Sports Arenas

Kings Meadows High School

Value: $1.6M (Including Kings Meadows Detention Basin Upgrade)

Four years had passed since colleague and teacher Aaron King’s passing, but his memory and his famous love of football will live on thanks to a reconstructed oval at Kings Meadows High School. The Aaron King Memorial Oval could not be used as upgrades were being undertaken to the Kings Meadows High School Detention Basin. And before the upgrade, the oval was prone to flooding and in poor repair. The oval was officially opened by City of Launceston Mayor Albert van Zetten, with Mr King's wife, Lisa and children in attendance.

“You’re always worried that people are going to forget him but now I know that his name and memory are living on.”

Mrs Lisa King

Wife of Aaron King

SCOPE

  • Oval surface reconstruction.
  • Installation of drainage and irrigation system.
  • Supply and installation of sand and growing mediums.
  • Seed planting, irrigating and care to early maturity.
  • Baker Group works were undertaken in conjunction with the Kings Meadows High School Detention Basin upgrade.