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BillyTheCat
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  Message Not Read  Field Hockey without a home game
   Posted: 9/4/2013 9:36:14 PM 
New turf to Pruitt according to WOUB and all Field Hockey games are on the road. But worse yet is there is no place for them to practice. I feel for those Seniors and all the girls on the team.
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Ryan Carey
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  Message Not Read  RE: Field Hockey without a home game
   Posted: 9/4/2013 10:55:29 PM 
The OhioBobcats.com schedule shows 3:

http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/w-fieldh/sched/ohio-w-fieldh-sched.html
 
...first game at home not until 10/5 

Ryan M. Carey
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BillyTheCat
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  Message Not Read  RE: Field Hockey without a home game
   Posted: 9/5/2013 9:00:40 AM 
Ryan Carey wrote:
The OhioBobcats.com schedule shows 3:

http://www.ohiobobcats.com/sports/w-fieldh/sched/ohio-w-fieldh-sched.html
 
...first game at home not until 10/5 


According to release yesterday, this has changed.

http://woub.org/2013/09/04/ou-field-hockey-practicing-tennis-court-playing-all-2013-games-away
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  Message Not Read  RE: Field Hockey without a home game
   Posted: 9/5/2013 6:55:22 PM 
I don't know the circumstances that led to this, but on the surface it looks really bad. i assume this wasn't the plan.
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David E Brightbill
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  Message Not Read  RE: Field Hockey without a home game
   Posted: 9/5/2013 8:00:50 PM 
When the old turf was removed it was discovered that the surface underneath would not support the installation of the new turf. About $500,000 more was just approved to correct that problem, hence the delay in having the field ready. Total cost went from about 1.7 million to about 2.25 million.

Last Edited: 9/5/2013 8:02:33 PM by David E Brightbill
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BillyTheCat
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  Message Not Read  RE: Field Hockey without a home game
   Posted: 9/5/2013 9:53:15 PM 
The toughest part of this is lack of practice, makes for tough conditions, but that program has been solid and I wish them the best.
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  Message Not Read  RE: Field Hockey without a home game
   Posted: 1/24/2014 12:01:08 PM 
Found this picture of the new turf.  Looks nice.  My daughter played in the Virginia State Championships at the United States Field Hockey Center in Virginia Beach.  They have the same " new and improved /old style" astroturf which is preferred over field turf which is too slow.

They normally water the fields about an hour before the games.  The Virginia Beach complex has four huge "cannons" in each corner that water the field.
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