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The Ballarat Minerdome (also known as MARS Minerdome under a naming rights agreement with Mars Chocolate Australia [1]) is a sports stadium located in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It hosts the South East Australian Basketball League teams Ballarat Miners and Ballarat Rush, and can hold up to 2,000 spectators. [2]
In 2003, the team re-joined the SEABL [10] and amalgamated with the Ballarat Miners in order to be administered under the one Ballarat Basketball Association. [9] The team won the SEABL championship in 2005 [13] and the ABA National championship in 2005 and 2006. [14] [15] In 2011, the Lady Miners were renamed the Ballarat Rush. [9] [16]
The facility was established in 1986 as a two-court indoor community netball stadium known as the Wendouree Netball Centre. During the early 2000s the popularity of Basketball, Netball and Badminton in the Ballarat region had significantly outgrown the capacity of existing stadia built during the 1970s at the nearby Hollioake Park sports complex.
The first permanent oval used by the North Ballarat Football Club was established in 1963 in the centre of the defunct Ballarat Showgrounds harness racing track formerly used by the Ballarat and District Trotting Club as its main venue between 1952 and 1966. A new all-weather oval (dimensions 170 by 140 metres (560 ft × 460 ft)) replaced the ...
The club became affiliated with the new VFL's North Ballarat Football Club in 1996, and changed its name to North Ballarat Rebels and its colours to black and white to reflect this. [1] In January 2017, the club again changed its name to Greater Western Victoria Rebels to reflect their expanded recruitment zone.
During 2013, the City of Ballarat Council matched a Federal Government investment of $2.675 million announced by then Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard in June of that year [3] in a major upgrade of Morshead Park with a view to host training for National Teams in the 2015 Asian Cup, including new grandstands, lights and returfing the field to form the Ballarat Regional Soccer Facility.
Jul. 13—SEATTLE — The MLB announced the schedule for the 2024 season on Thursday, setting dates for Seattle's opponents next season. The Mariners will open the season with a seven-game home ...
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