Lavington Sports Ground
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View of the pitch before the A-League match. (9th February, 2014)
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| Former names | Lavington Panthers Oval (2001-2009) |
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| Location | Hamilton Valley, Albury, New South Wales, Australia |
| Coordinates | 36°2′6″S 146°54′47″E / 36.03500°S 146.91306°ECoordinates: 36°2′6″S 146°54′47″E / 36.03500°S 146.91306°E |
| Owner | City of Albury |
| Capacity | 20,000 approx. Seating: 1,250 (6% capacity) |
| Record attendance | 20,169 (20th March, 1995: AFL Pre-Season: Essendon vs. Carlton) |
| Surface | Grass (Oval) |
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| Opened | 1970s |
| Renovated | 2016 (2019 plan completion) |
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Lavington Panthers F.N.C. (OMFNL) Lavington Panthers C.C. (CAW) |
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| "North End" "South End" / "Hill End" |
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| International information | |
| First ODI | 18 March 1992: Zimbabwe v  England |
| Last ODI | 18 March 1992: Zimbabwe v England |
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Lavington Sports Ground (formally known as "Lavington Panthers Oval" between 2001 and 2009), is a sports ground located in the suburb Hamilton Valley, which used to be part of the suburb Lavington (hence the name of the ground) on the north-west fringe of the city of Albury, Australia. The oval is nestled in the side of a hill, with concrete terraces cut into the southern side of the oval below a grass embankment, with the grandstand and changing rooms located on the north-west flank. The venue also incorporates a 4 table cricket wicket, a velodrome for track cycling and two netball courts. The Lavington Panthers Sports Club licensed club is located adjacent to the ground, across Hanna Street.
The venue is the home ground for the Lavington Panthers Football Club in the Ovens & Murray Football League, and usually hosts the Ovens & Murray grand finals, which typically attract crowds of around 15,000. In summers the venue is used for cricket, with a turf wicket, and in this capacity serves as the home of the Lavington Panthers side in the Cricket Albury-Wodonga Provincial competition.
AlburyCity purchased the Lavington Sports Ground from the Panthers Group in 2009. Since then a number of improvements have been made to the facility and council has also purchased an additional 4.6ha of land to the east for the development of additional multipurpose playing fields.
In December 2015 Council was successful in securing $4.025M under the Federal Government’s National Stronger Region Fund for the redevelopment project. Together with Council's $3.5M funding, $250,000 from the AFL and commitments from the Lavington Panthers Football/Netball and Cricket clubs, works will commence in late 2016.
From the early 1990s until 2006 it often hosted AFL practice matches during the AFL pre-season, however due to the inadequacy of the existing ground lighting, in 2006, the AFL changed to schedule such fixtures in the Riverina area at Narrandera & Wagga Wagga and North East area at Wangaratta & Shepparton. Since the 2015 AFL pre-season football matches have returned to the Lavington Sports Ground, with the first being "Richmond vs. Port Adelaide".
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