AIS

AIS Athletics Track (Capacity 5.000)

AIS - Perth Glory (4:4) (Y-League, 7. January 2012)
1:0 Perkatis (3.), 2:0 Proia (17.), 2:1 Makeche (20.), 2:2 O'Neill (22.), 2:3 Amphlett (28.), 2:4 Makeche (47.), 3:4 Garrucio (48.), 4:4 Proia (65.)

Attendance: 100
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil

Directions to the ground

 

Funky looking announcers box attached to the grandstand

 

Teams line up on the pitch - notice the strips

 

Too similar for the referee so Perth are made to change

 

And finally ready for kickoff now

 

AIS with the corner

 

View from under the announcers box

 

Not much available here

 

Layout of the athletics field

 

The scoreboard showing the full time score

 

View from behind the goals 

CLUB HISTORY: (aussport.gov.au)

AIS Men’s Football is an internationally renowned residential program, which has produced many high-quality players in domestic and international clubs.
It was established in 1981, as one of the AIS’s eight founding sports, with two broad aims: to identify and develop players for the national under-20 youth team, and to develop coaches through the scholarship coaching scheme.
In 2009, the program altered its focus to specifically train athletes usually aged 16 and turning 17 for the AIS’s youth team, which competes in Football Federation Australia’s National Youth League.

Scholarships are initially offered for one year, with the option of a second subject to the player meeting expectations.


STADIUM HISTORY: (ausstadiums.com)

The AIS Athletics Track was originally constructed in 1985 as the warm-up track for the World Cup Athletics which were held next door at the National Athletics Stadium (now Canberra Stadium). With the removal of the athletics track from that venue in 1990, this has become the main venue for athletics in the nation’s capital.

The venue features a covered grandstand, lighting and an electronic scoreboard. The total capacity is around 5,000.