Our joke of a Youth System

**outside in** · 21/02/2008, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by MojoPin

i dont think ramblers underage tems would expect to pay for the use! and just thinking of it the ramblers floodlights would prob outweigh the cost of renting the place! does anyone have an estimate as to what the lights cost an hour? and another thing is light pollution the surrouding houses wouldnt be too happy if them lights were on from 6 to 11 everynight!

im not trying to be negative here but just thinking of the foreseeable problems! the main advantage of astro fields isthey offer a good home record to the home team!

they all pay for it now so they shpuld keep doing it.lights must be off by ten,the col charge �80 an hour so it cant cost that much for lights alone

**MojoPin** · 21/02/2008, 11:51 AM

Originally Posted by outside in

they all pay for it now so they shpuld keep doing it.lights must be off by ten,the col charge �80 an hour so it cant cost that much for lights alone

the col lights aint 1/4 as good as our lights! and ya gotta remember the col astro was paid for by the government or substanially funded by school grants. i would like an astro turf for cobh ramblers use! but not as the home ground. i dont think it would be feesible for an astro on anotehr site in cobh!

**chimpster** · 21/02/2008, 1:26 PM

Wow, Colmans will have Ireland's first sloping AstroTurf pitch! Can't even begin to imagine the costs of levelling the pitch and re-building the stands to make 'em level. We'd have to spend 90 minutes watching Bilko trying to make the ball stand still for a goal kick...

**ramsfan** · 21/02/2008, 2:05 PM

Originally Posted by chimpster

Wow, Colmans will have Ireland's first sloping AstroTurf pitch! Can't even begin to imagine the costs of levelling the pitch and re-building the stands to make 'em level. We'd have to spend 90 minutes watching Bilko trying to make the ball stand still for a goal kick...

classic quote

**ramsfan** · 21/02/2008, 2:08 PM

so mojo , what would you suggest is the answer as i am stumped

**MojoPin** · 21/02/2008, 2:10 PM

the answer to what? getting a new pitch? havent a clue! but seeming as the golf club is moving soon is there any chance of getting a 10 year lease or something off them, just a taught not very well taught out!

**gee wizz** · 21/02/2008, 2:19 PM

surely seen as the ramblers underage age section have the use of the tech field they could get two pitches on the area they have up there,and if not the college pitch is never used they could rent that?

**6yardpunisha** · 21/02/2008, 2:28 PM

Originally Posted by gee wizz

surely seen as the ramblers underage age section have the use of the tech field they could get two pitches on the area they have up there,and if not the college pitch is never used they could rent that?

seems there is an issue with the board of management in the college and they wont let ramblers use it, kinda of funny when you think of the amount of current pupils involved in the underage teams, so much for local cooperation

**luka** · 21/02/2008, 2:35 PM

Originally Posted by 6yardpunisha

seems there is an issue with the board of management in the college and they wont let ramblers use it, kinda of funny when you think of the amount of current pupils involved in the underage teams, so much for local cooperation

Some things will never change.

**ramblersnb1** · 21/02/2008, 3:35 PM

the college pitch is used fairly often compared the the amount of times the tech pitch is used by the school is a good pitch but seems to get bogged very easily also gradd is very long 80% of the time

**ramsfan** · 21/02/2008, 3:36 PM

i heard that all right and the tech is apparently booked solid so cant be used, golf club idea has some sense , if say flemings are buing it why not try and get them to give yo a piece of land for a pitch
anybody remember the pitch in ifi where all summer pub league games used to be played all that area is up for rent why not get a lease on that or buy it and develop it as a training come underage pitch

**rambler14** · 21/02/2008, 3:47 PM

Originally Posted by ramsfan

i heard that all right and the tech is apparently booked solid so cant be used, golf club idea has some sense , if say flemings are buing it why not try and get them to give yo a piece of land for a pitch
anybody remember the pitch in ifi where all summer pub league games used to be played all that area is up for rent why not get a lease on that or buy it and develop it as a training come underage pitch

There isn't a piece of flat land out in the golf club. I doubt a pitch out there would be the solution.
I'd say the best bet would either the pitch in IFI or a new development in somewhere like Ballymore. It seems to be the only place in Cobh with some land left.
As for the pitch in the TEK, the drainage is terrible up there. i just went passed it and it looked waterlogged.
Colaiste Muire's pitch would come at a price and since the new principal took over the rates for the pitches and gym have gone up 300%.

**Rambler1** · 22/02/2008, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by ramsfan

i heard that all right and the tech is apparently booked solid so cant be used, golf club idea has some sense , if say flemings are buing it why not try and get them to give yo a piece of land for a pitch
anybody remember the pitch in ifi where all summer pub league games used to be played all that area is up for rent why not get a lease on that or buy it and develop it as a training come underage pitch

For every x amount of houses they build they have to supply a pitch...BTW the Cooline houses have replaced an existing pitch and they are bound by CCC rules to replace that so the pitch is /should be on the way if someone in power pushes them on it.

**The Rebel Ram** · 22/02/2008, 7:40 PM

Originally Posted by Rambler1

For every x amount of houses they build they have to supply a pitch...BTW the Cooline houses have replaced an existing pitch and they are bound by CCC rules to replace that so the pitch is /should be on the way if someone in power pushes them on it.

Is it not a green area they have to replace? Not a pitch.
I can't see too many residents accepting a training ground where their own kids should be playing!!!

**Rambler1** · 25/02/2008, 6:09 PM

No they have to provide a playing field (full size to replace the amenity thats now gone) as a condition of the planning process.

**outside in** · 25/02/2008, 6:17 PM

Originally Posted by gee wizz

surely seen as the ramblers underage age section have the use of the tech field they could get two pitches on the area they have up there,and if not the college pitch is never used they could rent that?

welcome back

**4th-div-are-we** · 25/02/2008, 9:40 PM

How about that little area behind the tech skool....there's a full size pitch area there behind the gael scoil! its a weird surface but could be resurfaced with astroturf!!
Also i played in a real astroturf field down in blarney last week and it was a great difference from the 1 in colaiste muire...it was like a normal pitch with reasonably long grass and it doesn't give you those nasty carpet burns!!!

what about the pitch in haulbowline?it looks a great size flat pitch but i dont know about its drainage.doubht it would be the best!

**rambler14** · 25/02/2008, 11:10 PM

Originally Posted by 4th-div-are-we

what about the pitch in haulbowline?it looks a great size flat pitch but i dont know about its drainage.doubht it would be the best!

Shockin pitch. Sure the navy don't even use it anymore as far as i know. The helicopter marks in the centre circle would be a bit of negative too.

**gee wizz** · 26/02/2008, 2:25 PM

Originally Posted by outside in

welcome back

cheers for that outside in,i have come back a reformed poster who from now on will read every post twice to make sure i never feel the firm hand of justice from dahamsta