The pitches were opened to the public by the Queenstown Lakes District Council last week and Wanaka Youth coach Yohann Bourdin said a storage facility and floodlights would follow.
Wanaka Youth suffered a heavy 9-0 loss, leaving it joint bottom in Division 1 of the Central Otago Football League.
Pictured pre-game are Wanaka Youth players (back, from left) Hunter Norton (15), Rory Hannon (18), and Jake Nicholson (17), (front, left) Flynn Brown (16), and Niklas Bareis (16).