Halkirk's New Football Park - progress update

The east stand

View of the north stand from the east stand

view looking North towards Thurso

Halkirk's new football park (Morrison Park) is taking shape. It is located in the field to the North of the existing football pitch, opposite the old Poorhouse (now the Fairview flats).

The galvinised steel crowd barriers are in place and the two stands will be finished off with toughened glass sides and emergency lighting by the end of the month.  The 8 sets of lights work and have been aligned to the pitch markings. The large gravel car park is ready and it has street lighting.

One stand is behind the goal at the North end and the other is at the half way line on the east side. The west side will have two dugouts (curved clear plastic structures as per latest professional design).

The goalpost tubes are cemented in place and await erection of the posts. Trees have been planted in the North-West corner and behnd the North goal - to give wind shelter (eventually!).

There are no new changerooms, so there will be a 100 yard walk to reach the new pitch from the existing changerooms at the Recreation Park.

The pitch has a 2' 6" straight slope running from North to South (no camber), so that that the water runs off into the new drainage system. There are also drains underneath the whole pitch. The drainage works well and the pitch has been very dry despite the wet weather. The slope is not noticeable when standing on the perfectly flat pitch.