Sir Bruce Small Park
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Sir Bruce Small Park is a sporting facility located in Benowa
, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland
in Australia
. It's baseball facilities are home to the Surfers Paradise Baseball Club
, current premiers of the Greater Brisbane League
. It has hosted many high profile Australian baseball events such as the Masters Games and University Games
.
The adjacent oval is home to the Surfers Paradise-Benowa Cricket Club and Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club, which plays in the QAFL.
It is named after former Gold Coast Mayor
Sir Bruce Small.
Benowa, Queensland
Benowa is an affluent Gold Coast suburb west of Surfers Paradise. At the 2006 Census, Benowa had a population of 7,269.The name was originally derived from the aboriginal "Boonow", meaning red bloodwood. This word was later corrupted by European settlers in search of sugar cane growing on the...
, a suburb of the Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast, Queensland
Gold Coast is a coastal city of Australia located in South East Queensland, 94km south of the state capital Brisbane. With a population approximately 540,000 in 2010, it is the second most populous city in the state, the sixth most populous city in the country, and also the most populous...
in 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...
. It's baseball facilities are home to the Surfers Paradise Baseball Club
Surfers Paradise Baseball Club
The Surfers Paradise Baseball Club is a baseball club based on the Gold Coast in Queensland, that participates in the Greater Brisbane League, Gold Coast and Far North Coast competitions. The club was also host of the 2008 Pan Pacific Masters Games.-History:...
, current premiers of the Greater Brisbane League
Greater Brisbane League
The Greater Brisbane League or formerly the Greater Brisbane Baseball Board league is the largest baseball league in the Australian state of Queensland and covers all teams from Brisbane North, South, West, Metro as well as two Gold Coast teams. These are from age groups Little League through to...
. It has hosted many high profile Australian baseball events such as the Masters Games and University Games
Baseball at the Australian University Games
Baseball at the Australian University Games has been part of the Australian University Games program since the 2005 games. The games are held in the last week of September during mid-Semester break...
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The adjacent oval is home to the Surfers Paradise-Benowa Cricket Club and Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club, which plays in the QAFL.
It is named after former Gold Coast Mayor
Mayor
In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....
Sir Bruce Small.