£200,000 investment in facilities

More than £200,000 has been spent on relaying the carpet on the Astroturf as well as installing new drainage and improving the surrounds, including tarmacing the area in front of the grandstand as carpeting the path from the clubhouse to the pitch.

The investment, which has come entirely from the OC Society, is a sign of its commitment to Thames Ditton.

During the redevelopment it emerged that the issues with the pitch flooding came about because the drainage from the astro to the ditch on the permimeter of the grounds was crushed by work done to the telephone mast.

We are currently in discussions with the mast owners over compensation.