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My pitchero suggests 2 mens, 5 ladies and 6 juniors but the use may be in decline or other facilities are being used.

I would not include over 50's and juniors as they would not generally play on Saturday's at the main times. I suspect that they only used two pitches at the same time for convenience. It would mean that if the fixtures have say four home games, they would have to start the first game at 1030.
 
Not really about the hockey, but rather than wait for the twitteratI speculation, I had a squint elsewhere, and saw a point made by a Councillor that I thought worth raising, especially as some are critical of the Council in this.

The current council are having to work within the terms of a different contract to the one they first put forward. That was replaced by a watered down version by the lib-dems when they were in control.

I'd expect a a Councillor stating that publicly would be sure of his facts.
 
Not really about the hockey, but rather than wait for the twitteratI speculation, I had a squint elsewhere, and saw a point made by a Councillor that I thought worth raising, especially as some are critical of the Council in this.

The current council are having to work within the terms of a different contract to the one they first put forward. That was replaced by a watered down version by the lib-dems when they were in control.

I'd expect a a Councillor stating that publicly would be sure of his facts.

The Council officers have produced two briefing documents to the Scrutiny committee, including a potted history of the KC and lease. None of them mention any changes to the original lease. Have you got any more details, including which Councillor said it and where.
 
The Council officers have produced two briefing documents to the Scrutiny committee, including a potted history of the KC and lease. None of them mention any changes to the original lease. Have you got any more details, including which Councillor said it and where.

Phil Webster I believe. (Apologies if I'm wrong)

the Lib Dems watered down the original SMC agreement? the one that has got us in this mess, your right we are custodians, but of what? we can only work with the agreement that was signed betwwen the then council and the SMC,

http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=581367&start=90#p18081137

For clarification: I'm not raising this as a party political point, merely to try to clarify why there could be some difficulties.
 
Couldn't they play hockey on an indoor pitch anyway?

Surely there's plenty of sand based pitches around Hull they could use regardless...
 
So you lot are all ok with HCC basically ****ing the Hockey teams off?

Just seen this on their faceboook page...

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Just a posh version of RL fans. **** em.

But being serious. I'm sure I remember reading that there is a water based pitch and a sand based pitch. The relevant pages seem to have disappeared off the kc stadium website, so I'm not 100% on that.

But all the info a quick Google is giving me is that they only use the water based pitch.

Some itk info would be nice though.
 
Phil Webster I believe. (Apologies if I'm wrong)



http://forums.rlfans.com/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=581367&start=90#p18081137

For clarification: I'm not raising this as a party political point, merely to try to clarify why there could be some difficulties.

Thanks Dutch, I think he's referring to the Council allowing the SMC shares to be sold to the company Bartlett set up when Pearson sold Hull City and the SMC. The original lease remained with the SMC and wasn't watered down is my reading of the briefing documents. I think Phil Webster is trying to score Party political points.
 
Thanks Dutch, I think he's referring to the Council allowing the SMC shares to be sold to the company Bartlett set up when Pearson sold Hull City and the SMC. The original lease remained with the SMC and wasn't watered down is my reading of the briefing documents. I think Phil Webster is trying to score Party political points.

Cheers Obi. He's playing a silly game there then, or am I misrepresenting his words?

He does say he's keeping quiet for the future in case anything he says could compromise any possible action. Hopefully they're all doing that. There needs to be no wriggle room in this.
 
Cheers Obi. He's playing a silly game there then, or am I misrepresenting his words?

He does say he's keeping quiet for the future in case anything he says could compromise any possible action. Hopefully they're all doing that. There needs to be no wriggle room in this.

He may not understand what's happened. I don't think Bartlett creating a holding company made any practical difference to the future ownership of City or the KC. Assem Allam bought three companies rather than the two Bartlett bought off Adam Pearson.
 
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He may not understand what's happened. I don't think Bartlett creating a holding company made any practical difference to the future ownership of City or the KC. Assem Allam bought three companies rather than the two Bartlett bought off Adam Pearson.

Cheers. I didn't want to think I was putting words in his mouth.

His other reply on there does seem to show the Council intend to follow this through as far as they can.

For a seemingly small group, the aircoforall lot seemed to have achieved one hell of a lot one way or another, even if it was only as symbols.
 
Just seen this on their faceboook page...

Just a posh version of RL fans. **** em.

But being serious. I'm sure I remember reading that there is a water based pitch and a sand based pitch. The relevant pages seem to have disappeared off the kc stadium website, so I'm not 100% on that.

But all the info a quick Google is giving me is that they only use the water based pitch.

Some itk info would be nice though.

It is a pretty brutal game, and good fun to watch too.

I never knew they played Water Hockey mind, that might be worth a look at!

Sounds like the Hockey lot are more prepared to think for themselves and adapt, doesn't make it right though.
 
It is a pretty brutal game, and good fun to watch too.

I never knew they played Water Hockey mind, that might be worth a look at!

Sounds like the Hockey lot are more prepared to think for themselves and adapt, doesn't make it right though.

Or the Council have spoken to them and offered them a suitable alternative. Not saying they have but a reasonable person would expect them to have done so as part of the agreement between the Council and the Premier League over the bubble pitch. It would stop them lodging an objection to the planning application if they were offered an alternative they are happy with.
 
Or the Council have spoken to them and offered them a suitable alternative. Not saying they have but a reasonable person would expect them to have done so as part of the agreement between the Council and the Premier League over the bubble pitch. It would stop them lodging an objection to the planning application if they were offered an alternative they are happy with.

I cannot find the original article but the Hockey club has been through this all before and it sheds a light on the politics of the situation re the Airco, I cannot recall any massed protests about the pitches being lost then.

http://www.fieldhockeyforum.com/threads/attention-kingston-upon-hull-club-forced-to-move.8299/