Dear All

Work will start on the new field to be named the Cypress Field (due to a sponsorhip deal) on the 19th of this month. The intention is to flatten an area large enough to accomodate 3 mini's pitch on a Sunday which can be turned into a full size  pitch on a Saturday. There will be new entrance from the main road  onto a new carpark for 60+ cars. A plan of the pitch entrance and car-park will be going up in the clubhouse. Because the pitch will be used possibly on both Saturday and Sunday we need to create a pitch with drainage as good as the main pitch. The cost of this project is in excess of £250,000 and whilst we have raised a large proportion of this , your financial help is still needed. When the final cost and amount raised is finalised , the details will also be put up in the clubhouse.

Because of the complexity of creating the new pitch , car park and entrance , the field will not be available for the entire next season , but will be ready for the season starting 2009 . This will give agrifactors (the same company who did the main pitch) chance to prepare us a surface comparable to the main pitch and give the grass almost a full year to grow . With proper ground management we will then be able to move the weekday training around such that we take more care of the training area during the very wet months.

We will still retain use of the pitch's at Waldron , but the addition of this new pitch means we can play more games at Cross-in-Hand and with the addition of the new car-park , our parking problems can be alleviated.

This is fantastic news for the club and is the result of a lot of work put in by club members.

If you have any questions , would like to help in the fund-raising or can contribute to pledges that club members have committed to please do not hesitate to contact me

Dave Rhodes - Club Chairman

5/12/2008 4:31:50 AM (GMT Daylight Time, UTC+01:00)