Australia’s Favourite Grass Track

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Central Reserve, Glen Waverley in Melbourne has been voted Australia’s Favourite Grass Track.

The pristine grass surface, used from grassroots Little Athletics participants through to Olympic finalists, pipped Central Park, Stawell at the post to claim line honours.

Here’s the Top 8 places:

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    Central Reserve

    5 Reviews
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    Central Reserve is one of the premier grass tracks in Melbourne, located in Glen Waverley. The track is managed by the City of Monash. The track features an 8 lane straight internal to the circular track, synthetic long jump runways and a synthetic high jump fan. The venue is considered Melbourne’s premier grass track, and is well used from grassroots Read more…
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    Central Park Stawell

    1 Review
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    Central Park Stawell is the home of the Stawell Gift, run annually each Easter. Stawell is located in the Northern Grampians region of Victoria, 237km north-north-west of Melbourne. The Stawell Gift dates back to 1878 and has been conducted at Central Park since 1898. It is regarded as Australia’s richest footrace, with the 120m Gift the main events on the Read more…
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    Geelong Grammar Main Oval

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    The Geelong Grammar Main Oval is marked with a seasonal grass athletics track. Geelong Grammar School is an independent Anglican co-educational boarding and day school located in Corio on the northern outskirts of Geelong. There are synthetic long jump runways and a scoria shot put landing area external to the track. The school has a strong sporting tradition, with notable Read more…
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    McGillvray Oval

    4 Reviews
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    McGillvray Oval is located at UWA Sports Park at the University of Western Australia in Perth. The grass track is well maintained and features an additional straight for sprints on the outside of the home straight. The venue also has long jump pits with grass runways and throwing cages. The venue is managed by UWA Sport. The venue placed 4th Read more…
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    Edithvale Reserve

    6 Reviews
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    Edithvale Reserve is located in the southern Melbourne suburb of Edithvale. The athletics track is located inside the interior of a velodrome, with the track infield also used for soccer. The venue is managed by the City of Kingston. The venue finished 5th in Australia’s Favourite Grass Track in 2021.           Read more…
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    Bill Jacobs Athletics Centre

    No Reviews
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    The Bill Jacobs Athletics Centre is located in Wagga Wagga in the Riverina region of New South Wales. The venue was established in 1988 and features a well maintained grass track and synthetic long jump run ways. The venue was originally named Jubilee Park and was renamed in 2021 in memory of Bill Jacobs, who was a local athletics coach Read more…
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    Duffy’s Road Oval

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    Duffy’s Road Oval is a seasonal grass track in Terrigal on the NSW Central Coast, which is marked between October to March. The venue is managed by the Central Coast Council. The venue placed 7th in Australia’s Favourite Grass Track in 2021.           Read more…
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    Jack Eddy Oval

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    Jack Eddy Oval is located in Moama, in the Riverina district of New South Wales. The venue is used for Little Athletics, football and AFL. Upgraded lighting was installed in 2019. The venue is named after Jack Eddy, who was the inaugural life member of the Moama Football Netball Club. The venue finished 8th in Australia’s Favourite Grass Track in Read more…

Round 2

The following tracks were eliminated in Round 2 (9th – 16th place):

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    Tom Flood Sports Centre

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    The Tom Flood Sports Centre is located in Bendigo, Victoria and has a seasonal grass track. The track is enclosed within a velodrome, which has a single straight and a long sweeping bend. The venue was previously regularly used for athletics (Little Athletics and open competition) prior to the construction of other venues. For athletics it is now primarily used Read more…
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    Hourglass Reserve

    No Reviews
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    Hourglass Reserve is located in the Perth suburb of Cooloongup and features a grass track. The venue also has synthetic long jump runways, synthetic javelin run up and synthetic high jump fan. There are also two scoria shot put landing areas. The venue was re-turfed in the winter of 2021 and is managed by the City of Rockingham. Read more…
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    Devonport Oval

    No Reviews
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    Devonport Oval is a multisport oval located on the north coast of Tasmania, that is marked with a seasonal grass track. The oval is also used for AFL and cricket, and cycling, with a velodrome on the oval’s perimeter. The venue is managed by Devonport Council and annually hosts the Devonport Gift. Read more…
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    Geoff Watt Memorial Athletics Track

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    The Geoff Watt Memorial Athletics Track is located in Warragul in Victoria’s West Gippsland region. The venue features a grass athletics track and is named after local distance runner, Geoff Watt, who died of exposure in 1969 while training on Mt Erica. Watt was an international marathoner, the first person to run up and down Mt Kilimanjaro and the father Read more…
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    Loganlea Athletics Field

    2 Reviews
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    Loganlea Athletics Field is a grass track located on the Gold Coast. The track is marked year round. facility has four synthetic long/triple jump pits, two synthetic high jump fans, one synthetic javelin runway, two discs cages and multiple shot put circles encased by an eight lane grass track. The venue is predominantly used for Little Athletics and is managed Read more…
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    Peter Hannan Athletics Oval, Pizzey Park

    1 Review
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    The Peter Hannan Athletics Oval within Pizzey Park is a beautiful grass track located on the Gold Coast. The track is part of the larger park complex which is just a short drive (or longer run) from the beach. The venue features synthetic long jump runways. The track is named after Peter Hannan, a longtime track and field coach, who Read more…
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    Chatswood Rotary War Memorial Athletics Field

    1 Review
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    Chatswood Rotary War Memorial Athletics Field, more commonly known as Rotary Field, is one of Sydney’s premier grass athletics tracks. In 1961 the Rotary Club of Chatswood instigated the development of the field for athletics. The Club contributed $27,000 over five years to the development and the field was opened in 1967 by the Governor of NSW, Sir Roden Cutler. Read more…
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    Barton Park

