Saviour of the field

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DEAD FIELD: If you can spot a strand of grass, you've got Superman's eyesight.

THE dead football field at the Cebu City Sports Center will get a much needed facelift, thanks to a private group.

Councilor Jack Jakosalem said that a private group is willing to offer as much P300,000 worth of top class grass for the CCSC field.

Years after it was constructed the field is reduced to a shell of its former self with the absence of grass, presence of sharp materials and other garbage.

“We were just talking and the topic came and they said they were willing to donate the grass, provided that it would be properly maintained,” Jakosalem said.

The chairman of the City Commission on Games and Amusements said that he can’t divulge the identity of the group yet. “This is a very welcome development and it shows how the private sector can help,” he said.

It will also be a big boost to CCSC manager Ricky Ballesteros who has been trying hard to preserve the field so as to show something green in time for the 23rd Southeast Asian Games opening in Nov.

He has fenced the field so as to stop people from walking all over it and by the first week of July, he will start the renovation.

“Bungkagun na namo ang field and we will put some fertilizer and maybe some compost soil from the project in Barangay Luz,” Ballesteros said.

They will also start planting some grass seedlings, and with the donation, the CCSC won’t be shelling that much money for the grass.

The move will also be good news for football players and fans who have been aching for a decent field for years while drooling at the top class field in San Carlos City and in Bacolod.

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