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Cambridge High’s playing field banned-Observer
Cambridge High’s playing field banned
CAMBRIDGE, St James — The Cambridge High School field has been barred from hosting anymore games in the ISSA Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboys’ football competition until improvements have been made.
George Forbes, Competitions Coordinator for ISSA, told Sporting World yesterday that the south St James-based school would not be allowed to host any games there until they can satisfy ISSA’s technical committee the field was up to a decent standard.
While the field, which is located just inside the school’s perimeter fencing is of a bigger dimension than most used for the competition, the surface is uneven with sharp rises. Things are made even worse when it rains as most of the field becomes extremely muddy and prevents the smooth movement of the ball and players.
As a result, Cambridge will play all their remaining home games at Herbert Morrison High, according to Paul Richards, the assistant coach and member of the Physical Education Department.
He said they had worked out an arrangement with the Montego Bay-based school and as a result today’s scheduled Zone B game against Knockalva will now be played on Monday.
Richards was hesitant to comment on any plans the school had to improve the field, saying only that they had discussed the matter with the administration.
Efforts to contact the school’s administrators proved futile.
The Cambridge field is not the only field that has fallen short of the minimum requirements as at least one school, Rusea’s, has complained about conditions at Merlene Ottey High in Pondside, Hanover.
Rusea’s led 1-0 last Saturday before lightning forced referee Gregory Daley to call off the game, but the Rusea’s assistant coach, Anthony ‘Follies’ Williams, said the condition of the surface was deplorable and schoolboys’ football should not be allowed to be played there.
Merlene Ottey are scheduled to host Green Island today.
Earlier this year, ISSA had announced they would be making inspection of all fields used for schoolboys’ football as they had been getting lots of complaints about certain fields.
The inspections were supposed to have taken place during July and August, but it is unsure whether all fields had been inspected.
— Paul Reid
CAMBRIDGE, St James — The Cambridge High School field has been barred from hosting anymore games in the ISSA Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboys’ football competition until improvements have been made.
George Forbes, Competitions Coordinator for ISSA, told Sporting World yesterday that the south St James-based school would not be allowed to host any games there until they can satisfy ISSA’s technical committee the field was up to a decent standard.
While the field, which is located just inside the school’s perimeter fencing is of a bigger dimension than most used for the competition, the surface is uneven with sharp rises. Things are made even worse when it rains as most of the field becomes extremely muddy and prevents the smooth movement of the ball and players.
As a result, Cambridge will play all their remaining home games at Herbert Morrison High, according to Paul Richards, the assistant coach and member of the Physical Education Department.
He said they had worked out an arrangement with the Montego Bay-based school and as a result today’s scheduled Zone B game against Knockalva will now be played on Monday.
Richards was hesitant to comment on any plans the school had to improve the field, saying only that they had discussed the matter with the administration.
Efforts to contact the school’s administrators proved futile.
The Cambridge field is not the only field that has fallen short of the minimum requirements as at least one school, Rusea’s, has complained about conditions at Merlene Ottey High in Pondside, Hanover.
Rusea’s led 1-0 last Saturday before lightning forced referee Gregory Daley to call off the game, but the Rusea’s assistant coach, Anthony ‘Follies’ Williams, said the condition of the surface was deplorable and schoolboys’ football should not be allowed to be played there.
Merlene Ottey are scheduled to host Green Island today.
Earlier this year, ISSA had announced they would be making inspection of all fields used for schoolboys’ football as they had been getting lots of complaints about certain fields.
The inspections were supposed to have taken place during July and August, but it is unsure whether all fields had been inspected.
— Paul Reid
CAMBRIDGE, St James — The Cambridge High School field has been barred from hosting anymore games in the ISSA Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboys’ football competition until improvements have been made.
George Forbes, Competitions Coordinator for ISSA, told Sporting World yesterday that the south St James-based school would not be allowed to host any games there until they can satisfy ISSA’s technical committee the field was up to a decent standard.
While the field, which is located just inside the school’s perimeter fencing is of a bigger dimension than most used for the competition, the surface is uneven with sharp rises. Things are made even worse when it rains as most of the field becomes extremely muddy and prevents the smooth movement of the ball and players.
As a result, Cambridge will play all their remaining home games at Herbert Morrison High, according to Paul Richards, the assistant coach and member of the Physical Education Department.
He said they had worked out an arrangement with the Montego Bay-based school and as a result today’s scheduled Zone B game against Knockalva will now be played on Monday.
Richards was hesitant to comment on any plans the school had to improve the field, saying only that they had discussed the matter with the administration.
Efforts to contact the school’s administrators proved futile.
The Cambridge field is not the only field that has fallen short of the minimum requirements as at least one school, Rusea’s, has complained about conditions at Merlene Ottey High in Pondside, Hanover.
Rusea’s led 1-0 last Saturday before lightning forced referee Gregory Daley to call off the game, but the Rusea’s assistant coach, Anthony ‘Follies’ Williams, said the condition of the surface was deplorable and schoolboys’ football should not be allowed to be played there.
Merlene Ottey are scheduled to host Green Island today.
Earlier this year, ISSA had announced they would be making inspection of all fields used for schoolboys’ football as they had been getting lots of complaints about certain fields.
The inspections were supposed to have taken place during July and August, but it is unsure whether all fields had been inspected.
— Paul Reid
CAMBRIDGE, St James — The Cambridge High School field has been barred from hosting anymore games in the ISSA Pepsi/Digicel daCosta Cup schoolboys’ football competition until improvements have been made.
George Forbes, Competitions Coordinator for ISSA, told Sporting World yesterday that the south St James-based school would not be allowed to host any games there until they can satisfy ISSA’s technical committee the field was up to a decent standard.
While the field, which is located just inside the school’s perimeter fencing is of a bigger dimension than most used for the competition, the surface is uneven with sharp rises. Things are made even worse when it rains as most of the field becomes extremely muddy and prevents the smooth movement of the ball and players.
As a result, Cambridge will play all their remaining home games at Herbert Morrison High, according to Paul Richards, the assistant coach and member of the Physical Education Department.
He said they had worked out an arrangement with the Montego Bay-based school and as a result today’s scheduled Zone B game against Knockalva will now be played on Monday.
Richards was hesitant to comment on any plans the school had to improve the field, saying only that they had discussed the matter with the administration.
Efforts to contact the school’s administrators proved futile.
The Cambridge field is not the only field that has fallen short of the minimum requirements as at least one school, Rusea’s, has complained about conditions at Merlene Ottey High in Pondside, Hanover.
Rusea’s led 1-0 last Saturday before lightning forced referee Gregory Daley to call off the game, but the Rusea’s assistant coach, Anthony ‘Follies’ Williams, said the condition of the surface was deplorable and schoolboys’ football should not be allowed to be played there.
Merlene Ottey are scheduled to host Green Island today.
Earlier this year, ISSA had announced they would be making inspection of all fields used for schoolboys’ football as they had been getting lots of complaints about certain fields.
The inspections were supposed to have taken place during July and August, but it is unsure whether all fields had been inspected.
— Paul Reid