UC Pumas def. Belconnen United FC (Mens Summer Masters, 24. January 2012)
Gungahllin Juventus def. Belwest
Attendance: 20
Cost: Free
Programme: Nil
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| A little history on the the construction of the oval |
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| Must follow the rules! |
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| View of Willows Oval 1 |
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| Looking across both the pitches |
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| ANU Hall in the background |
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| Looking across to Black Mountain and Telstra Tower |
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| Multi-use sports ground with cricket pitch in the middle |
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| Willow Oval 2 -Guess where the name came from |
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| Looking across from Willows 2 to Willows 1 |
STADIUM HISTORY: (wiki)
ANU Willows Oval at the corner of Barry Drive and North Road in the suburb of Acton. Willows Oval was named after the long line of willow trees that run alongside the eastern side of the oval towards Sullivans Creek and Toad Hall (ANU). Willows is centrally located, adjacent to Civic in the heart of Canberra.
Willows Oval, which was once a single patchy grass football field, was replaced in 2010 with two new state-of-the-art synthetic sports grounds that are environmentally friendly and have been awarded a FIFA RECOMMENDED 2 Star certificate. These two pitches are Desso Ambition artificial grass, a surface composed of monofilament fibres that does not require watering, saving 15 megalitres of water per year. Moreover, Willows Oval now incorporates a 500 kilolitre underground water storage system (Stormtech) that harvests rainwater from the two playing fields for re-use in the surrounding landscape. The resurfacing of Willows Oval was made possible by a $1 million grant from the Commonwealth Government and is in step with the ANU's environmental management plan.
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