Outdoor Sport Facilities

Armidale and Guyra's outdoor facilities include nine turf cricket ovals, a state of the art indoor equestrian arena, twenty two outdoor bitumen and grass netball courts, fifty all weather tennis courts, a 50 metre Olympic pool plus a warm down 50 metre pool, heated enclosed 25m pool and hectares of playing fields.

Sporting Fields Facilities (PDF 842.3KB)

Sports Fields Allocations

Summer season - 1 October - 31 March each year

Winter season - 1 April - 30 September each year

To book an outdoor recreation facility please complete the Use of Council facilities application form on Council's forms page and return it to Council prior to the appropriate date. 


Playing fields are assessed on Friday afternoons based on a criteria that reflects duty of care to field users and also considers the longevity of the surface. When appropriate, fields are closed temporarily.

Clubs and teams are reminded to avoid training in goal mouths while fields are wet to prevent further damage to the fields.