We are proud to announce that we will be opening our new astro facility on Wednesday 23 September 2015. The school has been trying to raise money for an Astroturf for some time. Thanks to an excellent plan put together by Dave Lincoln who heads up Sport Strategy at the school and Kevin Jarvis, ( a parent) the school has been able to save an enormous amount of money by utilising the existing base of three tennis courts. (We have enough tennis courts at the school to allow us to do this, without affecting our tennis requirements).
Belgotex, market leaders in Astro turf were commissioned for the project, which entailed laying a 15mm rubberised surface or shock pad (made out of 25 tons of recycled car tyres) on the court, followed by the astro turf. This surface will allow a number of sports to be played injury free.
The astro will be used as a multipurpose facility – chiefly as a hockey surface for practise sessions as it is the approved size for an indoor court; it will still also be used as a tennis court and for ball skills and small sided games of soccer.
Having our own astro will take the level of hockey to new heights at the school, because all of our hockey teams will practise on it. We will continue playing our hockey matches on full sized fields at Jeppe Boys or on our opponents’ grounds.
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