Wet weather sportsgrounds update

Winter Season 2025

Subject to the sports season, Council employs a range of methods to notify all hirers and the community of current sportsground status through this webpage and the Wet Weather Hotline.

Winter Season - in the event of inclement weather, Council reserves the right to close any grounds based on the following considerations:

  • Safety of users
  • Amount of surface water present on the turf
  • If the quality and integrity of the ground surface will be adversely affected due to the combination of wet turf and the stress of sporting activities
  • Field location, soil type and the drainage system in place – some grounds have much better drainage than others
  • If grounds will be damaged and taken out of action for long repair periods

Updates during wet weather periods are completed by:

  • 2pm Monday – Thursday: Council website, Wet Weather Hotline
  • 3pm Friday: Council website, Wet Weather Hotline
  • 8:30am Saturday – Sunday: updated only if required 

Summer Season - Council leaves the decision at the discretion of the ground hirer to decide if the playing surface is fit and safe for use. However, as with the Winter Season, Council reserves the right to close any grounds on the aforementioned considerations.

Wet Weather Hotline

Council's Wet Weather Hotline 9911 6375 is only updated when status changes occur.

UPDATE: WEDNESDAY 30 April 2025

  Ground status

Arthur Walker Reserve

CLOSED

Campbell Park

CLOSED

Cintra Park                  

OPEN (HARD COURTS ONLY)

Concord Oval

OPEN (NRL ONLY)

Drummoyne Oval

CLOSED

Edwards Park

CLOSED

Five Dock Park

CLOSED

Goddard Park

CLOSED

Greenlees Park

CLOSED

Jessie Stewart

 CLOSED

Lysaght Park

 CLOSED

Majors Bay Synthetic Sportsground

OPEN

Nield Park

 CLOSED

Powells Creek

 CLOSED

Queen Elizabeth Park

 CLOSED

Ron Routley

CLOSED

Rothwell Park

CLOSED

Russell Park

 CLOSED

Sid Richards 1 - Football

 CLOSED

Sid Richards 2 - Baseball

 CLOSED

St Lukes Oval

CLOSED

St Lukes Park 1

OPEN 

St Lukes 2 & 3

 CLOSED

St Lukes North

 CLOSED

Taplin Park 1

 CLOSED

Taplin Park 2

 OPEN

Timbrell Park - Football / Touch / Baseball

 CLOSED (Club Discretion)
   

Can we please ensure everyone is responsible for the field surface and if fields become saturated that a common-sense approach is utilised in terms of field usage.

As weather is unpredictable, Council reserves the right to alter its decisions on any ground closures after considering the current weather conditions, either during the week or the weekend. If you are unsure of ground conditions please call the Wet Weather Hotline.