Turf for Washington Field, Phoenixville

The proposal to put turf on Washington Field seems like a good idea.
The trend for any school district making renovations or building new fields is to go to turf. It is expensive to put in at first, but after that maintenance costs are minimal for a variety of boys and girls outdoor sports than can make use of the turf. Phoenixville Area High School athletic director Ray Jenkins pointed out that physical education classes can also make use of the turf field throughout the school day.
The overall price tag for the project has been placed at $700,000 with the Phoenixville Area School District willing to put up $500,000 towards making it possible. The remaining $200,000 would have to come from fundraising and/or public donations. Boys lacrosse coach Jim O’Brien i in charge of plans to make the turf field a reality.
Also with turf, there is less worry about weather conditions and fewer postponements and cancellations of events. Teams can play in rainy conditions and not have to worry about muddy field conditions and bumps and holes in some fields that some regular surfaces currently have.
Turf is considered a safe and fast surface. There are fewer injuries on turf than the many ankle sprains and so forth that student-athletes incur on regular grass fields.
Phoenixville has a general shortage of land for facilities. So having turf would benefit the school district in general in using Washington Field to its best and most efficient usage.

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Barry Sankey