Bookings over summer
Winter seasonal booking applications
Applications for the 2025 winter season open on Monday 23 December 2024 and close on Sunday 2 February 2025. We will start to notify applicants by Monday 17 March 2025.
Winter season competition and training
Sports fields will be available for training and competition bookings for the winter sporting codes between these dates:
Rugby league and rugby union - available for competition games from Saturday 5 April 2025 to Sunday 31 August 2025 on soil/sand-based fields. Fields close on the Monday 1 September 2025 for spring renovations and maintenance.
Football - available for competition games from Saturday 5 April 2025 to Sunday 7 September 2025 on soil/sand-based fields. Fields close on the Monday 8 September 2025 for spring renovations and maintenance.
Winter codes pre-season training - summer codes have priority use until the end of their current season. We may be able to schedule winter pre-season training on a case-by-case basis within the existing summer allocations, field availability and use limits. Field availability will be limited during this period. Read about
How we prioritise sports field applications.
Use the
casual booking form to request pre-season training.
Field renovation timeframes
Autumn 2025
We will renovate the fields for the winter season from early March to Friday 4 April 2025. This includes field layout changes and maintenance.
Spring 2025
We will renovate the fields for the summer season from the end of August to the end of October 2024. This includes field layout changes and maintenance.
Apply for seasonal bookings of sports facilities
Seasonal allocations are made based on our priority sports fields process. We will only accept applications within the seasonal application period (23 December 2024 to Sunday 2 February 2025).
We will not process applications for the 2025/2026 summer season during this time.
To make sure we can confirm your booking in time, submit your application at least five working days in advance.
Apply now
What happens next
Requests will be approved at the discretion of our senior maintenance delivery team.
We will assess the seasonal requests from early February 2025 and start to notify applicants by Monday 17 March. Read about
How we prioritise sports field applications.
