A casual booking is required for any formal sport or recreational activity to take place. 

• Casual bookings are only available on weekdays between 7am and 4pm.
• Pavilions are not available for casual hire.
• Turf cricket pitches are not available for casual hire.
• Sports lights are not available for casual bookings.
• Mayors Park Tennis Centre has individual booking requirements.Visit Mayors Park Tennis and Netball Centre for more information.

Browse Yarra's facilities to investigate what type of recreation facilities are available within each park and what supporting facilities are available (such as public toilets). 

• All booking requests are subject to Council approval.
• A valid insurance policy (minimum $20 million public liability) is required for all casual bookings. The value of this policy is mandatory and there is no flexibility. Certificates of currency must be uploaded during the booking request process. Community groups requiring public liability insurance can enquire online on the Local Community Insurance Services website.
• Booking requests can only be made a minimum of 5 days and maximum of 45 days prior to the planned event date. For major events requiring a longer lead time, visit our Plan an event webpage.
• Citizens Park and George Knott Reserve are not available for casual bookings. Victoria Park has strictly limited availability.
• Bookings do not include any sport specific equipment such as goalpost pads, goal nets, corner flags, sirens or scoreboards. The hirer is to provide these if required. The only exception to this is Victoria Park where AFL goalpost pads are permanently in place.
• Bookings do not include any sport specific line markings. Hirers are prohibited from marking the ground and must consider temporary alternatives such as cones.

Premier sportsgrounds

Victoria Park
Bastow 1

All other sportsgrounds

Alan Bain
Alfred Crescent Oval
Alphington Park Oval
Bastow 2
Burnley Oval
Coulson Reserve
Fairfield Park
Fletcher 1
Fletcher 2
Loughnan Oval
Ramsden Street
Walker Street
WT Peterson
Yambla

Netball

Ryans Reserve

Table tennis

Stanton Street Hall 

• Log into Yarra City Council's Zipporah booking system.
• Either register a new account or login using your account details.
• First time users will also need to register their organisation (link provided in welcome email upon account registration).
• After creating your organisation, click the home button near the top right of the screen to proceed with the booking request.
• Select ‘make a casual sports ground booking’ from the booking system menu.
• Follow the booking request process. You will receive an acknowledgement email upon completion. This is not confirmation of your booking. A Council Officer will review all booking requests prior to approving any booking.

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