TG Millner Field is in the

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suburb of

Marsfield, New South Wales Marsfield is a suburb in the Northern Sydney region of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Marsfield is located 16 kilometres north-west of the Sydney central business district in the local government area of the City of Ry ...

, Australia, and is currently the home ground of Eastwood Rugby Club, a rugby union Club that competes in the Shute Shield competition.

History

In 1954, Vimiera Recreation Grounds, a company associated with Eastwood Rugby, purchased 7 acres of land on Vimiera Rd about a mile and a half north-east of

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for the construction of a sporting complex for Eastwood Rugby. At the time sporting clubs only had access to fields owned and maintained by suburban councils and this purchase was made possible by a loan from Colonel

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MC VD. The clubhouse and oval were built by volunteers and after 1963 and the development of dressing rooms, all home games were played at Marsfield. Additional land was bought in 1967 increasing the site to more than . The complex originally had 3 full sized playing fields which have been floodlit since 1969 and which were available for games and training. The

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was also constructed in 1969. During the 1990s the North Ryde Soccer Football Club played at the TG Millner Field for a number of years. In 2000 Vimiera Recreation Grounds, the owners of T G Millner, signed a 99-year lease with North Ryde RSL Community Club which transferred control over the entire complex to the RSL. Following this transfer a number of changes occurred which included the RSL prohibiting rugby being played on the third field In 2017, VRG advised that the entire complex had been sold to North Ryde RSL. On August 25, 2020 Ryde Council decided not to proceed with heritage listing T.G. Millner Field. In June 2022, North Ryde RSL the owners of TG Millner announced that an application had been lodged with Ryde Council to "renew the TG Millner Field site by creating 132 low-rise, diverse homes and a new public park for the local community." On Wed, 7 Dec 2022, The Strategic Planning Panel of the North Sydney Planning Panel advised that "The Panel has determined that the planning proposal should not be submitted for a Gateway determination" On May 3 2023, the NSW Government Planning Portal recorded that SEARS had been issued for a State Significant Development 146-150 Vimiera Rd, Marsfield - Seniors housing. "Relocation of the existing registered club to new premises within the site and construction of a residential aged care facility (RACF) comprising approximately 670 beds."

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