Friends of Walpole Community Athletic Complex

Progress and Current Status

Thank you to PJ Hayes Inc. for site excavation and topsoil removal for this project! They provided these In-Kind Services to show their support for this project...

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BIG THANK YOU TO:
Hamilton Crane Service Ben Hamilton donated all the labor and heavy equipment to take down the trees and clear them away for the project.

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Thank You to Pat's Contracting of Walpole... They donated all the labor for taking down the old bleachers and also the attractive wall that will ring the new field.

Original Turco Field Marker

Phase 1 work is complete!! Thank You to the hundreds of families and businesses that donated!
Now for Phase 2 we need help with the lights for night games and evening sports activities!

The Goal: $240K...and we are at $130K
Please Donate today!

Phase 2:

Your financial donations will make it possible!
Thank you to the thousands of Walpole citizens that have given to this great cause!
Now help us with Phase 2:
Lights For The Field.
NEW! Donor Form Here...

Spring 2008
May 15th 2008:

The field is 95% finished...		Note the custom lettering on the track...

Lower Turco, Upper Turco...

	Highest view...
Fall 2007
October 11th 2007:

Teams cutting and sewing the field lines	Goalie Box sideline and top arc are prepped...note Asphalt work in background.	The BIG W is in and they are putting in the soccer center circle

Long Jump Pits filled with sand	Attractive coated fence	Closeup of lines and marker insert...note gravel under field

Looking Left...	Center...	Right
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Goal Line and Center mark	4 Sports, 4 colors	50 Yd Line

The BIG W	Closeup of field detail
October 9th 2007:

THE BIG W!	White bags are the rubber filler	Plenty of sideline room. Soccer field is yellow.

Hill should be green any day now with the recent rain.	Control box for future lights	The field is crowned in the middle to assist in drainage
October 8th 2007:

View looking south	White bags are the rubber filler	Track bed laid down

Each yard line is sewn into the field mat	The BIG W is waiting to be sewn in at half-field
October 6th 2007:

West End Zone	20 yd line	Midfield

Edging being laid down	East End Zone	From the top of the new stands
October 2nd 2007:

Each strip is 5 yards wide and over 60 yards long	Starting at the West end	The Benches and Track will be in the foreground

10 and 20 yd lines	50 yd line	Each roll is over 300 pounds and has to be placed to within 1/8 inch
Late September 2007:

Mid September Status	HS is to the right, temp football field is below	Copter View...all topsoil removed

Track surfacing complete, lines coming	Project Phase I is 95% done	Grading trucks finish surface prep for field fabric placement soon
Summer 2007

Final track leveling	Final field and track bed done	West track turn and new wall

	Long Jump Pits	North wall and far straightaway

Electrical for pumps and future lights	New wall, Lax field is up the hill to the left

Tree Removal equipment arrives	Clearing the hill

Field is lined for topsoil removal

The hill will be cleared for more viewing room.	The LAX storage shed is seen on the hill.	Field Prep begins!

2 feet of topsoil is removed to make way for the piping and field

3 layers of sand and gravel will allow for drainage	Barrier of field will keep surface in place and rainwater contained	Brand new brick wall with erosion-proof anchoring

Field edge (R) abuts track (L) with a smooth seam	Field underlayer almost done
Spring 2007 (Work begins...)

Soil testing	Last view of old bleachers	Construction safety fence installed


	Thank You to Pat's Contracting of Walpole... They donated all the labor for taking down the old bleachers and also the attractive wall that will ring the new field.
Fall & Winter 2006 (Design and pre-construction planning)

Arial view of old Turco Field	Downtown Sign	Old Track

This view from the top of the bleachers shows how bad the field is...

Vines cover the backstop and the track can't be used.	Field is dirt surrounded by weeds	...more dirt.

Snack Shack		Near the baseball field entrance.

High School behind left, Plympton building behind right	Looking west

FWCAC is a (501)(c)(3) non profit organization incorporated under MA General Laws; Chapter 18