Friends’ look to the future

The school year may have just finished, but already Friends’ School, Lisburn is looking to the future, as work has commenced on the construction of two state of the art synthetic turf hockey pitches.
By The Newsroom
Published 5th Jul 2013, 11:00 BST
From left to right: Ciarán Hanna of Hanna & Hutchinson Ltd, Civil Engineers, Paul Patterson of Tony Patterson Sportsgrounds, Margrit Grey, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Tom Hendry, School Bursar, Elizabeth Dickson, Principal.From left to right: Ciarán Hanna of Hanna & Hutchinson Ltd, Civil Engineers, Paul Patterson of Tony Patterson Sportsgrounds, Margrit Grey, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Tom Hendry, School Bursar, Elizabeth Dickson, Principal.
From left to right: Ciarán Hanna of Hanna & Hutchinson Ltd, Civil Engineers, Paul Patterson of Tony Patterson Sportsgrounds, Margrit Grey, Chairman of the Board of Governors, Tom Hendry, School Bursar, Elizabeth Dickson, Principal.

The laying down of 12,000m2 of pitch surface is the largest hockey installation currently being undertaken in Northern Ireland.

Friends’ Principal, Elizabeth Dickson, said that she was particularly pleased that the construction of the pitches will mean that all of the School’s home fixtures for rugby and hockey can be played on site on Saturday mornings, making the School a hub of sporting activity. “This facility will be of great benefit to all of our pupils, now and in the future, as well as to the wider community all year round.”

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She added: “Whilst it will be of significant practical benefit to have to have the pitches on site day to day, there is no doubting how much players at Friends’ have gained from the use of the pitches at Lisnagarvey over the years. The School very much appreciates this relationship and the support of the Club and hopes that this will continue in the future.”

Works are due for completion in September 2013.

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