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Re: Melons more than Football.
« Reply #30 on: September 03, 2013, 05:13:49 AM »
Thanks  ;D And when are they going to get rid of Anil  to complete the job?

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« Reply #31 on: September 03, 2013, 08:27:44 AM »
So now that Jack is gone and can no longer be blamed for these current financial problems. Why does it seem to me that the problems getting worse? Or am I missing something?

Well, who own the stadium. The gov't. They need to fix it. I would advice the SSFL to look for alternative venue for football. They may need to use Pres. ground for intercol. I don't see where Jack come in this anyhow. Anil is the man in charge of these facilities.

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« Reply #32 on: September 03, 2013, 08:33:10 AM »
So now that Jack is gone and can no longer be blamed for these current financial problems. Why does it seem to me that the problems getting worse? Or am I missing something?

The problems was always there. Plus jack not responsible for the stadium.
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« Reply #33 on: September 03, 2013, 09:32:25 AM »
So now that Jack is gone and can no longer be blamed for these current financial problems. Why does it seem to me that the problems getting worse? Or am I missing something?

The problems was always there. Plus jack not responsible for the stadium.

Anil in charge of the stadium.  Jack controls Anil......therefore......1 + 1 = .......

now granted, Anil eh really care one arse bout any sport except swimming (or rather George Bovell III)
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Re: Melons more than Football.
« Reply #34 on: March 13, 2014, 04:13:14 PM »
9 months later and the Manny is still under repairs.

I heard that a Pommecythere tree is starting to grow.



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« Reply #35 on: March 14, 2014, 09:03:50 AM »
9 months later and the Manny is still under repairs.

I heard that a Pommecythere tree is starting to grow.



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Re: Melons more than Football.
« Reply #36 on: March 15, 2014, 03:17:04 AM »
9 months later and the Manny is still under repairs.

I heard that a Pommecythere tree is starting to grow.



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« Reply #37 on: March 15, 2014, 03:27:22 AM »
So we have a pommecythere tree and a watermelon patch growing in de stadium.  Maybe they should plant ah few orange trees and ah few mango trees too.  Sell de fruits for ah couple years and save up de money and use it to eventually fix de stadium.

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Re: Melons more than Football.
« Reply #38 on: September 05, 2014, 04:30:18 AM »
Manny Ramjohn to be ready for football in October
By Mark Pouchet (Express).


Football returns to the Manny Ramjohn Stadium mid-October.

While track and field teams resumed their training on April 6 after the Marabella facility had been shut down for 26 months to relay the surface of the track, football activity has not resumed to date.

The two outside practice pitches and the main field continue out of commission as the Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT) facilities manager Anthony Blake said the company is allowing the grass to properly take root before they allow use by football and rugby teams.

“We really want the grass on the field to grow thicker so that when teams and players use it, it could withstand that usage,” Blake told the Express yesterday.

Blake added that there has been high demand for the practice pitches and the main field of the Manny Ramjohn Stadium by south teams, and that the re-drainage and re-planting had been 100 per cent completed.

The facilities manager said contractors had solved the flooding of the track and field and the delay for the track and field surface was because of an unusually lengthy rainy season last year that continued into January this year.

Blake added that the completion of works at the Manny Ramjohn was part of a wider project of field infrastructure improvement throughout the country, including the Hasely Crawford and Larry Gomes stadiums, which will be outfitted with a blue track seen at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships last July.

He said the official opening of the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago, now 100 per cent ready with an IAAF Class One blue track, is scheduled for next month when the ofiicial IAAF certificate will be handed over.

Last September, national track and field coach and head coach of the Simplex Athletic Club, Gunness Persad had complained that the failure of the Ministry of Sport and SPORTT to act swiftly in relaying the track at the Manny Ramjohn had dried up the talent pool, robbing the country of futurestars. He also had said clubs had incurred more expenses to rent the Ato Boldon and transport their athletes.

Primary and secondary schools officials for the South Eastern, St Patrick and Victoria disctrict primary schools failed to host sports days, losing the opportunity for recruiting and identifying top track and field talent, because of the stadium shutdown.

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« Reply #39 on: September 25, 2014, 02:01:30 AM »
Manny Ramjohn ready for re-opening
By Mark Pouchet (Express).


Despite last week’s heavy rainfall that caused flooding in the car park and football field at the Manny Ramjohn Stadium, the re-opening of the field is still on a mid-October schedule.
 
Sport Company of Trinidad and Tobago (SPORTT) facilities manager Anthony Blake said while the newly-laid drainage and pipes worked well, the flooding in the wider Marabella area outside the parameter of the Stadium caused a back-up.

“There was flooding in the main drains outside the stadium. Our drains and pipes are designed to flow into those, so when there was flooding in Marabella there was nowhere for the water to go and it backed up causing the flooding on the site,” Blake said.

Blake explained that SPORTT contacted the San Fernando Regional Corporation to deal with the blockage of the drains outside the purview of the Stadium and their health inspectors and engineers paid a visit to the site.

He added they have undertaken to do the clearing of the main drains that caused the flooding. Blake confirmed that the re-opening of the two outside practice pitches and the main field are still scheduled for mid-October as SPORTT is allowing the grass to properly take root before they allow use by football and rugby teams.

Track and field teams resumed their training on April 6 after the Marabella facility had been shut down for 26 months to relay the surface of the track.

Earlier this year, the facilities manager had said contractors had solved the flooding of the track and field and the delay for the track and field surface was because of an unusually lengthy rainy season last year that continued into January this year.

Blake added that the completion of works at the Manny Ramjohn was part of a wider project of field infrastructure improvement throughout the country, including the Hasely Crawford and Larry Gomes stadia, which will be outfitted with a blue track seen at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships last July.

The official opening of the Dwight Yorke Stadium in Bacolet, Tobago, now 100 per cent ready with an IAAF Class One blue track, is also scheduled for next month when the ofiicial IAAF certificate will be handed over.

The real measure of a man's character is what he would do if he knew he would never be found out.

 

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