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The same yarn was used as that at Saracen’s Rugby Club
our sporting provision so that we can attract more clubs to train and compete here,” says Naz. “We already stage the Camden Unity Cup 5-a-side football tournament in the summer (London’s biggest) and hold numerous other competitions all year round, including ‘Young Women’s Sports Day’ in conjunction with International Women’s Week, which is Camden’s biggest female sports tournament, so the standard of surface is very important to allow us to sustain the intensity of use we are aiming for.”
“Teams from University College London and Birkbeck College regularly play here, as do other faculties of the university, Belsize Park Rugby Club and several youth centre teams under the league we recently established.”
“I believe we have the best artificial pitch in London and intend to build on this by developing Coram’s Fields into a nucleus of inner-city sport, attracting more young people to take up the game, inspiring the next generation to continue playing and enjoying sport and exercise.” “The pitch will be integral in our development of tag rugby, which is rapidly going global in its appeal,” he adds, “and we are in partnership with the RFU and the Lawrence Dallaglio Foundation to move that forward strongly, especially with the build-up to the 2015 Rugby World Cup, to be
staged in the UK.” Noel comes in: “I was surprised how much less litter we have on site since the pitch was installed, but the kids who use it have taken ownership of the facility - it’s their pitch and they can use it free of charge. They don’t have to dribble past banana skins any more, that’s for sure.”
Noel and the team must complete a rather diverse range of tasks on site - from brushing the synthetic surface once a week to cleaning out the farm animals, the responsibility of Greg Allright. “That keeps him busy,” quips Noel.
I enquire further and learn of a menagerie that includes ducks, chickens, goats, rabbits, guinea pigs and an aviary. The farm’s two sheep, however, died recently. “Foxes?” I ask. “Old age,” Noel responds. “They liked the life here.” Evidently. Alongside bursts of frenetic sporting activity, there’s the peace and isolation that other corners of the park offer visitors.
“Foxes are an issue though,” Noel continues. “They liked to gnaw through netting either side of the gates and squeeze through, but we’ve blocked up the perimeter where they gained entrance to the park and have installed removable panels so they cannot get on to the pitch, in the hope that we’ve solved the problem.” The improvements in pitch perimeter fencing are an
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