See Pete's email below.
Peterswood Soccer Complex and Old Grasshopper fields will be closed to practices this week, but will be open (weather permitting) on the weekend on Nov 4 & 5 for any GH, U8, U11/12 games that need to be made up or are already on the regular game schedule.
--Tony
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From: Peter Chiste < pmchiste@hotmail.com>
Date: Oct 29, 2006 8:19 PM
Subject: Urgent: Field Closures
Commissioners,
The heavy rains the last half of our Fall season and heavy usage at all fields has taken its toll on our field conditions. Simply put, they are worn, muddy, spongy and sorely needing a break from use.
Elm Grove & Rees. During the past week, the PTP&R Maintenance staff strafed and strip seeded Elm Grove and Rees Park fields. Also, PTSA volunteers spot sodded heavy use areas at Elm Grove and Rees Park this Sunday morning. Consequently, to give those fields a good start for the Spring season, Elm Grove and Rees Park fields will be closed the remainder of the Fall season (no practices and no games).Peterswood Soccer Complex and Old Grasshopper. Due to heavy use and sparse turf at Peterswood Soccer Complex, our adopt-a-field volunteers chose not to spot sod there as there are simply too many bare areas to cover. PTSA expects that the PTP&R Maintenance Department and PTSA's adopt-a-field volunteers will be doing additional work on that field soon. Consequently, Peterswood Soccer Complex and Old Grasshopper fields will be closed to practices this week, but will be open (weather permitting) on the weekend on Nov 4 & 5 for any GH, U8, U11/12 games that need to be made up or are already on the regular game schedule. Note that all goals have been pulled to the edge of the field area at Peterswood Soccer Complex and all GH goals have been put in storage, so any rescheduled games there will require additional field setup.Rees Outfield. A temporary U10 field has been lined on the Rees baseball outfield ... it is not to be used for practices this week, but will be available for games on Nov 4 ... any U10 coaches desiring to makeup any games on that field must contact Chuck Harrison to schedule a match which will be allocated on a first come / first served basis.
With the clocks being set back an hour, darkness will have prevented most convenient practice times this week even if the fields were open. Also, with temperatures over the next week forecast to be with lows in the 30s and 40s, it is expected that most coaches, players and parents would prefer to have their seasons end this weekend. Please request all your coaches to take the player ages and cold temperatures into consideration as they consider whether to schedule make-up games, or not. Note that our fields were kept open for every game weekend and I believe some teams played the full 8 game schedule and most have played at least 7 games.
On behalf of the Field Director and field volunteers, I thank you in advance for honoring our field closures this week. The PTSA Coaches' hotline will be updated accordingly, but please forward this message to all your coaches so we can ensure compliance.
Thanks.
