Hi all,

You may or may not have heard, but a group of crazy 30 something ex members have decided to try and get the Woodham site and club up and running again, amidst the Council's plans to flatten the site for a car park for proposed football pitches that are to be built behind the present site. It appears that the Council is listening however, and after attending several meetings and after putting the pro's for the track forward, we have applied to CBC for a planning license to use the site for recreation once again.

Unfortunately with any Council related affair, this may be a long and drawn out process, and I met with them this week to discuss the progress we are making. Various surveys have been requested, and supplied, so it's now just a matter of waiting!

To show the Council how serious we were on reusing the track, we began to congregate at the track on the Ferrers Road each Saturday, (on the right hand side, after the Ford garage) and began to tidy the masses of overgrowth that has accumulated over 15 years! 6 odd weeks on and the results have been fantastic, lots of the old boys from back in the day have teamed up with local lads (and ladies!)and got stuck in. There is however an awful lot of crap to clear still, so if you are kicking around and fancy putting your boots and your gardening gloves on, please pop along and lend a hand. We are there from 8.30 till about 5 - there are fires burning some of the overgrowth all day for a bit of warmth!, and hot food and drinks are provided on site by one of the volunteers

Thanks

Weeksy

07968 365878

i was working in the area the other day so i called in to check the site after chatting to an old woodham rider.....
the site looked great and people have obviously been working real hard it doesnt look like you need much earth in there..
cant offer any pratical help at the moment due to commitments with braintree but rest assured will definately SPREAD THE WORD

Hi Al,

Yeah I don't think we will need too much, but a lot of new surface needed to get the drainage right, it's all a bit of clay mess at the moment! I took pics before we started,, and looking back at them, we have achieved and awful lot in only 6 odd days... Thanks fella, would really appreciate it buddy.



Weeksy