Student wrote:7Dog I have always wondered why they don't give an oval each in PA- centrals to etsa, west to chinnery and u blokes to the main oval. Any reason or is one/chinnery not up to scratch. I know in Pirie lions have the main one (which must help), sollies the globe and ports theirs? Enlighten me as it must be a bit confusing from time to time.
& just quietly walked the dog on Ports the other day, it is very good.
Because we play only at Central Oval, every club wants & needs to train there. The size of Central Oval would be one of the biggest in Country SA (definately besides Bennett Oval, Whyalla), the size of the other ovals is really too small. However they are probably bigger than some of the ovals I have heard described around SA.
Chinnery is the worst surface of the other 2 ovals and too unsafe as the Oval is surrounded by a fence, which would be close to the Boundary Line.
I'm not quite sure what happens in Pirie, there Juniors (U/15's) play through out the week. Globe Oval isn't too bad, don't know about the lighting though. Never stepped foot on Ports Oval, but it looks nice. Memorial Oval is the only oval that hosts games, so I would expect Sollies & Ports to train there sometimes.
woodublieve12 wrote:yeah thats what i thought... we trained at westies tonight... certainly good lighting for the dogs
just odd training at other clubs ovals... which i figure are all council owned.. something different... shame all clubs dont have there own oval to play on and train on. love to play (except for the crapy wind blowing a gail down the groun) and watch games at etsa..
saying that central oval is a ripper to play on and a good place to watch... good place to play.
1st experience of SGL on the weekend, really enjoyed it...
looking forward to south this weekend. should be a ripper of a day...
Yes the lighting hasn't been changed yet.
Council owned Ovals, ETSA can get very windy.
Can't wait for the weekend too, Sunday will be a big game.....they always are.
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