Traeger Park

[Eagles4Ever]

I dont normally start theads on opposition boards but i found a couple of articles that might be of interest or concern before the trip to the Alice.
The Darwin surface last week was in excellent condition, as both coaches said before the game, but from these articles it looks like both teams could have more to lose than gain from this trip.

http://www.abc.net.au/central/stories/s1302535.htm

Pecking order for Traeger Park

Monday, 14 February 2005

Traeger Park's field comes under attack from a flock of galahs.
As the centre gears up for the big AFL pre-season game in just 3 weeks, all eyes are on the Traeger Park surface.

With Adelaide curator Les Burdett supervising the preparation for the marquee night in Australian football, there are some concerns as to whether the pitch will be up to standard.

With pressure on to convert the wicket in 5 days from cricket to football surface, there has been an unexpected problem to add to the mix.

An influx of galahs.

Barry Nicholls went out to take a look at the surface first hand with Alice Springs Town Council's Sports and Recreation Officer, Dale McIver.

and...

http://abc.net.au/news/australia/nt/alice/200502/s1310122.htm

Richmond face hard Traeger Park decision

The coach of AFL club Richmond may refuse to let his team play at Traeger Park in Alice Springs if the surface is too hard.

The AFL called off the regional challenge match between the Tigers and Fremantle earlier this month over concerns for the surface, but reinstated it after a public outcry.

Adelaide Oval curator Les Burdett has been employed to prepare the ground for the match.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace says he will make his own inspection of the ground before the match.

"We want to play. We want to put on as good a display as we possibly can for the people of Alice Springs who absolutely love their football...we want to be doing everything that we possibly can right but, in saying that, I mean we just have to have a safe workplace and we've got to make sure that that's the case," he said.

 

[Ripper]

Great! Surely it will be shifted if it doesn't come up.

 

[Ripper]

Thanks for that BTW.

 

[purplesoul]

Great! Surely it will be shifted if it doesn't come up.

Would there be another ground in Alice Springs that has a surface considered suitable?

 

[Eagles4Ever]

pleasure Rip. I was wondering where the hell footy was played there, and thats how i got searching and found those reports.

Google

 

[Exeter]

What about astroturf?

 

[Streaker]

Traeger Park's field comes under attack from a flock of galahs.

Says it all really.

 

[ImperialPurple]

Says it all really.

Your lot managed a quick trip to Alice on the way home from Darwin did they?

 

[HitEmHardFreo]

Hello fellow Freo supporters. My first post in about a thousand years...

Traeger has come up a treat. The council's 'removed' the pesky birds and repaired those blemishes. The ground is quite soft in parts. It should be good for the players.

There is another ground in Alice, called Albrecht Oval. It's a very good ground but not wide enough for AFL-level footy. The ground is surrounded by a metal fence with a concrete base and only about 2 metres out from the boundary. It also won't be able to handle the expected crowd that Traeger can – 10,000 perhaps?

So yeah, Traeger should be alright.