Woden Park
Woden Park Athletics Field
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LocationAinsworth St, Phillip, ACT
Coordinates35°20′40″S 149°5′47″E / 35.34444°S 149.09639°E / -35.34444; 149.09639
OwnerACT Government
Capacity1,000
Field size100m x 64m (football field)
400m (athletics track)
SurfaceGrass (football field)
synthetic (athletics track)
Construction
Opened1973 (51 years ago) (1973)
Renovated22 January 2015 (8 years ago) (22 January 2015)
Construction cost$7 million
ArchitectClarke Keller Architecture
Tenants
Woden Weston FC
Canberra White Eagles FC
ACT Little Athletics
Website
Woden Park Home

Woden Park (also known as Woden Park Athletics Field) is a multi-use association football stadium and athletics centre located within Woden Valley, Canberra. It is the home ground of Woden Weston FC in the NPL Capital Football as well as ACT Little Athletics.

Stadium Facilities

Following the completion of the redevelopment, Woden Park is now a disabled friendly venue with the provision of a disability access ramp. The facilities are now at a level capable enough to host national football and athletics events. The other facility upgrades are listed below.

References:[1][2][3][4]

Football

Athletics

Shared

Primary Use

Woden Weston FC and ACT Little Athletics are the joint primary tenants of Woden Park. Woden Weston FC play home matches in the National Premier Leagues Capital Football at the stadium as well Capital Football Federation Cup matches.[5] ACT Little Athletics runs its programs for kids aged 6 to 17 in a variety of track and field athletic sports.[6]

Events History

Redevelopment Grand opening

14 February 2015, after completion of the $7 million redevelopment, Woden Park was officially opened by ACT Sports Minister, Greens MLA Shane Rattenbury. The itinerary for the grand opening included an exhibition football match and athletics all-comers meet for kids aged six to ten before ending with an athletics meet for all-comers aged eleven and over. All participants received commemorative ribbons.[7]

Inaugural Woden-Weston FC match

24 April 2015, Woden-Weston played their inaugural home match at Woden Park against Tuggeranong United in what was billed as the Southside derby.[8] Under the flood-lights the Woden-Weston boys secured an historic first victory for the club in a crushing 4–0 victory. Both Pepe Varga and Tim Anderson scored braces in the match. The win not only got the club off the foot of the table but it enabled the players to lift the newly created Mount Taylor Cup that is given to the derby victors. This was the beginning of a healthy rivalry between the two clubs in the NPL Capital Football league.[9]

A-League pre-season friendlies

Woden Park has hosted pre-season matches involving A-League opposition. The below table details these matches:

Year Home team Away team Reference
2016 Capital North region Select Central Coast Mariners [10][11]
2016 Capital South region Select Central Coast Mariners [12][13]

Records

References

  1. ^ "New state-of-the-art athletics track at Woden Park". www.cmd.act.gov.au. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  2. ^ "Woden Park Re-development". www.clarkekeller.com.au. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Phillip 3 Complex". www.sport.act.gov.au. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  4. ^ Gaskin, Lee (24 January 2015). "Canberra athletics boosted by $7 million synthetic track at Woden Park". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Woden Weston FC". www.au.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  6. ^ "Woden Park – ready, set, open". UC Ginninderra Athletics Club. 24 January 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Woden Park Redevelopment Official Opening". www.actlaa.org.au. 14 February 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  8. ^ "PS4 NPL: Southside Derby to Light Up Friday Night". Capital Football. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  9. ^ "Woden-Weston FC vs Tuggeranong United Round 3 match Card". Fox Sports Pulse. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  10. ^ "Mariners set for test against Canberra's best". www.ccmariners.com.au. 4 September 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  11. ^ "Canberra Select Squads give Mariners a run for their money". www.capitalfootball.com.au. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  12. ^ Helmers, Caden (5 September 2016). "Central Coast Mariners begin search for Canberra's next big thing". The Canberra Times. Retrieved 2 February 2017.
  13. ^ "Bingham bags four goals in game two of Capital Double Header". www.ccmariners.com.au. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 2 February 2017.

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