EASTWOOD AND CORONATION PARK DEVELOP FOR THE COMMUNITY

EASTWOOD COMMUNITY FC AND CORONATION PARK
OVERHAUL FOR THE FUTURE AS 3G PITCH IS DEVELOPED
22 FEBRUARY 2016

MAJOR OVERHAUL AT CORONATION PARK

The medium sized town of Eastwood in Nottinghamshire, home of writer DH Lawrence, is about to join the 3g band waggon thanks to a variety of funding streams which included a £111,000 grant from Broxtowe Council to get this ambitious project underway.
Non more so than the recent months with the inclement weather has the need for 3g pitches become more obvious.  Certainly from the blogs point of view games at Bedworth, Stockport Town, Yaxley, Newtown and Coleshill Town have all been playable thanks to the surface.  The surface is of course not some peoples cup of tea but it gives a guarantee of a non league game to be played on a more than true surface and adds local community involvement in sport.

CHEWTON ST ENTRANCE TO CORONATION PK

The local community aspect is certainly important here to Eastwood Community FC who only just short of two years ago since their formation are a part of this ambitious development in a town that looked like it would have no senior football at its previous clubs neat Coronation Park ground.  After a difficult first year when the club stabilised itself in The Central Midlands Football League at step 7 in the non league structure they are riding high currently in 5th spot in the Southern section of the league.
Previous visits to Eastwood have always been a pleasant experience and being only an hour from base I have made a few, the last occasion was in the current clubs first year for a game versus Swanwick Pentrich Rd in December 2014, it will be great to see the new pitch in place hopefully if all goes to plan by early April.

What I believe will make this a success apart from local community involvement with the club and local council contribution is that from a non league supporters perspective the ground is already there and the pitch is being added to an already existing stadium.  Sometimes 3g grounds are new builds and or within leisure complexes this often makes for a strange atmosphere on match days but here at Coronation Park I don't believe this will be the case.
On our visit we managed to get a small chat about the developments and its looking exciting, some of the top soil had been transported to nearby Linby CW FC just a few days before our visit and as the construction company approach getting the base in situ you can see there wont be a game on Coronation Park this weekend.

NEW SPOONS FOR THE BLOG

We did have a quick visit to the local 'Spoons' this time after the 'match' for a new visit.  The Lady Chatterley, named after the DH Lawrence novel, is a smart affair with a nice little meal we discussed the exciting times ahead for the local community in Eastwood and the blog looks forward to getting along to see the finished article in April, best wishes to all concerned in this exciting development.