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- Edmund Herring Oval to be lost for 5 years as project worksite
- Home to 2 MCA clubs for over a decade
Mercantile Cricket Association Alec Kahn, Match Secretary Edmund - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Mercantile Cricket Association Alec Kahn, Match Secretary Edmund - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Mercantile Cricket Association Alec Kahn, Match Secretary Edmund Herring Oval to be lost for 5 years as project worksite Home to 2 MCA clubs for over a decade Quality turf pitch & oval in beautiful setting Showpiece ground, play
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- Quality turf pitch & oval in beautiful setting
- Showpiece ground, play OS teams there
- Can’t replace by astroturf
- Can’t switch to Sundays (= loss of players, social/financial)
- EES p.10-39 .... Melb Metro to devise relocation strategy
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- MCA has identified Ross Straw Field as relocation site
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- Two astroturf pitches (A, B) unused Saturday afternoons last summer
- One club (RMIT) will use one astroturf pitch this summer
- Turf pitch can be installed at C after minor shift of A, B
- Under-used pavilion P = interim home for the 2 MCA clubs
A B C P
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- Move 2 astroturf pitches from blue to orange positions
- Turf pitch and field can be installed in yellow position
- Under-used Pavilion at arrow for the 2 displaced clubs
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Summary
- MCA & its clubs suffer a loss of Herring Oval to
the project
- Remedy of interim relocation to Straw Field is
simple & reasonable
- Submit that Melb Metro should pursue this