Woden Park (also known as Woden Park Athletics Field) is a multi-use

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stadium and

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centre located within

Woden Valley The District of Woden Valley () is one of the original eighteen districts of the Australian Capital Territory used in land administration. The district is subdivided into divisions ( suburbs), sections and blocks. The district of Woden Valley ...

, Canberra. It is the home ground of

Woden Weston FC West Canberra Wanderers Football Club, previously known as Woden-Weston FC is a semi-professional Association football, football club based in Canberra, Australia. The club currently competes in the ACT Premier League, National Premier Leagues C ...

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:

Football

* New re-laid 100m x 64m football pitch

Athletics

* New 400m synthetic running track * New ‘photo finish’ building * New jumping pits * New throwing cages

Shared

* New national level floodlighting for entire complex * New amenities building * New security fencing * New Internal car park * Upgrade to existing pavilion * Upgrade to canteen facilities * Upgrade to office space * Upgrade to toilets * Upgrade to storage

Primary Use

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 The National Premier Leagues Capital Football 1 (also known as NPL ACT 1 or simply NPL1) is a soccer competition contested by clubs affiliated to Capital Football. The league is the highest level (level 1) competition in the Australian Capital Te ...

at the stadium as well Capital Football Federation Cup matches. ACT Little Athletics runs its programs for kids aged 6 to 17 in a variety of track and field athletic sports.

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 Shane Stephen Rattenbury (born 25 August 1971), is the Attorney-General of the ACT and former Speaker of the ACT Legislative Assembly, and a member of the multi-member district unicameral Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly repr ...

. 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.

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. 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.

A-League pre-season friendlies

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

Records

*Coming Soon*

References

External links

Woden Park home

ACT Little Athletics home

Woden Weston FC home

NPL ACT home

Capital Football home
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