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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby OnSong » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:20 am

country nomad wrote:The ground hasn't had a game of footy on it for a very long time and I've never been involved in sport in that region but Watervale Oval in the Clare Valley has to be one of the most picturesque ovals in the country.

Watervale has a drop of about three metres from the edge of the oval to the middle. I find Sevenhill equally as picturesque but much better surface.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Swamp Donkey » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:37 am

HH3 wrote:
Swamp Donkey wrote:Mallala is a standout for me. Great surface and facilities.


I played a trial there in 2005, and it was red dirt with a light covering of grass...played 6 quarters and left with about 60% less skin than I rocked up with :lol:


Keep your feet HH3 ;) :D
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby HH3 » Fri Mar 02, 2012 9:48 am

Swamp Donkey wrote:
HH3 wrote:
Swamp Donkey wrote:Mallala is a standout for me. Great surface and facilities.


I played a trial there in 2005, and it was red dirt with a light covering of grass...played 6 quarters and left with about 60% less skin than I rocked up with :lol:


Keep your feet HH3 ;) :D


I was 16 and about 55kgs...so if I went near the ball, there was a pretty good chance I was gonna get put on the ground :lol:
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Mr Beefy » Fri Mar 02, 2012 10:05 am

FlyingHigh wrote:
Mythical Creature wrote:
Mr Beefy wrote:
Mythical Creature wrote:That would have been us at long plains. I know our deck is firm but to say that in March there was only a light covering of grass I highly doubt. It is Santa Ana grass and looks its best at this time of year. I can never recall our oval being anything but well grassed.


I'm obviously a fair bit older than you but I remember playing colts their in 1982 and there wasn't a blade of grass on the oval. In fact, there was a mouse plague and the oval had holes all over it and the odd mouse would come out during the game. However, 2 or 3 years later I played there, it was like an oasis in the desert, it was lush green grass.


I wasn't born then so I don't remember it. ;)


Wasn't 1982 a pretty severe drought?

Dunno, I wasn't a cocky so droughts didn't mean a lot to me as a 16yo. The farmers would whinge about the weather no matter what it was doing...nothing's changed. I think grass was rare for the years preceding 82 as well.

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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Lightning McQueen » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:06 pm

Mr Beefy wrote:
Mythical Creature wrote:That would have been us at long plains. I know our deck is firm but to say that in March there was only a light covering of grass I highly doubt. It is Santa Ana grass and looks its best at this time of year. I can never recall our oval being anything but well grassed.


I'm obviously a fair bit older than you but I remember playing colts their in 1982 and there wasn't a blade of grass on the oval. In fact, there was a mouse plague and the oval had holes all over it and the odd mouse would come out during the game. However, 2 or 3 years later I played there, it was like an oasis in the desert, it was lush green grass.


Did you get there by horse-drawn cart?
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Lightning McQueen » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:07 pm

Mythical Creature wrote:FWIW Balaklava's oval would only just be behind Mallala's by a bees dick. Very lucky to play in a league with 3 exceptional decks in Mallala, Balaklava and Long Plains.


Have to agree with you there.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Lightning McQueen » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:09 pm

HH3 wrote:
Swamp Donkey wrote:Mallala is a standout for me. Great surface and facilities.


I played a trial there in 2005, and it was red dirt with a light covering of grass...played 6 quarters and left with about 60% less skin than I rocked up with :lol:


Skin is over-rated.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Mr Beefy » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:33 pm

Lightning McQueen wrote:
Mr Beefy wrote:
Mythical Creature wrote:That would have been us at long plains. I know our deck is firm but to say that in March there was only a light covering of grass I highly doubt. It is Santa Ana grass and looks its best at this time of year. I can never recall our oval being anything but well grassed.


I'm obviously a fair bit older than you but I remember playing colts their in 1982 and there wasn't a blade of grass on the oval. In fact, there was a mouse plague and the oval had holes all over it and the odd mouse would come out during the game. However, 2 or 3 years later I played there, it was like an oasis in the desert, it was lush green grass.


Did you get there by horse-drawn cart?

