Lapstone Oval is a sports stadium

Stadium

A modern stadium is a place or venue for outdoor sports, concerts, or other events and consists of a field or stage either partly or completely surrounded by a structure designed to allow spectators to stand or sit and view the event.)Pausanias noted that for about half a century the only event...

 in Lapstone, New South Wales

Lapstone, New South Wales

Lapstone is a small village on the eastern escarpment of the Blue Mountains in New South Wales, Australia. Lapstone is located 62 kilometres west of Sydney in the local government area of the City of Blue Mountains and is part of the federal electorate of Macquarie. The village consists mostly of...

. It supports sport all year round. The name Lapstone Oval covers all of the 3 different types of sporting facilities and not just the rugby field as is thought be some people.

Facilities

There are a few features at Lapstone Oval.

• A rugby union
  Rugby union
  Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
  
   field
• 16 netball
  Netball
  Netball is a ball sport played between two teams of seven players. Its development, derived from early versions of basketball, began in England in the 1890s. By 1960 international playing rules had been standardised for the game, and the International Federation of Netball and Women's Basketball ...
  
   courts (6 are asphalt and the other 10 are grass)
• 2 tennis courts which overlook the rugby field and half of the grass netball courts
• A small play area for younger children

During the winter months there is a canteen running at the bottom of the netball club-house and a BBQ on the grass next to it (each week they are usually run by a different club). A mobile coffee van turns up each week as well.

Netball

Lapstone Oval is not a home ground to any of the netball teams in the Blue Mountains Netball Association (BMNA) as they all play there every week.
The Blue Mountains Netball Representatives train at the oval.

Cricket

Although some teams from Glenbrook-Blaxland Cricket Club (GBCC) play some of their games at Lapstone the club doesn't have a single home ground. They also play in:

• Glenbrook
• Blaxland

Rugby Union

The Blue Mountains Rugby Club (also known as Blueys or Blue Tongues) call the oval home. It is where they play their home games and they also have a club house at the ground.

Summer sport

During the summer an artificial cricket pitch

Cricket pitch

In the game of cricket, the cricket pitch consists of the central strip of the cricket field between the wickets - 1 chain or 22 yards long and 10 feet wide. The surface is very flat and normally covered with extremely short grass though this grass is soon removed by wear at the ends of the...

is placed into the centre of the rugby field. In the past few summers the rugby goal posts have been taken out.