Decision on promotion

I shall await with anticipation - seems to have taken a long time

Onward and Upwards C'mon Donny!

There is a rumour that another route into the Trailfinders ground is in with planning. There is also talk of building a seating stand the length of the pitch opposite the existing main stand . This will mean the loss of the second floodlit 3 G pitch which will also be used for parking.

Ambition should be made of sterner stuff.

gerg_861 wrote:

No 7 wrote:

There is a rumour that another route into the Trailfinders ground is in with planning. There is also talk of building a seating stand the length of the pitch opposite the existing main stand . This will mean the loss of the second floodlit 3 G pitch which will also be used for parking.

Hmmm...there is already a gate with a small ticket booth on the Castlebar Park (west) side of the ground which was usually open pre-pandemic, but has not been this year or last. I'd like to see that re-opened, as it saves me about ten minutes of walking and is closest to public transport for anyone coming by train. The loss of the 2nd floodlit 3G pitch would be a shame, but the only other option would be to knock down the grandstand, and that would take out c.500 existing seats. Will be interesting to see what is published tomorrow.

Do we know there'll be published results tomorrow? TRP says the applications being discussed by RFU Bd of Directors tomorrow, but whether that means there'll be anything issued straight away is another matter. The article also mentions a RFU Council meeting this Friday; possibly some matters will have to be rubber-stamped?

castleparknight wrote:

Good point Islander

Based on the previous audit at Castle Park which gave approval I will assume this one will be the same. But one never knows if the thought process has changed in the interim

Indeed, I was basing my assumption on the article title 'Promotion hopefuls hear their fate on Tuesday'. I do not know if anything will be published, and don't have any alternative source of information on the announcement timing.

Edited by gerg_861 - 21 Feb 2022 at 18:02

Just watch the Old Boys' Club shut up shop to keep the upstarts out....

Rabbie Burns wrote:

Hopefully then everything below know what is happening

I think there's unlikely to be certainty; even if both clubs pass the audit, neither one might finish top... Champ season could be alive until Ealing host the Pirates on 26/3, or possibly the final game for the current top 3 a week later.

Stalwart wrote:

If Pirates should win the league (admittedly a long shot, but you never know) and could not be promoted would the team who finish second then be promoted of they passed the audit?

I doubt it

RAID ON

No, with the knock on down the leagues.

Sweeney Delenda Est

Redruth look a good bet for promotion to Nat 1

Still a four horse race.

Redruth have been there before, in those days there was funding for travel.

But that went away.

Sweeney Delenda Est