This is the local oval that was named after John Wesley Seiffert and is something that most people miss, it used to be a footy oval now it’s used for cycle racing and cricket but a special place in history, now let’s see if you get the hints.
It all used to be about going to the footy and getting your ticket and going through the turnstiles, now days it all about driving strait in but take a moment to remember the history of a good football game or two in years gone past as it’s all about bike racing these days, but be careful as many muggles can be about.
John Wesley Seiffert (1905-1965), prison warder and politician, was born on 9 September 1905 at Goulburn, New South Wales, third son of locally born parents Frederick Emil Seiffert, gardener, and his wife Sarah Jane, née Walker. Jack attended Goulburn Superior Public School and began work as a storekeeper. At St Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Goulburn, on 8 September 1928 he married Ada Fedoris Brown, a typiste. Intensely sport-minded and gifted with considerable prowess, he excelled at hockey and Rugby League, but injuries cut short his career as a representative footballer. He was the one-mile (1.6 km) Australian amateur track cycling champion in 1926 and treasurer (1935-38) of the New South Wales Country Rugby League.
Seiffert worked as a warder (1931-41) at Goulburn gaol, and served as an alderman (1934-37) on Goulburn Municipal Council. In May 1941 he won the Legislative Assembly seat of Monaro as a Labor candidate. His electorate, based on Queanbeyan, had been a Country Party stronghold, but he increased his majority in each election and held the seat until his death.