24-650: Umina Beach ( / juː m aɪ n ə / you- MY -nə ) is a suburb within the Central Coast Council local government area on the Central Coast of New South Wales , Australia. Umina Beach is situated 85 kilometres (53 mi) north of Sydney and 111 kilometres (69 mi) south of Newcastle . Umina Beach is locally known on the Central Coast as being on 'The Peninsula' (or 'Woy Woy Peninsula'). A natural peninsula that includes
48-893: A ban on travellers arriving from the UK, so Atlético Madrid were forced to use Arena Nationala in Bucharest , Romania, to host English team Chelsea . In 2010 the Canadian baseball team Toronto Blue Jays played a home series with the Philadelphia Phillies in the Phillies' Citizens Bank Park while the G-20 Summit was being held near the Rogers Centre in Toronto. In baseball, sometimes, when teams are playing
72-672: A makeup game from an earlier game postponed by rain, the game may have to be made up in the other team's stadium. An example of this occurred on September 26, 2007, with a game between the Cleveland Indians , who were the "home" team, but the game was played vs. the Seattle Mariners in Safeco Field , in Seattle. Rules and conventions often apply to the choice of home and away colors . In Australian football ,
96-461: Is designated as the "home team". The event is described as a "home game" for that team and the venue that the game is being played is described as the "home field." In most sports, there is a home field advantage whereby the home team wins more frequently because it has a greater familiarity with the nuances of the venue and because it has more fans cheering for it, which supposedly gives the players adrenaline and an advantage. The opposing team
120-455: Is easily accessed with an efficient grid system of connecting roads with primary access from Ocean Beach Road, West Street and Barrenjoey Road. Umina Oval, located at the southern end of Melbourne Avenue, is the home ground for four pitch team sports : soccer , rugby league , cricket and tennis . McEvoy Oval, located at the western end of McEvoy Avenue, is used for track and field athletics, touch football and cricket. Umina Beach
144-492: Is known as the home of "Upball" List of Central Coast suburbs This is a complete list of the towns, localities and suburbs located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales , Australia . Suburbs are listed here if they are in the Central Coast region and are listed on the Geographical Names Register as suburbs. The area is formed by the boundaries of Central Coast Council , which
168-535: Is located at Umina Point (Mt Ettalong), a Hawkesbury Sandstone headland that adjoins the south western end of Umina Beach. Umina Beach is geographically located on the north side of Broken Bay at the river mouth of Hawkesbury River . The formation of Umina Beach and 'The Peninsula' is due to sand deposition that has been influenced by (and not limited to) climatic conditions, soil-binding flora , Hawkesbury Sandstone formations (e.g.; Box Head , Barrenjoey and Umina Point), wave patterns and tidal amplitude from
192-583: Is said to be the visiting team, the away team, or the road team . In North American sports, a spectator can often tell which team is home by looking at the field of play. Often a home team logo , insignia or name is in the middle of the field, at center ice, midfield, or center court. Also, the logo, insignia or name may be found atop a dugout in baseball or in the end zone in American football . On television station scoreboards in North America,
216-596: The Hawkesbury River . The first land subdivision occurred in 1914 which led to the current commercial and residential centre. Umina Beach celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014. Umina Beach is served by two public schools, Umina Public School (primary school) and Brisbane Water Secondary College (high school). Opened on 3 February 1956, Umina Public School's population approximates 800 students and 50 staff. It currently has 29 classes from kindergarten to year 6. Umina Beach town centre has been represented by
240-704: The Tasman Sea , Hawkesbury River and Brisbane Water . The word "Umina" was derived from the Australian Aboriginal word meaning Place of sleep . The Woy Woy and Umina district was home to the Guringai Australian Aboriginal tribe. This tribe stretched from the north side of Port Jackson , north through Pittwater in Sydney to Broken Bay and Brisbane Water , to the southern end of Lake Macquarie . European entry to
264-399: The "home team"; when the team plays elsewhere, they are the away , visiting , or road team. Home teams wear home colors. Each team has a location where it practices during the season and where it hosts games. This is referred to as the home court , home field , home stadium , home ballpark , home arena , home ground , or home ice . When a team is serving as host of a contest, it
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#1732790830452288-718: The Peninsula Chamber of Commerce since the late 1980s. It is affiliated with the NSW Business Chamber. The town centre is serviced by major retailers along with a number of local shops, takeaway restaurants and cafes. The town is also serviced by a number of medical and specialist practices, the Central Coast Council Library, and two service stations. Umina Beach is well serviced by regular bus services (Busways) with connections to Woy Woy railway station and Gosford. The town centre
