Click on, kick off: Bagot Oval lights ready for sports action

SOCCER players taking to the turf at Bagot Oval will now be able to do so away from the searing heat of the day, with Bagot Oval’s lights up and ready to be switched on

SOCCER players taking to the turf at Bagot Oval will now be able to do so away from the searing heat of the day, with Bagot Oval’s lights erected and ready to be switched on.

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Football NT chief executive Bruce Stalder said players and supporters would all benefit from a more flexible training and playing schedule at Bagot Oval.

“It’s a bunch of kids in their thousands playing here on Sunday at 8 o’clock in the morning,” he said.

Member for Johnston Joel Bowden, Minister for Sport Kate Worden, Darwin Lord Mayor Kon Vatskalis, Mindil Aces president David McWilliam and Football NT chief executive Bruce Stalder with one of Bagot Oval’s new light towers. Picture: Glenn Campbell

“When we schedule these games I’m often scheduling 10- and 12-year-olds at 1 in the afternoon in that heat and humidity so this is an absolute Godsend for us, to be able to play and train at night.

“(Spectators) will stay here longer as well if games are out of the heat of the day.”

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Bagot Oval is the third of three suburban ovals to be earmarked for lighting upgrades after Gardens Oval switched on this month, and work set to be completed at Nightcliff Oval in coming weeks.