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New Home Dugout on Field 1

The old dug-out,	lots of memories but gotta go....	| Coming apart very easily...
21 May 2011     Almost gone...	21 May 2011       All gone - ready for the new one

Main Diamond Works

New Pitching mound	Repair grass line at 3rd base	Restore home plate area

Misc Works

NEW OUTDOOR SETTING - MAY 2011
SPONSORED BY THE PIZZA TRAIN

15 May - Gav getting support digging holes

16 May 2011      Footings done

20 May 2011   Bolted down

20 May 2011     The finished product

NEW BULL PEN  Commenced 2 Nov 2010
To finish off all the major works a 3 lane bull pen is being constucted.  Thanks to a bobcat, Walshys sore back and John's love of   Honk's vibrating wacker it is really taking shape.  Mobil are kicking in for the fencing later this week.
So now along with the best grounds to play on The RAMS will now have some of the best training infrastructure. 
Check out the pics below:

4-Oct-2010                                  Harry's mound gets some attention before the RAM-DOME opening day
Commenced  31-June-2010 Bob's new ground will be a purpose built U14 ground,  that will also accommodate seniors 31-Sept-2010                             With the field completed and grass growing its time to finish of the spectator areas & pathway
17-Sept-2010                                The day after Bob's 83rd birthday and things are almost done and the gravel road is gone
John enjoys using the vibrating plate a bit to much...	Excavating the gravel road into spectator hills	junior training turns into a rock collecting working bee
13-Sept-2010  The removal of the gravel road has commenced, the new scorers box and dugouts have also received a coat of paint.
5-Sept-2010    With just one more load of en-tout-cas to come  Bob's new field is on track for the opening of the summer season
10-Aug-2010  After a very productive working bee laying 30 metres on en-tout-cas, the next job was to roll it down making a firm playing surface

A Pre-season working bee held on 8 Aug was a great success with over 20 people turning up ready to work.  As can bee seen from the pics below a lot was achieved, approximately 30 metres of new en-tout-cas was laid on Bob's Field.  Approximately 20 metres of granitic sand was laid on and around Bob's Field to upgrade spectator and players dug out areas.  Sleepers were laid, the new score box was cleaned ready for painting and Steve & Honk sorted a drainage issue outside the work shop.   Overall it was a great display of club spirit to improve our facilities, roll on season 2010-11...
Bob's home dugout & spectator area	30 metres of en-tout-cas is on the move	Looking across from the new 1st base
			After a big night out the night before Scot needed a nana-nap to get through the day.....
Steve & Honk sort out a drainage issue	Away dugout & 1st base line completed	New Spectator area completed

WORKS CONTINUE ON BOB'S FIELD

31-July-2010  Looking from home towards 3rd base	31-July-2010  Looking along the 3rd base line towards home

27-July-2010   40 metres of crushed now rolled and ready for en-tout-cas	20-July-2010  Bobs fields gets a new scorers box thanks to Altona Footy Club

31-June-2010  -  New 1st base path	31-June-2010  -  Old home plate and new one marked out
31-June-2010     Looking towards home from the new 3rd base	6-July-2010     The old pitchers mound gone, ready to start digging
6-July-2010   looking along 1st base line	6- July-2010  Looking across the 1st base line
6-7-2010  Looking from behind 3rd base	6-July-2010   View from Right Field
6-July-2010  Looking towards left field	View from 1st base towards 3rd
11-July-2010   New Back-Net being Installed	11-July-2010   New Back-Net being Installed

13-July-2010    Things starting to take shape before re-construction of Bob's new field
	15 July 2010 THE CONSTRUCTION BEGINS With everything taken back and set out for the new purpose built U14 diamond, it is now time to start the construction.   1st base line set out                                                   The 1st load of crushed                                                               rock base arrives

MAIN DIAMOND SPECTATOR AREAS GET A MAKE OVER
Working Bee  -  Saturday 19th June
Once again a great turnout for the 2nd working bee of the 2010 winter.  The main job to be undertaken was an over-haul of the spectator areas for the main diamond.  In all a total of 13 metres of granitic sand was shovelled and shifted and 16 railway sleepers were laid down.  4 new bollards were put in the ground coming out from the canteen window so overall some really great work was completed.
In the week before John & Walshy got digging and with the assistance of a dingo hired through Gav, so together with the following workers a great deal was achieved: Angry, Combo, Tyler, Honk, Dean, Scot, Troy, Peter K, Lel, Stotty, Bobby, John & Walshy. 
CHECK OUT THE PHOTOS BELOW:

11 June 2010   -   The first bit of dirt gets turned as the old concrete from the original batting nets gets moved.

16 June 2010  -  John, Walshy & the dingo get things dug out ready for the working bee

19 June 2010  -  Some great results achieved at Working Bee

WORKING BEE 3rd July 2010

28 June 2010  -  John, Stotty & Walshy finish digging out & laying sleepers for opposition side spectator area
	Working Bee  - 3 July 2010 Despite a disappointing turnout a lot was achieved which is a credit to the 6 that did turn up to work: Sash, Combo, Tyler, John, Walshy & Bobby. The spectator areas for the main diamond are now completed other than som cosmetic work on the spectator hills.  Now onward to the next job....

RAMS WORKING BEE Saturday 1st May 201
  
                             Bobby & Mutters going hard on the shovels                                                                      Peter Kilbourne & Lel getting home plate level
 
           Combo driving the roller, or the roller driving Combo                                        Chad & Dean discuss "strategy" as Jowie, Bobby, Mutters & John shovel hard

                                     Souvenir ball on the back seat   OOOUCH...                                                        A post match cold beer & feed for the tired workers

                                                            A few blisters & a couple of sore backs, John & Walshy transformed the U12s home plate