ES Marks Athletics Field is located in Kensington, Sydney, Australia. It was built in 1906 as Sydney Athletics Field. In 1947 a cinder track was installed and it was renamed ES Marks Athletics Field after athletics administrator Ernest Samuel Marks. In 1956 a grandstand was built. In the early 1960s, it hosted the Australian Athletics National Titles, however as the cinders track aged and alternate synthetic tracks at other venues were built, the facility fell out of favour.ES Marks Athletics Field
History of Sydney The stadium has a covered grandstand that seats 1,000, in addition to other uncovered seats. In the 1970s the track was resurfaced and electronic timing installed. The national championships returned in 1980. The New South Wales Waratahs and

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have used it at various times as training ground. In the lead up to the

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, the field was used by the

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. For a number of years Hakoah Sydney,

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and Yugal soccer clubs used the field as their home ground. A stop on the

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is named after the venue. In 2021, work commenced on upgrading the venue with a temporary closure of the venue to commence on September 6 for major construction works.

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{{Reflist Athletics (track and field) venues in Australia New South Wales Waratahs Sports venues completed in 1906 Sports venues in Sydney Sydney Roosters 1906 establishments in Australia Soccer venues in Sydney