    1 Review
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    Barton Park is located in North Parramatta in Sydney’s Western Suburbs. The venue features an oval track, long jump pit and throwing cages.  It is used for both senior and junior athletics in summer and winter and used extensively for school sport carnivals. It is located next to PH Jeffery Reserve sporting field and tennis courts. The track features a Read more…
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The following tracks were eliminated in Round 1 (17th – 32nd place)

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    St Albans Reserve

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    St Albans Reserve is located in the Adelaide suburb of Enfield and features a grass athletics track with a synthetic sprint straight and field event facilities. The 120m sprint straight was added in 2021, along with a resurfacing the the long jump runways, pole vault run up, high jump fan and javelin runway. The venue is managed by the City Read more…
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    Bill Paterson Oval

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    Bill Paterson Oval is located within Limestone Park in Ipswich in south-east Queensland. The oval features a grass athletics track, which has synthetic long jump runways on its infield. The oval was named after prominent Ipswich coach, Bill Paterson. The venue is managed by the City of Ipswich.   Read more…
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    Keith Beavis Oval

    1 Review
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    Keith Beavis Oval is located in the Brisbane suburb of Windsor and features a grass track. The oval is contained within Windsor Park. The eight lane track is marked for most of the year. There are synthetic long jump runways and a synthetic high jump fan external to the first bend of the track. A discus circle is located on Read more…
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    Jack Cook Memorial Park

    2 Reviews
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    Jack Cook Memorial Park is located in the Brisbane suburb of Toowong and features a grass track. An athletics track has existed at the venue since at least 1918 and was previously known as Heroes Park until being renamed in 1984. A Little Athletics Centre was formed at the venue in 1982. The venue has a synthetic long jump runway Read more…
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    Zammit Oval

    1 Review
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    Zammit Oval is located in Deception Bay, located approximately 30km north of Brisbane. The venue features a well maintained grass track with synthetic long jump runways. The track is planned to be converted to a synthetic surface, with funding provided by the Commonwealth and Queensland governments. The venue is managed by Morton Bay Regional Council. Read more…
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    Brian Johnston Athletics Track

    2 Reviews
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    The Brian Johnston Athletics Track is located in Ashmore on the Gold Coast. The venue features a well maintained grass track, with black Mondo long jump runways. The venue was named in 2010 in memory of Brian Johnston, who was a founding member of the local Little Athletics centre and dedicated over three decades of voluntary work to the sport. Read more…
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    Stradbroke Park

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    Stradbroke Park is located in the affluent eastern Melbourne suburb of Kew and features a grass track. The venue has synthetic long jump runways. The venue is managed by the City of Boroondara. Read more…
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    Noranda Sporting Complex

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    The Noranda Sporting Complex in Perth features a well maintained grass athletics track. The complex has off street parking adjacent to the track. The venue is managed by the City of Bayswater.   Read more…
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    Laurie Delaney Oval

    No Reviews
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    Laurie Delaney Oval is a grass track located at the CQUniversity campus in Gladstone. The track has been at the venue for approximately 30 years and is generally available for use when not booked by schools or the local athletics club. It is used for competition on Saturday mornings from October through to March, and for club training on Tuesday Read more…
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    Ern Holmes Oval

    2 Reviews
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    Ern Holmes Oval is a seasonal grass track located in the Sydney suburb of Pennant Hills. The athletics track is marked during summer for use by Little Athletics, with the venue also being used extensively for AFL in winter and cricket in summer (with a turf wicket at the centre of the field). The venue was previously known as Pennant Read more…
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    John O’Dwyer Oval

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    John O’Dwyer Oval is located in the Croome Road Sporting Complex, Albion Park, within the Wollongong metropolitan area. The oval features a grass track that is used by Albion Park Little Athletics Centre. The venue also has synthetic grass long jump run ways. The venue is named after former mayor of Shellharbour Council in the 1970s, John O’Dwyer. Ryan Gregson Read more…
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    Masons Lane Reserve

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    Masons Lane Reserve is located in Bacchus Marsh, approximately 50km north west of the Melbourne CBD. The venue features a grass track that is used for Little Athletics. The venue is managed by Moorabool Shire Council. Read more…
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    Alfred Henry Whaling Memorial Reserve

    1 Review
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    Alfred Henry Whaling Memorial Reserve is a well maintained grass athletics track located in the Hills District of Sydney. The venue has excellent drainage and is very durable in wet weather. There is a separate sprint straight on the infield of the circular track. The venue is managed by the Hills Shire Council. Read more…
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    Riverview Park

    No Reviews
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    Riverview Park is a grass track located in Lismore on the NSW north coast. The venue is regularly used for local Little Athletics competition and school carnivals, and has played host to the Little Athletics Regional Championships. The venue features synthetic long jump runways that were resurfaced in 2016. The track is prone to flooding after heavy rainfall. The venue Read more…
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    Jimboomba Athletics Centre

    1 Review
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    Jimboomba Athletics Centre is located on the southern fringes of Brisbane and features a grass track. The venue also has three synthetic long jump runways, two synthetic javelin runways, a pole vault pit and a hammer cage.     Read more…
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    Myimbarr Community Park

    No Reviews
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    The Myimbarr Community Park track was opened in 2010. The track has hosted a range of events including the Little Athletics NSW State Multis in 2014 and Regional Championships. The venue is managed by Shellhabour Council. Read more…
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