Announcement!

Great news!

Council has approved Stage 1 of the Richie Benaud Oval redevelopment into a Regional standard Premier Cricket facility.

This includes the sports field with a 6 wicket turf cricket wicket square, temporary amenities building, synthetic cricket practice facilities, lighting, pathways and associated landscape works.

Our Club thanks Council for its decision to move forward on this great project.

We thank Dr Andrew Charlton Federal MP for Parramatta for his crucial support in arranging grant funding of $6.2M which gave the project its impetus.

Also Cricket NSW and Cricket Australia which is contributing $200,000 from its infrastructure Fund. In particular Dean Hunter for his invaluable expertise.

We anticipate more details to come…

The full list of Stage1 works are as follows:

The proposed construction of a multi-use sportsfield and associated infrastructure predominately

focused on Premier Class Cricket, which includes Main Scope of Works and Optional Works. 

The Main Scope of Work includes:

• Demolition of existing park infrastructure and softworks

• Site soil testing, site contamination management and remediation works

• Bulk earthwork

• Civil works including new drainage infrastructure, pavements and extensive tiered concrete

and sandstone retaining walling

• Cricket sight screens, park furniture, and signage

• Minor carpark upgrade works along Castle Street

• New premier sportsfield with new soil profile, drainage, inground water storage tank, irrigation,

six natural turf cricket wickets and turfing

• New sportsfield flood lighting and lighting control systems

• New semi-permanent amenities building

• Temporary storage containers

• New building for electrical MSB and irrigation infrastructure 

• New and upgraded Endeavour Energy including Level 1 & Level 2 ASP works

• Works on Sydney Water assets

• Upgrade to park service utilities and connections 

• Associated landscape works and maintenance works

Additonal Works includes: 

• LED screen / scoreboard and associated works

• Curator’s and public amenities building and associated work

• Cricket practice nets, storage cage, synthetic pitches, softworks, furniture,

electrical, lighting infrastructure and associated work

• Concrete circuit pathway, furniture, planting and associated work

See the full details of  Richie Benaud Oval Master Plan here