Winter Sports - Football
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It was decided that a three phase plan would begin with the athletics track and infield, plus an artificial sand filled surface for hockey, and occasional football, on the old cricket pitch
This image from 2013 shows how standing water was a problem. This has now been rectified thanks to additional drainage work
which were hit by heavy rain, making performing virtually impossible. It was clear that the facility needed a major overhaul and redevelopment. Plans were drawn up to create facilities for, in the winter, hockey, football and rugby and, in the summer, an athletics track and field. It was decided that a three phase plan
would begin with the athletics track and infield, plus an artificial sand filled surface for hockey, and occasional football, on the old cricket pitch. Work started on this project in February 1993, taking twenty-eight weeks to complete. The original facilities were replaced with a polyflex track and equipment for field events. The infield was to be used for football and rugby outside the athletics season.
Equipment was hired from Shelton Sportsturf Drainage Solutions
The Siam Cup is the second oldest rugby trophy in the world (second only to the Calcutta Cup) and its existence is steeped with an interesting and chequered history
” Supplementary gravel banding 88 I PC AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2016
The Garenne stand was officially opened by the Bailiff in May 2003 in readiness for another Island Games in July. The stand now seats 800 people, and includes four changing rooms, officials room, three treatment
rooms, stores and facilities for the disabled. The stadium is floodlit, as is the artificial
turf pitch, which also has a hockey pavilion adjoining it. The total capacity is now 5,000 and a new rugby club bar and high performance gym have also been added. “We have many big Channel Island events
here,” explains Shane. “The Muratti Vase is an annual football tournament contested between Guernsey, Jersey and Alderney, whilst the Siam Cup is the annual rugby trophy played between Guernsey and Jersey.” “The Siam Cup is the second oldest rugby
trophy in the world (second only to the Calcutta Cup) and its existence is steeped with an interesting and chequered history. It is the annual challenge trophy at the end of the season. The venue alternates between the islands.” “It was during the German occupation of the islands that the cup was at its greatest risk, because they wanted it to be sent back
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