Please help your club with the ground grading tidy up

Above: Club supporters and officials at the first ground tidy up day.

 More photos on relevent page listed on the left.

News

Update - Wednesday 7th May

Pitch comes up. 

Update Sunday 4th May

As you can see by the photos below the whole project is coming on really well. List of things done include:

Gun Tower in corner of the ground painted white.

Lines on terracing painted white (still on going).

Concrete in place on terracing along touchline and behind goal at covered end.

CCTV cameras and signs installed.

Fencing around tunnel and board room creasoted.

The concrete fencing is still being put up and making good progress.

Still go be done:

Dressing rooms to be cleaned and painted.

Pitch re-laid (starts on 6th May).

General tidy up inside and outside the ground.

White lines to be completed on terrace steps.

Perimeter pitch fence to be painted/creasoted.

Fencing/gate put in place after pitch work done, currently a section is open to allow the vehicles to come in and out.

Washing machines to be plumbed in.

Stand painted blue.

Know doubt there will be more on the list.

Update Sunday 30th March

The work has come on really well the last week or so:

The stand at the far end has been extended to reach league capacity.

The seats in the main stand have been secured down and are now in full use.

Seats in the smaller stand opposite in place.

Paving slabs moved from one terrace to opposite side.

Pre-cement work carried out on terracing to raise the lower step to league standard.

Concrete fencing replace broken wooden panels behind the goal at near end. This will be extended further with fantastic donations from supporters in due course.

Physio room painted and second treatment table added.

Update Sunday 24th February

The works at The Manor have been going well with the following being done:

Draining ditches outside the ground.

Paving stones re-set.

Seats added to main stand.

Physio room gutted and refurbished.

Main gate mended.

Strimming of grass areas.

Things still to do:

Dugouts removed and new ones put in place (pre-season).

Standing terracing to be extended.

General painting.

Fence panels behind goal to be replaced.

General Maintenance.

Starting Sunday 20 January, 2008, from 10.30am volunteers are urgently needed to start work on a variety of tasks within the ground at Grosvenor Vale. Any supporter that has skills in the following areas is urged to contact Peter Worby first on 07967 698370.

  Electrical

  Carpentry

  Ground maintenance/grass cutting

  Building

  Painting and Decorating

  Tiling

  General tidying work

Work can be carried out at other times during the week with the agreement of the club and all help is very much welcomed. Own equipment will need to be brought along.

The club announced on Sunday that they have set a target of £60,000 to be raised by July 2008 and are seeking supporters to come forward with fundraising initiatives.

The club would be delighted to receive donations through the Paypal account on the main club website.

Further announcements will be made on initiatives and general progress. All enquiries to Peter Worby, or Howard Krais on 07789 376503, or email office@wealdstonefc.co.uk. 

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CHAIRMAN Howard Krais proclaimed it "the start of a new era for Wealdstone Football Club" as the takeover of Ruislip Manor Sports and Social Club, as revealed in last week's Observer, was confirmed at an open meeting on Sunday, providing the nomadic Stones with a home of their own for the first time in 17 years.

The 12 acre site at Grosvenor Vale, including the football stadium and associated facilities, was brought under WealdstoneÕs control when a majority shareholding in the debt-ridden RMSSC, which owns the lease to the ground, was acquired by a consortium of senior Wealdstone members, current directors Paul Rumens, Peter Worby and Quintin Fox, and former board member Dominic Whyley. The purchase was made on behalf of Wealdstone, with a provision that it will eventually be sold on to the club.

A packed Grosvenor Vale clubhouse of some 150 Stones supporters and other interested parties heard from club chairman Howard Krais and vice chairman Peter Worby that, with the clubÕs three-year groundshare agreement at Northwood coming to a close at the end of this season, and no finishing date in sight for the club's long term stadium aim at Prince Edward Playing Fields, other viable options had to be investigated which could secure the club's future. The acquisition of Ruislip Manor has achieved that goal.

Said Krais: "It is well known, and I have clearly stated several times in the past, that with the club running out of funds and time we had to find solutions that could help secure the future of the club.

"Ruislip Manor Sports and Social Club have been in some difficulties for some time and on the verge of going out of business altogether. When we were invited to talk to the people at Ruislip we decided to act quickly to take this opportunity as we believe there is great potential in the site.

"This is the start of a new era for Wealdstone Football Club. After 17 years of groundsharing we will finally have a home of our own. Whilst the hard work starts now we are very excited about the potential of building the club that we all want Wealdstone to be."

Grosvenor Vale will allow the club to realise all their long term aims, providing a base for all sections to play under one roof, as well as giving the club the facilities to generate significant income.

Grosvenor Vale is already home for Wealdstone reserves. The club's successful youth set up will also move in, and the first team will start playing there from next season.

The ground needs a C grading for Ryman League Premier Division football and, to obtain that, some remedial work will be required. New dugouts, covered terracing for 60 additional spectators, repair of pitch barrier fencing and some general tidying up will be necessary before the League's March 31 deadline.

Work parties will set about those urgent tasks from 10.30am for the next four Sundays. Anyone willing to help will be welcome.

Stones will be mindful that in 1999 the League denied them promotion as required ground improvements at the White Lion Ground were not completed by the deadline.

Krais said that despite the move to Ruislip, Prince Edward, which they started working on a decade ago and for some years had been 'the only show in town' was still a target. But he added: "After 18 months Barnet have still not managed to get the project moving. We have waited but it still doesn't happen. It remains on the agenda, but only if the deal is right. It has to be a good deal for us."