AFC St Austell

[Money Man]

I am happy to say that the club has now all the funds in place to begin floodlight procedures.

We are awaiting the football foundation paperwork back (this could take up to 9 weeks)

As a club, we anticipate at the very latest the floodlights to be up by Oct 2011. Friday night football at Poltair Park.

Looking forward to a very successful season with some interesting arrivals coming in.

New sponsorship opportunities available now please inbox me as before.

Kind Regards

Money Man

[Karen & Mark]

Congratulations MM on all your hard work.

Any future plans to get rid of that awful slant on your pitch ? And please don't take that the wrong way, because if SAFC intend to go up it may be a requirement ?

[Money Man]

Thanks Karen and Mark and please pass on St Austells congratulations to all at Buckland on winning another swpl titel and also a great win over Tiverton in the cup.

I completley agree about your statement on the pitch. It is a long term plan to remove the slant. I anticipate within the next coupe of years.

Money Man

[Tom Schmidt]

Eco-Team for Eco-Town

I have been watching rise of AFC St Austell with interest and would like to congratulate those involved with the club both on and off the pitch for a fantastic achievement. It's great to see the club back on it's feet with the potential of some successful years to come. Well done everyone!

I would like to make the point that there is the potential for the club to align itself with the green opportunities within the town to turn the club into a more sustainable and cost efficient club. In these times of financial hardship, especially for small sporting clubs, I'm sure there are local companies, such as The Eden Project and Eco-Bos, who would be willing to offer either sponsorship and/or advice on how to access funding or grants to develop the club. AFC St Austell could become not only the biggest but also the ‘greenest team in the County’. I'm not sure if there are any football clubs nationally that can boast of it's low or neutral carbon footprint.

Some ideas to get the ball rolling would be:-

• Photovoltaic panels on the south facing grandstand roof for hot water;

• Low energy lighting/floodlights;

• Wind turbine for clubhouse and floodlight electric;

• Ground source geothermal heating for clubhouse and undersoil heating for pitch;

• Recycling facilities for club and local area;

• Incentives for visiting fans to travel by train or park and ride facilities;

• Incentives for home fans to walk/cycle to the club;

• Kit/boots developed from naturally occurring materials;

• Use of organic eco-friendly fertilisers on the pitch;

• Organic food sourced from Cornwall served in the clubhouse; and,

• Beer supplied with the lowest transport miles possible (already achieved).

Some of these may be just pipedreams or long-term aspirations but you have all the resources and knowledge available locally and the ability to join the eco-revolution due to take place in the area. AFC St Austell could become the Eco-Team for the Eco-Town.

[Tony]

I certainly think that PV cells on the grandstand roof and maybe also a small wind turbine are good ideas, genuinely worth looking into because as well as being eco-friendly they can help reduce costs and even produce an income stream.

The club is well placed to entice visiting teams/supporters to travel by train or bus being so close to the station but how you encourage people to use that facility I'm not sure.

Food (organic or not) for thought!!

[Money Man]

Eco-Team for Eco-Town

I have been watching rise of AFC St Austell with interest and would like to congratulate those involved with the club both on and off the pitch for a fantastic achievement. It's great to see the club back on it's feet with the potential of some successful years to come. Well done everyone!

I would like to make the point that there is the potential for the club to align itself with the green opportunities within the town to turn the club into a more sustainable and cost efficient club. In these times of financial hardship, especially for small sporting clubs, I'm sure there are local companies, such as The Eden Project and Eco-Bos, who would be willing to offer either sponsorship and/or advice on how to access funding or grants to develop the club. AFC St Austell could become not only the biggest but also the ‘greenest team in the County’. I'm not sure if there are any football clubs nationally that can boast of it's low or neutral carbon footprint.

