West Park (Burnie)

West Park Oval is an Australian Rules football, cycling and athletics venue located on the shores of Bass Strait in Burnie, Tasmania.

It is the current home of the Burnie Dockers in the NTFL and previously in the TFL Statewide League.
West Park was also home of the former Cooee Football Club (later renamed Burnie Hawks in 1987 and the former Burnie Tigers Football Club in the NWFU and later of the NTFL until both clubs amalgamated in early 1995.
The ground hosted five Tasmanian State Grand Finals between 1961 and 1978 including the final State Premiership decider held in 1978 and was the site of arguably Tasmanian football's most controversial match in 1967 when the State Premiership decider between Wynyard and North Hobart was sensationally abandoned and later declared as "No Result" after a ground invasion by Wynyard supporters when North Hobart's Dickie Collins marked on the final siren in a nail-biting finish.
As Collins went back to take his kick to win the game for North Hobart, thousands of Wynyard fans swarmed onto the ground and tore the goalposts from the ground.
As Police struggled to maintain order, Collins remained on the field waiting to take his kick even after the officiating umpire had left the field but as darkness descended he never got the chance to take his kick and the match was abandoned.
It has hosted AFL pre-season practice matches in the early 1990's with over 12,000 attending the Carlton v St Kilda match in 1991.
West Park is also the home of the Burnie Athletics Club and the ground hosts the Burnie Gift each year.In 1977 cyclist Danny Clark staged one of the most memorable moments in Tasmanian sporting history when he surged from the rear of the pack on the last lap to scream home to take out the 1977 Burnie Wheel.

West Park has two grandstands, the 1936 built Burnie Athletic Club Memorial Stand on the Bass Strait side of the ground and an open stand on the opposite wing opened during the 1960's.