Just a quick update on the ground redevelopment.

Construction is well under way and by the end of the year the new facilities will be online for the 2010 preseason.  By the end of the construction the Redbacks will have one of the premier playing and training surfaces in Melbourne. The redevelopment is delivering the following to the club:

  • New Entrance and Car Park
  • A Premier League standard FIFA One Star Accredited Artificial Surface Pitch on the Main Pitch (Bottom Field).
  • Premier League game standard 140 Lux lighting for the Main Pitch. Senior football will be moving to night games in 2010.
  • A three tier concrete “Grandstand”  spectator area for the Main Pitch.
  • New fencing around the Main Pitch.
  • A multisport sport venue consisting of an official sized Futsal court and five crickets nets
  • A new summer grass surface on the Top Field with underground drip watering system.
  • New rabbit proof fence for the top oval.
  • The above goes with the new lighting for the top oval that was delivered at the end of season 2008.

Construction is going really well with the new entrance and car park to be completed this week, the reseeding of the top oval will be completed this week and the new artificial main pitch will be completed by the end of Dec.

We will be conducting an official opening in the new year and as past players I will ensure that you get an invite to the opening.

- Cameron Lockhart, President

The other big change is that the redevelopment of the playing resurfaces is really in full swing now.  Construction is well under way and by the end of the year the new facilities will be online for the 2010 preseason.  By the end of the construction the Redbacks will have one of the premier playing and training surfaces in Melbourne. The redevelopment is delivering the following to the club:
  • New Entrance and Car Park
  • A Premier League standard FIFA One Star Accredited Artificial Surface Pitch on the Main Pitch (Bottom Field).
  • Premier League game standard 140 Lux lighting for the Main Pitch. Senior football will be moving to night games in 2010.
  • A three tier concrete “Grandstand”  spectator area for the Main Pitch.
  • New fencing around the Main Pitch.
  • A multisport sport venue consisting of an official sized Futsal court and five crickets nets
  • A new summer grass surface on the Top Field with underground drip watering system.
  • New rabbit proof fence for the top oval.
  • The above goes with the new lighting for the top oval that was delivered at the end of season 2008.
Construction is going really well with the new entrance and car park to be completed this week, the reseeding of the top oval will be completed this week and the new artificial main pitch will be completed by the end of Dec. I have included some pictures to let you see what is going on.
We will be conducting an official opening in the new year and as past players I will ensure that you get an invite to the opening.