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The making of Tyndall Bruce Park
April 24th 2011
Ready for sowing
After a huge amount of work over the weeks before Easter which involved many people working until the small hours and even through the night, Tyndall Bruce was levelled off, topsoil re-applied and made ready for sowing during the last week of April 2011.
Nov14 2010
Due to wet weather and ground conditions no work has taken place in field for past 4 weeks.
Oct 4 2010
TBP
Drains and soak away now done, terrace bank at top end almost complete
Still to have top soil to finish landscaping, training park is to be leveled next week then when we get a dry spell top soil will be replaced on sub base and whole park to be leveled ready for grass !
The car park at bottom of field has had a fence erected around it with over half the parking area already covered in type 1 material, this will also be completed in next few weeks.
Thanks to the efforts of Frank Reekie, Jim Reekie, Alex Lawson, Joe Stenhouse as well as our manager who have all been working in field every evening and weekend.
The poor weather over the past few weeks has put us back a bit, but work will hopefully restart soon.
Sep 2010
Thanks to the GUYS BEHIND THE WORK
Far left, club committee Alistair Mcbain stops by our new park to have a quick word with some of the locals who have given up so much time to help Lomond United.
Alex Lawson, Jim Reekie and Frank Reekie, also but not in the picture Joe Stenhouse.
Aug 2010
Things are on the move again after further delays. Henry the dozzer leveling the rest on the ground in prep for the drains going in.
26 May 10
We are now coming out the other side of the legal/Fife council phase and so we can start to be more public about what is happening. All this means that since 28th Sept 09 Lomond United has not been able to do any work to the pitch.
Today, some 8 months later, a final legal/technical hurdle was crossed after an archaeological survey was done
So you can see how far behind we now are, not to mention the cost!
We now wait just a little but longer for formal conformation regarding today's survey.
Regular up dates will now be published here until the Tyndall Bruce Parks opens ...
Early Nov 09
The club was baffled when they first attended a Falkland Community Council meeting in Nov 09 to hear that it was community councillor George Page who had made the complaint to John Watson to get work stopped.
For those that don't know, George Page is also secretary of Lomond United's Falkland rivals Lomond Victoria!
And that is where we went underground on further info on the website due to the press, council and other individuals getting involved.
14 Oct 09
Start of the troubles.
Following a complaint to Fife Council about illegal works taking place in curling pond field Falkland, council enforcement officer, Mr John Watson, served a stop notice on the work.
23 Sep 09
We are now on stage three which involves the leveling of the pitch by shifting the subsoil from the high end to the low end to level out the pitch bed
Next Drains will be installed by the FTM guys and St Michaels Tippers have generously provided the recycled gravels for the new drains.
When all that is done then the top soil can be brought back, spread, rolled and made ready for sowing before the end October.
16 Sep 09
The guys from Cupar based FTM Plant Hire and St Michaels Tippers get stuck into the construction.
First job was to strip all the grass which was placed to one side for composting down. Next task was the careful removal of all the top soil which was placed into another pile for reuse later.
10 Sep 09
The team were formed in the village in 1993 and have always had to play on borrowed pitches but all that is now changing.
From next season Lomond United will playing home games on their own brand new pitch.
The pitch is behind the palace in an area known as the Curling Pond Field, near the Falkland Bowing Club.
With the palace, Church and town clock all providing a backdrop and all under the shadow of East Lomond high above the village, it is an impressive location.
Late Aug 09
It started with a teaser on the website
