otatoes to playing field in EE EASY STEPS
Steve’s team then moved on to site to
to produce the final tilth, sow the seed, and wait for nature to take its course. There was no irrigation available to aid germination. As with any project that involves working with nature and the elements there were one or two problems - some bank erosion with the intensity of rain that fell, for instance. The rain also washed some of the seed off the site and down onto the road, but the worst problem we had was that the run off was working beyond expectations. There was no holding water on the actual playing field and we had produced a pool at the bottom of the site where the proposed netball courts were to be installed! We did have a meeting with a rather irate gentleman who accused us of flooding his house - which fortunately turned out not to be the case - and a piped drain was installed at the base of the site to
deal with the water in this area. Six months on, at the end of August this year, the project was completed and signed off, the States Department and School are happy, the playing field is well used and has held its first sports day. The one way road system works well and there is not so much congestion around the school. The netball court has still to be completed, and, in fact, there have been proposals that it should move to another location on the site. Trees have been planted and the pathway from the road to the school is completed. So, if you are ever in Jersey please do visit the new school playing field in Grouville and have a look at what can be achieved. I suppose, if I am honest, it was relatively easy, but it’s nice to have been involved with building a new school playing field, rather than hearing of another one disappearing! Thanks to States of Jersey for
continuing to employ Fields In Trust for playing field projects on the island, Andrew Harvey for understanding my ramblings about playing fields and especially to Steve Landick and his team, without whose assistance and continued support my visits to Jersey would be a lot more problematic and frenetic.
Fields In Trust is the new name for the National Playing Fields Association. Alan Penn is Technical Manager for Fields In Trust and can be contacted at
alan.penn@
fieldsintrust.org or by telephone at 02476 399251
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