Lapstone Oval

Lapstone Oval is a sports stadium in Lapstone, New South Wales. It supports sport all year round.

Facilites

There are a few features at Lapstone Oval.

* A rugby union field
* 16 netball courts (6 are asphelt and the other 10 are grass)
* 2 tennis courts which over look the rugby field and half of the grass netball courts
* A small play area for younger children

During the winter months there is a canteen running at the bottom of the netball club-house and a BBQ on the grass next to it (each week they are usually run by a different club). A moblie coffee van turns up each week as well. [http://www.bluemts.com.au/tourist/towns/lapstone.asp]

Home teams

Several teams call the oval their home ground.

Netball

Lapstone Oval is not a home ground to any of the netball teams in the Blue Mountains Netball Association (BMNA) as they all play there every week. Only three clubs train there and they are:

* St. Finbars Netball Club
* Glenbrook/Lapstone Netball Club
* Redbacks

The BMNA Representative Team also train at the oval. [http://www.bmna.net.au/]

Cricket

Although some teams from Glenbrook-Blaxland Cricket Club (GBCC) play some of their games at Lapstone the club doesn't have a single home ground. They also play in:

* Glenbrook
* Blaxland [http://www.gbcc.com.au/]

Rugby Union

The Blue Mountains Rugby Club (also known as Blueys) call the oval home. It is where they play their ome games and they also have a club house at the ground. [http://www.bluemountains.rugby.net.au/]

Winter sport

In winter 2 sports are played at Lapstone Oval. They are:

* Rugby Union
* Netball

Summer sport

During the summer an artificial cricket pitch is placed into the centre of the rugby field. In the past few summers the rugby goal posts have been taken out.

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