Sportsgrounds Close for Two-Week Summer Maintenance

Most ACT Government irrigated sportsgrounds will be temporarily closed for the bi-annual two-week maintenance period from Tuesday 17 September to Monday 30 September 2024 (inclusive) to prepare fields for the summer sport season.

"This work is essential to help maintain the 129 sportsgrounds that are used year-round for various sporting groups. Before the summer and winter sport seasons, work on the fields is done to prepare for the next sporting period," Director of Sport & Recreation Facilities, Luke Halpin said.

"Maintenance work will include removing goal posts, top dressing, upgrading the turf as well as fertilising grass," Mr Halpin said.

To provide some sports with an opportunity to prepare and train ahead of the summer sport season, the ACT Government has been working with peak sporting bodies and will leave some grounds open during the two- week period.

"This approach of keeping some grounds open has proven to work well for the sporting community and helped to avoid any impacts to training activity players may do ahead of the season," Mr Halpin said.

"Keeping some grounds open helps to limit any inconvenience. Having a close relationship with sport peak bodies also is important and the team with Sport and Recreation Facilities work closely with these groups throughout the sporting seasons.

"Maintenance work has commenced at some sportsgrounds already. Other grounds that still require maintenance will close at a later date that suits the various sporting groups," Mr Halpin said.

Any sporting groups planning on using the grounds listed below from 17 to 30 September 2024 will need to liaise with their sport peak body who will make the necessary arrangements with the ACT Government.

A list of the 19 fields that will remain open for bookings during the traditional maintenance period is below.

Synthetic fields are not affected during this period and will remain open.