Re: Stadium and other issues : Sun Nov 20, 2022 4:48 pm  

Dunkirk Spirit wrote:

Chips are no longer cheap, £2.50 a bag at Horbury fish shop.

Ds frozen from Iceland salt and pepper

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sun Nov 20, 2022 7:48 pm  

Dunkirk Spirit wrote:

Chips are no longer cheap, £2.50 a bag at Horbury fish shop.

Some chippies now charging for scraps!

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:24 pm  

I went for a cuppa at a local cafe the other day, £4.50!

I paid and sat down, they shouted (no table service) “pot of tea” so I went up and collected a cup & saucer, tea bag, little jug of milk and a pot with hot water in it, the sugar was on the table.

£4.50 If I’d just wanted the ingredients I’d have gone to Asda

£4.50 and I still had to make the f*@%@*g tea myself!
I could have stayed home and done that

Re: Stadium and other issues : Sun Nov 20, 2022 11:07 pm  

1315trinity wrote:

Some chippies now charging for scraps!

Had 3 scraps this weekend all at the top of Westgate and not been charged for one.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Mon Nov 21, 2022 7:21 am  

TimmySmith wrote:

Had 3 scraps this weekend all at the top of Westgate and not been charged for one.

Yeah -heard you got battered!

Re: Stadium and other issues : Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:17 am  

3 scraps, Timmy ???......sounds like you've got a chip on your shoulder

Re: Stadium and other issues : Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:49 am  

I’m beginning to regret mentioning chips are £2.50 a bag, let’s try and get back on topic, I’ve read somewhere that JM has an article in today’s LE, re ground redevelopment, has anyone seen what it says, I won’t be able to get the paper until tomorrow.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:58 am  

John Minards on new Wakefield Trinity pitch and stadium redevelopment update
DOUG THOMSON 20/11/2022

JOHN MINARDS is looking forward seeing Wakefield Trinity trot out for Reece Lyne’s testimonial – and not just because it provides the chance to acknowledge the centre’s long service.

For the Sunday, January 15 game against Halifax (2pm) will be the first of three pre-season outings on the new pitch, which has been laid as part of the redevelopment of the club’s historic Belle Vue (Be Well Support Stadium) home.
After visiting Leeds on Boxing Day (11.30am), Wakefield will also host neighbours Featherstone on Sunday, January 29 and Super League rivals Hull on Sunday, February 5 (both 2pm) as new coach Mark Applegarth and his assistant James Ford gear up for the 2023 season, which starts at home to Catalans Dragons on Friday, February 17.
After demolition of the old structure and subsequent groundworks, the framework for the new main East Stand (on the Doncaster Road side of the ground) is quickly taking shape, while work on redeveloping the North Terrace (nearest the city centre) is also under way.
But the currently most visible part of the upgrading of a venue which dates back to the 1870s is the fresh playing surface, which features an artificial underlay and helps promote root protection, turf strength and health and pitch longevity.
“In layman’s terms, it’s a carpet with 95 per cent soil and natural grass and some plastic strands on top,” explained Chairman Minards.
“Having considered our options, including a 4G (artificial) pitch, we decided on a hybrid, similar to that recently laid at Siddal, because it is still natural, but can cope with greater use, since the community element is key to our project.
“With the 2022 season finishing earlier than usual due to the World Cup, we had the maximum time to get the pitch down and established, and the weather over the last few months has been helpful in that regard.


“The pre-season matches will provide an excellent opportunity to test the surface and for our players to become familiar with it.”
On the completion date for the 2,500-capacity East Stand, which will include hospitality facilities and new changing rooms, Minards added: “You don’t like to give a definitive date, because you never know what can happen in terms of weather and the availability of materials.
“But the build is on target at this point, and we are optimistic that there will be at least partial if not full use at some stage of the 2023 season.”
The above content is also available in the regular weekly edition of League Express, on newsstands every Monday in the UK and as a digital download. Click here for more details.

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Re: Stadium and other issues : Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:13 am  

Wakeywakeywakey wrote:

John Minards on new Wakefield Trinity pitch and stadium redevelopment update
DOUG THOMSON 20/11/2022

JOHN MINARDS is looking forward seeing Wakefield Trinity trot out for Reece Lyne’s testimonial – and not just because it provides the chance to acknowledge the centre’s long service.

For the Sunday, January 15 game against Halifax (2pm) will be the first of three pre-season outings on the new pitch, which has been laid as part of the redevelopment of the club’s historic Belle Vue (Be Well Support Stadium) home.
After visiting Leeds on Boxing Day (11.30am), Wakefield will also host neighbours Featherstone on Sunday, January 29 and Super League rivals Hull on Sunday, February 5 (both 2pm) as new coach Mark Applegarth and his assistant James Ford gear up for the 2023 season, which starts at home to Catalans Dragons on Friday, February 17.
After demolition of the old structure and subsequent groundworks, the framework for the new main East Stand (on the Doncaster Road side of the ground) is quickly taking shape, while work on redeveloping the North Terrace (nearest the city centre) is also under way.
But the currently most visible part of the upgrading of a venue which dates back to the 1870s is the fresh playing surface, which features an artificial underlay and helps promote root protection, turf strength and health and pitch longevity.
“In layman’s terms, it’s a carpet with 95 per cent soil and natural grass and some plastic strands on top,” explained Chairman Minards.
“Having considered our options, including a 4G (artificial) pitch, we decided on a hybrid, similar to that recently laid at Siddal, because it is still natural, but can cope with greater use, since the community element is key to our project.
“With the 2022 season finishing earlier than usual due to the World Cup, we had the maximum time to get the pitch down and established, and the weather over the last few months has been helpful in that regard.


“The pre-season matches will provide an excellent opportunity to test the surface and for our players to become familiar with it.”
On the completion date for the 2,500-capacity East Stand, which will include hospitality facilities and new changing rooms, Minards added: “You don’t like to give a definitive date, because you never know what can happen in terms of weather and the availability of materials.
“But the build is on target at this point, and we are optimistic that there will be at least partial if not full use at some stage of the 2023 season.”
The above content is also available in the regular weekly edition of League Express, on newsstands every Monday in the UK and as a digital download. Click here for more details.

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As I read it....

Seating and possibly the lower concourse will be in use at some point during the season, perhaps early June would be my guess. Offices, hospitality, players facilities etc will be later on.

Re: Stadium and other issues : Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:31 am  

I asked Darren in the shop on Saturday. He said they were hoping to open the left-hand side of the seating area sometime in april