500 signatures reached
To: Wicklow County Council
Support for Sporting Greystones Football Club
Improved access to facilities and support to the club providing an important service to our youth.
Why is this important?
By signing this petition, you are lending support to help with some challenges our local soccer club, Sporting Greystones Football Club, is currently facing.
Sporting Greystones FC is a young, community-focused grassroots football club that provides local children with the opportunity to learn and play football. Despite having over 300 playing members and 40 active volunteers, we are facing significant challenges due to limited resources and facilities:
Sporting Greystones FC is a young, community-focused grassroots football club that provides local children with the opportunity to learn and play football. Despite having over 300 playing members and 40 active volunteers, we are facing significant challenges due to limited resources and facilities:
1. Overcapacity and Waiting Lists: We have over 100 children on waiting lists because our current facilities cannot accommodate everyone.
2. Insufficient Access to Local Facilities:
PITCHES - We have a long term leased grass pitch at Dr Ryan Park that is not of sufficient size to accommodate 11 a side football and we have to travel to Kilmacanogue to hire private pitches.
TRAINING - We are restricted to only 2 hours of evening use on the council-owned astro turf pitch at Dr Ryan Park. Extending access by just 1 hour (until 9pm) would allow additional training slots at no extra cost.
PITCHES - We have a long term leased grass pitch at Dr Ryan Park that is not of sufficient size to accommodate 11 a side football and we have to travel to Kilmacanogue to hire private pitches.
TRAINING - We are restricted to only 2 hours of evening use on the council-owned astro turf pitch at Dr Ryan Park. Extending access by just 1 hour (until 9pm) would allow additional training slots at no extra cost.
3. Logistical and Financial Burden:
We are forced to train in 5 different locations and play home games in two, which is unsustainable environmentally (adding to our carbon footprint) and economically by skyrocketing the costs for a volunteer-led club.
4. Urgent Facility Upgrades Needed:
- Secure storage for equipment and goalposts.
- Provision of sufficient LOCAL facilities so that we don't have to leave the area to train or play HOME matches
- Proper floodlights at Dr Ryan (currently relying on inadequate battery-operated lights).
- General upkeep and modernisation of existing facilities.
5. Call for Support from Politicians and Council:
We need elected representatives to advocate for increased facility access, improved infrastructure, and long-term planning for community needs
We are calling on Wicklow County Council and local representatives to prioritise community-focused solutions so we can continue to serve our young players.
We want to work with the community to achieve this - Please sign this petition to show your support for Sporting Greystones FC and help us secure the resources and facilities our club and community desperately need!
Together, we can ensure every child has the opportunity to participate in football in OUR community.
If you are in any way able to support us further on this, please contact [email protected]
Kind Regards,
The greater Sporting Greystones FC community