Some ideas to get the ball rolling would be:-

• Photovoltaic panels on the south facing grandstand roof for hot water;

• Low energy lighting/floodlights;

• Wind turbine for clubhouse and floodlight electric;

• Ground source geothermal heating for clubhouse and undersoil heating for pitch;

• Recycling facilities for club and local area;

• Incentives for visiting fans to travel by train or park and ride facilities;

• Incentives for home fans to walk/cycle to the club;

• Kit/boots developed from naturally occurring materials;

• Use of organic eco-friendly fertilisers on the pitch;

• Organic food sourced from Cornwall served in the clubhouse; and,

• Beer supplied with the lowest transport miles possible (already achieved).

Some of these may be just pipedreams or long-term aspirations but you have all the resources and knowledge available locally and the ability to join the eco-revolution due to take place in the area. AFC St Austell could become the Eco-Team for the Eco-Town.

Hi Tom

I would very much like the opportunity to discuss this further. Please can you private message me your contact details.

Kind Regards

Money Man

[David Bray]

Having a pitch that slopes is not all bad. It certainly helps with drainage. Would be interesting to know how many more matches have been cancelled at Bodieve Park since the Wadebridge Committee undertook getting their pitch levelled. Getting Poltair levelled would be a massive undertaking. I would rather watch a good side on a pitch that slopes than a poor one on the level.

[haylemed]

Eco-Team for Eco-Town

I have been watching rise of AFC St Austell with interest and would like to congratulate those involved with the club both on and off the pitch for a fantastic achievement. It's great to see the club back on it's feet with the potential of some successful years to come. Well done everyone!

I would like to make the point that there is the potential for the club to align itself with the green opportunities within the town to turn the club into a more sustainable and cost efficient club. In these times of financial hardship, especially for small sporting clubs, I'm sure there are local companies, such as The Eden Project and Eco-Bos, who would be willing to offer either sponsorship and/or advice on how to access funding or grants to develop the club. AFC St Austell could become not only the biggest but also the ‘greenest team in the County’. I'm not sure if there are any football clubs nationally that can boast of it's low or neutral carbon footprint.

Some ideas to get the ball rolling would be:-

• Photovoltaic panels on the south facing grandstand roof for hot water;

• Low energy lighting/floodlights;

• Wind turbine for clubhouse and floodlight electric;

• Ground source geothermal heating for clubhouse and undersoil heating for pitch;

• Recycling facilities for club and local area;

• Incentives for visiting fans to travel by train or park and ride facilities;

• Incentives for home fans to walk/cycle to the club;

• Kit/boots developed from naturally occurring materials;

• Use of organic eco-friendly fertilisers on the pitch;

• Organic food sourced from Cornwall served in the clubhouse; and,

• Beer supplied with the lowest transport miles possible (already achieved).

Some of these may be just pipedreams or long-term aspirations but you have all the resources and knowledge available locally and the ability to join the eco-revolution due to take place in the area. AFC St Austell could become the Eco-Team for the Eco-Town.

er pardon, could you repeat that i didn,t quite catch it.

[Goldeneye]

Having a pitch that slopes is not all bad.

Yeah nothing wrong with slopes, unless your on a slippery one! :c:

[Jenksy007]

Glad to see the club progressing on all fronts.

From a fan and sponsor, i must say congrats to all of you at the club for another positive season and i look forward to seeing some trophies next season at Poltair Park.

[skippy]

Every SWP Premier club in East Cornwall / Plymouth fields a side in the ECPL - except St Austell. Does St Austell have ambitions to have their reserves in the ECPL or are they content to play junior football? With St Dennis being promoted the ECPL will be one club short next season.

[MEX]

I would have thought the Duchy side have the intention of gaining ECPL football by progressing up through the Duchy league as they have won promotion yet again.

[Money Man]

I would have thought the Duchy side have the intention of gaining ECPL football by progressing up through the Duchy league as they have won promotion yet again.

Its the clubs intention to continue the second teams rapid process through the Duchy league, as a club we admit that its important to have a second playing as high a standard as possible.

With the current progress we hope to have a second team playing in the East cornwall league in the next couple of season.

Money MAN

[Number13]

Nice to see a team earning promotion the right way through the system and not just starting a team, straight into ECPL. Good luck to them

[Outsider]

Surely the only way to get into the ECPL is by promotion from the Duchy League, or am I wrong?