312-414: The cost of covering actual play on the field. When this line is crossed, crews are accused of being "homers" or of displaying "homerism". In online fan forums, "homers" are participants for whom the home team can do no wrong, and the away team can do no right. This is cognate with extremist forms of partisan politics . In any context where a game score or the pair of teams meeting in a game are mentioned,
336-410: The early days of Major League Baseball . Typically the visiting team had no access to laundry facilities and thus the players were unable to clean their uniforms on the road. By wearing grey or another dark color the visiting team was better able to conceal the dirt and grass stains that had accumulated on their uniforms over the course of the series. The home team, having access to laundry facilities,
360-448: The home team and its score are usually displayed to the right of or below the road team's score, with the reverse being true for association football displays. There are many examples of sports teams being forced to play their home games away from their usual home venue for a variety of reasons. Damage to a venue can be a major reason. In World War II , English association football club Manchester United 's home ground, Old Trafford ,
384-427: The home team traditionally wears their regular jumper and black (or colored) shorts, while the away team wears a lighter coloured variant of their jumper and/or white shorts. In American football and ice hockey , most home teams often wear uniforms that feature their official team colors, whereas the visiting team wears white or colors opposite of the home team's choice. On the other hand, in baseball and basketball,
408-415: The home team will typically choose to wear the lighter colored version of its uniform . Many teams have a home uniform which is mostly white and referred to as the "home whites". The road team will generally wear a version of its uniform with one of the darker of its official colors as the main color, or in baseball with a grey main color referred to as the "road greys". The term "home whites" originated in
432-484: The pancontinental UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League association football tournaments. Varying travel bans and quarantining rules between different countries across Europe meant that many teams were forced to host their home games in a different country as their opponents would not be able to enter jurisdiction where the game was due to take place. For example, in March 2021 the government of Spain had imposed
456-403: The region was first recorded in March 1788 when Governor Arthur Phillip landed with a party at Ettalong Beach . In June 1789, a more thorough investigation of Brisbane Water was conducted. A rest stop was made at Ettalong Beach before the group passed through 'The Rip' (a dangerous passage leading into Brisbane Water). On return, the party camped at Ettalong Beach before sailing to Dangar Island in
480-495: The team mentioned first (left or top) is the home team, except in the United States, Canada, and Japan, where home teams are mentioned second. The North American and Japanese practice of listing the home team second likely derives from baseball , in which the home team bats after the visiting team in each inning . Exceptions are found in most North American soccer competitions, where the international standard of listing
504-546: The towns of Umina Beach, Woy Woy , Blackwall , Booker Bay and Ettalong Beach . Moving from north to south, Umina Beach begins where Woy Woy and Blackwall end: at Veron Road and Gallipoli Avenue. Umina Beach is the most populated suburb on the Central Coast. Umina Beach has one unbroken sand shoreline that has been divided in name only: Umina Beach (south western section) and Ocean Beach (north eastern section). Both beaches have their own Surf Life Saving Club (refer to Sports Clubs section). The only other type of shoreline
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#1732790830452528-423: Was a product of the merger of City of Gosford and Wyong Shire in 2016. Home ground In sports, home is the place and venue identified with a team sport . Most professional teams are named for, and marketed to, particular metropolitan areas; amateur teams may be drawn from a particular region, or from institutions such as schools or universities. When they play in that venue, they are said to be
552-438: Was able to wear clean white uniforms each day, hence the term "home whites". Especially in team sports, but also in international sports (home represented by the home country), a "home" crew is assigned to cover all the home games, and sometimes the "home" crew travels on the road to cover away games as well. It's understood that a home broadcasting crew will talk more about the familiar home players, but this should not come at
576-528: Was so badly damaged by bombing that for eight years all their home games were played at Maine Road , the home of rivals Manchester City . Damage caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005 forced American football team New Orleans Saints to play all of their games in the 2005 season away from their home stadium, the Louisiana Superdome . Teams may be forced from their home stadiums for logistical and legal reasons. The COVID-19 pandemic impacted
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