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I have receieved an e-mail from the WARL today with the Grand Final venue. The 2009 WARL Grand Final will be held at ............
George Burnett Park, South Perth.
A summary of the explanation is that the WARL investigated plenty of alternate venues (including MembersEquity Stadium, Dorrien Gardens, rugby union grounds, soccer grounds, aussie rules grounds), and either the venue couldn't hold at least 2,000 people, or it came down to cost. The WARL felt they didn't want to be propping up other sports by paying them for us to use their ground for our Grand Final. South Perth was the most central ground that had decent fencing and capacity, and South Perth won the minor premiership. It also apparently came down to which team would be the first into the GF, but seeing as Central's Belmont home ground (Centenary) no longer has fencing surrounding it, South Perth was awarded it. Also, apparently, only the grounds used in the Finals Series would be considered, so it came down to Lark Hill (Rockingham), Charles Riley (North Beach), George Burnett (Sth Perth), or Ken Allen (Freo).
I shall update my above post to show this added info.
George Burnett Park, South Perth.
A summary of the explanation is that the WARL investigated plenty of alternate venues (including MembersEquity Stadium, Dorrien Gardens, rugby union grounds, soccer grounds, aussie rules grounds), and either the venue couldn't hold at least 2,000 people, or it came down to cost. The WARL felt they didn't want to be propping up other sports by paying them for us to use their ground for our Grand Final. South Perth was the most central ground that had decent fencing and capacity, and South Perth won the minor premiership. It also apparently came down to which team would be the first into the GF, but seeing as Central's Belmont home ground (Centenary) no longer has fencing surrounding it, South Perth was awarded it. Also, apparently, only the grounds used in the Finals Series would be considered, so it came down to Lark Hill (Rockingham), Charles Riley (North Beach), George Burnett (Sth Perth), or Ken Allen (Freo).
I shall update my above post to show this added info.