Match Saturday ??

[HorshamRebel]

Considering that Windsor's match was called off last Saturday due to "a couple of very soft areas which are dangerous" according to Windsor Sec on their forum (without much rain before hand), I don't hold much, if any hope of our game being played this coming Saturday considering it is supposed to rain from Tuesday onwards.

 

 

This is all we need

[RodB]

It's just as well there's a hosepipe ban still in force. Just imagine what it would be like if there wasn't.

[Guest]

Forecast to chuck it down Thursday and Friday so very little hope of a game.

[Langley Rebel]

Hi there HorshamRebel will the game between Slough Town and Boreham Wood be on on Saturday? Or will it get called off due to Waterlogged pitch? And can you please let me know if Saturday's game will be on or not please.

[Barry Scott]

Paul, once again we can't predict the future. Any announcement on whether the game is on will be made Saturday morning and not before

[HorshamRebel]

I think you're slightly more local to the ground than I am for a weather forecast over Windsor.

 

Seriously, my father said he was going to pop down to SM on Friday to see if it is a swimming pool or not.

 

[Martin]

There was very little rain yesterday and it looks a fairly decent day today. It all depends on whether the dangerous areas of the pitch can be repaired in time.

[mal316]

It hammered down late yesterday afternoon and also during the night.

 

It is still very wet and very difficult to get any machinery on the pitch.

 

I will be very surprised if it goes ahead.

[Martin]

Christ my double glazing must be better than I thought as I missed all that rain. Looks like it will be 23 "home" games at the Slag - 14 weeks to fit them in.

[HorshamRebel]

Just been told (by my parents who popped down to the ground) that the pitch is a complete mud bath in the centre. Plus the fences have been blown done and are all over spectator areas.

 

Even if the pitch is deemed playable, the surrounding ground might not be fit for spectators.

 

This was at 11am (ish)

[philSTFC]

Originally Posted By: mal316

It hammered down late yesterday afternoon and also during the night.

It is still very wet and very difficult to get any machinery on the pitch.

I will be very surprised if it goes ahead.

Yes, manoeuvreing your wellingtons about on the end of your legs and sticking a fork in pools of wet stuff must be blindingly tricky

[mal316]

Phil, if you actually took the time to go down and look at the pitch then you would see that there is no standing water on the pitch which makes forking un-necessary.

 

The problem is that the pitch has now soaked up the water making the top surface too wet to get anything on it.

[HorshamRebel]

Mal, how bad is the fencing ?

My parents did actually go and look

[Martin]

Is it not even worth trying to sand the worst areas?

[HorshamRebel]

Assuming that the match tomorrow will be off, and that the weather forecast is correct (Rain Saturday morning - followed by a dry cold spell)

what are the expectations of the pitch being ready for our re-arranged match on Tuesday night ?

[mal316]

I think it was about two thirds of the fencing that has come down but not sure what can be salvaged to put it back up again.

 

As for sanding the areas yes I suppose it would be a possibility but if that was the case I am sure we would have done that ourselves at the weekend.

 

I think that the entire surface is so soft and slippery that it would require sanding all over, and a hell of a lot of it. Don't think they could get that amount down there in such a short space of time.

[Martin]

Fair enough - I'm just concerned that we are/were giving up on a game 24 hours before it is due to be played. I'm sure there would be plenty of Slough volunteers down there to help out if it was requested early enough.

[Woody SUFC]

Originally Posted By: Martin

Christ my double glazing must be better than I thought as I missed all that rain. Looks like it will be 23 "home" games at the Slag - 14 weeks to fit them in.

Indeed must of been very localised rain! Dry as a bone over here

[Staines-upon-Thames Rebel]

Its not the rain which you worry about getting damp by is it Woody!

 

Hows your mate zoom? is he still in the secure ward? He makes the rest of the windsor fans look normal - well almost.

 

Hope the game tommorrow gets canceled as I have to miss it - at last windsors pitch is working for me!

[Barry Scott]

Yep I've got to miss it as well, what a shame...