'Surfing' towards a new park

It’s been many years in the making but Net-Surfers’ will soon have a place to call home.

The girls’ club and its members have been working tirelessly towards having its New Albany soccer complex beside Highway 111 (just past Gap Hollow Road) ready to stage games in late August/early September.

When completed, the 22 acre former farm site will have been transformed into four full-sided and five small-sided soccer fields.

Tony Holland, who has been spearheading the plan, said everyone at the club is excited about the new development.

“This has been a six year project that is finally approaching its destination which is to give our girls and club a place to call home,” said Holland. “We hope to have all of our age groups out there by spring 2011.”

All six acres of field space was recently planted with nearly 3,000 pounds of grass seed of a custom blended sports turf mixture.

“The grass has come in thick and tall and we are blessed to have had consistent rain,” said Holland.
Net-Surfers is hoping for sponsors for each of its playing fields, and it obtained its first small sided field sponsor this spring from Bob Hildreth, a grandfather of U9 girls’ player Kami Geron. He made the contribution in memory of his wife Janet (Kami’s Nani) and the field in question will be called Nani’s Field.

More sponsors are needed for the remaining small and full sided fields. In return for financial sponsorship, the club will place a sign at the field which will remain there for lifetime.

If anyone is interested in helping the club, they can contact Tony Holland at 812-267-8478 or email to: Webmaster@net-surfers.net.