Yeah that one. They need to put in on the schedule now so is can get done. Broadmeadow is the 1st stageQuote:
Originally Posted by mic22
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Yeah that one. They need to put in on the schedule now so is can get done. Broadmeadow is the 1st stageQuote:
Originally Posted by mic22
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This is why there are no Synthetic pitches in the Newcastle Council area they class synthetic multi use fields as a pollutant. Was taken from the Newcastle Herald 2nd Nov 2023.
A single councillor does not represent the whole council. I've been told by council this year that they are still looking to do one as a trial, but need to work out where it is best to do it.
Dont hold your breath.Quote:
Originally Posted by 2ndclasscitizen
Traditional grass pitches with good drainage are always an option.
Most fields in the Newy area have shocking drainage.
Also, having dedicated pitches for football would make a difference - and they should be used with the priority of developing players, not to preserve grass: i.e. games are postponed only in the (unlikely) case the pitch is unplayable, not because of a 10 minute storm 2 days before the game.
I know I'm dreaming... but that's what football countries do.
MFC hosted 10 games on the weekend across both Saturday and Sunday at Cooks Square park
What about pitches that are half covered in sand like the new hub at Tarro?
Here's a wild idea....stop paying players and put the money into the facilities
way too logicalQuote:
Originally Posted by Hunter403
high regos and ridiculous players wages doing nothing for the game long term
Clubs drive the wage price. Council & state govt controls facilities and they wont allow improvements.
It varies between Council areas. In Lake Mac a club can definitely improve/invest in the facilities with their own funds. Council approval is needed, but there are guidelines to what you can/cant do with different tiers of facility.Quote:
Originally Posted by Addios
Lights and drainage is the most common things i see in our area which is a good thing. Grandstands occasionally, synthetic pitches never since Spees point.
The better the drainage has become the more likely we are to call off games due to ground "protection".
One reason is the threat of council fines.
Most grounds are embarrassing and decades behind the times.
Councils are useless, Northern and the Zones are gutless to stand up to them.
Have a look at the athletic track it was the worst ground in Newcastle by a long way. Cooks hill have over the years slowly improved the ground and now after a wet season it still looks and plays fantastic. Most probably one of the better grounds in Newcastle ATM.
So yes it can be done.
The issue with fields in Newcastle is the reason the land is free for playing fields is because they are flood management first, playing fields second. That's just life in Newcastle, but it would be good if council recognised that and wasn't so harsh on damage to fields played on in the wet when the reason they're so soft is the council pushing water on to them.
Probably also the reason they haven't gone synthetic, don't want to affect flood management/deal with expensive damage when they spend days with water pooled all over them
Driving through Cessnock the other day, I noticed one of the public schools has recently had a synthetic pitch laid. Could the Uni or a private school, make a financially viable investment in an all weather, floodlit pitch?
I thought of this.Quote:
Originally Posted by BP Super Dynamos
Hunter Sports would be good candidate - add in some kind of deal with the Jets or Jets women to use.
I think there’s plenty of places. The problem will always be who pays for it and what the hierarchy of usage is.
Weston getting a synthetic pitch also I think I read?Quote:
Originally Posted by BP Super Dynamos
Why Cessnock area able to do it but no one else?
Weston have a synthetic pitch as part of their master plan but it’s not funded as yet, or so I was told.Quote:
Originally Posted by namwob99
Uni is too busy cutting jobs, seems like it's their core business nowadaysQuote:
Originally Posted by BP Super Dynamos
You don't need artificial pitches, a foot of topsoil will fix most if not all of the problems. Pelican oval flooded all the time, not any more. This was done years ago by a bunch of fathers of players
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Originally Posted by My2BobsWorth
But synthetic pitches saved this season even when all those others grounds with supposed fantastic drainage couldnt handle the rain.
Some Synthetic would be a good help.
Granted it's been one of the worst years for storms in living memory, but plastic grass is an environmental danger. The microplastics in the runoff all end up in the lake, and eventually in the food system. I think they may eventually be banned anyway
lolQuote:
Originally Posted by my2bobsworth
Council looking for ideas for the new Creek Road development precinct.
Of course it would be a prime spot for a well run Wallsend club to play in some new fantastic facilities but of course we all won't band together so I look forward to all the new rugby, AFL, hockey and pickleball courts that are about to get built.
Exactly rightQuote:
Originally Posted by plague
NAWA had a field on Creek rd back in the late 90s. Bill Pots field. It was 120m long and 90m wide. It even had a concrete cricket pitch. Football in winter cricket in summer. Fun fact one of those cricket teams turned into Cooks Hill United FC
It was mid 90s
Fking NAWA. The worst name in football history. Decent bunch of lads in there though. Newcastle & Wallsend Asoc??Quote:
Originally Posted by chook
If clubs weren?t greedy facilities could be improved by shared agreements.
Just change your name and move associations and you can get given a ground just like crabs did.Quote:
Originally Posted by straightred88
The ground was previously booked by Hamilton azzurri so they had the inside knowledge on its availability, hardly special treatment.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zone Insider
It is when multiple other clubs have to go through the application process by council.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Magician
Every club is supposed to with Newcastle Council. Unless the rules are bent like in this case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zone Insider
Would be interested to hear what's the big story here scoop?Quote:
Originally Posted by straightred88
There isn't oneQuote:
Originally Posted by Killa
A new ground is being built on Raymond Terrace Rd at Chisholm.
No scoop just facts. Crabs have been told they will be at Jesmond.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killa
How do the Crabs get a ground so easily but Croatia have seemingly struggled. I would of thought they were the front of the line before CrabsQuote:
Originally Posted by straightred88
i dont know but would Croatia want Heaton park. its pretty dodge.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Hacker