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…
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…
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 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!
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…
Sidmouth & Ottery HC End Of Season Awards evening will take place on Saturday 25th March 2017, 7pm at Sidmouth Golf Club. The evening will comprise of a two course meal and presentation of awards with the usual short end of season speeches; and there is also a disco. Dress code: smart. For tickets please…
Congratulations to our three newly qualified Level 1 Unassesses umpires, Peter Rider, Jane Roberts and Euan Webber (U18) – all with effect from 05/02/2017. They await their England Hockey umpire numbers. Peter Rider recently completed his first league game, on Sat 25th Feb (wasting no time at all!)
Our Club is “The Club of the Month” in England Hockey’s CLUB TOGETHER Official Newsletter! To quote from the newsletter: “Sidmouth & Ottery HC, a small club in Devon are the first club to complete the new Club Mark initiative. This is now live for all clubs. Club Mark is the new and improved accreditation…