A review of the weekend
So a busy weekend. While most people in Torbay were probably either watching the English Riviera Air show, I was busy, Saturday helping to remark the pitch ready for Sunday.
As we spent a good few hours on Saturday 27th fully marking out the pitch, thanks to the draw weather, it was mostly a case of going over the lines / hashes with fresh paint, as a result we were complete in about 2 hours. I used some of the time to tidy the top of a locker, put some of the paperwork in to a box, I had brought down a few weeks ago, so the locker was much tidier. I also sorted the yard markers in to order ready for Sunday.
So on to Sunday morning, arriving in Foxhole about 9:15, it was too early for Breakfast, so I asked to be let in to the changing rooms, first job of the day was to set up the pitch. So started by getting out post protectors and yard markers and set those out. By this time Simon and Debi had arrived, so we had breakfast. After breakfast, Simon opened up the container and I carried on setting out the yard markers, pylons and set up the other post protectors.
I was then helping set up rest of the side line area etc, had some lunch and finished off a few other jobs. Once we got to 13:30 it was nearly time for kick off so time for the usual side line chain crew briefing. I decided this week that I would swap with another member of the crew and carry 1 ½ of the chain, and let another member of the crew hold the yard marker, 14;00 was kick off, The game lasted until about 16:30.
After the game, it was time to clear away the side line. With some help from one of the other chain crew, I put yard markers, numbers for the score board, pylons, and post protectors away, after which it was finally shower time.
By this time most people had gone home, so it was just a case of a final tidy up. After this, those of us who were left put the score board away, locked the container and put away the rest of the equipment that was left out. Finally getting away at about 18:30.
This is a typical home game, however we did have the added bonus of the Air show going on in the background, which was good, but I was mostly too busy on chain crew to watch.
Next week we are back to training, a chance to tidy up the container and set out the usual resources for the session.