Chirnside Park (stadium)
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Chirnside Park, also known as Avalon Airport Oval due to naming rights sponsorship, is an Australian rules football
ground in Werribee, Victoria
, Australia
.
Chirnside Park is the home ground of Victorian Football League
team Werribee Tigers who have played at the ground since their inception in 1965. For the 2011 VFL season, Williamstown Football Club
will play the majority of their home games at Chirnside Park while their home ground Burbank Oval
is being redeveloped.
Chirnside Park has a main social club building on the wing with terracing for spectators. A small grandstand is situated in the forward pocket next to it. Lights were recently installed at the ground.
The total capacity is around the 10,000-mark. A record crowd of approximately 8,000 attended a game between Werribee and Williamstown in 1992.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
ground in Werribee, Victoria
Werribee, Victoria
Werribee is a city in Melbourne, Australia, 32 km south-west from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Wyndham. At the 2006 Census, Werribee had a population of 36,641. Statistically, Werribee is considered part of Greater Melbourne.Werribee is...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
.
Chirnside Park is the home ground of Victorian Football League
Victorian Football League
The Victorian Football League which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association , taking its new name as from the 1996 season, is the premier Australian rules football league in Victoria The Victorian Football League (VFL) which evolved from the former Victorian Football Association...
team Werribee Tigers who have played at the ground since their inception in 1965. For the 2011 VFL season, Williamstown Football Club
Williamstown Football Club
The Williamstown Football Club, nicknamed The Seagulls, is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne and are currently playing in the Victorian Football League...
will play the majority of their home games at Chirnside Park while their home ground Burbank Oval
Burbank Oval
Burbank Oval, formerly known as the Morris St. Oval, is located at Morris Street, Williamstown, Victoria. It backs onto Port Phillip Bay, and is next to the Esplanade....
is being redeveloped.
Chirnside Park has a main social club building on the wing with terracing for spectators. A small grandstand is situated in the forward pocket next to it. Lights were recently installed at the ground.
The total capacity is around the 10,000-mark. A record crowd of approximately 8,000 attended a game between Werribee and Williamstown in 1992.