Winter Sports - Football


“Investment in our sporting facilities reflects an important part of the council’s corporate plan, to support building a safer, stronger, healthier community whilst ensuring the delivery of high performance facilities in the Borough.”


“We feel passionately about encouraging people to become involved in sport and, as a council, we consistently promote and develop all types of sporting and fitness activities,” he said.


Stephen and his team carry out regular


inspections of all the pitches as part of their ongoing maintenance programmes. “The showgrounds have two grass training pitches, four full‐size grass football pitches, one sand‐filled Astroturf, one sand‐dressed Astroturf and one 3G pitch. We also manage around twenty other pitches in the Ballymena area.”


“Like any outdoor facilities, our pitches are open to the elements. Our groundstaff have to put in a lot of hard work and pay close attention to the pitches to keep them


in good shape. Regular maintenance and inspections are carried out at all our facilities,” said Stephen.


“Shade can be an issue with any football stadium, given the stands, but we work to counteract this.”


Stephen and his team rank presentation very highly at all the council pitches and more so at the Ballymena Showgrounds given its frequent use by big clubs and competition organisers.


They put a lot of time and effort in to


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