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UC sporting teams frustrated by interruptions caused by Groovin’ the Moo

Every year as Autumn reaches it’s peak, Groovin’ the Moo takes over a number of the University of Canberra’s playing fields to accommodate thousands of punters who party the day away. However, over the years students from various UC sporting teams have expressed their frustrations with the event, as they are moved on while the perfectly groomed fields are trampled by the masses.

The large Groovin' the Moo crowd on the University of Canberra ovals. Photo by Mitchell Keenan
The large Groovin’ the Moo crowd on the University of Canberra ovals. Photo by Mitchell Keenan

The music festival targeting ‘regional areas’ was first conceived in 2005, but Canberra’s first leg of the nation-wide event came in 2010. Jump to 2017 and tickets sold out in record time, with headliners including The Wombats, Milky Chance and Tash Sultana.

Although a large number of those attending do not use the university’s playing fields, many sporting teams based on the campus call the grounds their home over the winter months. Current member of the UC Pumas Football Club as a player, Ben Laws, is one of the many affected by the festival using the ovals.

“A lot of work goes into getting the playing fields into good condition. By late April you can see the effects of this, but this is always a sign that GTM can’t be far away, and you know that these nicely maintained fields will soon be ripped to shreds,” said Laws.

 

UC Life Campus Life Coordinator Megan Rodd argues that the location is the key to GTM being such a success, and doesn’t believe that it would easily be moved to another location.

“The locations are limited for Canberra, with the other major festival being Spilt Milk in Commonwealth Park as the other venue readily available to host something like this,” said Rodd.

Rodd believes that the positives of the event far outweigh the negatives, and she stated that those who are upset by the interruptions should experience the event for themselves.

“When you’re there on the day, when you actually go to the festival and you see it, it makes more sense to host it where it has been for the past six years.”

There have been discussions of potentially moving the event in past years, but the current location has well and truly cemented itself in the heart of University of Canberra students and Canberrans alike as the hottest music event of the year in the Capital.

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