n j titman
02-03-2010, 07:34
Last evening, The Embankment Astro turf pitch was reopned, only five months late.
After a high six figure sum spent, to relay the new surface, the result is an embarassment to the Council, and yet another horrendous example of the abuse of public funds.
The near pitch was so sand covered, it was potentially dangerous. The damage such a sand ovelay causes to the new surface is known to everyone in the astroturf world, but not, to the PCC it appears!
The Goal Posts are unsecure; holes in the nets;two lamps out on the Floodlights, that, (and I speak as a Lighting Engineer of 40 years experience), are approximately 15 degrees of true, resulting in poor light levels on the pitch, and significant glare problems resultantly; no toilets or changing facilities (I was told the toilets had been "condemned!"; but, to save the best, (and worst waste of space until last), the Pitch markings were, even by the PCC Standards, an unbelievable series of errors.
No half way line marked; The goal circle areas approx 5m too small; the penalty spots, subsequently set at 8 m only; the centre circle too large; etc wetc etc.
Now Mr Winde has only been using this facility for umpteen years, and had reconfirmed same pitch markings to the PCC,but as usual, their gross incompetence means more public funds wasted in correcting these errors.
The Head of the PCC Sports and Leisure, I sadly repeat yet again, provides a "Check list" to be completed pre any hiring of this facility. I now firmly believe that he actually meant he would employ residents of the "Czech" Republic, not "Check" ; must have been my misunderstanding!.
Our City, "Pride in Peterborough", with a population of over 160000, apart from being the only City in England of similar size, NOT*** to provide any full sized Football Astroturf facility for its citizens,talks about its potential "River Taxis", Cathedral Square Water fountains" etc.,
When will the City look after the artificial surface needs of ourmajority sport, football?
***** means that both the Embankment and Bushfield are primarily Hockey pitches on which football is permitted!!!!!!! Maybe that is why the proposed 3G surface at Bushfield was dropped. Hockey is not played on such a surface!!!.
But, there again, Hockey is a much bigger sport than Small sided football, isn't it?!l
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After a high six figure sum spent, to relay the new surface, the result is an embarassment to the Council, and yet another horrendous example of the abuse of public funds.
The near pitch was so sand covered, it was potentially dangerous. The damage such a sand ovelay causes to the new surface is known to everyone in the astroturf world, but not, to the PCC it appears!
The Goal Posts are unsecure; holes in the nets;two lamps out on the Floodlights, that, (and I speak as a Lighting Engineer of 40 years experience), are approximately 15 degrees of true, resulting in poor light levels on the pitch, and significant glare problems resultantly; no toilets or changing facilities (I was told the toilets had been "condemned!"; but, to save the best, (and worst waste of space until last), the Pitch markings were, even by the PCC Standards, an unbelievable series of errors.
No half way line marked; The goal circle areas approx 5m too small; the penalty spots, subsequently set at 8 m only; the centre circle too large; etc wetc etc.
Now Mr Winde has only been using this facility for umpteen years, and had reconfirmed same pitch markings to the PCC,but as usual, their gross incompetence means more public funds wasted in correcting these errors.
The Head of the PCC Sports and Leisure, I sadly repeat yet again, provides a "Check list" to be completed pre any hiring of this facility. I now firmly believe that he actually meant he would employ residents of the "Czech" Republic, not "Check" ; must have been my misunderstanding!.
Our City, "Pride in Peterborough", with a population of over 160000, apart from being the only City in England of similar size, NOT*** to provide any full sized Football Astroturf facility for its citizens,talks about its potential "River Taxis", Cathedral Square Water fountains" etc.,
When will the City look after the artificial surface needs of ourmajority sport, football?
***** means that both the Embankment and Bushfield are primarily Hockey pitches on which football is permitted!!!!!!! Maybe that is why the proposed 3G surface at Bushfield was dropped. Hockey is not played on such a surface!!!.
But, there again, Hockey is a much bigger sport than Small sided football, isn't it?!l
When