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Feighan Park

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239: 227: 215: 252: 183:. The ground is on land donated by Charles and Elizabeth (Granny) Feighan in 1936. A plaque commemorating this donation was erected in the park in 1989. In the early 1950s there were proposals to sell part of the park for housing with the money raised to be used for extra road access and improved sporting facilities. In 2020 a new clubhouse and amenities building was erected. The upgrade was made possible through a $ 300,000 grant from the NSW Government's Infrastructure Grants program, combined with $ 150,000 from 29: 238: 244:
Feighan Park commemoration plaque. The words read: "This plaque was erected in 1989 by the descendants in honour of Charles and Elizabeth Feighan, early pioneers of the area who donated this land in 1936 for recreational
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In addition to the clubhouse and amenities building the park features two AFL fields, two turf cricket wickets and a concrete wicket, plus practice wickets, and a mobile grandstand.
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Feighan Park is the home of the Warners Bay Cricket Club founded in 1930 and the Warners Bay Australian Rules Football Club founded in 1972.
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Foot bridge over North Creek entering into Feighan Park.
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Warners Bay, New South Wales
Coordinates
32°58′12″S 151°38′19″E / 32.9700231°S 151.638707839°E / -32.9700231; 151.638707839
City of Lake Macquarie
Warners Bay Football Club
AFL
Warners Bay Cricket Club
Cricket
Warners Bay
Australia
Australian rules football
cricket
AFL NSW/ACT
Close up of the pavilion.
Feighan Park playing fields.
Feighan Park commemoration plaque. The words read: "This plaque was erected in 1989 by the descendants in honour of Charles and Elizabeth Feighan, early pioneers of the area who donated this land in 1936 for recreational purposes."
Foot bridge over North Creek entering into Feighan Park.
"Feighan Estate subdivision, Lake Macquarie local history collection"
"Feighan's Park Plan Discussed, Newcastle Morning Herald And Miners' Advocate, issue 22,963 , 8 May 1950, page 3"
"Warners Bay Bulldogs news update 22 February 2019"
"Lake Macquarie City venue information"
Lake Macquarie City information about Feighan Park
Warners Bay Australian Football Club home page
Warners Bay Cricket Club home page
Categories
Australian rules football grounds
Cricket grounds in New South Wales
Sport in Newcastle, New South Wales

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