has been wrote:Was at mt barker yesterday. How can a team that good have an oval that is less than sub standard. The visitors rooms are a little better, but not much. It is an absolute disgrace. The help they get from the council is probably up their with lofty and miles ahead of most other clubs. They can obviously spend shit loads on BBQ sheds, fancy score boards, player payments, 2storey time keepers boxes and yet put up a crap surface like they have for the past 10 yrs. The HFL and Gus are gutless in not making them do anything about it and the club hides behind the mantra of the oval being council owned etc etc. IT is a blight on our competition. Was speaking to a lawyer associate who had a very interesting opinion on where the club mt barker itself would be positioned if a player was seriously injured and financially disadvantaged as a direct cause on the state of the oval.. You apparently cannot hide behind signing off on a satisfactory ground report signed off b4 a round as the HFL thinks u can. At least the ironbank oval is the best surface by a mile in the league behind cally even tho not big. The club is endevouring to improve visitor and general facilities all with minimal council help as they unlike most clubs own their oval. The next step for them would b to get a team as good as barkers. They are the best by a mile and good luck to em. Just fix ur bloody oval. It's worse than a disgrace. Keep ur kids off it and train else where. U had 6 games on there yesterday . Not smart mr Williams. Well done to noonan as well. What a champ that guy is. HFL is alive and well.
You have made some very valid points hb, but I would keep Ironbank out of the equasion. (Finding the ground is a challenge in itself before assessing anything else).
Mt. Barker Oval is hazardous at best and at worse is downright dangerous. Last week our trainers had to tend to an opposition player with a suspected spinal injury. He lay face down in mud in the centre square and the game had to be abandoned. An Emergency Response non-carrier vehicle JUST managed to reach him through the mud. The following primary Ambulance did not attempt to reach him due to the bog and the player actually had to be manually transported on a barouche over mud, bumps, bog and slip-risks. All this with a very valid, suspected spinal injury!.
And on another note, why are the changerooms on the opposite side of the ground to the benches? Our Trainers and support staff had to drive our stuff over there so our belongings and medical equipment was on hand. No drinking water anywhere near and no hot drinks for support staff and players on the bench. And yes the toilet in the rooms stunk.
I'm grateful to have never been injured on this ground.
