Sporting fields

Mosman has a number of sporting fields available for casual or seasonal use.

  • To make a booking contact the Venue Coordinator at Mosman Council.
  • To find out if a sporting field is open or closed, phone the Oval Management Hotline on 9978 4136. A recorded message will provide the latest information.

Sporting Fields Use and Maintenance Review

Council’s limited sports fields are very highly used by a variety of users. There has been continued increase in demand to the stage that ovals are now booked to near capacity at peak weekday training times and on weekends, particularly during the winter season. The high use also affects maintenance activities and the standard of surfaces at season changeovers.

In recognition of this Council commissioned a consultant to review the levels of use and maintenance practices used to manage Council’s ovals. The consultant’s report was finalised in November and reported to the 4 December 2012 Council meeting. The report is available for review here:

Mosman Council Grounds Annual Grounds Restoration Works

Mosman Council’s sports fields are heavily used year round for both summer and winter sports. At the end of the heavy use of the winter season Council undertakes a program of oval restoration works annually in September. This gets the ovals back into good condition for summer users and also gives the turf the full spring and summer growing seasons to establish and bind the playing surface so it is in the best possible condition to hold up to higher impact winter sports. Below are some examples of works that are done.

Oval Management Hotline

A recorded message provides latest information – phone 9978 4136.

All user groups should phone the Hotline before each training session and game.

This service provides information on whether sporting fields are open or closed for approved bookings for training and games.

The closure of sporting fields provides optimum playing surface conditions for players throughout the season given the different usage patterns and weather experienced.

Sporting fields may also be closed for maintenance purposes; eg. top-dressing, weed spraying, irrigation works; or when the weather is fine but the grounds are considered too wet for use.

Sporting fields

Allan Border Oval

Myahgah Road, Mosman

Fenced oval with toilets, change rooms, kiosk, street parking, seating, scoreboard, turf cricket pitch, grandstand, night lighting, disabled access to ground, club rooms.

Balmoral Oval

The Esplanade, Balmoral

Play equipment, seating, two playing fields, carpark (fees apply), kiosk, bicycle/walking track, night lighting on the playing fields, recreation and bushland reserve, fitness circuit, synthetic wickets and cricket nets, 1 turf wicket, and disabled access to ground. There is a pavilion with change rooms, toilets, kitchen and meeting room. The meeting room is available for hire by local organisations.

Georges Heights Oval

Suakin Drive, Mosman

Seats, toilets, change rooms, kiosk, oval, cricket wicket and off street parking, disabled access to ground.

Middle Head Oval

Middle Head Road, Mosman

Off street parking, seats, change rooms, toilets, club rooms, baseball diamond and net, night lighting, disabled access to ground, kiosk.

Rawson Oval

Cross St, Mosman

Toilets, change rooms, kiosk, carpark and street parking, seating, fenced oval, turf cricket wicket, netball courts (seasonal only), disabled access to ground and toilets, grandstand and night lighting. Mosman Rugby Union Club is located in the top of the grandstand.

Other sporting facilities in Mosman

Local Sporting Associations

Mosman is home to clubs and associations involved in a wide range of sports – athletics, baseball, cricket, croquet, netball, rowing, rugby, soccer and sailing are just some.

Details of these clubs are available in the Community Directory. You can also search under the names of individual sports or just type in sport.