The club is in something of an injury crisis at the moment, with both men’s and ladies’ seconds struggling to put eleven players out yesterday. The ladies at least can call on their trusty colleagues in the Korinthians, who always step up to the mark when required. So thanks to Vicky and Lesley for answering … Read more

The men’s firsts had a big game today in the shape of the semi-finals of the District Cup at Peffermill. Taking on the might of Watsonians 2s, who are currently not far off the top of Central Division 1-which is to say a long way above us- the boys did a great job to only … Read more

Looking nice, isn’t it?

There has been a bit of a delay on the pitch installation, with the contractor getting problems in completing another job. But I’m pleased to say that the carpet started going down this morning. 

The shockpad was completed as planned over the weekend and the new carpet was delivered to KGV today. Installation should start on Thursday.

Rebuilding work has now begun. That’s the new shockpad being put in place. This phase of the project should run up to Saturday or Sunday.

By the end of today, the old shockpad should be fully removed. You can see in the picture above that there is less than half of it left.  In the background of the picture, you can see the materials for the new shockpad, which were delivered today – bales of rubber pellets and drums of … Read more

So the carpet is gone – the last few pieces are being loaded up on a lorry as I write. Next step is to clear the shockpad underneath. The contractor is intending to work on Saturday, and this job should be done by the end of Monday.  After that, we have to inspect the macadam … Read more

This morning we were down at KGV bright and early to meet Jamie Blamire, the managing director of Ecosse Sports, who was to sign the contract for the pitch replacement. Jamie, as you can see, was dressed for action, and by this afternoon he had managed to turn our beloved beach at KGV into this: