- Sport in the Northern Territory
Many sports are played in the
Northern Territory .Australian rules football
The
Tiwi Islands Football League is played in theTiwi Islands . TheNorthern Territory Football League operates from Darwin. TheAboriginal All-Stars is also based in Darwin. The governing body for football in the territory is theAFL Northern Territory . Venues include theTIO Stadium in Darwin, andTraeger Park inAlice Springs .Baseball
Baseball NT is the governing body of
baseball within theNorthern Territory .Baseball NT is governed by theAustralian Baseball Federation .Organised baseball is played in Darwin,
Alice Springs and Katherine. Darwin has four clubs; Nightcliff Tigers, Palmerston Reds, Pints and Tracy Village Rebels. The East Darwin Beasts disbanded in 1986 and the South Darwin Rabbitohs disbanded in 2004.For a brief history of baseball in Darwin, see
Darwin baseball league . In Darwin, baseball is a dry-season sport, played between April and September each year.Alice Springs has six teams; Bulls, Cubs, Demons, Panthers, Redbacks and Venom.
Rugby league
Rugby league is administered by the
Northern Territory Rugby League Rugby Union
Rugby union is administered by theNorthern Territory Rugby Union Racing
The
Darwin Cup culminating on the first Monday of August is a very popular horse race event for Darwin and draws large crowds every year to Fannie Bay Racecourse.Motorsport
Darwin hosts a round of the
V8 Supercars every year bringing thousands of motorsports fans to theHidden Valley Raceway .Association football (soccer)
The
Football Federation Northern Territory is the governing body for football (soccer) in theNorthern Territory . The Territory is also separated into three (Northern, Central and Southern) zones which have their own zone councils which administer leagues locally running their own league and cup competitions.Events
Darwin also currently hosts state and international sporting events such as:
* Since 1991 Darwin has hosted theArafura Games every two years.
* InJuly 2003 , Darwin hosted its first internationaltest cricket match betweenAustralia andBangladesh and thenAustralia andSri Lanka in 2004.
*Melbourne 'sWestern Bulldogs Australian Football League side plays one home game at Marrara Oval each year.
* The annualCamel Cup in Alice Springs.
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