[Si Coe]

Most of the astro is fine, except that the joins resemble trenches! Some sections though won't survive being lifted as they have a substantial amount of plant life growing through them (ie full of holes) so I suspect a small amount of astro might be needed for patching.

No - the problem is under the astro. The sand has compacted so hard over the years its like concrete, which means the drainage is terrible. Mix that with the grass sections and it becomes muddy real fast, and takes forever to dry out.

We need to do as Shanks suggested under the astro - we can re-lay the old stuff on top to save money. Don't move the concrete or the grass (except to patch up a few divots) so it will still be the same basic track, but without the massive joins, the muddy patch before the brick bend and the massive puddle just before the sleeping policemen.....

Basically Graham we would like to take Goshen back to being the national standard track it once was. Not sayng we would want to host a national, just that we'd like to be capable of it......