It’s 11 Jun, which means its cutting time for some of the lines for other sports to be let-in to the pitch. You can see rolls of yellow lines waiting to be installed. You can see in the photos the sewn-in white 11-a-side hockey markings and the cross-pitch 7-a-side blue Ds.
Despite some “interesting” weather this week in East Devon, there’s been some amazing progress. In the space of just a few days, the pitch has been transformed. In today’s update: new goals have arrived for small sided games; the bright blue surround has been fitted; new fence netting installed; wooden protection boards are in and…
Lots of progress is expected this week at the Ottery astro. In our last post we reported that the turf had been delivered and the first 3 rolls of green turf had been laid down to cover the area up to the 23 at the far end. Just a few days later and there’s been…
The SIS team started to lay and join the new rolls of green astro carpet today. This will take several days and will be followed by the blue surround – marked on the photos by a white dashed line. Whilst some lines are pre-stitched (the lines that run across the pitch), the “Ds”, P Spot, etc…
Since the last update at the start of this week, the excellent weather has allowed the contractor team to crack on. The shockpad has been completed and new posts installed to raise the height of the perimeter fence on three sides – by the car park and behind both 11-a-side goals. The pitch-side recesses have…
Great news; this week SIS started, and has almost completed, laying down the black shock pad ahead of the artificial turf arriving in the next few weeks. The ingredients for the pad, rubber crumb and a liquid solvent, are mixed on site and laid down by a special machine. As you can see from the…
Subject to confirmation, the 2017-18 league placements are as follows: Ladies 1 – Petroc 1 Ladies 2 – Sedgemoor 1 Ladies 3- Petroc 2 Ladies 4 – Petroc 2 Men 1 – Southern 2 Men 2 – Southern 2 Men 3 – South East 2 Men 4 – South East 2 Men 5 – South…
A scratch mixed team gave a good account of themselves at the recent Dawlish 7-a-side Tournament on 22 Apr. Playing in the same group as the eventual winners, they Won x2, 5-1 & 3-2 (Dawlish HC who went on to the semis), Drew x1 (conceded a goal in the last few seconds) and Lost x1…
The completion date for the Ottery re-surfacing project has been put back by 2 weeks due to major fire at SIS’ warehouse in Maryport, Cumbria on 25th April. The yarn that was to be used to make our pitch went up in a huge fire that made national news. More yarn is being air freighted…
Where? The Balfour Arms, 26 Woolbrook Rd, Sidmouth EX10 9UZ. When? Monday 15th May, 7pm for 7.30pm start (prompt). The Club’s 5th Annual General Meeting is on Monday 15th May 2017, at The Balfour Arms, Sidmouth, 7pm for a 7.30pm start. The AGM is an important opportunity for us to come together as a club, to…
The mixed 7s team played really well today, down at the annual Ben’s Tournament in Dawlish. We won 2 (5-1 and 3-2) and drew 1 (2-2) and, lost 1 (1-5) to the eventual winners, narrowly missing out on the semi finals on goal difference having previously beaten one of the teams from our group that went…
With the work taking place in perfect holiday weather, progress continues at a good pace. The most noticeable progress sees the removal of more kerb stones and work on the pitch surrounds, drainage trench digging, pipe laying and lots of back-filling. There’s no sign of the green carpet yet or, the blue surrounds. It will be…
There’s lots of progress to report today. The shock pad has followed the playing surface to the recyclers. The lower fence panels have been removed and all the kerb stones have been lifted and are ready for removal. You can see on the photos the black base tarmac layer; the contractors have cut trenches into…
The old pitch surface is now rolled up ready for recycling .. Just the black shock pad to go.
The contractors have been busy lifting the surface and removing fence panels. Check out their progress below .. We aim to post regular photos to show you how things are progressing.
SIS Pitches Ltd have arrived this week at the Colin Tooze Sports Centre to start work to refurbish the astro. We took these photos just before the contractor started to lift the surface and dig lots of holes. We intend to publish photos every few days to capture the progress being made. The refurbished pitch will…
Congratulations to Jack Ellison on his promotion to fully qualified Level 1 umpire status following his successful Assessment game on 11th March; this is another useful “string to his bow” and he will no doubt be a valuable asset to the Club next season!
An England Hockey Sessional Coach Award Course has been organised at the University of St Mark & St John, Derrifird Road, Plymouth, Devon. Please click on the link for details about the course content and pre/post-course requirements. The minimum age to attend the course is 18 years of age and the cost is £240 (Coach Membership…
This is what our new pitch will look like! This picture was taken today (10th Mar) of one of two new hockey pitches recently installed by SIS Pitches at Manchester University – SIS have also been selected to do ours. The project has a start date of 3rd Apr and is due…
It’s official! Our Sport England Clubmark certificate arrived today from England Hockey and we thought that you would like to see it. In a covering letter, Sally Munday, England Hockey’s Chief Executive, thanked us for ” .. our commitment and dedication to creating more, better and happier hockey players”. Thanks to all volunteers across the…