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Reno to utilise Frome this season, but begin NPL at STETHS
Horace Hines, Observer staff reporter
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
WHITEHOUSE, Westmoreland - National Premier League (NPL) contender, Reno Football Club, was given the greenlight to utilise the Sugar Company of Jamaica's (SCJ)-owned Frome Sports Complex for their home fixtures free of cost for the duration of the 2006/7 NPL season.
"Given the financial challenges faced by sugar at this time, our approach is to make our contribution in the form of kind as much as we possibly can. The SCJ has further taken the decision that we will allow the club to use the facilities free of cost for the season," heritage tourism and crop diversification manager at the Frome Sugar Estate, Victor Drum, who also has direct responsibility to oversee the refurbishing of the playing surface at Frome Sports Complex, disclosed at the Reno awards ceremony held at Sandals Whitehouse.
However, the massive upgrading exercise which was projected to be completed by the end of this month, has been dogged by inclement weather. This has forced an extension to the completion of the project. Subsequently, the Frome playing field will not be ready at the start of the 2007/2008 season.
Both Drum and public relations officer and coach of the Reno Football Club, Aaron Lawrence, share the view that the free accommodation at Frome will save money in the club's coffers.
"This measure can result in significant savings to the club, given the going cost of renting sports complexes. I trust that this gesture will allow Reno FC greater leverage to concentrate on more critical expense centres faced by the club," Drum noted.
Lawrence also noted that the team will save "a lot of money" as a result of the SCJ's offer.
In the meantime, the football outfit which was third-placed finishers in last season's competition, as well as mid-season winners, will be honouring their home fixtures at STETHS during the initial stages of the NPL first-round action.
"We will be starting the season in St Elizabeth because work is being done on the playing field (at Frome). Upon the completion of work, we will be back in Westmoreland," Lawrence said.
Drum supported the former national custodian's view.
Last season, Reno had to host a number of their home games at STETHS due to the poor condition of the Frome playing field.
Horace Hines, Observer staff reporter
Wednesday, September 19, 2007
WHITEHOUSE, Westmoreland - National Premier League (NPL) contender, Reno Football Club, was given the greenlight to utilise the Sugar Company of Jamaica's (SCJ)-owned Frome Sports Complex for their home fixtures free of cost for the duration of the 2006/7 NPL season.
"Given the financial challenges faced by sugar at this time, our approach is to make our contribution in the form of kind as much as we possibly can. The SCJ has further taken the decision that we will allow the club to use the facilities free of cost for the season," heritage tourism and crop diversification manager at the Frome Sugar Estate, Victor Drum, who also has direct responsibility to oversee the refurbishing of the playing surface at Frome Sports Complex, disclosed at the Reno awards ceremony held at Sandals Whitehouse.
However, the massive upgrading exercise which was projected to be completed by the end of this month, has been dogged by inclement weather. This has forced an extension to the completion of the project. Subsequently, the Frome playing field will not be ready at the start of the 2007/2008 season.
Both Drum and public relations officer and coach of the Reno Football Club, Aaron Lawrence, share the view that the free accommodation at Frome will save money in the club's coffers.
"This measure can result in significant savings to the club, given the going cost of renting sports complexes. I trust that this gesture will allow Reno FC greater leverage to concentrate on more critical expense centres faced by the club," Drum noted.
Lawrence also noted that the team will save "a lot of money" as a result of the SCJ's offer.
In the meantime, the football outfit which was third-placed finishers in last season's competition, as well as mid-season winners, will be honouring their home fixtures at STETHS during the initial stages of the NPL first-round action.
"We will be starting the season in St Elizabeth because work is being done on the playing field (at Frome). Upon the completion of work, we will be back in Westmoreland," Lawrence said.
Drum supported the former national custodian's view.
Last season, Reno had to host a number of their home games at STETHS due to the poor condition of the Frome playing field.