is this a different ground?

[kounty]

I remeber a little while back jack saying that some new gournd wasn't joe Public's new ground.
is this it?  anybody remember that article?

http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_sports?id=161139323
Joe Public test new ground

         
         
Ian Prescott iprescott@trinidadexpress.com

           
Tuesday, May 1st 2007

         


                 

         
                   


GREAT SAVE: Andrew Durant, the Tobago United goalkeeper, makes a brilliant diving save to keep out the Defence Force in a T&T Pro League match at the Hasely Crawford Stadium last Tuesday. The game ended in a 0-0 draw.
 
           
           
           

Seeing how the ball rolls on b-mobile Joe Public's spanking-new $8 million all-purpose pitch might be just as much a  public draw as this afternoon's juicy T&T Pro League clash between the Eastern Lions and Neal & Massy Caledonia AIA, the team who regularly beat them. 



Today's meeting at the Marvin Lee Stadium, Macoya, may well draw the first full house of the season to see the current top two  teams in the Pro League face off.



Unbeaten Joe Public, defending Pro League champions, are three points ahead of AIA, who showed good early form before unexpectedly losing 2-0 to United Petrotrin last week.



However, AIA always seem to raise their game for meetings with the wealthy Joe Public who over the years have been able to buy the best players in the country, including a few from Caledonia's Morvant base.



This year, Caledonia AIA have a lot more quality in their line-up having imported the likes of outstanding Guyanese left winger Nigel Codrington and Charles Pollard, with T&T captain Densil Theobald still holding the midfield together.



           
           

Joe Public have also boosted their squad, though, by signing San Juan Jabloteh duo Kerry Baptiste and stopper Keyeno Thomas.



Joe Public once gave AIA a "home" venue on this same ground, in the days when conditions rapidly changed from the "Dust Bowl" during the dry season to the "Mud Bowl" late in the year when rains fell regularly.



Not any more, boasted Joe Public owner Jack Warner at the launching of the new artificial turf surface which has made the Marvin Lee Stadium a truly fitting tribute to the memory of national under-20 captain Marvin Lee, who died a few years ago as a result of complications arising from a neck injury sustained at the same ground.



Joe Public play their first game on the new surface today and the clash also represents the first T&T Pro League match to be played on artificial turf. 



At the Hasely Crawford Stadium, where a double-header is being staged, there is an interesting clash between Superstar Rangers, who have already proved they will be a handful for any team in the league, and Caribbean Club Champions Vibe CT 105 W Connection, who lost out on the league last season to Joe Public by the narrowest of margins, a single goal. Both teams ended the season tied on 65 points.



In the second match in Port of Spain, CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh look for their third straight win against a Defence Force team who have occasionally shown signs of life this season.

[JDB]

Yep.

Best of it skind in the western hamisphere supposedly.

If he say it isn't JP ground he is talking tongue in cheek.

We know that it is JP ground but technically it is a Concacaf facility that JP rents, I would assume at no cost.

[Reggaefan]

Yep.

Best of it skind in the western hamisphere supposedly.

If he say it isn't JP ground he is talking tongue in cheek.

We know that it is JP ground but technically it is a Concacaf facility that JP rents, I would assume at no cost.

Are you saying T&T has the best artifial surface in the Wester Hemisphere, or one of the best? whats the cost of this field, and whose money built it?

[D.H.W]

Yep.

Best of it skind in the western hamisphere supposedly.

If he say it isn't JP ground he is talking tongue in cheek.

We know that it is JP ground but technically it is a Concacaf facility that JP rents, I would assume at no cost.

Are you saying T&T has the best artifial surface in the Wester Hemisphere, or one of the best? whats the cost of this field, and whose money built it?

d best in d western hemisphere dey say not sure  of d price a good few mil

[dcs]

Yep.

Best of it skind in the western hamisphere supposedly.

If he say it isn't JP ground he is talking tongue in cheek.

We know that it is JP ground but technically it is a Concacaf facility that JP rents, I would assume at no cost.

Are you saying T&T has the best artifial surface in the Wester Hemisphere, or one of the best? whats the cost of this field, and whose money built it?

It's money from the Goal project.  I think you'll have $$ from Fifa for that too...though I remember there was some kinda issue with it.

[kounty]

New $5.2m indoor facility launched.
By Shaun Fuentes.

CONCACAF president Jack Warner revealed plans to construct a new artificial playing field at the Marvin Lee Stadium as he opened the new Futsal Indoor Playing facility at the Dr Joao Havelange Centre of Excellence, Macoya, yesterday morning.
Warner said the new turf at the Stadium would be the second phase of the FIFA Goal Project for Trinidad and Tobago, to follow the Futsal facility which came as phase one after previous plans to construct a training centre for national teams had to be abandoned following Government's failure to grant land for the originally proposed centre.
Warner asked guests to take their minds back seven years when the venue was a mere warehouse that had been transformed with swimming pool, playing field, state-of-the-art indoor facility and now the Futsal court which has seating for 900 fans. It will also be able to facilitate other sports such as volleyball, basketball, netball and hockey in addition to five-a-side football.
"It shows the tremendous strides that have been made right at this venue over the years," said Warner who took the place of FIFA President Sepp Blatter who was unable to attend the opening of the facility which Warner said cost $5.2 million and was fully constructed in three months by C&H Associated Limited.
Warner said that FIFA had given $2.5 million towards the facility with a little more than $2.5 million coming from CONCACAF.
"There is no other facility in the Caribbean like this. But this is not the end of FIFA but the beginning rather, because in a few months' time, FIFA and CONCACAF will dig up the Marvin Lee Stadium surface and put the first artificial turf in the Caribbean.
"Before the end of the year we shall have an artificial turf which of is the highest level and one which is used in Champions' League football and can be played 24 hours a day." TTFF President Oliver Camps also expressed deep appreciation towards the efforts of FIFA and CONCACAF in helping the Federation through the first phase of the Goal Project which had been stagnant in this country while other countries had been benefiting from the exercise.
"It is with great pleasure that we accept the facility that has been afforded to us by FIFA and CONCACAF," he said.
"These facilities will go a long way in contributing to our development and we will definitely look forward to making the best use of what is before us today." Derek Hamilton, the registered engineer for the facility, explained that the facility which has full lighting and is air-conditioned, also comprises of a playing and training court along with dressing rooms for two teams, match officials and media. He also spoke about the automatic operating retractable seating for the fans.
"It is extremely important to note the retractable seating accommodation because it allows use of the entire area when fans are not here to be seated, which occupies 160 feet in longitude by 40 feet transversely. The tech gym surface is also the accepted one by FIFA for indoor football," Hamilton told TTFF Media.
To mark the opening of the facility, an exhibition match between the T&T national Futsal team and a President's Selection made up of national players was played, with the latter coming away 4-3 winners. Francis Pascall and Derrick Balthazar netted a double each for the winners with Anthony Small (2) and Ako James scoring for the T&T side.

T&T Team:
1-Kevin Graham, 5-Colin Joseph, 10-Cordell Greenidge, 9-Marvin Lee, 11-Anthony Small, 6-Franklyn Ollivierra, 7-Zane O'Brian, 8-Lorne Joseph, 3- Ako James.

Presidents X1:
1-Andre Fournillier, 12-Ryan Dipsingh, 7-Ricardo Benette, 11-Anthony Peters, 6-Jeremy McPhie, 8-Francis Pascall, 9-Allan Hemlee, 3-David Samuel, 5-Bernard McCall, 4-Derrick Balthazar, 10-Anthony Thompson.

so...this is one of the 5 stadiums biult for the U17 tournament right?  did Gov't build those stadiums, or was it fifa...or both.  How does that work?  could gov't build it, fifa upkeep it?

[Reggaefan]

Yep.

Best of it skind in the western hamisphere supposedly.

If he say it isn't JP ground he is talking tongue in cheek.

We know that it is JP ground but technically it is a Concacaf facility that JP rents, I would assume at no cost.

Are you saying T&T has the best artifial surface in the Wester Hemisphere, or one of the best? whats the cost of this field, and whose money built it?

d best in d western hemisphere dey say not sure  of d price a good few mil

Confused. When you say "best in the western hemisphere" i am being lead to believe that T&T is the only country with this type of filed on this side of the globe...is that a correct assessment?

So, T&T with the 5 or so stadia that were built a couple years ago for  the under-17 world cup...has gotten yet another US$ 1M grant to put in an artificial turf? That in addition to the Center of excellence that was built there a couple years ago...I guess jack looking out for his own yes. Cant really blame him there!

[JDB]

Yep.

Best of it skind in the western hamisphere supposedly.

If he say it isn't JP ground he is talking tongue in cheek.

We know that it is JP ground but technically it is a Concacaf facility that JP rents, I would assume at no cost.

Are you saying T&T has the best artifial surface in the Wester Hemisphere, or one of the best? whats the cost of this field, and whose money built it?

d best in d western hemisphere dey say not sure  of d price a good few mil

Confused. When you say "best in the western hemisphere" i am being lead to believe that T&T is the only country with this type of filed on this side of the globe...is that a correct assessment?

Cool down RF.

I not pushing any "who better than who" head.

I was merely quoting the PR that you hear out of the TTFF/Warner camp when they unveil these facilities.

You will have to ask Warner and them if it is a correct assessment but frankly who cares.

[Blue]

Yep.

Best of it skind in the western hamisphere supposedly.

If he say it isn't JP ground he is talking tongue in cheek.

We know that it is JP ground but technically it is a Concacaf facility that JP rents, I would assume at no cost.

Are you saying T&T has the best artifial surface in the Wester Hemisphere, or one of the best? whats the cost of this field, and whose money built it?

d best in d western hemisphere dey say not sure  of d price a good few mil

Confused. When you say "best in the western hemisphere" i am being lead to believe that T&T is the only country with this type of filed on this side of the globe...is that a correct assessment?

So, T&T with the 5 or so stadia that were built a couple years ago for  the under-17 world cup...has gotten yet another US$ 1M grant to put in an artificial turf? That in addition to the Center of excellence that was built there a couple years ago...I guess jack looking out for his own yes. Cant really blame him there!

No idea whether TnT is the only country with this type of field in the Western Hemisphere, but in Europe they've stopped trying to use artificial pitches because they inevitably result in higher injury rates. Many teams refuse to play on them. So no need to be jealous