Pioneer Oval Today
The oval, is part of a major multipurpose sporting precinct, which includes Spicer Park to the south and Northparkes oval to the north. The Parkes Spacemen Junior and Senior Rugby League Football clubs are based at the ground. The innovative club name of the 'Spacemen' drew it inspiration from the CSIRO Parkes Radio Telescope, which is located to the north of Parkes. The name was also recognised during the 100 year celebrations of rugby league by being listed in the article 100 Reasons Why People Love Rugby League, which appeared in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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Famous quotes containing the words pioneer and/or today:
“New pioneer of days and ways, be gone.
Hunt out your own or make your own alone.
Go down the street.”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“That we can come here today and in the presence of thousands and tens of thousands of the survivors of the gallant army of Northern Virginia and their descendants, establish such an enduring monument by their hospitable welcome and acclaim, is conclusive proof of the uniting of the sections, and a universal confession that all that was done was well done, that the battle had to be fought, that the sections had to be tried, but that in the end, the result has inured to the common benefit of all.”
—William Howard Taft (1857–1930)