undertaken at a later date when impact to sport is minimal.
Sporting groups planning on using these grounds in this way will need to liaise with their sport peak body who will make the necessary arrangements with the ACT Government.
The ACT Government manages 127 irrigated sportsground sites across the Territory, with 882 individual hireable sporting fields hosting year-round training and competitions.
A list of the 21 fields that will remain open for bookings during the traditional maintenance period is below. All synthetic cricket nets will also remain open.
Sporting groups planning on using the grounds listed below from 17 to 30 September 2023 will need to liaise with their sport peak body who will make the necessary arrangements with the ACT Government.
Holt (four fields) |
Kambah (three fields) |
Woden Park (pre-season match play only) |
Kaleen (two fields) |
Watson (two fields) |
Giralang |
Cook |
Ainslie (two fields) |
Campbell |
Nicholls synthetic fields (two fields) |
Melrose synthetic field |
Greenway enclosed oval (pre-season match play only) |