Easy LM, we were short of numbers and I was playing colts as 2yo! :^o
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Lightning McQueen » Mon Mar 05, 2012 2:40 pm

Mr Beefy wrote:
Lightning McQueen wrote:
Mr Beefy wrote:
Mythical Creature wrote:That would have been us at long plains. I know our deck is firm but to say that in March there was only a light covering of grass I highly doubt. It is Santa Ana grass and looks its best at this time of year. I can never recall our oval being anything but well grassed.


I'm obviously a fair bit older than you but I remember playing colts their in 1982 and there wasn't a blade of grass on the oval. In fact, there was a mouse plague and the oval had holes all over it and the odd mouse would come out during the game. However, 2 or 3 years later I played there, it was like an oasis in the desert, it was lush green grass.


Did you get there by horse-drawn cart?

Easy LM, we were short of numbers and I was playing colts as 2yo! :^o


Ha, don't worry, I was turning 8 in 82.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby lebron » Mon Mar 05, 2012 8:15 pm

Under lights, Hahndorf oval is pretty special.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Sniper » Tue Mar 06, 2012 12:14 pm

lebron wrote:Under lights, Hahndorf oval is pretty special.

I'm sure Uraidla will agree that Hahndorf Oval is very special ...... especially for the last two GF day's in September !
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby The Moose » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:31 pm

Sniper wrote:
lebron wrote:Under lights, Hahndorf oval is pretty special.

I'm sure Uraidla will agree that Hahndorf Oval is very special ...... especially for the last two GF day's in September !

I must admit, Hahndorf does generate a great atmosphere on GF day. 6,000 paying customers there last year apparently most of which had a great view looking down on the ground. Surface isn't too bad and lights are okay too! Probably a touch too small though would be my only problem.

Best lights in SA? IMO Blackwood looks like the G when powered up.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby spot on » Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:38 pm

The Moose wrote:
Sniper wrote:
lebron wrote:Under lights, Hahndorf oval is pretty special.

I'm sure Uraidla will agree that Hahndorf Oval is very special ...... especially for the last two GF day's in September !

I must admit, Hahndorf does generate a great atmosphere on GF day. 6,000 paying customers there last year apparently most of which had a great view looking down on the ground. Surface isn't too bad and lights are okay too! Probably a touch too small though would be my only problem.

Best lights in SA? IMO Blackwood looks like the G when powered up.

I didn't know the G had that big a slope on it!
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby coyote ugly » Tue Mar 06, 2012 10:20 pm

Centenary Oval in Port Lincoln. Absoloutly stunning
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby footymusic » Fri Mar 09, 2012 11:59 pm

Port oval, home of the Port Pirie Bulldogs, not very picturesque however was laser levelled a few years back, on some parts you could play lawn bowls on it, 3 turf wickets in the middle, 2 turf practice wickets on the outside with 4 practice hardwickets as well. Huge reno's planned for the clubrooms on the western wing.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby UNCLE SAM » Sat Mar 10, 2012 9:01 am

Willaston Oval magnificent oval.Best oval in BLG by a mile only problem is lack of toilets and clubrooms on the top of the hill.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby false » Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:22 am

the big fella wrote:Most picturesque...Nairne???


I know it's not a footy oval any more but I reckon Lenswood oval would have to be the most picturesque...
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby bailey39 » Sun Mar 11, 2012 12:18 am

The informer wrote:
the big fella wrote:Most picturesque...Nairne???


I know it's not a footy oval any more but I reckon Lenswood oval would have to be the most picturesque...

went past there not long ago, still got the old goal posts up :D
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Sky Pilot » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:32 pm

I agree that Balak is a very good oval. Good facilities, awesome surface. Melrose though is a ripper. They use recycled water from the town STEDS scheme so it usually is lush. The backdrop of Mount Remarkable which is right there - not off into the distance - is quite breath-taking. Of course in the middle of winter the sun disappears behind the mount sometime in the third quarter of the A grade so the temp goes from bloody cold to f*****g cold in a matter of minutes. The netty courts are right there also and a creek runs along the eastern boundary.
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Re: Best ground in country footy...

Postby Media Park » Tue Jul 03, 2012 1:45 pm

coyote ugly wrote:Centenary Oval in Port Lincoln. Absoloutly stunning

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