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Post by nobadspitfire on Mar 13, 2018 9:21:01 GMT
The pitch surface this season (apart from the small area in the South West corner for a few games) has been as good as any in the VNL this season and better than most. The main problem we have is the water table, or to put it another way, surrounding ground water levels. The club cannot control those levels. It's difficult to see what more the club can do to counter this.
There may be options available that cost a heck of a lot of money, but I think the most important thing in the short-medium term is that we have an excellent playing surface and just have to suffer the odd postponement when the water table gets too high.
Keep up the good work, Barnsey and co!!
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Post by back4more on Mar 13, 2018 10:14:08 GMT
My idea would be to plant a lot of trees in the car park. They do consume thousands of gallons of groundwater.
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Post by hantslondoner on Mar 13, 2018 11:35:20 GMT
I agree. Ironic considering that we got rid of some in extending the car park (I assume you were making this point)! I agree with the basic premise that the water table is a problem in that area of Eastleigh, and lots of new housing will only make it worse. But who cares about the environment when there's money to be made? Hopefully they will be unable to sell them with a flood risk attached and it might have an effect. My impression is we've 'learnt a lot' about our pitch since last summer and have improved it considerably. Credit to those who've made that happen.
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Post by westendspitfire on Mar 13, 2018 11:42:48 GMT
My idea would be to plant a lot of trees in the car park. They do consume thousands of gallons of groundwater. The day Paradise put up a parking lot.....
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Post by hantslondoner on Mar 13, 2018 12:10:08 GMT
I see rain is forecast for Thu/Fri this week, and even snow showers on Sat afternoon/Sunday! Can't see the latter being too bad.
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Post by nobadspitfire on Mar 13, 2018 12:11:48 GMT
And a big yellow taxi tries to get in just as everyone is trying to leave the ground.
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Post by hey55 on Mar 13, 2018 19:32:10 GMT
There is and has been but one answer to our pitch, and that is to dig it up and make sure once and for all that the drainage channels go to a sump or drainage system, that can be inspected and cleaned out. If not then we will be here in the same position forever.
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Post by taylov on Mar 13, 2018 20:19:05 GMT
There is and has been but one answer to our pitch, and that is to dig it up and make sure once and for all that the drainage channels go to a sump or drainage system, that can be inspected and cleaned out. If not then we will be here in the same position forever. That would be fine, but doesn't help if the ground water level is above the sump/drainage arrangements. That was certainly the problem last weekend with water coming back up through the pitch to the surface. When Ten Acres was first developed for football there was drainage off the site directly to the Monk's Brook but the building of the M27 Link Road between the old Stoneham Lane and the motorway junction reduced that. The current developments across the Lane and to the North of the site do, at first sight, seem to be making matters worse.
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Post by rocky on Mar 13, 2018 21:50:38 GMT
what can be done realistically to help the situation?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2018 6:43:18 GMT
How much water surface are they talking about on the pitch? Me being a somewhat simple soul when it all gets technical, would raising the pitch 12 inches solve it, or more if necessary?
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