Griqua Park

Location: 20 Jacobus Smit Ave, New Park, Kimberley, 8301

Capacity:  18,000

Griqua Park is an 11,000-capacity multi-purpose stadium in Kimberley. It is mainly used for rugby union matches and it the home stadium of provincial Currie Cup side Griquas. The Cheetahs Super Rugby side also played some matches at this ground.

Griquas relocated to the stadium from their former De Beers Stadium home in 1991, when the stadium was known as Hoffe Park. It was named after Chas Hoffe, the head manager of Spoornet who owned the ground.

Despite initially only having two stands, a lot of ground development was done during the mid-1990s under the leadership of then-president Andre Markgraaff, increasing the stadium’s capacity to 11,000, as well as adding several suites.

Between 2009 and 2015, the stadium was known as GWK Park thanks to a sponsorship deal from Douglas-based agricultural company GWK (Griekwaland-Wes Korporatief), who also became the title sponsor of the Griquas rugby team. When the sponsorship deal with GWK expired, the stadium became known as Griqua Park.