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If the team carry on as they are then there wont be anyone wanting to sit in them
According to the letter written to the Argus today (bemoaning the fact that we are ruining Sussex athletics by being at Withdean) the new away seats are going to ruin the long jump pit because they are going to be built over it.
Good practise for the fans in H & J block then in throwing things at the away fans
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The hammer net is going to be collapsible and the away end being put there.
Good practise for the fans in H & J block then in throwing things at the away fans
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The hammer net is going to be collapsible and the away end being put there.
Yoda
English & European
That letter really got on my nerves.
Letter: Athletics has lost out at Withdean
Athletics has been the loser since Brighton and Hove Albion moved into Withdean Stadium in 1998.
The recent provision of more seating for the Albion only goes to underline this. Where, for example are the long jump and triple jump pits going to go, as the new stand is due to be erected on top of the existing pits?
Err! No they don't, the pits up the top are staying where they are. Part of the area where the Pole Vault is will get taken down and relocated to the east end.
The track is in a poor state of repair and lane eight is no longer usable as the steps to the stands along the back straight overlap into the lane. The track has also been patch repaired in places and is a hard surface to run on.
Withdean has ALWAYS been a hard surface
As a veteran athlete, I have had the pleasure of visiting four excellent Sussex tracks this year.
The surfaces at Hastings, Lewes, Eastbourne and Worthing are all in a much better state of repair. They are also well maintained and jump pits and other equipment are excellent.
That would be because all have been resurfaced within the last 4 years. But MY track (Worthing) has had no Hammer cage due to vandelism for the last 8 months.
Withdean is a much better stadium than all four but the track needs ripping up and replacing with some urgency.
It needed that before the football club went there
Brighton is fortunate to have three thriving athletics clubs, which all utilise the stadium for training and all have to suffer cancelled training nights to facilitate the Albion on occasion.
I know there are moves afoot by Brighton and Hove Athletics Club to combine all three clubs into a superclub but I fail to see how this would improve matters at Withdean.
I'm all for the three clubs working together for the good of athletics at Withdean and I hope this will happen.
The London Olympics are only seven years away and after Britain's disastrous showing in the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, we need top-quality facilities to nurture the talent of the future.
Withdean, with its improved floodlighting (a plus for the Albion that) is an ideal amphitheatre to stage top-flight athletics meetings and Brighton and Hove City Council should be looking to the future and spending some of the rent paid by the football club on overhauling and improving facilities at the stadium.
-Robin Adams, Rottingdean
Also, if Withdean is soooo bad. Why do the BMC hold thier final open meeting of the season here each year?
Your resident County 400H champion.
Letter: Athletics has lost out at Withdean
Athletics has been the loser since Brighton and Hove Albion moved into Withdean Stadium in 1998.
The recent provision of more seating for the Albion only goes to underline this. Where, for example are the long jump and triple jump pits going to go, as the new stand is due to be erected on top of the existing pits?
Err! No they don't, the pits up the top are staying where they are. Part of the area where the Pole Vault is will get taken down and relocated to the east end.
The track is in a poor state of repair and lane eight is no longer usable as the steps to the stands along the back straight overlap into the lane. The track has also been patch repaired in places and is a hard surface to run on.
Withdean has ALWAYS been a hard surface
As a veteran athlete, I have had the pleasure of visiting four excellent Sussex tracks this year.
The surfaces at Hastings, Lewes, Eastbourne and Worthing are all in a much better state of repair. They are also well maintained and jump pits and other equipment are excellent.
That would be because all have been resurfaced within the last 4 years. But MY track (Worthing) has had no Hammer cage due to vandelism for the last 8 months.
Withdean is a much better stadium than all four but the track needs ripping up and replacing with some urgency.
It needed that before the football club went there
Brighton is fortunate to have three thriving athletics clubs, which all utilise the stadium for training and all have to suffer cancelled training nights to facilitate the Albion on occasion.
I know there are moves afoot by Brighton and Hove Athletics Club to combine all three clubs into a superclub but I fail to see how this would improve matters at Withdean.
I'm all for the three clubs working together for the good of athletics at Withdean and I hope this will happen.
The London Olympics are only seven years away and after Britain's disastrous showing in the World Athletics Championships in Helsinki, we need top-quality facilities to nurture the talent of the future.
Withdean, with its improved floodlighting (a plus for the Albion that) is an ideal amphitheatre to stage top-flight athletics meetings and Brighton and Hove City Council should be looking to the future and spending some of the rent paid by the football club on overhauling and improving facilities at the stadium.
-Robin Adams, Rottingdean
Also, if Withdean is soooo bad. Why do the BMC hold thier final open meeting of the season here each year?
Your resident County 400H champion.
Yoda
English & European
Yorkie said:Yoda
Don't worry. A letter from either myself or my brother (or even both) will be being sent tomorrow in reply to it.
